Review: HLB Reviews Blood Guilt
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 11, 2014
So this book is the opening book to a trilogy that from what I gathered is connected to another series, and as always, full disclosure, I have not read the other series. If you have read the other series and are reading this review, I might be missing out on some of the background information you have, but this book definitely stands on its own without reading the other series.It’s been a while since I have read a vampire book, they were really my first love when I got into the urban fantasy genre, so it was nice to kind of get back to it. This particular vampire book focuses mainly on Miheala, who is a vampire hunter, which can definitely make things tricky when you start getting involved with vampires. I liked Miheala, she was definitely a character who was a bit more on the damaged side than most, but in spite of having a past, she is strong in the sense that she moves towards her goals and doesn’t back down. I always enjoy a character that is a bit on the tortured side.As for Max, well he is kind of like Miheala in some ways. He too has the whole tortured soul (or non-soul) thing going on. And when Miheala and Max come together because of a third party, the definitely have some kind of attraction going on. I think what made this pairing work, at least in this book was that there was a lot of fighting the attraction. The two of them are on opposite sides of a very defined line, so there is a lot of build up between them by the end of the book. I have always kind of thought that the more build up you have towards a couple, the more explosive it ends up being int the end, so this whole dynamic really worked for me.I would say what didn’t work for me was that the story line felt a little generic, or maybe the characters just felt like characters I had seen before. There were a lot of interesting little elements in the book, but overall the theme has been widely explored in the urban fantasy genre, and I didn’t feel like I got any real “new” or “fresh” take on the subject.That being said, the book was still an enjoyable read, so if you like urban fantasy book, and especially if you like the forbidden vampire story line, then this book could definitely be one for you.