A Blood
Coven Vampire Novel
Berkley
Books, September 2012
paperback
Obtained via: publisher
ISBN 978-0425253038
Young Adult
Mari
Mancusi’s BLOOD FOREVER follows twins Sunny and Rayne McDonald, whose lives
have been changed forever by the Blood Coven.
With Sunny dead, Rayne makes a deal with Hades to go back in time to
save her sister and the Blood Coven and possibly even humankind.
Having never
read any of author Mari Mancusi’s other books, perhaps jumping in mid-series
with BLOOD FOREVER was not the best choice, though the author does an excellent
job recapping the series that reading prior books may not have made any
difference. Perhaps this reader just was
hoping for something more; I don’t know.
But this story just didn’t really click for me. The leads, Sunny and Rayne, go back and forth
between being vapid teens and concerned young women trying to save humankind
and perhaps vampirekind as well. As the
storyline moves between bad decisions and even badder choices, the girls one
constant is their desire to live happily ever after with their vampire
sweeties, Magnus and Jareth, who don’t even know them in this new version of
reality. The constant what ifs and their
results make the story frustrating to read and even harder to empathize with
the characters. For example, even though
Magnus now knows Sunny as Rayne, several times during the book she is called
Sunny in front of him and he takes the name change in stride.
And yet, the
story is entertaining, light and a fast read.
Young adults whose minds skip around and interests are constantly
changing may enjoy BLOOD FOREVER more than someone looking for a more indepth
storyline. But at a selling point of close
to ten dollars, this reader just can’t imagine this disjointed attempt at teen
fiction as a big seller. Of course, I
have been wrong before.
Reviewed by
T. Barringer
"This is an objective review and not an endorsement of this
book."
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