Blood Rising

By: Jasinda Wilder

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Have you ever felt like you were…different? Like you were on the verge of discovering some monumental secret about yourself, only to wake up and find out it was all just a dream?

That’s how Maeve Sparrow feels, only it’s not a dream.

Vampires, fae, and shapeshifters do in fact exist. Her boyfriend Caspian is a 240-year-old vampire, and his brothers and “father” are all vampires as well, and even older.

She’s probably a vampire herself. Or, she’s SOMETHING, at least. Something not normal, and definitely not mortal.

When she does learn the truth, it's far stranger than she could have imagined.

She’s no ordinary girl. She’s not even an ordinary immortal.

There are secrets waiting to be revealed—secrets that will change not just Maeve’s life and future, but everyone’s…mortals and immortals alike.

And boy do things take off.....

Again, for this second book in the series, it was also done with Audible's Virtual Voice Narration. I still have the same feelings about it as I did during the first book - just not impressed.

This book takes off immediately after the end of the first book when Maeve is faced with the realization that there is another world that she has not been aware of and her mother was apparently NOT what she seemed either.

A lot is thrown at Maeve in a very short amount of time. This book is actually very fast paced with events taking off quickly and once the pace takes off, it doesn't really slow down.

Notice - I am going to go into a couple of issues that I had with the story in specifics - so here is the **SPOILER WARNING*** there will be some information so please use caution if you have not read this book yet......

Part of the benefits of the faster pace is that you do not really have time to seriously think about some of the "plot holes" that exist within the story - and there are many. But, if you just decide to jump in and try to enjoy the ride, it is full of action. Yes, somehow this 18 year old girl who JUST found out she isn't mortal is somehow able to do things that she shouldn't be able to do. Things that people centuries older than her have taken ages and ages to learn. Somehow, all of these "elite" guards that are sent after her - well, she just defeats all of them. See....part of the "don't think too hard" bits.....

Another thing that I REALLY had to ignore was the fact that somehow Maeve had been unknowingly on the run with her mother her entire life - never living anywhere more than 6 months - in order to stay hidden from the Tribunal, yet they never changed her name. The Sparrow name was important - her grandfather was over a thousand years old and on the Council and yes, his last name was Sparrow as well - but they never changed her name? Her mother (who also never changed her name) is killed and Maeve she lives on her own for a short period of time before her father comes for her. She is in the same house at the same address that the police use to notify her of her mother's death, under the same name, in the SAME school, yet she is not discovered. Again, things to not think too hard about....

And yet, once they discover her, they all of a sudden know EXACTLY where she is at all times. They find her on the road, then again when they run to a "Vampire Haven" that is a safehouse that the vampires have kept secret for centuries. They somehow know IMMEDIATELY everything about her all of a sudden - it all was a little TOO drastic - but, again, definitely action packed and exciting.

So, I think I like the fact that the books themselves are short and fast paced. Things happen rapidly and it does tend to pull you in - so, onward I go......