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Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
5.0
adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

To quote Emma, “If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”

This book is a gut punch. I can’t read after this. I can’t think of anything that isn’t this. It romanced too hard. It adventured too bravely. It humored too funnily. It was perfect.

The tension of the plot is sickening in the best way. I was gnawing for more and completely binged the last 300 pages of the book. Tracy Deonn knows how to kidnap me into a story. It isn’t voluntary, I am literally stolen away from the world like Rapunzel in the night. I have an addiction. And being on the run is always a captivating plot because the story has to move as fast as the characters. It is just a masterclass in action, drama, romance, history, and trauma. Unbelievably deep and complex while being easily digestible and comprehendible.

The TENSION (all caps) between Sel and Bree is what killed me though. It’s plaguing my every waking thought, even my sleeping thoughts. I am so deep in the ship, I’m the Titanic. I love Nick and Bree, I do. I really love the whole triangle. But Sel would burn the world for her, and his love is something that chemically altered me. He is so intoxicating, alluring, yet transparent. His compliments are a unique sensory experience because suddenly I’m in a sauna and not my air-conditioned room. I love Sel. He has bewitched me, mind and soul, or whatever they say. And the ending has genuinely not left my mind since reading it. I am distraught, but cannot allow myself to read the next book
since he is hardly in it. I can’t bear it right now. I need him to be okay so I need Tracy to really get cracking because I am SICK!


This book is a masterpiece. I can’t actually say anything thoughtful about it right now because I am just in complete awe of it. There is no critique in my brain, I am rose-tinted, in love.

Read this book if you like good books and have read the first book. That’s all I’ve got to say.