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A review by jlove731
The Blood That Binds Us by Erin Mainord
5.0
“I am a bloodwitch—no, a blood queen. And a queen bows for no one.”
Give me a second while I pick my jaw up off the floor, because that ending wrecked me a little. The Blood That Binds Us is nothing short of a dark delight of thrilling debut perfection. Once I hit about 30%, I could not put it down for anything.
With our MC, Wren, I love her strength and wittiness. Though she is unsure of her power, she is never unsure herself and I adored her constant snark and humor. Also, the love she has for her chosen family was also a gem.
On the other side… Singard. Oh Sin. Our brooding, all dark, morally grey, captor of pure strength and sexiness. At first, Sin is every bit the ruthless Black Art (king essentially) that he needs to be and I honestly I loved to hate him. However, as more pieces of Sin are uncovered I grew to love him and feel for him. My heart definitely went up and down for him in this story and I’ll be anxiously awaiting TBTBU2.
Alright, so let me touch on the romance here, because Erin executes a perfect enemies to lovers. In the beginning there’s not even an inkling of romance, just gorgeous, dark world building. When you think enemies to lovers, you usually still feel that initial attraction, where they are supposed to hate each other yet they don’t quite. In TBTBU, Sin and Wren truly start out as enemies. They do not like each other, they do not stand on the same side, and they do not care for each other in the slightest. When the tipping point hits though… phew is it spicccyyy and I loved it. However, there is also a realness to the “relationship”. How they hate each other, to understanding each other, to caring and then acting on it. It’s also a slow-burn at its finest.
Even more so, I love the world building too. The magics, the shifters, and everything in between. And then, the ending… my god the ending. The ending is gut-wrenching. It’s not necessarily a cliffhanger per se, but at the same time you NEED to know what happens next. Erin throws a couple amazing twists in the story that I also did not see coming. I love when an author can make my draw drop not just from the spice but from the twists.
Overall, such a dark delight of a story and I will be anxiously awaiting The Bonds That Break Us.
Find the full review at Jotted by Jena
Give me a second while I pick my jaw up off the floor, because that ending wrecked me a little. The Blood That Binds Us is nothing short of a dark delight of thrilling debut perfection. Once I hit about 30%, I could not put it down for anything.
With our MC, Wren, I love her strength and wittiness. Though she is unsure of her power, she is never unsure herself and I adored her constant snark and humor. Also, the love she has for her chosen family was also a gem.
On the other side… Singard. Oh Sin. Our brooding, all dark, morally grey, captor of pure strength and sexiness. At first, Sin is every bit the ruthless Black Art (king essentially) that he needs to be and I honestly I loved to hate him. However, as more pieces of Sin are uncovered I grew to love him and feel for him. My heart definitely went up and down for him in this story and I’ll be anxiously awaiting TBTBU2.
Alright, so let me touch on the romance here, because Erin executes a perfect enemies to lovers. In the beginning there’s not even an inkling of romance, just gorgeous, dark world building. When you think enemies to lovers, you usually still feel that initial attraction, where they are supposed to hate each other yet they don’t quite. In TBTBU, Sin and Wren truly start out as enemies. They do not like each other, they do not stand on the same side, and they do not care for each other in the slightest. When the tipping point hits though… phew is it spicccyyy and I loved it. However, there is also a realness to the “relationship”. How they hate each other, to understanding each other, to caring and then acting on it. It’s also a slow-burn at its finest.
Even more so, I love the world building too. The magics, the shifters, and everything in between. And then, the ending… my god the ending. The ending is gut-wrenching. It’s not necessarily a cliffhanger per se, but at the same time you NEED to know what happens next. Erin throws a couple amazing twists in the story that I also did not see coming. I love when an author can make my draw drop not just from the spice but from the twists.
Overall, such a dark delight of a story and I will be anxiously awaiting The Bonds That Break Us.
Find the full review at Jotted by Jena