{"id":12207,"date":"2019-11-05T17:22:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T22:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=12207"},"modified":"2026-03-22T10:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:39:08","slug":"dead-heat-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/12207","title":{"rendered":"Dead Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dead Heat<\/a><\/em> (2015) Patricia Briggs<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Despite the lack of Asil, I do love this story.<\/p>\n

The Arabians might not suit you; they don\u2019t suit everyone. They are like cats: vain, beautiful, and intelligent. But you deal well enough with Asil, who is also vain, beautiful, and intelligent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Charles receives a call from his friend Joseph–who he hasn’t seen for 20 years, and realizes he’s been putting off visiting because Joseph is old, and that loss is going to be hard for Charles. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t say good-bye very easily, Anna. Not gracefully or prettily. Good-bye tears your heart out and leaves it a feast for carrion birds who happen by.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But he realizes he wants to see Joseph, so takes Anna to visit, on the excuse of buying her a horse from Joseph’s family business.<\/p>\n

One of the things I particularly like about this book is how well the kids are done. Mackie and Michael talk and act like pre-schoolers, and Max is a teenager–although I do admit a relatively well-balanced one.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy husband doesn\u2019t like to be left behind. But if we take him with us, the bad things will all run away and it won\u2019t be any fun.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYour husband is a werewolf, too?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYes.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIf he scares away our prey, he\u2019ll have to stay home,\u201d Mackie said. <\/p>\n

Anna grinned. \u201cRight. He\u2019d ruin our fun. But maybe it would make him feel bad not to be included.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIf he cries, you just have to explain it to him.\u201d Mackie said wisely.<\/p>\n

\u201cMackie,\u201d said Max reprovingly. <\/p>\n

\u201cMax,\u201d she said in the same tone. <\/p>\n

\u201cBoth of you shut up,\u201d Michael told them, still staring at the TV. \u201cThe shark is coming.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I also adore Joseph, who is complicated and lovable.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the old days they\u2019d have kissed my cheek and then left me in the desert to die. Then my family would hire some Hopi or white man too stupid to know the dangers of handling the dead to go deal with the body. Now we\u2019re caught between modern ways and the old. If I die here, only fire will keep my evil ghost from making everyone miserable, and they are too rational to do that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I also love the law enforcement officers, one of whom we’ve met before, and the other two who are surprisingly decent humans (despite working for CANTRIP).<\/p>\n

It also has one of my hands-down favorite lines in any of her books.<\/p>\n

He was twelve when he told us he liked boys instead of girls. That was right after some friend of his got kicked out of his home for doing the same. Stupid people tossing away the most precious thing God saw fit to give them, I say.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That woman is actually an awesome character all around.<\/p>\n

He paused, then looked at his mother with horror. \u201cThe flea bath. You gave a werewolf a flea bath. He was not happy about it. No wonder Dad was so upset when he got home.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cHe had fleas,\u201d she said primly. \u201cI wasn\u2019t letting him sleep in your room with fleas.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The story itself is good, although difficult at times, as it deals with a creature that spent centuries kidnapping children. But we don’t see anything terrible happen to the children on the page, otherwise I probably couldn’t stand it.<\/p>\n

It’s a good story, and a reminder of why I like this series so much.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Ace
\nRating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dead Heat (2015) Patricia Briggs Despite the lack of Asil, I do love this story. The Arabians might not suit you; they don\u2019t suit everyone. They are like cats: vain, beautiful, and intelligent. But you deal well enough with Asil, who is also vain, beautiful, and intelligent. Charles receives a call from his friend Joseph–who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191,2,48,8,41,26,16,934],"tags":[70,68,212,655,525],"class_list":["post-12207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-fantasy","category-female","category-mystery","category-reread","category-romance","category-supernatural","category-trigger-warnings","tag-alpha-omega","tag-patricia-briggs","tag-ptsd","tag-violence","tag-werewolves"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-3aT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25862,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25862","url_meta":{"origin":12207,"position":0},"title":"Dead Heat","author":"Michelle","date":"February 23, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Dead Heat (2015) Patricia Briggs (Alpha & Omega #4) The Arabians might not suit you; they don\u2019t suit everyone. 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