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A review by wanderinglynn
Blood Trinity by Dianna Love, Sherrilyn Kenyon
3.0
Strong mixed feelings about this one.
First, IMO, very few books do well with two authors and this one proves the rule. In contrast, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (Good Omens) are the exception. While I have enjoyed Ms. Kenyon’s other books, I did not feel like this one lived up to her normal standards. And I think that’s because of the second author, who I’d never heard of before this book. Nor will I seek out any of her other works.
While I like the premise of the book, I did not like the stereotypical “tough” female MC with trust issues & to prove her badassery, rides a motorcycle. There is some backstory given to why she has trust issues, but a lot is left unanswered. I’m all for slowly developing a character’s backstory, but in this instance, there wasn’t enough. I also felt the MC came across a bit wooden and lacked dimension.
The other big problem I had was the lack of world building. The prologue starts in Utah and the main action takes place in Atlanta. Okay, so clearly relating to our real world. But the world has demons, majik (I hate magic spelled with a “k”), tribes, and supernatural beings, as well as was also a mash-up of gods and cultures—Hindu, Celtic, and who knows what else because nothing about the world is adequately explained. I just had to go with flow and guess. Clearly, based on the tribes, this world has existed with “majik” for a long while. But give some explanation. For example, a better explanation of VIPER (always capitalized and therefore an acronym? Again, who knows?).
I will read book 2, mainly because I want to try to figure out this world. But I get the sense that this book was written more my Ms. Love and Ms. Kenyon’s name maybe has more to do with marketing and sales because again, this book does not meet the standards of her other series.
First, IMO, very few books do well with two authors and this one proves the rule. In contrast, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (Good Omens) are the exception. While I have enjoyed Ms. Kenyon’s other books, I did not feel like this one lived up to her normal standards. And I think that’s because of the second author, who I’d never heard of before this book. Nor will I seek out any of her other works.
While I like the premise of the book, I did not like the stereotypical “tough” female MC with trust issues & to prove her badassery, rides a motorcycle. There is some backstory given to why she has trust issues, but a lot is left unanswered. I’m all for slowly developing a character’s backstory, but in this instance, there wasn’t enough. I also felt the MC came across a bit wooden and lacked dimension.
The other big problem I had was the lack of world building. The prologue starts in Utah and the main action takes place in Atlanta. Okay, so clearly relating to our real world. But the world has demons, majik (I hate magic spelled with a “k”), tribes, and supernatural beings, as well as was also a mash-up of gods and cultures—Hindu, Celtic, and who knows what else because nothing about the world is adequately explained. I just had to go with flow and guess. Clearly, based on the tribes, this world has existed with “majik” for a long while. But give some explanation. For example, a better explanation of VIPER (always capitalized and therefore an acronym? Again, who knows?).
I will read book 2, mainly because I want to try to figure out this world. But I get the sense that this book was written more my Ms. Love and Ms. Kenyon’s name maybe has more to do with marketing and sales because again, this book does not meet the standards of her other series.