Blood Bound
Author: Rachel Vincent
Series: Unbound #1
Genre: Adult, Romance, Fantasy
Publisher: Mira
My Rating:
Summary:
Most can’t touch the power. But Liv Warren is special – a paranormal tracker who follows the scent of blood.
Liv makes her own rules, and the most important one is trust no one.
But when a friend’s daughter goes missing, Liv has no choice but to find the girl. Liv can’t rest until the child is home safe. But that means trusting Cam Caballero, the former lover forbidden to her.
Bound by oath and lost in desire for a man she cannot have, Liv is racing to save the child from a dark criminal underworld where secrets, lies, trauma and danger lurk around every corner…every touch…every kiss.
And more blood will be spilled before it’s over…
First Sentence: Only two-thirty in the morning, and I already had blood on my hands.
My Review:
I’ve never read a book Rachel Vincent wrote before, and boy, am I sold. I wasn’t sure if I’ll enjoy her Soul Screamers series, so I decided to give one of her adult book series a try before I start reading her Soul Screamers series, but I never actually expected to enjoy Rachel Vincent’s adult book. Blood Bound was an amazing read overall, although it had a couple of flaws itself.
Blood Bound has excellent worldbuilding – you know all about the different type of paranormals that exist in the world and what they can do, how the city Liv is living in is like, what role the government plays in all this, etc. The only downfall to the worldbuilding is that in order for us to know about the world where Blood Bound takes place, everything is info-dumped. The first chapter alone was filled with paragraph after paragraph describing what Liv was doing and how the entire city worked, who was in charge, etc. I just wished Rachel Vincent found another way to introduce us into her creative beautiful word without resorting to info-dumping.
I also enjoyed watching the whole mystery part of the book in Blood Bound being solved. I would never, in my wildest dreams, have guessed that happened, although once a piece of the truth was revealed, I could easily guess the rest of it and it turns out I was right. (Yay for genius plot guessing skills!) I’m happy to say after that, Liv and the others didn’t take too long to catch up to what I already figured out. (One of my biggest pet peeve in reading books is me figuring out everything long before the characters in the book figures it out.)
I hated Cam, Liv’s love interest. In fact, I may need a stronger word than hate. Loathed? Was disgusted with? Detest? Cam always bought Liv down. First of all, he managed to do the one thing a boyfriend is never to do, he slept with his girlfriend’s best friend. That’s right guys, you read that sentence right, Cam freaking slept with Liv’s best friend. (I’m tearing out my hair while writing this.) And when he had the chance to come clean about it, he didn’t. Cam kept it a secret until someone else revealed the truth to Liv. (I still can’t believe that Liv forgave him so quickly in less than one hour. What! I would make him suffer for centuries.) Also, in the end of Blood Bound, Cam basically made Liv do two things she had never wanted to do all along. I wanted to tear my hair out, jump into the book, and literally let Cam have it. Ugh. Poor Liv. (And yes, the book did end with a cliffhanger.)
I was going to read the next book in the Unbound series, Shadow Bound, asap…but found out it wouldn’t be told from Liv or Cam’s point of view like how Blood Bound was. In fact, it would be told from someone who isn’t close to them, so I basically dug myself a hole and cried. But no, seriously, will we ever get to find out what Liv did? Rachel Vincent, why do you have to torture me so?
Anyway, enough of my complaining, if you haven’t given Blood Bound a try yet, read it. I rarely enjoyed reading adult books this much (besides the Charley Davidson series), so seriously, go grab a copy of Blood Bound and devour it. Hopefully I’ll be able to make time for Rachel Vincent’s Soul Screamers series next month.
Cam did what!?! I’m with you I would have made suffer for centuries, centuries I say!
Just so you know Rachel Vincent loves torturing her fans. I’m still reeling from the ending in Before I Wake (the second to last book in the Soul Screamers) I didn’t think she would do that! And I read that book months ago.
Great Review :)
YES I KNOW RIGHT. Cam is a douche. D:< And ugh why Rachel?! At this rate, I'll wait until all the books come out, then finish the series. And thank you Kimberly! (: Kelly recently posted…ARC Book Review: This Song Will Save Your Life – Leila Sales
I had no idea that Rachel Vincent had other books and definitely didn’t know she had an adult series. I’m anxious to read her Soul Screamers series and added this one to my list too. This guy sounds horrible, btw! Thanks for your thoughts!
I have also never read anything by Rachel Vincent, but I have heard a lot of great things about her writing. I think I need to get a hold of one of her books (:. I will def keep this book in mind when I go on my search. Thanks for your awesome review. I will def look forward to reading her books.
I’ve had this on my wishlist for a while because I’ve read some great reviews about it. I didn’t realize that the series didn’t continue with the POV from the same couple. That’s disappointing.
I know! When I had the second book in my hands and read that it was told from a different point of view, my first thought was NOOOOO! Is Rachel Vincent trying to torture us by leaving us with that ugly cliffhanger? ):
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I absolutely LOVE this series. I even got the tattoo Cedo Nulli :D That’s how much I love this series. And you know, I was kind of bummed the next books were going to be companions, but all the characters make appearances again. Hope you continue onward!
Yes, I’m super glad that all the characters make appearances again! :D
That way, I can see if they are okay.
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I thoroughly enjoy the Soul Screamers series, even though I have yet to finish it. Hopefully soon! I have seen this series by the author at the library on numerous occasions but have never brought it home. I may have to do it at some point. She truly is a master of world-building, and I adore her characters!
After reading Blood Bound, I’ll have to agree with you, the world-building in Blood Bound was wonderfully done and I connected with all the characters in the book almost immediately.
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I’ve never read anything by Rachel Vincent, but I really want to. I actually had no idea that the Blood Bound series was an adult series. I want to read this, but I will most likely start with the Soul Screamers series.
I need to read Rachel Vincent’s Soul Screamers series too. I’ve heard that it is also good too. :D
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I haven’t read any of Rachel Vincent’s books yet but Soul Screamers has been on my TBR list for a while. I’ll have to check this series out too!
Now I really need these books. I love paranormal intense sex related books.