Review: Gripping tale of humanity lost
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2014
Steve Cross has always possessed a few special gifts, but all his life he's tried to ignore and hide them as best he can. After a paranormal event, his powers begin to grow and he's initiated into a world he never knew existed. Can Stephen learn to control himself while finding out about the cause of his hideous transformation?The story tried to approach vampires in a somewhat more grounded way than a lot of other YA fiction. Myths, prophecies, religion, and history are melded together to flesh out the world and help everything make sense. The book is well written, with lots of depth to the characters and details to flesh out the scenes. Steve cannot help but succumb to darker desires from time to time. The book doesn't idealize him as a perfect being, and sometimes human morality slips away from him. Katherine struggles with wanting to help Steve but being powerless to really do anything for him. Despite the inherent danger in messing with inhuman beings like Steve, she still tries to do what she believes to be right. The plot itself isn't very surprise me much, but the characters were worthwhile. Still, there were times when I wish the story didn't go into such detail about things I considered to be mundane. Blooded was exciting and refreshing among similar supernatural fiction stories, and had a somewhat more mature edge to it along the lines of Anne Rice's stories. Not for kids, basically. The cover looks a little silly/cliche to me, but it's well worth checking out.The formatting and editing was up to par, no complaints there.