Sep
26

Title: Blood (Mercian Trilogy #1)
Author: K.J. Wignall
Published: September, 2011 by EgmontUSA
Thanks: EgmontUSA via NetGalley
Pages: 272
Rating: ★★½☆☆ 
Purchase: The Book Depository

“I do not remember being bitten. I wish I did, for then I would know the creature who did this to me and I would have a purpose, to track him down and repay him for the poisoned gift he gave me.”

Back in the 13th Century, Will was destined to be Earl of Mercia. He never lived to inherit his title, struck down by a strange illness and buried beneath the city walls. But Will was not dead, and only now, seven lonely centuries later, does he begin to understand that there was a reason for all of this, that he has a destiny. To find it though, he will need help, and as ever, he will need blood.

Final Thoughts:
Slightly too slow paced with the romance, but fast paced in terms of plot. Here a previously hibernating vampire is thrust into an unexpected destiny. Full of culture shock and lots of sword action. I enjoyed the different take on the lore and was relieved to have found a vampire unopposed to drinking blood, but unfortunately wasn’t thrilled with the level of coincidence used to bridge the plot together.

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Jul
04

Mouth-Watering Monday is a new weekly meme started by Brittany at Nice Girls Read Books. As book bloggers, we love to admire pretty covers, old and new. This meme takes the guilt out of judging a book by its cover, instead embracing it and showing off our favourite finds of the week!

You can show off one or more of your most mouth-watering covers!

Blood by K.J. Wignall
Everneath by Brodi Ashton

I’m unintentionally colour coordinated this week. Both of these covers just work. I have no idea what the plots are yet, but I’ll be checking them out. The first one has a hot guy with all of his colour washed out, hidden by fog, along with the blood spatters in the corners. It gives it an interestingly creepy vibe. I love it, if I were in store, I’d pick that one up. Everneath drew me in instantly. There are a lot of ‘dress’ covers at the moment, but I love this one especially. The clouds rolling up around her look amazing. I have to say, Red, grey and black works really well together.