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jenni_reads's review
5.0
I loved this series and am sad to see it end. Great ending for the trilogy.
diannel_04's review
5.0
A great end to an amazing trilogy. Everything finally comes together for the hero trio. They not only save the world but also save Lucifer. Even Elizabeth and Tommy are redeemed. I wish this wasn't the final book but it was well done and I loved everything about the series.
connie575's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-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
3.0
pglt1177's review against another edition
4.0
Another winner from James and Rebecca. I did have an OMG moment and they made it better
alexctelander's review
3.0
Blood Infernal is the final book in the trilogy from bestselling authors James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell who have created a world that mixes Christianity and vampires together in a new and terrifying way.
While it takes a little while for the book to get going, the big plotline is revealed: Lucifer’s shackles are loosening and the Apocalypse appears imminent. It will be up to the three – archaeologist Erin Granger, army sergeant Jordan Stone and Father Rhun Korza – to search for a new Chalice and imprison Lucifer safely back in his bonds. Meanwhile, a demon named Legion is alive and free and able to take over the bodies of others.
Stone has also gone through some sort of transformation and is now somehow able to heal incredibly fast and seems almost immortal, which seems free license for the writers to really try their best to push him as close to death as possible. This concluding book feels unbalanced with the first half heavily weighted with archaeological searches and discovery and plenty of puzzle and problem solving, and the second half, once the big baddie is revealed, with nonstop action leaving the reader little room to come up for air. Nevertheless, adding this volume to the first two makes the trilogy a complete story that ends in a high-tension climax.
Originally written on March 8, 2015 ©Alex C. Telander.
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While it takes a little while for the book to get going, the big plotline is revealed: Lucifer’s shackles are loosening and the Apocalypse appears imminent. It will be up to the three – archaeologist Erin Granger, army sergeant Jordan Stone and Father Rhun Korza – to search for a new Chalice and imprison Lucifer safely back in his bonds. Meanwhile, a demon named Legion is alive and free and able to take over the bodies of others.
Stone has also gone through some sort of transformation and is now somehow able to heal incredibly fast and seems almost immortal, which seems free license for the writers to really try their best to push him as close to death as possible. This concluding book feels unbalanced with the first half heavily weighted with archaeological searches and discovery and plenty of puzzle and problem solving, and the second half, once the big baddie is revealed, with nonstop action leaving the reader little room to come up for air. Nevertheless, adding this volume to the first two makes the trilogy a complete story that ends in a high-tension climax.
Originally written on March 8, 2015 ©Alex C. Telander.
For more reviews, check out the BookBanter site.
lpcoolgirl's review against another edition
5.0
Such a fantastic ending to the series! Loved it so much, loved how everything wrapped up, this was so great!
ndalum's review
3.0
The way this book wrapped up really disappointed me. If it hadn't been the last book in the trilogy I may have given up.
oneandonlywm3's review against another edition
3.0
We all hate it when our favorite series or trilogy comes to an end, but I'm sure that we hate it even more when the last book didn't live up to one's expectations.
I had very high hopes for this because I really liked the first two books. I even rated the first one a 5 star rating. I thought that after reading this I might reread the trilogy again in the future, but I didn't like this book that much. It was cliche, and the characters weren't as good as they were before. It was a huge slap to the face that the ending ruined the whole series. Predictable and unsatisfactory at best.
The characters themselves weren't as they were before. Despite the fact that I've read the second book more than a year ago, I still remember most of what happened to them, and also what I liked about them. In this novel everyone was dull and a bit stupid. Everything didn't make sense, and it felt a bit like the two authors didn't write this.
Let me add in that the there was minimal action in this third novel. That means the useless ramblings were more prominent. This reason probably contributed to my disliking of the characters. They all just kept complaining about a lot of shit. The action didn't happen till around 80% of the novel. That's a huge amount of useless shit going on.
It took me 10 days to read this. Honestly my busy schedule should be the one to blame, but this was too short to reach 10 days, even with my busy schedule. I wasn't turning the pages because i was really enjoying myself, but rather to get things over with. At 50% I knew I wasn't going to like this very much, so I had to push myself to finish it and move on.
I read the first two novels way too long ago, and it was a time wherein I still enjoyed Dan Brown, Rollins, and the likes. It could be a huge possibility that I outgrown the genre itself. This book made me feel like I was reading Dan Brown, and not Rollins. Heavy on the cliche, predictable and stupid ending? I'm sick of reading the same thing. If i remember correctly though, the first two novels didn't possess these awful traits. I liked them because both were original and the writing was good. Could it be that Cantrell wrote this, or vice versa?
2.5/5 stars. I rounded up out of respect of the first two books. The whole series itself probably deserves a 4 or a 3.5, but this novel alone was awful. Bad writing, predictable plot, and dull characters. I might still reread the trilogy in the future, and hopefully by then I'd have a better reading experience of this novel. I'm still highly recommending the whole series, but watch out for this particular novel.
I had very high hopes for this because I really liked the first two books. I even rated the first one a 5 star rating. I thought that after reading this I might reread the trilogy again in the future, but I didn't like this book that much. It was cliche, and the characters weren't as good as they were before. It was a huge slap to the face that the ending ruined the whole series. Predictable and unsatisfactory at best.
The characters themselves weren't as they were before. Despite the fact that I've read the second book more than a year ago, I still remember most of what happened to them, and also what I liked about them. In this novel everyone was dull and a bit stupid. Everything didn't make sense, and it felt a bit like the two authors didn't write this.
Let me add in that the there was minimal action in this third novel. That means the useless ramblings were more prominent. This reason probably contributed to my disliking of the characters. They all just kept complaining about a lot of shit. The action didn't happen till around 80% of the novel. That's a huge amount of useless shit going on.
It took me 10 days to read this. Honestly my busy schedule should be the one to blame, but this was too short to reach 10 days, even with my busy schedule. I wasn't turning the pages because i was really enjoying myself, but rather to get things over with. At 50% I knew I wasn't going to like this very much, so I had to push myself to finish it and move on.
I read the first two novels way too long ago, and it was a time wherein I still enjoyed Dan Brown, Rollins, and the likes. It could be a huge possibility that I outgrown the genre itself. This book made me feel like I was reading Dan Brown, and not Rollins. Heavy on the cliche, predictable and stupid ending? I'm sick of reading the same thing. If i remember correctly though, the first two novels didn't possess these awful traits. I liked them because both were original and the writing was good. Could it be that Cantrell wrote this, or vice versa?
2.5/5 stars. I rounded up out of respect of the first two books. The whole series itself probably deserves a 4 or a 3.5, but this novel alone was awful. Bad writing, predictable plot, and dull characters. I might still reread the trilogy in the future, and hopefully by then I'd have a better reading experience of this novel. I'm still highly recommending the whole series, but watch out for this particular novel.
nearonis's review
3.0
Well, I've finally finished it. I've gotta say, not Rollins' best work. Yes, the action bits and the sexy bits were on point, but everything else? The tension did not keep to Rollins' standard with his other books, particularly his Sigma Force series, and yes, it may have been Rebecca Cantrell's parts that I didn't like, but for a book about vampires and demons and Lucifer, this one was pretty lax.
The characters were great, yes, but all a little anticlimactic and cliched. All the right people died and all the right people got together. For an end of trilogy book, it was everything that I expected and nothing I didn't expect, which, after reading Rollins for years now, disappointed me more than the book itself being lackluster.
I'll keep reading Rollins, for sure, but I gotta say, if I had a say in the matter, I would not read Cantrell. Her bits just dragged the whole book down (at least the bits that didn't seem like Rollins' to me).
But hey, if you're looking for a predictable book about vampires with a limited cast of characters, this trilogy is just right for you.
The characters were great, yes, but all a little anticlimactic and cliched. All the right people died and all the right people got together. For an end of trilogy book, it was everything that I expected and nothing I didn't expect, which, after reading Rollins for years now, disappointed me more than the book itself being lackluster.
I'll keep reading Rollins, for sure, but I gotta say, if I had a say in the matter, I would not read Cantrell. Her bits just dragged the whole book down (at least the bits that didn't seem like Rollins' to me).
But hey, if you're looking for a predictable book about vampires with a limited cast of characters, this trilogy is just right for you.
faerychikk's review
5.0
You know when you're reading a book and you don't want to finish it? Especially when it's a trilogy and it's the last one? That was how I felt reading this book. The whole Blood Gospel trilogy was fantastic, and this one finished the series up nicely. It ends with the possibility that there could be more, but there is a sense of finality to it.