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Blood of the Earth
by Faith Hunter
I was given a copy of this title, free, in exchange for my honest opinion.
Faith Hunter is an author that I have been meaning to pick up. Her series Jane Yellowrock was the title that originally caught my eye. Though this is a series set in the same world as Jane Yellowrock , and they intersect in Jane's story, this is a series all of it's own.
I really like Nell's voice as the narrator. It was a meandering tone, but wandering with a purpose. It was slow, as if she has invited you in and was giving you time to get settled in your seat in her home. But it wasn't so slow as to make you regret sitting down for a chat. That's really how Nell narrated the story, as if you were company in her home.
While the history with Jane is mentioned throughout the story in bits and pieces, this is a story all on its own. I thoroughly enjoyed watching Nell transform into her own -shedding the invisible skin of the church, but not quite a federal agent. She is stuck somewhere in between, not really sure if she's allowed to not be either or to be both, until she makes the decision to be herself.
I like the fact that we get to know the characters, villains and good guys (and those in between) as well as the ins and out of the Psyled team at the same rate that Nell learns them. Another way that Hunter has allowed us to be a part of the story. This was not just a simple case of rooting out the bad guys and then catching them and saving the girl. Secrets were uncovered, the shady side of the cult was uncovered, reconnecting with family, and bonding with a found family all happen. There is so much more than meets the eye with this story.
The action, the violence and the deaths, just enough to keep the story interesting without it becoming distasteful. I am so glad that I also have the next two books in the series for review.
5 stars
What you should know:
-This is the first in a new series.
-This is a spin-off series of the Jane Yellowrock series, though Jane is not in this book
-I have not read any of the other Yellowock novels
-There will at least be three, 3, boos in the SoulWood series.
-This is my first five-star book this year!
Always Shine!
Faith Hunter is an author that I have been meaning to pick up. Her series Jane Yellowrock was the title that originally caught my eye. Though this is a series set in the same world as Jane Yellowrock , and they intersect in Jane's story, this is a series all of it's own.
I really like Nell's voice as the narrator. It was a meandering tone, but wandering with a purpose. It was slow, as if she has invited you in and was giving you time to get settled in your seat in her home. But it wasn't so slow as to make you regret sitting down for a chat. That's really how Nell narrated the story, as if you were company in her home.
While the history with Jane is mentioned throughout the story in bits and pieces, this is a story all on its own. I thoroughly enjoyed watching Nell transform into her own -shedding the invisible skin of the church, but not quite a federal agent. She is stuck somewhere in between, not really sure if she's allowed to not be either or to be both, until she makes the decision to be herself.
I like the fact that we get to know the characters, villains and good guys (and those in between) as well as the ins and out of the Psyled team at the same rate that Nell learns them. Another way that Hunter has allowed us to be a part of the story. This was not just a simple case of rooting out the bad guys and then catching them and saving the girl. Secrets were uncovered, the shady side of the cult was uncovered, reconnecting with family, and bonding with a found family all happen. There is so much more than meets the eye with this story.
The action, the violence and the deaths, just enough to keep the story interesting without it becoming distasteful. I am so glad that I also have the next two books in the series for review.
5 stars
What you should know:
-This is the first in a new series.
-This is a spin-off series of the Jane Yellowrock series, though Jane is not in this book
-I have not read any of the other Yellowock novels
-There will at least be three, 3, boos in the SoulWood series.
-This is my first five-star book this year!
Always Shine!