Review ‘Dark Blood’ by Christine Feehan

The fates of a warrior reborn and a seductive Dragonseeker are
irrevocably entwined in the new Carpathian novel by #1 New York Times
bestselling author Christine Feehan, “the queen of paranormal romance” (J. R.
Ward).

At long last you are truly back with us…

Zev Hunter was an elite warrior, a dark-blood dealer of death to rogue Lycans
who preyed on mankind. He was a loner, never given to personal attachments, and
damned fierce at his job. But Zev begins to question his past and his purpose
when he awakens in the darkness of the sacred cave of warriors—and is soothed
back to consciousness by the sensuously familiar voice of one woman, the woman
who has haunted his fantasies for centuries. She was Branislava, member of the
Dragonseeker clan…

Mother Earth called the ancients to witness your rebirth…

For this half-mage, half-Carpathian temptress, the ritual of awakening Zev to
the council of warriors was the only way to save him. Locked away for his own
protection, the time has now come for his rebirth, for his blood to stir with
that of the ancient warriors before him. He has been assured by Branislava that
their fates are entwined, that their spirits are woven together for eternity
and that his new purpose in life is beyond imagining.

Now, with a blood-sworn vow of honor, mercy and endurance, and under the
influence of a siren as bewitching as Branislava, Zev begins to wonder what his
purpose is, what it means for the future of the Carpathians and what it is
about his rebirth that he has to fear…

The ‘Dark’ series by
Christine Feehan is a fantasy, romance series. ‘Dark Blood’ is already the 26th
book in the series. ‘Dark Blood’ is the third book in a ‘Dark’ series trilogy. The
first book ‘Dark Lycan’ is about Fenris and Tatijana and is already in stores.
Fenris is Dimitri’s brother. The second book ‘Dark Wolf’ is Skyler and Dimitri’s
story.. This book is in store since Januari. The third book ‘Dark Blood’ is out
since September second.

A couple
of weeks ago I received ‘Dark Blood’ by Christine Feehan, through the Little
Brown Book Group in exchange for my honest review. Believe it or not but I have
never read a book by Christine Feehan before. I have heard a lot about her
books off course but I never got to read one. So I was super excited to start
reading this book. This book is a part of a series and I haven’t read any of
the previous books but I was so excited that I just wanted to give it a try.

In ‘Dark
Blood’ we meet Zev Hunter a warrior who has lived a very lonely life. Now he
has been reborn after he had a lethal wound. Together with the beautiful and
seductive dragonseeker Branislava, Zev finds the strength to carry on. Soon Zev
finds out that he is part of a ‘special’ blood line and that he has a part in
the future for all species.

Well,
the first thing that I would like to say about this book is that I would
recommend reading the first two books in this trilogy first. I received this
book because it could be read as a standalone but would not recommend it as
one. At times I found it very hard to fully understand all the different
species, languages etc. Although I found this book a very nice read, I think I
would like it much more if I had read the previous books. All those Carpathians, Lycans, Jaguars and Mages species were just a lot
to get my head around.

But like I said I definitely liked Christine Feehan’s writing style. I
really wanted to keep reading about Zev and Branislava. I found it a very
addicting story and I found myself really wanting to know more and more. Although
I sometimes didn’t understand everything, this book still kept me interested.

The
character I liked the most was definitely Branislava. I loved how strong she
was and how she didn’t let her man tell her what to do. And I loved her powers.
Eventhough Branislava had a really rough past she didn’t let it get to her. I
just loved reading about her.

So I can
definitely conclude that I need to read more books by Christine Feehan. I loved
her writing in this book and after reading this one book I really find myself
curious for the other books in her series. 

‘After Brom Stoker, Anne Rice and Joss Whedon, Chrisine Feehan is the person most credited with popularizing the neck gripper.’

-Time

‘Feehan has
a knack for bringing vampiric Carpathians to vivid, virile life in her Dark
Carpathian novels.’

-Publishers
Weekly

#1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan has over 40
novels published, including four series. Each of her four series has hit #1 on
the NY Times. Christine Feehan has received numerous honours including being a
nominee for the Romance Writers of America RITA and receiving a Career
Achievement Award from Romantic Times.  Her
debut novel Dark Prince received 3 of the 9 Paranormal Excellence Awards in
Romantic Literature for 1999. Since then she has been published by Leisure
Books, Pocket Books, and currently is writing for Berkley/Jove. She also has earned
7 more PEARL awards.

In her own words:

‘I am a mother, first and foremost
in my life. Family is very important to me. I have several children all
of whom drive me crazy on a daily basis. And I have four Maltese that
are even worse. LOL! I love living in the country and I find that it
continues to inspire my writing.. which is my ultimate passion in life.

I
am a writer and have been almost my entire life. I have to write every
day or I’ll drive my family crazy. I first became a published author in
1999 with the release of Dark Prince. Before that I had a wide variety
of jobs including being a full time mom, a martial arts instructor, a
telephone operator, and I even worked for a newspaper. Now I’m able to
write full time. I usually have four new books released per year.’ 

For more information about the ‘Dark’ series and Christine Feehan please visit her website, Goodreads and Amazon. Or look for Christine on Facebook.