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A review by mweis
Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker
3.75
*I received an eARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*
This was so much fun! I tend to be picky about the young adult works I pick up nowadays because I'm not the target audience. But the genre blend here was intriguing. Benton-Walker created an alternate contemporary New Orleans full of magic and family drama and a 30 year old murder case.
I tried to pick this up last summer and made it like 3 or 4 chapters before I dropped it partly because I wasn't intrigued by what I had read and partly because other life events got in the way. I knew I was going to try to come back to it at some point though and I'm glad I did! This felt very much like a teen drama show. The beginning is a bit slow to try to build up the characters and the world Benton-Walker created but once the twists start coming they don't stop. I love the tension Benton-Walker was able to build between the characters and the politics he built in this magical NOLA. There's magic and gods among us and drama galore. And the ending! I need the sequel as soon as possible.
This was so much fun! I tend to be picky about the young adult works I pick up nowadays because I'm not the target audience. But the genre blend here was intriguing. Benton-Walker created an alternate contemporary New Orleans full of magic and family drama and a 30 year old murder case.
I tried to pick this up last summer and made it like 3 or 4 chapters before I dropped it partly because I wasn't intrigued by what I had read and partly because other life events got in the way. I knew I was going to try to come back to it at some point though and I'm glad I did! This felt very much like a teen drama show. The beginning is a bit slow to try to build up the characters and the world Benton-Walker created but once the twists start coming they don't stop. I love the tension Benton-Walker was able to build between the characters and the politics he built in this magical NOLA. There's magic and gods among us and drama galore. And the ending! I need the sequel as soon as possible.