Review: 3 Stars
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2014
Centuries of Blood by S I Hayes3 StarsCatherine Morrigan’s life was dull, she was constantly living in the shadow of her dead sister, her brother had gone off to college and met a girl to marry but she was left at home. When she decided to visit the next town to see how other people lived she met Alexandarious and though he intrigued her, circumstances forced her into a marriage with another, Henri.Being set in the 1500’s the dialogue and writing style was what I can only imagine as an attempt to recreate the language of the time, though none of it came across very natural and it wasn’t a comfortable read.  The story began with an info-dump that was robotically written and instantly put me off. If that initial introduction about Catherine becoming ill and dying had been written as if part of the story rather than the author telling the reader about it, I think I may have become more invested in the book from the off.To be honest I found it difficult to stay focussed, there were numerous typo’s and comma’s placed in unusual places, and I fear I may have missed some of the main plot points through my distraction.I am not saying this is a bad book; it just didn’t work for me. Both the writing style and the plotline were not to my taste.Copy supplied for review