Review: HUNGER GAMES, BUT WITH A BETTER TWIST!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 31, 2013
An exciting thrilling read! Welcome to New World! There are only two ways to survive - play by the rules, or play by the rules. Oh, there's a third way - die! Blood Tournament is the story of a group of interracial friends who find themselves in a future no one would dare to imagine. Fate seemed to be gradually pulling them to their destruction when they were chosen to participate in the 2018 3rd Annual Fight Tournament; a five-day fight-to-the death arena battle which was supposed to begin with forty boys and girls and end with only five of them still standing. Alex King and Mercy Damalie are in unexpressed love, but considering their crossed destinies, only faith, determination and promises to their loved ones can keep them alive. This is a very emotional story of love, horror, survival, blind faith, disjointed hope, and the ultimate test of one's fitness for existence. Blood Tournament will take you on a whole dimension that Hunger Games couldn't reach. It will make you re-assess the way you see yourself. It has the premise of Hunger Games, but it includes the added twist of the personal journey of young, lost heroes. There are elements of the hidden paranormal in everyday's existence that just makes you wonder if you haven't been blind to things all these years. At the end of the book, I stepped out of my bedroom into the evening sunset and the world looked different to me. King Samuel Benson writes with such captivating, mind-gripping tension that you only pull away when you want to gasp for air. I can't wait for Book 2! Highly recommended!