Steal the Dragon launched Patricia into the realm of multi-book storytelling, with the plots of Dragon Blood and Dragon Bone deeply interwoven, sharing both characters and worlds even while telling full separate stories this as opposed to Raven’s shadow and Raven’s strike, both of which focused upon a single story. It wasn’t until her next book, Steal the Dragon that Patricia began to experience a modicum of positivity, the book not only selling much better than the first but impressing many a critic. Patricia’s first novel didn’t attract much interest Masques was published in 1993 garnering poor reviews and sales. To date she has written 17 novels, some more popular than others. Patricia Briggs has been writing seriously for more than two decades, launching her writing career in 1990. A New York Times best selling writer, Patricia Briggs is most commonly known for her work on the highly popular Mercy Thompson series.īriggs currently lives in Washington with her husband and children the couple owns a small herd of Horses. But also shook me to the core and helped me to commit wholeheartedly to Ward’s cause.Born in 1965 in Butte, Montana, Patricia Briggs is an American author that has been writing fantasy fiction since 1993. Now, the whole storyline not only was incredibly enjoyable. I didn’t really appreciate that, even in my early twenties when I first read this a few years ago. The constant fear that Ward is like his sire and this horror at what he has had to overcome. But, as an adult, I also appreciate the difficulties of having abusive parents, and the scars that that can impart.

It features a misfit that is completely misunderstood by everyone, his family included. Dragon Bones is everything I enjoyed in a good fantasy story as a child. But the entire tale is one that I know I’ve enjoyed in the past and look forward to enjoying again in the future. Again, I can’t quite remember what happens in it. Now that I’ve reread Dragon Bones I just can’t wait to sink my literary teeth into Dragon Blood. A need to feel like you fit into your own skin.Īnd figuring out just how to do that. It’s a really sweet, if not slightly violent storyline that deals withĪbuse and a longing to belong. And also reconnecting with long alienated family Rather, this story is about finding one’s

AndĪlthough there are hints of a love interest in a part of the Taken me so long to get this off my shelves again. Beyond the fact that Ward had to pretend to be stupid to survive,Īnd he couldn’t remember how to act as someone who was… less dumb.

OrĪt least, long enough that I couldn’t really remember anything that happened in I read this book for the first time a very long time ago.

Dragon bones by patricia briggs