It will come as no surprise at this point to mention that reading FROST BURNED made me nostalgic about previous books in the Mercy Thompson series. Part of that is just loving these characters and being reminded of their "greatest hits", but on top that was how much of FROST BURNED centers around Mercy. I felt like this book had very strong ties to MOON CALLED, with Mercy ducking and weaving through supernatural politics to save the day, though there was no "injured wolf in a Vanagon", FROST BURNED had just as much practical emergency response as that first, awesome book so long ago. And I love it, obviously.