Review ‘A Shade of Blood’ by Bella Forrest

Title: A Shade of Vampire 2: A Shade of Blood

Author: Bella Forrest

ISBN: 1947607014

Goodreads Rating: 4.01

Having been delighted by the bestselling debut, A Shade Of Vampire, readers are begging for more. In A Shade Of Blood, Bella Forrest transports you deeper into a unique, enthralling and beautifully sensitive story. Prepare to be lost in its pages... When Sofia Claremont was kidnapped to a sunless island, uncharted by any map and ruled by the most powerful vampire coven on the planet, she believed she'd forever be a captive of its dark ruler, Derek Novak. Now, after months of surviving an endless night, the morning sun may soon rise again for Sofia. Something has possessed Derek's heart and he offers her a gift no human slave has ever been given in the history of his cursed island: escape. High school, prom and a chance to move on with her life now await her. But will she be able to forget the horrors that steal her sleep away at night? ... or the feelings that haunt her for that tormented prince of darkness?

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After I read the first book in the A Shade of Vampire series in October I couldn’t understand how it was that I had not read about this series before. I just loved that first book! So when I was looking for my next read, I bought myself a little gift and started reading ‘A Shade of Blood’.

Since I loved the first book ‘A Shade of Vampire’, I had some very high expectations for this book. Unfortunately I didn’t love this book half as much as I did the first one. I just didn’t really ‘feel’ this book at all. For starters this book has this love triangle between Sofia, Derek and Ben and I just didn’t get it. To me it felt like Sofia choose Derek in the first book, but somehow in this book she is with Ben. She still thinks about Derek a lot but tries a relationship with Ben. I definitely did not get that and I just didn’t really like it.

What didn’t help at all was the fact that I really disliked Ben’s character. I mean what an arrogant selfish guy was he! Every time I read about his character I had to force myself to keep on reading. And even though I loved Derek’s character in the first book, I didn’t like him as much in this one. In this book he was a lot darker, and I missed his kindness.

Although I had many issues with this book, the ending gave me a lot to think about and I found myself very curious about what is going to happen next. I even have more questions now after finishing this book then I had after I finished reading the first book. So I still would like to read the third book in this series. But this book definitely wasn’t what I hoped it would be.

Maureen Bakker

Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always!  Facebook | Instagram