Bad Blood (Crimson Moon, Book 1) by L. A. Banks
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Book Reviews of Bad Blood (Crimson Moon, Book 1)
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.Book Review: Check it out from the library
Summary: 2 Stars
I wouldn't advise anyone to buy this book. If you really want to read it then get it from the library. I find I'm in complete agreement with NoirFemme's review who listed her reasons much better than I'll be able to do. In short, I don't connect with (or even particularly care about) the characters, the book seems like an info dump and NEVER draws me into it and, the story feels stilted and even a bit pretentious. In fact, it's taken me a couple of weeks to read because, bored, I keep putting it down and reading something else. This is my first L.A. Banks book and I was expecting much better. Based on this book alone, I'd never buy another by this author but, given that she's published so many books, I'll probably give her one more try on the theory (hope) that this may be a deviation from her normal style.Book Review: Bad Blood
Summary: 5 Stars
Great book. Can't wait until the sequel. I am biased though because I love L.A. Banks' work. I have read all of her vampire series and am waiting for the final two books.