*WARNING: This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning upon reading this review*

Blood Heir is a story that showcases the second chance romance of a pairing we have all been waiting on since the beginning of the Kate Daniels series. I was joined in reading this with "Angie Elle" my buddy reader for this one.

I honestly didn't know what to expect from this one here, and to be honest Julie isn't a character I have always loved. I always suspected she and Derek would have their story written and was pleased to see that they are the romantic focus in the story although the book isn't focused solely on their connection, the romance is slow building and does take a bit of a back seat to the story line (which is the norm for the book connected to this series) I was delighted to be able to grab this one in audio format, I just adore the narrator that this author duo team chooses, she is perfection is portraying the characters so well.

We are blessed in seeing so many of our old favorites and even though the circumstances aren't the best with Julie having a new identity and hiding herself from all those that she considers family, we still get to see some of the characters we have missed since the ending of the Kate Daniels series. I really like the progression of the time frame that we find ourselves in. We have skipped ahead and I loved seeing Julie being so much more mature. She is similar to Kate in some respects, but she is definitely her own unique individual. I really loved seeing her growth and magic and her drive to save Kate.

The romance that we see between Derek and Julie (which is what I was looking forward to the most) was VERY SLOW but the chemistry was powerful. We see such a beautiful bond between these two. We don't get a ton of interaction in their romance, because there is the world building plot that is the primary focus of the story. But we do see how much these two have a magical connection to each other. And in Derek we see many changes as well, I would love to see his story unfold in future books and see what brought about those changes in him. When we get the unveiling of secrets at the end there, WHEW, was I ever caught up in the moment there. Especially in realizing that Derek knew ALL along who she really was. But I wasn't too surprised by it to be honest, I was so disappointed in Derek in not knowing who she truly was so it made me happy to see that he would stand by her even when she hurts him. All I will say is these two (just like Kate and Curran) seriously need to learn to honestly and openly communicate. Maybe they will learn faster than K&C.

I am very curious to see where this series will go and seeing the danger that Julie is in here, but also fascinated in the danger set up and the world building that this author team has done such a supreme job with.

Overall I found this book to be a stunning display of magical urban fantasy, a friends to lovers reconnecting after years of separation and a powerhouse of a read that will stun the reader with sensations of thrills and angst.

This review was originally posted on Addicted To Romance

Blood Kiss is a book that I was a bit anxious for and I was curious to see how J.R. Ward would handle this book especially since in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series we see multiple plots in the later books of the series and definitely was hoping that it wasn't the case in Blood Kiss and *whew* yep there are a ton of plot lines that confuse the reader. We have only two plot lines. We see a storyline with Butch and Marissa as they work on their own lives and the intricate lines of their relationship. Then we have the story of Paradise and Craeg which brings some forbidden love and opposite sides of the track tropes to their story.

Paradise is the daughter of the advisor to the King and works as a secretary and even though she has been going to the gym to get in shape, she wants something more from her life and wants to learn how to protect herself from the lessers who are becoming a menace and more threatening to their way of life. She has already lost most of her family because of their attacks and wants to know more about defense and protecting herself and entering into the training school of the Brotherhood is her ticket and is just about ready for anything.

Craeg, is the son of a commoner, and has had to scrape by and has a vow of vengeance against those Aristocrats who were cowards and let his father be killed by the lessers instead of protecting the serving staff. His father was a carpenter, his mother abandoned them when he was young, but now he is on his own. But now he has something to prove, he is determined to come out on top with the training school. But he knows that his attraction to Paradise can't go anywhere, he has nothing to give her, but sometimes fate takes certain choices out of your hands and he and Paradise will need to fight for the beautiful love they have for each other...

Don’t put me on a pedestal. All I’ll do is fall from grace.”

Blood Kiss was such an epic love story and I was swept up in this book in so many different ways. I wasn't sure what I was expecting but this book starts off with such an intense feel to it. There is a strong level of suspense and yeah I was SO not expecting it to have such a edge of your seat in the training academy that the Brotherhood has created and boy they do a number on these trainees. There is a connection between Paradise and Craeg, so much so its almost electric. But both Paradise and Craeg and the others will have to use every bit of strength and determination they have to get through the first day.

There is a ton of forbidden love but that is more on the side of Craeg. He knows that there is something strong between himself and Paradise, but he doesn't want to give into what he feels for her because he has nothing and doesn't believe he has anything to offer. I adored Craeg though, he is a true leader and goes far in the program. He does let male pride get in the way at times, but he learns as he goes and in the end he does fight for Paradise even if he has to get pushed in the right direction.

“If I kiss you,” he growled, “there's no going back. I might not fuck you right here, right now, but I'll have you on your back the instant I get the goddamn chance.”

Paradise was such a delightful heroine and she is the type of alpha female I LOVE reading. She isn't so arrogant and conceited that she can beat anyone. She does have humility and kindness in her heart. She wants to improve herself and help protect others in need. She is such a well-rounded character and I adored that. She also is a fighter especially when she finds Craeg and finds herself falling in love with him.  Paradise is one strong woman though, I love how she comes out on top though, seeing her inner courage and determination to succeed and her relationship with her father and how much she is willing to fight for Craeg even when he is being too stubborn for his own good, she never gives up on him and I love that.

Then we have the story involving Butch and Marissa. I just love these two, but the issues I had in their main story, comes through in this book and I am happy that Ward resolved those issues that I felt was a bit unresolved. We see how much these two have grown and changed over the years but they have plenty of growth to happen in their relationship. Seeing them put demons to rest and really communicate fully with each other and finds some more depth of intimacy in their relationship was so fulfilling and had a blast seeing these two again.

Overall I found Blood Kiss to be a stunning story that was truly an eventful romance that keeps you packed with thrills and sensual touches and a badass love tale you can get on board with!! A WINNER!!

*May Contain Spoilers—Readers be Aware*

Blood Match is the second book in the trilogy and after the ending of Blood Type, I jumped pretty quickly into this one here. Seriously…if you want to read this trilogy—-which anyone that loves a paranormal romance—you want to trust me; but you do want to get all three books in hand you don’t want to deal with the cliffhanger and not have the next book to read.

So just to recap what happens at the end of Blood Type (and yes this review contains spoilers so just skip ahead to the bottom of the overview if you don’t care for spoilers)

At the end of Blood Type, Reyna has been kidnapped by Harrington when she was betrayed by her friend Elliot. At the start of Blood Match, Reyna has a beautiful dream of being with Beckham, but then she wakes up in her reality where she has been held captive for two months by Harrington. He found out that her blood, is a rare blood type, perfect for him and he feeds off of her once a week and gives her his venom in return. But Reyna never gives up hope that Beckham still loves her and is searching for her. But she is starting to lose hope. She tried to escape once, and was shocked literally because Harrington implanted her arm with a device where they track her movements. We see the torment and the effect of being held against her will in a glass cage and how the love she has for Beckham changes her.

Every breath and every heartbeat and every minute of every day was spent waiting for you.

But when Reyna starts to fight back against Harrington and he shows her into a room, a room where no one can see her, she sees through a window, a ball and she gets an eyeful of Beckham and calls out to him and even though he can’t see her, their gazes connect somehow and in that moment, new life breathes into Reyna. She begins planning to escape but right when she thought she might never get a chance, she is surprised when a new nurse busts her out of her jail cell. They flee Visage Headquarter and rescue one other girl and the team that rescues Reyna will be some of her closest allies.

Reyna is then taken to the ELLE headqurters, Elle is the rebel base for those fighting against Harrington and his regime. She is brought to base expecting and hoping to see Beckham but he is not there, however she has a beautiful reunion with her brothers and she never knew if she would see them again or if Harrington would kill them but thankfully we learn that Elle got to them first. But on her first day back, free, she learns that Beckham is engaged to Penelope, althought she doesn’t know if its for real or fake.

But then when she least expects it, she wakes up to Beckham sitting on her chair in her room, and she is shocked to see him. But things are tense between Beckham and Reyna, and her emotions get better of her and they both make mistakes, and Beckham leaves which leaves Reyna feeling empty and full of regret.

Reyna then meets the head of ELLE, who is a vampire woman and a strong leader. She is strict at times and very controlling and calculating. And is adament that Reyna stays contained for her own safety. But Reyna has been in her own kind of hell and prison for months and needs freedom. But when she takes the risk with two friends, she almost risks everything when she runs into an old friend who betrayed her Elliiot. Even though both Beckham and Sydney (head of Elle) are furious with her, she stands up to them and she and Beckham finally get a chance to be open and honest with each other and their relationship begins anew.

When we were together, when you bit me, it was the best moment of my life, Becks. I trusted you. I told you I trusted you and then I spit in your face. I was wrong. You showed me the real you.

I found this installment to be just as good as book one (or almost) it definitely is quite different and we see the emotional and mental after effects of imprisonment and torture that Reyna has to overcome. We see the strong connection between Reyna and Beckham especially when we learn that their blood is perfect for each other and they have a rare case of being mates. We see such a strong bond of trust and affection form between them, they both have loved and lost so much, but finding each other again breathes new life into their relationship but unfortuntately they will be tested .

Beckham was imprinted on her heart

The ending was spectacular and intense and way more cliffy then book one ended in…and honestly if I didn’t trust that book three would end happily, I would have been more than upset but thankfully I knew I had book three to pick up the story with or I would not have been a happy camper at all!!!

*Review May Contain Spoilers*

Blood Type is the first book in the Blood Type trilogy. This trilogy is featured around one couple…Beckham and Reyna. This is a trilogy I have had my eye on for quite some time, and unfortunately I have had to wait this long to read it, mostly because I wanted to wait until I had ALL three books because the first two books end in cliffhangers so its good to note that if you don’t have all three books and prefer to wait for all three.

Our story first starts with Blood Type this is a story that begins with our heroine. The vampires have become known to the human world, and there was a period of economic fallout and now vampires control everything and the majority of human kind live in poverty. Reyna, our heroine, has only her two brothers left, and they are everything to her. They are both working double shifts at a factory to make ends meet and they don’t exactly live in a good part of town. Reyna has tried to find a good job somewhere, but there are none available. But there is one option, an option her brothers will be so furious at her for doing….become a blood donor for vampires. When she enters the facility and begins her testing, she is offered a rollout that is very new, where it would offer better benefits, double the pay but it would be a more permanent situation. So she agrees, to it and meets the vampire she will be providing for…Beckham. At first, he is closed off and a bit rude. But he doesn’t feed off her like she expects him to, he gives her a nice place to live with him, a new wardrobe and an unlimited credit card and a cell phone. She starts to realize that he is one of the good ones out there.

“Everyone is corrupt. Everyone is broken.”
“I’m not,” she whispered.
“Oh Little One, this world will kill the goodness left within your beating heart.”
“But it will not break me.”
“No,” he agreed. He leaned his head into her hair and drew a deep breath. “I will do that.”

Reyna is able to visit with her brothers and let them know what is going on and even though they are furious, they are also understanding and why she felt she had no choice. But when she goes to a corporate meeting with Beckham and meet his boss and other associates, she starts to realize how kind Beckham really is because she sees how the other vamps treat their “humans” and it’s no more than slavery. But Beckham leaves her freedom for the most part and has yet to feed off of her but there are some characteristics about Beckham that don’t add up and she wants to know more about him. She feels a strong intensity to Beckham and doesn’t know what she is truly feeling.

Her feeling are tested for him when he takes her out in the city, to let her get some shots with her new camera (that he bought for her) and she begins to realize the real truth behind the man that hides beneath a mask of deception. She learns that while he may be working at the top in Visage, he is also working to bring it down and bring more equality and safety to humans too. But she also realizes how powerful their connection is when the moment arrives and they kiss and touch and sizzle each other but she learns that he has a girlfriend and refuses to be played. But through a set of circumstances, she learns who this “girlfriend” really is and that not everything is as it seems. She also learns why her blood type is so unique and causes a dangerous reaction with Beckham, a reaction that will plunge her into darkness, betrayed and tossed in the hands of a vampire more dangerous than she ever comprehended…

Blood Type is one of those stories that I was sucked right into and boy this world….I became so addicted. I really love the set up of the story though, so I was intrigued to see where K.A. Linde would take this world that she created and boy she threw me into a world I NEVER saw coming or expected and I love a book that can surprise me and Linde really threw me a new one with Blood Type and now I can hardly wait to grab up books 2 and 3. I am very curious about more about her Blood Type and why it causes such a reaction and I am curious about the “Rebellion” of Elle. I have a feeling this is just the beginning, just the appetizer of what is going to become more intense and I am ALL in.

She wanted more. She craved him like an addict craved the next hit. She didn’t know what he did to her, but when they got like this, she didn’t care. It didn’t matter how infuriating he was, she was caught up in the whirlwind of their desires.

The romance that develops between Beckham and Reyna is pretty intense. At first, they have this enemies to lovers trope, where they are obviously enemies. Because vampires are not looking highly upon by human, which makes sense and considering they are living in luxury while humans are barely surviving and many are destitute. But Reyna is not like other humans, she doesn’t judge vampires based on some bad apples, she sees the good in Beckham and even though he has a dark past, she doesn’t judge him for his past actions, only on the person he has become.

“She could tell he was fighting with his inner demons, and she felt horrible but she hoped they won out. She wanted him so desperately.”

We do have some scary main villains and boy they crack a punch in this book. They are the type of villains that will give you the shivers and might give you a nightmare or two. ( I know because I got one last night) The way that K.A. Linde wrote this book was so intense and full of intrigue and suspense that you never knew what she would be throwing at you next.

The ending was pretty fantastic, and yes I know it ends up in a cliffhanger, but even though I was still expecting it, it still threw me a curveball and yeah I wanted to just SCREAM because it was so dang good and leaves you hanging.

So I debated sharing my summary of this one, and decided not too, there isn't too much that changes from the first book. It starts off from the last book, and I was hoping there would be a little more romance in it, but yet again I was disappointed on the romance level. Bloodfever didn't stand out to me, but I think I liked it slightly more than the first one, since it didn't take as long to get through it. I think I knew what I was expecting from the first book, so I was more prepared for this one. The writing style is very moning, however it will take a while to get used to her change of how she is writing fiction now. Maybe the romance will escalate in the later books (I am crossing my fingers). Despite my reservations for this story, I did try to go into with a positive attitude. I did enjoy the tension that puts a punch in this story. We still have two men involved with Mac. Jericho is still as mysterious as ever or even more so now. Vlane, we see a little bit, but not as much as I expected to see especially from the first book. There is a bit of progression in Mac's character, but I still have a difficulty truly liking her. She is admirable at times, but I feel like she complains way too much. I did feel like there were only subtle differences in the plot, from the previous book. So I am hoping that Faefever will have more surprises in store for me than this one was for me. I know this review is pretty negative, especially compared to other reviews I have written, but I am still having a hard time adjusting to this series that is so opposite from her highlander series (which I 5 star recommend). I am enjoying this Fae world that Moning has created, and it has definitely been full of thrills all the way. Overall a action packed story, that if you are looking for a fiction based story with a dangerous world of Fae creatures, with darkness every corner, and no one to trust....than this book is for you!!