Bad Blood (Crimson Moon Novels) by L. A. Banks
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Book Reviews of Bad Blood (Crimson Moon Novels)
Book Review: Good solid start to a new series!
Summary: 4 Stars
As a person who (very disappointedly I might add) was never able to get into Ms. Banks vampire series, when I saw this on the bookshelves I had to try one more time and I am very glad I did. This was a much better read for me.
Book Review: Strange bedfellows
Summary: 4 Stars
Special Ops soldier, Sasha Trudeau is a part of a unique group of 'beings'; all soldiers for the U.S. government. At some point, they were bitten or scratched by werewolves, and contaminated with a werewolf virus. With that common bond, the team led by their Captain has always done assignments together. Sasha is a bit bemused when she is sent on a mission without them, but this is the military and orders are given and taken without question. So Sasha sets out to perform her duty; trying to contain the level of paranormal activity around the world. But, this assignment is becoming increasingly harder to control; werewolf DNA is the only DNA scientists think is capable of being fused with humans, which causes almost insurmountable risks.
The solo mission in Korea sets Sasha up for some personal drama, introduces her to a new breed of werewolf, and makes her question the authenticity of her pack family. When she returns home, she finds her Captain has turned, which forces her to change her loyalties and her mission. Her perception, of the people to whom she has given much credence, and whom she obeyed without a backwards glance, is being challenged. Sensing something akin to betrayal, bad blood is not only running through the team's veins, it's starting to claim Sasha's mind.
BAD BLOOD, the first of the Crimson Moon Novels, focuses on werewolves, shadow wolves and the U.S. government Operatives. In Banks' indelible style, she manages to pull the readers into the story and let them share the 'run'. She gives the antagonist new powers and shares some almost believable myths, surrounding other-dimension phenomenon. As a confirmed reader of Banks, I've come to expect the thoroughness with which she writes. And while I felt a similarity between her werewolves and her vampires, from the Huntress series, it made me wonder if other-world creatures are as similar in nature as are humans; that was my take anyway... The characters bring the intrigue, mystery, and unabridged 'were-world' existence, to life and the ending will have readers hoping more is housed in another book.
Reviewed by aNN
of The RAWSISTAZ(tm) Reviewers
Book Review: Better than Damali???
Summary: 5 Stars
I love LA Banks and think she gets away from the mushy stuff and writes about relationships as part of the plot. This new book/series is as good as if not better than Damali&Carlos. I recommend it to all LA Banks/women of the underworld e.t.c fans Cant wait for the next oneBook Review: Bad Blood
Summary: 5 Stars
I love the book L.A. Banks is by far my favorite writter. I can't wait for the next book in the seriesBook Review: Sad to say, same old, same old with different names, different title.
Summary: 2 Stars
My very favorite book of LA Banks work is "The Bitten." In that book, I felt like she achieved the perfect pinnacle of good vs. evil, and embraced the ambiguity of characters that are neither good nor evil but instead were a mixture (ie, more real). The books which came after "The Bitten" in the VH series struck me as being too aggressively good vs. evil; and I mourn the loss of chemistry between the "good" Carlos and Damali. That said, and I apologize for starting off this review of "Bad Blood" with a synopsis of the VH series but it ties in to what I have to say about "Bad Blood." If you really LOVED every single one of the VH books, then this book is for you! You will like the ways it reminds you of VH and the new powers and mythos it introduces. However, for me, this book fell short. In fact, very quickly it got off into the same old take on the vampires/werewolves that LA used in the VH series: Evil is Evil and the only answer to it is destruction with blessed weapons or hallowed earth bullets, etc. NOTE -- SPOILERS ahead!!! In fact, at the end, there is a future glimpse that indicates Sasha's new man will eventually become one of the evil, uncontrollable "shadow" wolves. I also felt that the action scenes of the book moved too quickly, without the important buildup of the scenes to show why things were happening. Particularly, the scenes where her lover's pack chooses to "shoot-up" with the drugs that turn them to pure evil "shadow" beasts, half-wolf & half-human, uncontrollable animals. This really did not make sense to me & the explanation given in a few words by one of the packmembers before Sasha and her man blow them to pieces was not enough of an answer. The pack wanted to be "bigger and more powerful," but this does not sound like a good enough reason for the werewolves that grew up with the Indians and spirit guides to just suddenly decide out of jealousy to stick a needle in their veins and mainline pure evil into their bodies. The other part of this is that once the pack members have "shot-up" even once, they are evil permanently, so the only rescue is to shoot them dead. So, I found this book to be a disappointing return to a world where the good blow the evil to bits.