Review: Fun and quirky story!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2014
Bloodline picks up just before Jumping in Puddles ends, but follows Micah, Ellie’s brother. We see a scene between Ellie and Oberon from Micah’s perspective, and it makes Ellie look like an even bigger idiot!Inigo, a vampire tattoo artist living in London, seems to be a bit lonely. We first meet him as he’s picking up dinner he’s found on Grindr, having a quick bite on his way to work. He is bored by the whole experience, although the dinner was tasty. He heads off to his tattoo shop, expecting another night of tattooing. But in walks a fairy posse, and Inigo’s plans for the evening change!Then there is Micah. Ellie and her big mouth have gotten Micah in a really bad situation. Oberon the fae king is one nasty bastard, and he’s gotten ahold of Micah, who knows secrets about Oberon’s family. Oberon is about to be crowned, and has some issues to take care of. He needs a tattoo like all of the kings before him have had, and he needs to shut down the information that Micah’s family knows. He sends his hench-fae out to get the best tattoo artist (Inigo) and begins to amuse (torture) himself with Micah.Micah is roughed up a bit and dumped in a dungeon cell. Inigo is having his own issues tattooing Oberon, and earns the right to a night in his nasty dungeon as well. And…. our boys meet. There is licking, and frotting, and their adventure to save themselves and Micah family from the wrath of Oberon begins.And an adventure it is! There is torture, a talking horse, a werewolf, a zombie, fire, water, secrets, and sex. Lots of sex! Hot, vampire and faerie sex… This is a fairly detailed plot, involving things that happened with the fae a generation ago, and a bunch of what we learned in Jumping in Puddles. The Norwood family is right in the middle of the mess, which turns in to a contention over the throne of Faeryland. It all comes to a breaking point, and there is a nice bit of drama. The ending was good, and I loved the epilogue, loved seeing the outcome for everyone.The connection between Micah and Inigo was well done, the sex was certainly hot, but they got along very well aside from that. They were both goofy, but smart, focused on getting the job done and solving this big mess. Then there is a big thing that happens, and their love really comes out. They stay together throughout the story even though they know they shouldn’t, fighting against the king, the overall issues, their natures, and Micah’s obnoxious father.I liked this book better than the first one. It may be that it is m/m which I prefer to read now. I liked Jumping in Puddles just fine, but got the plot better in this one. It made more sense to me somehow. The writing was good, the story kept my interest, the characters were great for the most part, and the sex was hot. It was a fun, quirky book!A copy of this book for provided in exchange for an honest review. The original review posted at [...]!