2 out of 5 Stars
As a hug fan of the Dresden Files, I’m always on the lookout for a new urban fantasy series. When I found Blood Trinity on the shelves of my local library, I was excited because it was urban fantasy without vampires and werewolves! Not that I have anything against them, but it’s nice to find something new.
The BlurbAll her life, Evalle has been straddling the line between human and demon. Curious about her origins, but content to live in the shadows, she finds that anonymity threatened by escalating conflicts between species. Accused of a savage murder, she’s forced center stage in what seems like the beginning of an Atlanta apocalypse. Before long though, her personal problems will submerge as she learns startling facts about a hoard of supernatural terrorists.
The launch volume of a much-anticipated mass-market original paranormal romance series.
My ThoughtsUgh… not a fan at all. The book has a promising premise. Evalle, a supernatural character with a shadowy past, works as part of a paranormal policing force assigned to take out demonic threats before they affect normal humans. Then throw in a little romance when she’s forced to work with an attractive and mysterious new partner in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia.
Despite the interesting premise, the execution leaves much to be desired. The writing style is entertaining with great voice, but quickly becomes repetitious. The novel begins with a prologue that is completely unnecessary and essentially just one giant info dump. I felt like I was watching someone playing Dungeons and Dragons, building characters and determining their strengths and weaknesses. There is actually a section in the beginning where three characters just list out bullet points of their different paranormal abilities to one another. And don’t get me started on the characters’ special abilities. It seems like everyone has a laundry list of special skills comparable to Superman. And they never really explain the source of these powers beyond vague mentions of gods and several different magic systems that aren’t really elaborated on.
The attempt at romance also misses the mark. We instantly start out with the suggestion of a love triangle with Evalle, her new partner, and a demon hunting human. Which is all fine and good, but Evalle keeps a constant internal monologue explaining how she’s not attracted to men after the way she was abused and mistreated in her shadowy past. Despite the fact that she constantly reminds readers of this, she then goes on to discuss how wildly sexually attracted she is to both of these men. It was confusing and completely threw me off. Then go and throw in a third guy who wants her all of a sudden… Ugh.
This is one of those books where I think the authors tried too hard to include too many unique concepts and it ended up just being a mishmash. Despite the confusing and convoluted story line, there are some interesting concepts covered in the novel and the ending does tie everything together in a fashion. Overall I enjoyed the psuedo-conclusion to the story, but not enough to pick up the next book in the series.
Sadly I can only give this novel 2 out of 5 stars and wouldn’t particularly recommend it unless you’re really desperate for a non-vampire urban fantasy fix.
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