Book Description
Bodyguard Celia Graves has definitely accepted her share of weird assignments, both human and supernatural. But her newest job takes the cake. Guarding a Prince from terrorists and religious fundamentalists is hard enough, but it seems like the entire supernatural world is after this guy too. When she is betrayed by those she is employed to help, and everything goes horribly wrong, Celia wakes to find herself transformed.
Neither human nor vampire, Celia has become an Abomination—something that should not exist—and now both human and supernatural alike want her dead. With the help of a few loyal friends—a sexy mage, a powerful werewolf, and a psychic cop—Celia does her best to stay alive. On the run from her enemies, Celia must try to discover who is behind her transformation…before it’s too late.
Book 1 in The Blood Singer Series
Review:
It’s no longer enough to have traditional vampires or classic werewolves in urban fantasy books, we want something new, something innovative when it comes to the supernatural. In Cat Adams (aka C.T. Adams and Cathy Clamp) BLOOD SONG we get treated to a host of new (and tweaked familiar) paranormal creatures including bats, nulls, abominations, werewolves, demons, clairvoyants, mages, psychics, and others I can’t giveaway.
Celia Graves is a vanilla, someone without any magical abilities at all. She’s worked hard to make up for her lack of magical prowess by rigorous physical and weapons training that have helped earn her well deserved reputation as one of the best elite bodyguards. She has a slew of cool spells and gadgets that help her defend against all sorts of paranormal nasties…until she narrowly survives a vampire attack that half turns her. Now she’s an Abomination (dhampir), feared by humans and hunted by vamps.
As you can imagine, being hunted by blood thirsty vampires translates into lots of action, but to be a truly excellent urban fantasy (which BLOOD SONG is), I need some kind of romance as well. Cue Celia’s mage ex fiancé and a seriously smokin’ hot werewolf. The two of them provided plenty of romantic tension that promises to play out in future books.
And did I mention the topnotch plotting? Cat Adams doesn’t appear to believe in coincidences, everything that happens in BLOOD SONG has a reason. This provided several very cool ‘oh, that’s why…’ moments for me while I was reading. Seemingly insignificant details early on combined for some extremely satisfying revelations at the end. It’s always good to read a series written by an author who understands the importance of good plotting. I’m sure there will be even bigger payoffs in the subsequent Blood Singer books.
Overall, Cat Adams new Blood Singer series, starting with BLOOD SONG, is the latest in a string truly excellent urban fantasy debut’s this summer. A resilient heroine, a supernatural smack down, and not one but two potential romantic leads? I can’t wait to read Siren Song which will be released on September 28, 2010 followed by Demon Song in 2011
Sexual Content: References to sex. References to homosexuality. A scene of sensuality.
My Rating (out of 5):Excellent - Loved it! Buy it now & pre-order the sequel.
Click HERE to read an excerpt of BLOOD SONG
Product Details
Publisher: Tor Books *Disclosure: I received this book courtesy of Cat Adams
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I'm reading this now! Just started it a little the other day! Glad to hear it was fantastic and spine gripping!
ReplyDeleteHoly crap, this sounds AMAZING in like every way...WONDERFUL review, I cant wait to get my hands on this one...
ReplyDeleteThis is one on my TBR list that keeps getting moved up every time I read a review about it. Hopefully I'll get to it very soon! Thanks for the great review!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds good, but I'm always hesitant to pick up books where the female protagonist gets back together with an ex-boyfriend, for some reason I can never get on bored with these relationships.
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading it, and I did enjoy it quite a bit. I really liked the main character. She was tough but not cocky or too aggressive. She knew her limitations and had moments of vulnerability. I felt the resolution of the demon plot line was a bit anticlimactic and that last 'fight scene' rather quick. Also, I would have liked more interaction between Celia and Kevin and more development of his character because I did find myself intrigued by the mystery of his role in why Celia was targeted and by his feelings for her (is he just a friend, a possible love interest, or perhaps his protectiveness of Celia is due to an entirely different agenda...hmmm). I'll be honest and admit that I hope he's a love interest in future books and if so, I'll be rooting for him over Bruno. ;)
ReplyDeleteI've had this on my TBR list for a while now, but your review makes me want to read it NOW! To bad I'm on a book buying freeze this week :( Next week perhaps...
ReplyDeleteDoes this end with a cliffhanger? I'm not sure I'm up for another unfinished series that leaves you hanging.
Jessica - I couldn't put it down. It was a one sit read for me :)
ReplyDeleteBook Crazy Jenn - It really was! I hope you get to read it soon.
Missy - I would recommend bumping it up too. It was a solid UF from start to finish.
BookRants - I'm actually usually the same way, but I did mention the werewolf, right? Nothing boring about him :)
Marg - I wanted more with Kevin too, but I'm hoping he'll have more page time in Siren Song. Bruno was interesting, but after that beach scene with Kevin...yeah I'm rooting for him too.
Tara SG - I wouldn't call it a cliffhanger. The main plot is resolved, but the mysteries surrounding Celia and a few other characters are far from solved. And the final chapter sets up the plot for Siren Song. So no, it doesn't leave you hanging....pining maybe :)
This sounds awesome!
ReplyDeletePreternatural - It really was. Masterful plotting and you won't even have to wait for the sequel since it's already been released :)
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