A review by ameserole
A Shade of Blood by Bella Forrest

4.0

Cute.. but Ben annoyed me.

A Shade of Blood is the second installation for the A Shade of Vampire series. I honestly have no idea how many books this thing has.. but I'm determined to get through a bunch of them. They are pretty quick reads - I just wish that the story lines were better with each book. I get that I'm only on the second one but I feel like nothing really happened in it?

In this, you well still see the same people.. but we do get to see Sofia's dad towards the end plus more about the vampire hunters. I guess they will have a bigger part in the next book/the rest of the series.. but at the moment, I think:
1. Her dad is a tool and I hate him.
2. Wow, Ben.. I really do hate you and you don't deserve Sofia.
3. How many guys are going to keep claiming Sofia theirs?
4. Poor Vivienne, she deserves better.

Other than that, Derek is kind of losing his mind because of Sofia. He let her go but he became such a pussy after that. I get that the darkness was slowly taking over him.. but damn, he's weak. Then there's Sofia and Ben, ugh I can't tell you how much I hated them together. I cringed every time they kissed because she is supposed to be with Derek!

Then once she gets back to Derek she kind of overlooks that he almost killed her friend.. and that she almost died from said friend. Then she has the balls to order Claudia around, which was honestly my favorite thing she has done so far. However, I didn't like that there's a hint of him sleeping with said claudia.. It's like he couldn't keep his dick in his pants for what.. a week? Maybe more? Like really??

If she's the love of his life... I'm sure he could've not slept with someone else. Other than that, I'm glad they are together-ish.. but is she going to end up the Queen or something? Like his wife.. or something. I feel like I have all of these questions and not enough information to answer them. I hope I get these soon though.