E15 Blood Bound 07: Expectation Management Datapoint

Message us (questions, comments, topics? Let us know!) Uncle Mike’s Book Club discusses Chapter 10 of Blood Bound, the second novel in Patricia Briggs’ bestselling Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series. As always, there are potentially spoilers for every single book published in the Mercy Thompson Universe (Mercyverse): shorts, the Mercy Thompson book series, AND the Alpha and Omega book series (everything through Blind Date with a Werewolf, anyway). It’s okay if you aren’t caught up, as long as you’re okay with spoilers for books you haven’t read yet.  Links: \* Check out our “linktree” website: https://shewhowrenches.carrd.co \* Subscribe to the Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2566095/episodes/18525659 \* Follow on YouTube (including unedited livestream recordings \*many* Fridays at 9am Eastern, 12pm Pacific Time): SheWhoWrenches \* Follow and message us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/shewhowrenches.bsky.social Chapters: 00:00 Intro   00:02 Recap Guy  01:38 Start Chapter 10 of Blood Bound   05:31 Social media when the book was released (2007) 06:18 Gabriel knows about vampires?!?   07:30 Mercy-Adjacent Media (Scooby-Doo, Shadow of the Vampire)   13:28 Back to Gabriel and Vampire Chat   14:17 Zee and the Vampire-Hunting Kit   17:41 Bran tells Mercy not to hunt the vampire/sorcerer   20:15 Werewolf Drama, BRB (Is Darryl more dominant than Warren?)   28:13 Elizavetta's Experience with Evil   29:54 Mercy goes to the police station   31:31 Mercy reviews what she knows about vampires   32:33 Mercy leaves to take Vampire 201 from Stefan's people   33:54 Outtake: How much of this book and the last book have we covered? Recording Date: 2026-04-17 What we talk about: Chapter 10 \* “You’re welcome!” (The beloved Toddler song from Moana) \* Beckworth checks in after Bran warns him away from the Tri-Cities \* Mercy’s relatable reflexive “I don’t need help” impulse, before she asked Beckworth to look into Cory Littleton \* Archaeology tangent about what social media was available in 2007: Facebook vs. MySpace vs. Friendster \* Gabriel suspects this is a vampire problem despite Mercy’s “from a certain point of view” (Star Wars) skirting around the existence of vampires  \* Our recent Mercy-related media: Shadow of the Vampire, Nosferatu (complete with Bram Stoker copyright history), and Scooby-Doo      * What are the Scooby-Doo catchphrases and Fred doesn’t have one     * loathing for a Nicolas Cage production \* Zee delivers Mercy’s unofficially official anti-vampire care package:     * Kelly’s ongoing Swiss Army Wife reputation even though she only carries a Leatherman  \* Bran tells Mercy not to confront Littleton…      * …why did he think that would work??? \* Bran accidentally provides useful information while trying to talk Mercy out of her plan— why do vampires avoid walkers? \* Kyle’s emergency call sends Mercy racing to Adam’s house \* Mercy somehow thinks she can solve “werewolf drama” and commute to Finley, then to Richland in about an hour \* Warren has been faking it (as in being less dominant than Darryl) \* Mercy accidentally discovers that Adam’s mate claim came with real magical authority that Warren listens to \* Kyle casually reveals Warren’s wolf has never hurt him, and everyone else immediately realizes Warren’s wolf considers Kyle his mate  \* Elizavetta had to dodge town so the demon didn’t jump to her— she must’ve experienced evil already. So… how much evil can a gray witch partake in before she’s a black witch?  \* Tony saw pics and asks whether Mercy’s trailer is… still standing. And how much destruction happened to the wine cellar?? They had a tasting scheduled! \* Mercy realizes they need to map out the incidents that happened in the day to pinpoint where the demon vampire is living \* Mercy realizes Marsilia’s story doesn’t completely add up and heads back for Vampires 201 from Stefan’s people YouTube version of this episode: https://youtu.be/UjQybHNXz4s