Review: Start of a great new series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 8, 2012
Blood Amalgam, written by Corey Sondrup, is the first book in what looks to be an exciting new series called the Crimson Chronicles. This book seems to be mostly about setting up the series and introducing the characters. At times I found some of this a bit tedious but, for the most part, the author did a great job of setting up the series.Wyatt is a young college kid whose life starts to take some odd, often terrifying, twists. He's joined by a fairly large group of characters that each adds a piece to the puzzle. The only part that I found a bit confusing was the need for most of the characters to have nicknames. Otherwise the characters developed slowly in an interesting way. Wyatt is very likeable as he tries to figure out why he heals quickly and why all of a sudden he becomes the town's "cat whisperer". Wyatt's lack of intense emotion at a tragedy mid-book and also at the fact he survives a deadly accident unscathed seems a bit odd to me. More outright emotions were needed in various places. Also, some of the dialogue doesn't flow realistically. However, overall I enjoyed the book and am looking forward to reading book two.