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A review by swreid1981
Blood Type by K.A. Linde
5.0
This book! I can hardly put into words all the feelings I have about this book. Blood Type is a paranormal romance that has to do with vampires. First of all, I’m not a big fan of paranormals. I read them every six months or so, and they’re always ok, but nothing magnificent. I was really big into them in the early 2000s but since then, I haven’t picked many up. However, Blood Type is by K.A. Linde and I love her and her writing so I knew that no matter what genre this was, I had to give it a try. And seriously people, this book is probably one of the best books I’ve read so far this year! It’s new, and refreshing and lends so much more to the genre of paranormal romance that I can’t stop thinking about it. What stands out to me about this book is it’s dystopian feel, and the political workings mixed throughout the story. There’s these characters that are cunning and twisted, and this whole interworking layer of deceit mixed throughout the pages. It was brilliantly done.
Blood Type focuses on two main characters. Beckham Anderson and Reyna Carpenter. Life as we know it today is gone. There was a financial collapse, and 90% of the world is destitute and living in sheer poverty, while the remaining 10% are living the life filled with money, parties, and extravagant gifts. And they’re also vampires. Reyna lives with her two older brothers in the warehouse district, and after trying everything to get a job, she applies at Visage, where she basically sells her blood to the vampires. Except rather than it being handled like a blood blank, she lets her sponsor drink directly from the source. It’s a last ditch effort to give her brothers a better life, and when Reyna is accepted into a new program where she is placed with a permanent sponsor for twice the amount of money, she finally feels like she’s making a difference in her life. Yet, after meeting Beckham, Reyna begins to reevaluate everything that she thought she knew about life, and like the layers of an onion, the story is slowly peeled back and revealed to the reader.
Reyna is strong, and determined, and doesn’t take no for an answer. She can be a little bit dumb when it comes to her decision making, but she’s young and naïve and it comes with the territory so it’s hard to fault her for that. It actually makes her character feel more real. She has bouts of anger, lust, and even jealousy and it all plays perfectly into the story. Reyna wants to make a difference in the world, and she continually tries to illustrate the differences between the classes, even though everything could very well just blow up in her face.
And then there is Beckham, or Becks. Becks is stand offish, and full of secrets. He hides himself away from Reyna and refuses to feed from her, even though that is what he is paying her for. Despite several advances and mistakes as he likes to call them, he tries desperately to stay away from Reyna. But there is an instant connection between the two of them that keeps reeling him in, over and over again. It’s a delicious tug of war between a captive and his prisoner, and wrapped up in this political intrigue with a pretty little bow. But when they do come together, the entire story explodes, and I couldn’t get enough.
I’ve read a lot of Linde’s books and this is, by far, my absolute favorite of hers. I can’t speak highly enough about how much I adored this book. Everyone, whether you are a fan or paranormal or not needs to pick this one up. It will change your view on paranormal romance, and I can’t wait to see what other treasures are hiding in the pages of Blood Match.
Blood Type focuses on two main characters. Beckham Anderson and Reyna Carpenter. Life as we know it today is gone. There was a financial collapse, and 90% of the world is destitute and living in sheer poverty, while the remaining 10% are living the life filled with money, parties, and extravagant gifts. And they’re also vampires. Reyna lives with her two older brothers in the warehouse district, and after trying everything to get a job, she applies at Visage, where she basically sells her blood to the vampires. Except rather than it being handled like a blood blank, she lets her sponsor drink directly from the source. It’s a last ditch effort to give her brothers a better life, and when Reyna is accepted into a new program where she is placed with a permanent sponsor for twice the amount of money, she finally feels like she’s making a difference in her life. Yet, after meeting Beckham, Reyna begins to reevaluate everything that she thought she knew about life, and like the layers of an onion, the story is slowly peeled back and revealed to the reader.
Reyna is strong, and determined, and doesn’t take no for an answer. She can be a little bit dumb when it comes to her decision making, but she’s young and naïve and it comes with the territory so it’s hard to fault her for that. It actually makes her character feel more real. She has bouts of anger, lust, and even jealousy and it all plays perfectly into the story. Reyna wants to make a difference in the world, and she continually tries to illustrate the differences between the classes, even though everything could very well just blow up in her face.
And then there is Beckham, or Becks. Becks is stand offish, and full of secrets. He hides himself away from Reyna and refuses to feed from her, even though that is what he is paying her for. Despite several advances and mistakes as he likes to call them, he tries desperately to stay away from Reyna. But there is an instant connection between the two of them that keeps reeling him in, over and over again. It’s a delicious tug of war between a captive and his prisoner, and wrapped up in this political intrigue with a pretty little bow. But when they do come together, the entire story explodes, and I couldn’t get enough.
I’ve read a lot of Linde’s books and this is, by far, my absolute favorite of hers. I can’t speak highly enough about how much I adored this book. Everyone, whether you are a fan or paranormal or not needs to pick this one up. It will change your view on paranormal romance, and I can’t wait to see what other treasures are hiding in the pages of Blood Match.