Review: Astounding
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2014
As a loyal follower of the Blood Series by Tamara Rose Blodgett from the very first book, I was very excited to read Blood Reign (Blood Series #4) and find out just what was going to happen to Julia next.....I pre-ordered my copy, and even waited up until it began to download onto my Kindle so I could jump right in and after reading the first few pages I was glad that it had been worth the wait! The time scale between the last book in the series and Blood Reign was quite a while but when you take into account how many different series that Tamara Rose Blodgtt is writing under her own name and that of her pseudo-name Marata Eros all at the same time, it is a wonder she has a life at all! You could also wonder if the quality would be affected but as usual Tamara did NOT disappoint and her words were ingenious in themselves, as they so easily danced across the page creating a siren's song that has you trapped in an astonishing fantasy land from the very first page, and that song keeps you enraptured far longer than you intend to read in one sitting. As many of this site's fans will know if I enjoy a book I will just read until I finish it, it becomes my obsession and Blood Reign (Blood Series #4) became an obsession like no other so far!Julia has been constantly a blinding light of goodness throughout the novels so far and a tower of strength, but in Blood Reigns she learns some very harsh lessons and yes, people we all love and care about are going to suffer because of it. Nothing is ever going to be the same, rivers of Blood will fill each page as situations you never thought possible will occur and you WILL need a box of tissues handy because by the end you will have cried several times! Enough Spoilers as such, because this novel is just far too good to tell all in a review - You simply just HAVE TO read it to appreciate it in it's full glory.Decisions that are made, lines that are crossed and sides that are chosen, in some respects, especially one - is VERY surprising and the facts surrounding the Singers, The Sithe, The Reds and The Vampires no longer have the issues to fight amoung themselves for The Rare One.....Something Much darker, older and sinister is coming for them all and Julia is still the prise... Can they put their differences aside and work together? Or will their old rivalries cause them all to fall including the Rare One...