Take a photo of a barcode or cover
hoffdna 's review for:
Blood of the Earth
by Faith Hunter
I think (I hope) this will be one of those books that I bring up to a four star after the series gets going. Sometimes I dislike the repetetive nature of a first-in-series and this book spends a LOT of time repeating facets of the back story and Nell's thought process for E V E R Y thing. It's a bit cumbersome, but I guess it's necessary. I love Jane Yellowrock, so I'll definitely give this another go with the second book and I still have high hopes.
*SPOILERS*
That being said, I just didn't like the bloodthirsty nature of, well, nature. I got the reference to fairies and druids and sacrifices. I read plenty of books about the capricious and often malicious nature of the fae, so I get that too. It just goes against everything I've ever enjoyed reading to have trees thirsting for blood. Predators like Jane? Sure, that makes sense. Trees... no.
*SPOILERS*
That being said, I just didn't like the bloodthirsty nature of, well, nature. I got the reference to fairies and druids and sacrifices. I read plenty of books about the capricious and often malicious nature of the fae, so I get that too. It just goes against everything I've ever enjoyed reading to have trees thirsting for blood. Predators like Jane? Sure, that makes sense. Trees... no.