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Blessed (2011)

by Cynthia Leitich Smith(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0763643262 (ISBN13: 9780763643263)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Candlewick Press

series

Tantalize

review 1: Yay! All of our favourite characters are back (well, except for Miranda… she does come up a couple times though). Smith did a great job in tying this book to ‘Tantalize’ and ‘Eternal’.We jump right back into the fray, with Quincie almost killing her true love/best friend and Kieran still leaving for the wolf pack. This book also introduces Aimee, (who is one of the stars of Smith’s spinoff series, ‘Feral Nights’).On top of running her restaurant, school work, worrying about the soon-to-be-vamp army that Brad is creating, worrying about the freaky dreams and the freaky voice in her head, and missing Kieran, Quincie now has to deal with the fact that she may lose her eternal soul. Because she is a vampire, she is now in danger of losing her soul and by drinki... moreng human blood, she loses it every time. Killing makes her lose it too. However, it does help that Quincie refuses the urge that tells her human blood is tasty. Now, it is Quincie’s job to try and connect with her humanity and stay this way. But, that is kind of hard when you are chasing down a crazy vampire intent of ruling everyone, including you.I loved the way that ‘Dracula’ was incorporated into the book. It was done really well and I was surprised on how much sense it made in the story. I liked the way that Smith created parallels in between Quincie story and that of Dracula. Dun Dun Daaaaaaaaa!Can’t wait to catch up with the gang in ‘Diabolical’!
review 2: Overall I found the storyline in this book a fun read, and a great way to pass my free time. I loved the reference to the classic Dracula story. Though I have yet to read the previous books in the Tantalize series, they are in plan to read; as well as the book following this one. I liked how there were a few different types of weres there, though I would have loved to have read more about them (perhaps in another book?), I can see how it would distract from the main story. There was a good mix of supernatural in general. She was pretty good in my opinion in describing the scenes/areas/and characters. My favorite character was a tie between Clyde, Kieren, and Kieren's little sister. Though for the most part I found the others well developed too. That being said, I really enjoyed reading this book.Ps- I'm pretty new to reviewing books; if you couldn't tell. ^^I may edit later as the self perfectionist in me isn't completely satisfied in my review quality. less

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