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Book Review of The Turning (Blood Ties, Bk 1)

The Turning (Blood Ties, Bk 1)
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Helpful Score: 2


Blood Ties is an interesting edgy story of a young MD's transformation into a vampire and then forward into a cruel and violent world that accompanies the lifestyle. I liked this book and found myself thinking about the character when not reading it and the choices she would make. The author creates a love triangle that holds the reader, dangling us between Carrie, our fledgling vampire and her 'Sire' and the rescuing-vamp-in-waiting with a killer body (no pun intended) and a Scottish accent. (Why are all these vamps Scots lately? No idea.) The pace is pretty quick but the gore is deep. I tend to be 'delicate' where violence and gore are concerned and I only muttered 'that's disgusting' outloud twice at the maximum. So, I'd give it a four star review. Very well written, fast paced, fair amount of lust--blood and otherwise--between characters and on the gore-side I'd give it four dripping fangs. At least.