Bone Crossed

I've decided that I will use the much cooler Australian cover for BONE CROSSED rather than the extremely sexist and misleading American versions. I will admit that the covers caught my eye, but they do not do justice to the content. And the overseas versions have a better look and feel to my eye. These look more like an urban fantasy novel than an enticement for hard-up men to ogle.

That said, I enjoyed BONE CROSSED. Perhaps not as much as the first two, but the series is still well written and entertaining. Mercy is continually evolving as a character and the reader learns more about the world with every book. The one thing I would warn against is mission creep. What I mean by this is that Mercy was introduced as a were-coyote, then she can see and speak to ghosts, then she is immune to magic and now she can command the dead. Her powers seem to grow with each book and while they add new focus to the story, they can get messy or out of hand. If this keeps up, she will soon have super-ventriloquism and the ability to call forth a cup of tea. One critic said magic needs rules. Sure Mercedes is learning the rules, but if she doesn't get limits soon, she will become the most powerful person in Washington State.

Still, the storytelling and sharp characters will keep me coming back for more.