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Of Wicked Blood
by Olivia Wildenstein, Katie Hayoz
What an amazing start to a new series!!!! This is the first book in the Quaterfoil chronicles and did a good job of setting up the world and tone for the series. It is written in dual POV and is an urban fantasy setting.
The story starts with Slate Ardoin, a thief and a con artist receiving a letter stating he is the last surviving member of the founding families of an order in a quaint little town. It also states he is to come visit the town to receive the inheritance left to him and attend school there with full scholarship. Naturally Slate is mad and also curious to find out the truth and sets out for the town of Brume. In a fit of drunken rage over the unfairness of his life situation, he breaks into the family mosoleum of the guy who sent him the letter and steals some jewellery off of the dead. Unknown to him that the ring which he steals is in fact a stolen artifact which is cursed and sets in motion a quest to gather different cursed pieces before the time runs out to restore magic and save his life.
The story starts of quite spectacularly. The setting is in this frigid little town which believes in their local lore of magic and witches and warlocks and lots of traditions. People celebrate magic and lore, little aware of the fact that it is infact true and their are ways to restore magic. Coming to the characters
Slate- yeah he is the cliché bad boy of the book and good for him that I can never get tired of such characters. His POV chapters are soooo good. They are absolutely hilarious and I almost choked laughing. He is snarky, drips sarcasm, a big flirt and his priorities during life threatening situations definitely made me laugh out loud. He starts hitting on Cadence right when they meet and persistently flirts with her throughout the book. But he is a softie at heart. His relationship with his little foster brother is the sweetest thing. He cares strongly about the people he loves ( and the cactus which he keeps). He makes a lot of mistakes but never shies away from apologizing. He was most definitely my favorite character of the story.
Cadence- She makes up for a good mc. She is kind, brave and a curious type. She is very righteous and compassionate. Very likable. I enjoyed her chapters. Her relationship with her best friend Alma was really precious.
Bastian- he is Slate's little brother and probably my second fav character. He is an adorable little dork who fiercely loves Slate and their brotherly love just melted my heart. He is such a cinammon roll of a character. Sweet, shy and extremely smart❤. So cute.
There are bunch of supporting characters who are memorable in their own rights. The plot is fast moving and kept me engaged. The author did a good job of planting a lot of questions in this book which does a good setup for the next. By the end of the story I was left with so many questions and I need the next book with answers. It was a clever way indeed to end the book.
Now coming to the only problem I had with the book - the romance. The romance was good for most of the parts, I was just not the fan of the insta love part of it. I get having attraction towards someone in first look but falling in love to an extent to want to give up own's life to save theirs? Nah I don't buy it. Also what's with the whole jealousy thing? Why should they be so intensely jealous about the other person having someone else in their life? Like you just met...please calm the heck down!! Was not a fan of it at all.
Regardless, it was a very enjoyable read. Looking forward to more in this series.
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The story starts with Slate Ardoin, a thief and a con artist receiving a letter stating he is the last surviving member of the founding families of an order in a quaint little town. It also states he is to come visit the town to receive the inheritance left to him and attend school there with full scholarship. Naturally Slate is mad and also curious to find out the truth and sets out for the town of Brume. In a fit of drunken rage over the unfairness of his life situation, he breaks into the family mosoleum of the guy who sent him the letter and steals some jewellery off of the dead. Unknown to him that the ring which he steals is in fact a stolen artifact which is cursed and sets in motion a quest to gather different cursed pieces before the time runs out to restore magic and save his life.
The story starts of quite spectacularly. The setting is in this frigid little town which believes in their local lore of magic and witches and warlocks and lots of traditions. People celebrate magic and lore, little aware of the fact that it is infact true and their are ways to restore magic. Coming to the characters
Slate- yeah he is the cliché bad boy of the book and good for him that I can never get tired of such characters. His POV chapters are soooo good. They are absolutely hilarious and I almost choked laughing. He is snarky, drips sarcasm, a big flirt and his priorities during life threatening situations definitely made me laugh out loud. He starts hitting on Cadence right when they meet and persistently flirts with her throughout the book. But he is a softie at heart. His relationship with his little foster brother is the sweetest thing. He cares strongly about the people he loves ( and the cactus which he keeps). He makes a lot of mistakes but never shies away from apologizing. He was most definitely my favorite character of the story.
Cadence- She makes up for a good mc. She is kind, brave and a curious type. She is very righteous and compassionate. Very likable. I enjoyed her chapters. Her relationship with her best friend Alma was really precious.
Bastian- he is Slate's little brother and probably my second fav character. He is an adorable little dork who fiercely loves Slate and their brotherly love just melted my heart. He is such a cinammon roll of a character. Sweet, shy and extremely smart❤. So cute.
There are bunch of supporting characters who are memorable in their own rights. The plot is fast moving and kept me engaged. The author did a good job of planting a lot of questions in this book which does a good setup for the next. By the end of the story I was left with so many questions and I need the next book with answers. It was a clever way indeed to end the book.
Now coming to the only problem I had with the book - the romance. The romance was good for most of the parts, I was just not the fan of the insta love part of it. I get having attraction towards someone in first look but falling in love to an extent to want to give up own's life to save theirs? Nah I don't buy it. Also what's with the whole jealousy thing? Why should they be so intensely jealous about the other person having someone else in their life? Like you just met...please calm the heck down!! Was not a fan of it at all.
Regardless, it was a very enjoyable read. Looking forward to more in this series.
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