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eszyinspired's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
lilycobalt's review against another edition
I read this book because I wanted to read the book about Theranos, but the library had this one instead, and a sense of morbid curiosity kicked in.
amym84's review against another edition
5.0
I really love the world that Painter created in Blood Rights [b:Blood Rights|9571401|Blood Rights (House of Comarré, #1)|Kristen Painter|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1307380042s/9571401.jpg|14458226] book #1 in the House of Comarre series. There were your typical "otherworld" creatures (vampires, fae, shifters, etc.) but Painter put a nice new spin on everything making it all very fresh.
Bad Blood is book three of the series (I don't know how many books are planned) with book four coming out sometime in 2012. Like the second novel Flesh and Blood [b:Flesh and Blood|9571407|Flesh and Blood (House of Comarré, #2)|Kristen Painter|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1307379881s/9571407.jpg|14458232] the story picks up eight days after Mal healed Chrysabelle. She's refused to see both him and Creek for putting Mal's blood in her in order to save her life after her signum were cut out of her back.
One of the first things I must acknowledge is Painter is a master at writing a book where not too much happens, just enough to answer a few questions and keep the readers riveted throughout. I think she does this with the use of the changing POVs throughout the story. In the first book we had our main characters Mal, Chrysabelle, Doc, Fi, and Tatiana. With this book and Flesh and Blood we've only added more POVs to keep track of. Painter does a wonderful job going back and forth which makes me wonder if she writes everyone's POVs as a whole and then chops the story up in editing (hmm interesting). Anyway, I can't say that I mind the chaning POVs, but I will say that I mind more and more characters being added to this list. She does a great job ending scenes just before events happen that we've been waiting for (ahem! Mal and Chrysabell) and not picking them back up for a couple more chapters, thereby forcing readers to continue until they come to that point again.
In this book we get Chrysabelle on a quest to get her signum reapplied in order to go back to the Aurelian to find out more information about her brother. In order to accomplish this, she needs the Ring of Sorrows that we haven't seen since the first book and was almost all but forgotten in the second book. This is one of the things that bothered me about the book. I like Chrysabelle as a character. I thought in the first book that she was wonderful to be able to take care of herself, yet she was vulnerable to the new world she escaped to. In this book, she seems much more stubborn. There were multiple times that I was frustrated with her because she wouldn't listen completely to what people were telling her and basically jump without looking. I don't like this version of Chrysabelle and I can only hope that this is possibly a side effect of events that took place in book two and this book. In Bllod Rights, I really liked that she's a very kind-hearted person. Not that she's lost it completely, but it seems that she is too focused on what she thinks of as her "mission" to find her brother. There were times where if se would have stepped back and recollected herself maybe she could have avoided certain situations.
I really loved Mal in this book, however, and by extension I loved the interactions between Mal and Chrysabelle. Their scenes to gether show Chrysabelle as we first see her. Someone who is very capable with a caring heart. I like that they become closer in this book and we can basically rule out the worthless love triangle storyline that was brought up in Flesh and Blood. But on that note as well, I like the path the the triangle took. Creek showing that he would be man enough to step aside without ego and pride getting in the way because obviously she doesn't feel the same for him as she does Mal. A lot of authors think that a love triangle needs to show the males fighting (in some form) over the female and honestly why? Either the woman loves you or she doesn't, if she doesn't, fighting with the guy she does love will not change her mind.
In order for Chrysabelle to retrieve the ring that Mortalis hid she needs to go to New Orleans. I liked the change of local for this book. Since this book takes place in the future, it's interesting to see another part of America and what the landscape is like. This book definitely focues more on the Fae and we get to learn more about Mortalis which I liked because I really do like him as a character.
So in the vein of the other two books things happen, but the ultimate goal is still a bit of a question for me. At this point, I'm hoping that Painter is not a cruel author that makes her charcaters suffer until the very last pages of the last book, and then they find happiness. It's like they get so close only to have something come and pull it a little farther away. Oh well, I still can't get enough of the series and I can't wait for book 4. I will say that even though Painter tends to end the series on a big "!?" they haven't been really bad cliffhangers. I feel satisfied enough that I'll be ok for the months until the next book comes out. Until Then!
Bad Blood is book three of the series (I don't know how many books are planned) with book four coming out sometime in 2012. Like the second novel Flesh and Blood [b:Flesh and Blood|9571407|Flesh and Blood (House of Comarré, #2)|Kristen Painter|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1307379881s/9571407.jpg|14458232] the story picks up eight days after Mal healed Chrysabelle. She's refused to see both him and Creek for putting Mal's blood in her in order to save her life after her signum were cut out of her back.
One of the first things I must acknowledge is Painter is a master at writing a book where not too much happens, just enough to answer a few questions and keep the readers riveted throughout. I think she does this with the use of the changing POVs throughout the story. In the first book we had our main characters Mal, Chrysabelle, Doc, Fi, and Tatiana. With this book and Flesh and Blood we've only added more POVs to keep track of. Painter does a wonderful job going back and forth which makes me wonder if she writes everyone's POVs as a whole and then chops the story up in editing (hmm interesting). Anyway, I can't say that I mind the chaning POVs, but I will say that I mind more and more characters being added to this list. She does a great job ending scenes just before events happen that we've been waiting for (ahem! Mal and Chrysabell) and not picking them back up for a couple more chapters, thereby forcing readers to continue until they come to that point again.
In this book we get Chrysabelle on a quest to get her signum reapplied in order to go back to the Aurelian to find out more information about her brother. In order to accomplish this, she needs the Ring of Sorrows that we haven't seen since the first book and was almost all but forgotten in the second book. This is one of the things that bothered me about the book. I like Chrysabelle as a character. I thought in the first book that she was wonderful to be able to take care of herself, yet she was vulnerable to the new world she escaped to. In this book, she seems much more stubborn. There were multiple times that I was frustrated with her because she wouldn't listen completely to what people were telling her and basically jump without looking. I don't like this version of Chrysabelle and I can only hope that this is possibly a side effect of events that took place in book two and this book. In Bllod Rights, I really liked that she's a very kind-hearted person. Not that she's lost it completely, but it seems that she is too focused on what she thinks of as her "mission" to find her brother. There were times where if se would have stepped back and recollected herself maybe she could have avoided certain situations.
I really loved Mal in this book, however, and by extension I loved the interactions between Mal and Chrysabelle. Their scenes to gether show Chrysabelle as we first see her. Someone who is very capable with a caring heart. I like that they become closer in this book and we can basically rule out the worthless love triangle storyline that was brought up in Flesh and Blood. But on that note as well, I like the path the the triangle took. Creek showing that he would be man enough to step aside without ego and pride getting in the way because obviously she doesn't feel the same for him as she does Mal. A lot of authors think that a love triangle needs to show the males fighting (in some form) over the female and honestly why? Either the woman loves you or she doesn't, if she doesn't, fighting with the guy she does love will not change her mind.
In order for Chrysabelle to retrieve the ring that Mortalis hid she needs to go to New Orleans. I liked the change of local for this book. Since this book takes place in the future, it's interesting to see another part of America and what the landscape is like. This book definitely focues more on the Fae and we get to learn more about Mortalis which I liked because I really do like him as a character.
So in the vein of the other two books things happen, but the ultimate goal is still a bit of a question for me. At this point, I'm hoping that Painter is not a cruel author that makes her charcaters suffer until the very last pages of the last book, and then they find happiness. It's like they get so close only to have something come and pull it a little farther away. Oh well, I still can't get enough of the series and I can't wait for book 4. I will say that even though Painter tends to end the series on a big "!?" they haven't been really bad cliffhangers. I feel satisfied enough that I'll be ok for the months until the next book comes out. Until Then!
bookishvice's review against another edition
2.0
After the ultimate showdown in the Everglades on the last book, the witches haven't had enough. This time they're back for revenge, and they already have to unwilling minions to carry it out. Tatiana seems to have forgotten about the Ring of Sorrows, right now she just wants Chrysabelle's head on platter. Her evilness and cunningness are as always boring, and I ended up skimming all of her POVs. The witches were pretty silly too, I was always cheering the demon to get free of the stupid aquarium tank they'd sealed him in.
Chrysabelle has recuperated beautifully, but her anger about how it was done is a bit uncalled for. I mean, he saved your life and you're alive. Who cares if your blood is tainted now!? Her anger quickly dissolves because now she has a goal. She'll go to any lengths to find her brother, including (but not limited to) manhandling/threatening/persuading others, and having molten gold tattooed on her. Luckily Mal will be there for her, but sadly there's not a lot of romance in this third book, which was kind of disappointing. That one hot massage chapter didn't satisfy my expectations on their relationship.
Meanwhile the secondary characters are all running around with problems of their own. Creek gets dragged into the murder investigation of the mayor's daughter, who was one of Dominic's fake comarré. He'll have to find the real murderer, or else the Mayor Lola will pin it on him. Doc and Fi have some very interesting news for Mal, if only they could get a hold of him. Once again, I felt that there were too many POVs. And while I've grown to love some secondary characters like Creek and Fi, I'm just not that interested in hearing Tatiana's or even the Mayor's side.
Overall for me the series has lost its initial steam and allure. Like I've said before, I started reading this series because of Chrysabelle and Mal and now they've just become another one in the bunch of characters. I could just read their chapters and be done with it, because it's all the interests me. The short preview of Out for Blood (House of Comarré 4) after the ending just made me chuck my book at the nearest wall. (Rant: For shit's sake Chrysabelle, stop being unreasonably angry at Mal. Whose idea was it to use THAT gold for the tattoo, huh? Yours! That's right! Not Mal's!) I'll probably buy it, only because I don't like leaving series half-way.
Chrysabelle has recuperated beautifully, but her anger about how it was done is a bit uncalled for. I mean, he saved your life and you're alive. Who cares if your blood is tainted now!? Her anger quickly dissolves because now she has a goal. She'll go to any lengths to find her brother, including (but not limited to) manhandling/threatening/persuading others, and having molten gold tattooed on her. Luckily Mal will be there for her, but sadly there's not a lot of romance in this third book, which was kind of disappointing. That one hot massage chapter didn't satisfy my expectations on their relationship.
Meanwhile the secondary characters are all running around with problems of their own. Creek gets dragged into the murder investigation of the mayor's daughter, who was one of Dominic's fake comarré. He'll have to find the real murderer, or else the Mayor Lola will pin it on him. Doc and Fi have some very interesting news for Mal, if only they could get a hold of him. Once again, I felt that there were too many POVs. And while I've grown to love some secondary characters like Creek and Fi, I'm just not that interested in hearing Tatiana's or even the Mayor's side.
Overall for me the series has lost its initial steam and allure. Like I've said before, I started reading this series because of Chrysabelle and Mal and now they've just become another one in the bunch of characters. I could just read their chapters and be done with it, because it's all the interests me. The short preview of Out for Blood (House of Comarré 4) after the ending just made me chuck my book at the nearest wall. (Rant: For shit's sake Chrysabelle, stop being unreasonably angry at Mal. Whose idea was it to use THAT gold for the tattoo, huh? Yours! That's right! Not Mal's!) I'll probably buy it, only because I don't like leaving series half-way.
amrenina's review against another edition
5.0
I was stuck between the desire to read, read, read and not reading at all out of fear that the pages will end.
fayebo's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 for nostalgia, have been waiting to finish this series since I was like 15 so my inner teen is loving life
bl0ndekitten's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I liked this book, it didn't have the silly love triangle of the last book. The only reason it isn't four stars is that I wasn't as invested in the plot of this book compared to the first book in the series.
ch_jars's review against another edition
2.0
I think... I hope.. That this one was unnessesary bad because of the translation.
liviiemarie's review
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
A little more action packed than the other books, and ending on a good cliffhanger.
chllybrd's review against another edition
4.0
You can not start from BAD BLOOD if you have not read the rest of the series yet. Please do yourself a favor and grab book one BLOOD RIGHTS and Book two FLESH AND BLOOD before picking it up or you will be completely lost.
For me BAD BLOOD started out really slow. About halfway through the book it picked up and became just as entrancing as books 1 and 2. One of my big issues with the book is all the POV's. There are so many it gets kind of frustrating having to be inside everyone's heads and getting involved with one characters thoughts only to be shoved into someone else's.
Chrysabelle and Malkolm made some great progress on their relationship by both finally acknowledging their feelings for eachoter. The whole love triangle really bothered me for some reason and I'm glad that to say they moved past it in BAD BLOOD. Creek was not as involved with Malkom and Chrysabelle in book 3. He was definitely in the book but he was in the background and doing other things outside of being with Malkom and Chrysabelle. There is a new supernatural woman that shows up that I'm excited to learn more about. Seems like something might come of her and Creek, not sure if it will be good or bad. Can Tatiana die already? I mean really what more will people fall for with her? She is beyond insane yet she keeps coming out and getting what she wants booo. The witches. Wow were they drama. Just when you think they were done they pop up again. I'm dying to know who Chrysabelle's father is. We get some good info towards the end but it just add's to the questions. I was thinking it had to be Dominic but now I'm thinking it cant be. The ending, Poor Chrysabelle when will she get a break? I cant imagine what will happen next but im invested in the series and will happily get book 4 as soon as it is released.
For me BAD BLOOD started out really slow. About halfway through the book it picked up and became just as entrancing as books 1 and 2. One of my big issues with the book is all the POV's. There are so many it gets kind of frustrating having to be inside everyone's heads and getting involved with one characters thoughts only to be shoved into someone else's.
Chrysabelle and Malkolm made some great progress on their relationship by both finally acknowledging their feelings for eachoter. The whole love triangle really bothered me for some reason and I'm glad that to say they moved past it in BAD BLOOD. Creek was not as involved with Malkom and Chrysabelle in book 3. He was definitely in the book but he was in the background and doing other things outside of being with Malkom and Chrysabelle. There is a new supernatural woman that shows up that I'm excited to learn more about. Seems like something might come of her and Creek, not sure if it will be good or bad. Can Tatiana die already? I mean really what more will people fall for with her? She is beyond insane yet she keeps coming out and getting what she wants booo. The witches. Wow were they drama. Just when you think they were done they pop up again. I'm dying to know who Chrysabelle's father is. We get some good info towards the end but it just add's to the questions. I was thinking it had to be Dominic but now I'm thinking it cant be. The ending, Poor Chrysabelle when will she get a break? I cant imagine what will happen next but im invested in the series and will happily get book 4 as soon as it is released.