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A review by kblincoln
Blood Cross by Faith Hunter
4.0
Jane Yellowrock is a part-Cherokee Rogue Vampire Hunter in New Orleans with a contract from the Blood Master of the City to hunt down a rogue vampire turning vampires without sticking around to take care of them.
In this second in a series, Jane's now holed up in an ex-bordello with her witch friend Mary Jane and MJ's kids, sure that magic and her own fighting skills (not to mention the spirit of a mountain lion she carries) will be able to protect them all.
As vampire history and factions within factions come to light, Jane will need not only her growing knowledge of her Cherokee past, her mountain lion, and her ex-military vigilante friends to take down vampires intent upon making a new kind of vampire.
This second book certainly delivers on the promise of the first one. We get more of Jane's Cherokee heritage, not enough to clear up all mysteries, but enough to fill in some blanks, as well as develop her relationships satisfactorily with her various friends, and her complicated enemy, the Blood Master Leo Pellisier. I am particularly enjoying how Leo comes across as deadly, devastating, and sympathetic at the same time, without the whole lust/love thing that usually gives the reader a reason to feel sympatheic to a powerful enemy.
In fact, Jane's love interests are both human. While I, as a romance junkie, longed for more development along those lines, the fast paced action really didn't leave room for it.
Jane is still kick-ass, the plots complicated enough to be interesting, and the prose eminently readable. This series is one I'm definitely following.
This Book's Food Designation Rating: A Muffaletta sandwhich with layers of meat and tangy sauce for the great plot and characters.
In this second in a series, Jane's now holed up in an ex-bordello with her witch friend Mary Jane and MJ's kids, sure that magic and her own fighting skills (not to mention the spirit of a mountain lion she carries) will be able to protect them all.
As vampire history and factions within factions come to light, Jane will need not only her growing knowledge of her Cherokee past, her mountain lion, and her ex-military vigilante friends to take down vampires intent upon making a new kind of vampire.
This second book certainly delivers on the promise of the first one. We get more of Jane's Cherokee heritage, not enough to clear up all mysteries, but enough to fill in some blanks, as well as develop her relationships satisfactorily with her various friends, and her complicated enemy, the Blood Master Leo Pellisier. I am particularly enjoying how Leo comes across as deadly, devastating, and sympathetic at the same time, without the whole lust/love thing that usually gives the reader a reason to feel sympatheic to a powerful enemy.
In fact, Jane's love interests are both human. While I, as a romance junkie, longed for more development along those lines, the fast paced action really didn't leave room for it.
Jane is still kick-ass, the plots complicated enough to be interesting, and the prose eminently readable. This series is one I'm definitely following.
This Book's Food Designation Rating: A Muffaletta sandwhich with layers of meat and tangy sauce for the great plot and characters.