Review: A bit too dark
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2013
Bloodline is a very dark, different type of story. Luna Lanchester, the main character, knows she has demons in her and, at the beginning of the book, is wanting to find someone that can be a demon slayer for her. She had just moved to a new home with her mother after her parents' divorce. You're sort of given information that her father apparently abused her and she's mad at her mom because she just turned a blind eye to her daughter's tortuous life. She meets Sean, a handsome guy that she can see demons in as well. She's both drawn and repelled by him, and of course he's evil. There's also Dammon, her next door neighbor, but he's basically too good to be a demon slayer. Thirdly, there is her dark angel, Bane. He's been in her dreams forever and is the one she's completely in love with. Even though he tells her he is real, she doesn't believe it since he is just a dream.Things happen though and, even though she's warned to stay away from Sean who is a warlock and high priest to a coven of warlocks, she sees him again. She has no backbone when it comes to him, even after he kidnaps her, drugs her, sucks her blood etc. It's all very dark and Sean is nothing but a sadistic demon possessed man. He wants to just inflict pain and fear in Luna.It was around here that I just wanted to stop reading because it just kept getting worse (such as when Sean sees Luna and Dammon talking he commands her to stay away from him and if she doesn't he says he'll kill Dammon and then rape her in his blood.) I continued on, though, and after some events, Luna and her mom move to a new town and things definitely start to lighten up a bit and became more interesting. There's still demons - like Luna meeting Bane who can be just as dark as Sean. But he's in love with Luna, something that should never have happened since he's a son of Lucifer. She makes a couple new friends, Izzy and her brother Roman and she starts to find out more about who she really is and why the sons of Satan and the covens of witches are all interested in her - more specifically, her blood.The beginning of the book sort of dragged and, as I mentioned, was very dark. Once they moved to Sleepy Hallow the story definitely became more interesting and you finally start to learn things about Luna and the Lanchester line. Luna also becomes a more developed character and you can finally start understanding things about her and sympathizing with what turned her into the person she is. I feel like she would have been a more likable character for me if I had known the information at the beginning instead of so late in the book.Another thing with the book is it needs a really good edit. For instance, names would be misspelled (like Satan in one sentence and then Satin in the next) and just a lot of mixing up of homophones as well as some sentences that just made no sense. I try to overlook grammar issues, but there were just too many.Overall, if dark, sadistic demons, and the like are your sort of thing, I'm sure you'll enjoy the book.