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A review by flosmith
By Blood We Live by Glen Duncan
3.0
Overall, 3.5 starts. I considered rounding up but after thinking about it I decided that I didn't enjoy it well enough for 4 stars.
This is supposedly the last I the Last Werewolf trilogy, although the ending leaves me in doubt of that. I love the style of Duncan's writing. It usually always keeps me interested, hanging on every word. Despite this, By Blood We Live, left me a bit disappointed. I loved this trilogy from the very beginning and maybe I just had too high of expectations for the ending.
By Blood We Live is told from many different points of view. Duncan seemed to want to make all of his characters equally important, and while a worthy goal it just left it all a bit jumbled. There seems to be a lot going on and at the same time a whole lot of nothing. We are drawn into the lives of vampires and werewolves alike and with that comes lots of blood, lots of killing and eating, and lots of bestiality/sex. But at the same time, there just doesn't seem to be much of a point to it all (maybe that's the point of real life, there really is no point.) We hear a lot about this important prophecy and the life of a 20,000 year old vampire. The whole story seems to culminate with Remshi and Talulla coming together. (This isn't a spoiler cuz its listed in the blurb) Then its like and ...... now what?
Overall, I love this series. Its not for everyone but if you like werewolves this is the series to read. But having said that, I had much higher expectations for the ending.
This is supposedly the last I the Last Werewolf trilogy, although the ending leaves me in doubt of that. I love the style of Duncan's writing. It usually always keeps me interested, hanging on every word. Despite this, By Blood We Live, left me a bit disappointed. I loved this trilogy from the very beginning and maybe I just had too high of expectations for the ending.
By Blood We Live is told from many different points of view. Duncan seemed to want to make all of his characters equally important, and while a worthy goal it just left it all a bit jumbled. There seems to be a lot going on and at the same time a whole lot of nothing. We are drawn into the lives of vampires and werewolves alike and with that comes lots of blood, lots of killing and eating, and lots of bestiality/sex. But at the same time, there just doesn't seem to be much of a point to it all (maybe that's the point of real life, there really is no point.) We hear a lot about this important prophecy and the life of a 20,000 year old vampire. The whole story seems to culminate with Remshi and Talulla coming together. (This isn't a spoiler cuz its listed in the blurb) Then its like and ...... now what?
Overall, I love this series. Its not for everyone but if you like werewolves this is the series to read. But having said that, I had much higher expectations for the ending.