| Title: Blood Trinity Mass Market Paperback: 528 pages
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Book Description
Atlanta has become the battlefield between human and demon. All her life, Evalle has walked the line between the two. Her origins unknown, she’s on a quest to learn more about her past and her future.
But when a demon claims a human and there’s no one else to blame, Evalle comes under fire. It’s no longer a question of learning about herself, it’s a question of survival. Through the underground of an alternate Atlanta where nothing is as it seems to the battleground of where her VIPER allies have become the force that is now hunting her, Evalle must prove her innocence or pay the ultimate price.
But proving her innocence is the least of her problems if she doesn’t stop the coming apocalypse. The clock is ticking and it’s about to become a lot hotter in Atlanta.
Review
Two authors collaborating on a single book can either produce something extraordinary as in the case of all the Ilona Andrews books or something truly abysmal as in the case of BLOOD TRINITY.
Oh wow is this book a mess. Two authors apparently means no editor. The writing is clunky and extremely redundant. Did these authors not communicate at all? It’s almost as if they each wrote this story and instead of editing the best parts from each into a single book, they just shuffled the scenes together so that every bit of information gets relayed twice, or even three times:
...She'd have to come up with a believable reason for taking off to meet [name omitted] by four thirty, which was only a few hours away.
And before that she needed to come up with a reason why her aura wasn't human. Luckily [name omitted]’s phone had buzzed less than a heartbeat after his declaration that her aura didn't appear human. She had no idea what it'd been about, but it'd caused him to excuse himself and take off immediately.
She had a couple hours to come up with some way to explain her nonhuman aura. –BLOOD TRINITY pg. 218
And the whole book is like that. Worse still, it’s totally confusing. in 500+ pages the basic world is never explained. What’s a Belador? Couldn’t tell you. What’s an Alternant? Not real clear on that either. Maybe all of that got explained in the super secret novella that was released in 2008 but no where alluded to in this book?
Beyond the embarrassing writing, the book was a mess of clichéd characters and mismatched mythology. BLOOD TRINITY opens with a cool introduction and bonding between three supernatural characters: Evalle, a mutt Alterant (half Belador, half ?) and two full Beladors. I assumed theses three would be the leads in the book. Nope. Evalle is the protagonist but the other two get relegated to tiny mental phone calls and maybe one or two actual scenes. Maybe they’ll be getting their own books in this series.
I thought at least I’d get a good romance out of BLOOD TRINITY, I mean this is a Sherrilyn Kenyon book. Wrong again. The only positive thing I can say about this book is that the plot never drags. There are plenty of supernatural action scenes that inject some much needed life into this otherwise totally botched paranormal thriller. More books are planned for this series starting with EVE OF DESCTRUCTION in Fall 2011. I can only hope they get better.
Sexual Content: References to rape. Kissing.
My Rating:
2/5
Okay – Somewhat disappointing with significant flaws. Library/swap/borrow if you want.
Click HERE to read an excerpt from BLOOD TRINITY
Previous books in the series:
- Midnight Kiss Goodbye (in the anthology Dead After Dark)
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That's a bummer...I read the prologue and the first chapter to this (Pocket After Dark) and it was interesting, but it sounds like it becomes more confusing after that...
ReplyDeleteThanks Abigail, I love your honest reviews!
Lizzielvr - The opening prologue is the best part of the book. Sadly it barely relates to the rest of it. I can't recommended it.
ReplyDeleteWow, sucks that this book wasn't better. I read the description on the back, and given that it's a Sherrilyn Kenyon book, I picked it up a couple weeks ago and was really looking forward to reading it.
ReplyDeleteSince I bought it I'll still be reading it, but I guess it won't kill me to push it down my TBR pile now.
Thomas - Big disappointment. I was amazed at how poorly this book was written.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that I've come across your review before buying. I'm surprised you were even able to finish it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the honest review. The example you included such a mess, I can't imagine getting through a book full of those. Was your copy an ARC that may have some extra editing done prior to being released?
ReplyDeleteSpinecraker - I won't review a book unless I read it cover to cover and I don't do Did Not Finish reviews either. So I had to read the whole thing. It wasn't easy :)
ReplyDeleteTara SG - Nope. It was a finished copy. Can you believe it?
So sorry you didn't like it. When SK came to New Orleans earlier this year, she and Ms. Love had a great rapport - apparently it didn't transfer well onto the pages.
ReplyDeletePatti - Did you read it? What did you think? I've never read Dianna Love before, but I usually really like SK's books. Don't know what happened here.
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