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Silver Borne, by Patricia Briggs, Ace, 2010, $24.95.
The problem with many series is that the first book is almost invariably better than whatever follows. That's because while the characters, setting, and/or premise is intriguing the first time out, things often get progressively more diluted with each subsequent book until the point comes where you can't remember why you even liked the series so much in the first place.
Five books in, the Mercy Thompson books show no sign of fatigue for this reader.
Part of the reason is that Briggs's characters...