Review: Three times the Pleasure!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 7, 2013
To read one of Tamara Rose Blodgett's books at a time, awesome!  To be able to get all three of these books at once for a marathon read-a-thon was priceless!The Pearl Savage-Set the stage and got all the world building done while taking me on a fantastic fantasy adventure!  This author really knows how to write for young adults!  A great story set in the future, after worldwide disaster, kind of steampunk, with so many PC/social issues and, of course the romantic side!  Loved this first book of the series!The Savage Blood-Amazing!  Well worth the wait!  Reading what the heroine went through, how she felt, I could swear the author was a teen, herself!  For the most part, I got the feeling the characters lived with a '19th century' feel, the formality in speech, proprieties, behavior.  The smattering of contemporary speech, as well as the use of informal names was brilliant!  The ending has me dying to get hold of the next book!The Savage Principle-Imagine another world where the inhabitants must live in spheres, linked by passages because they have been told the outside air is poisonous.  These people have, for the most part, gone rather soft, dressing in the style of the 19th century. Yet, beings who have 'evolved' with gills roam outside the walls in Bands.  They are strong, fierce and protective of their kind, particularly the females.  Toss in 'the Travelers,' mysterious humans who have played 'God' with these peoples, bringing in the Fragment, criminals from their world, who wreak havoc wherever they go.<br/><br/>Rowenna, a select female must mate with a sphere-dweller, Raymond, soon to be the King of the Kingdom of Ohio.  Their union has been prophesied.  It must happen, for the future of their world.  The prophesy also states that the child will be raised by Raymond and his future wife, Ada, a shrewish and vain princess from another sphere.  These two must accept their fate, but their meetings are not what either of them expected. Rowenna, although young and scared finds that Raymond is a man of honor.  Raymond finds Rowenna to be all he could want in a woman.  Tamara Rose Blodgett has painted a world where you feel the air around you, feel the emotions of the characters, their devotion to duty.  The villainous characters carry a dark, evil presence about them.  I became so wrapped up in the story, I actually hated one character even more than in previous books, these characters are THAT real!  Their lives become real! Their world is real! This author can write, putting more imagination into this work than many books twice its size!! I do suggest you read the series in order to appreciate what happens in book 3!Love this series!  a fantastic escape!