Review: Great new crime series!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 26, 2012
I really enjoyed Sophie Littlefield's BLOOD BOND and especially the lead character she created, Jamshed "Joe" Bashir.  I appreciate a good mystery and Ms. Littlefield certainly crafted a fine one with this novel.  Though I had my suspects, I thought the reveal of the whodunit was nicely paced and there were enough twists and erroneous information to keep the readers guessing.  I thought the characterization throughout the novel was very strong and I am excited to see what Joe will be up to in the next novel.  I liked hearing about his struggles to fit in to society as a Pakistani-American, as well as learning about his driving reason to become a cop.  The story flowed well and the chain of events felt organic.  I would recommend this for all mystery/police procedural readers as well as those urban fantasy readers who enjoyed Ms. Littlefield's Aftertime trilogy.  Though the subject matter is very different, it is still a finely-crafted, character-driven novel that should appeal to a wide-range of readers.Thank you to Edelweiss and Pocket Star for providing an ARC copy of this book!