Casee‘s review of Blood Trinity (Belador Series, Book 1) by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love.
Supernatural warriors bound by an extraordinary code of honor face an ultimate test of loyalty in the exciting new paranormal thriller from New York Times bestselling authors Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love.Atlanta has become the battlefield between human and demon. All her life, Evalle Kincaid has walked the line between the two. Her origins unknown, she’s on a quest to learn more about her past . . . and her future.When a demon claims a young woman in a terrifying attack and there’s no one else to blame, Evalle comes under suspicion. Now she’s on a deadly quest for her own survival. Through the sordid underground of an alternate Atlanta where nothing is as it seems to the front lines of the city, where her former allies have joined forces to hunt her, Evalle must prove her innocence or pay the ultimate price.But saving herself is the least of her problems if she doesn’t stop the coming apocalypse. The clock is ticking and Atlanta is about to catch fire. . . .
I didn’t expect to love this book. I expected to like it just because I generally enjoy Sherrilyn Kenyon’s voice. I’m burnt out on the Dark Hunters (I still haven’t read No Mercy). The current series and/or books that she has out don’t really interest me. This one sounded intriguing enough to pick up, so that I did. When I first finished it, I felt like saying WTF, yo. Where the f was the romance? Where was the sexual tension that Kenyon is known for? Oh, I know that Dianna Love is also a part of this new writing duo, but as I’m more familiar with Kenyon I expected more of Kenyon. I either got more of Dianna Love or a whole new voice all together.
Just when you think there is not another supernatural world to be had, Kenyon and Love create a new one. In this one, there are Beladors. They are warriors that are extraordinary (aren’t they always?) and fight to protect humans from demons. Beladors can link to each other and become that much stronger to defeat their enemy. The only problem is that if one dies while linked, the whole lot of them die at the same time.
Evalle is half Belador, half not. It’s the half not part that has straddling two worlds. For her entire life she has fought for the Beldador race, but she will never be accepted for what she is; a half-breed. As long as there are “abominations” like her on the planet, there are a select few that won’t stop until she is dead. Now Evalle only has a few days to prove that she isn’t responsible for the death of a human. If she doesn’t, she’ll get put away “for her own good”. With precious little resources, Evalle not only has to prove her innocence, but she has to help the race that she thinks hates her.
There’s a rock (a pretty effing cool one) out there that is about to choose it’s master. Once it does, the world is pretty much doomed. The Belador’s want to stop it while their enemies want to find it and use it for their own fanatical purposes. Evalle has to work with a walking, talking lie detector. Someone that has as many secrets like her has a lot to hide and a lot to lose. Though she has friends that will go to bat for her, Evalle will never put those she loves in jeopardy.
So this is where the book finally got interesting; when they started looking for this mysterious rock. It had already found it’s owner who was really sad herself. She ended up falling in love with one of the bad guys that wasn’t really bad. That was so contrived it had “INSERT LOVE STORY HERE” written all over it. It was lame-o. I was really disappointed. While my romantic heart wanted to believe that it could happen, it was so obviously not meant to be there that it was laughable.
This isn’t really a romance. I would call it more of an Urban Fantasy. There’s definitely a love triangle going on. Evalle is afraid of men, but is now attracted to two different men which is huge for her. I really liked her as a heroine. When I finished the book, I really was leaning more toward a 3. After letting it sit with me for awhile, I can’t help but like it more. Evalle was a terrific heroine. She even had a pet gargoyle. I give it a 4 out of 5.
This book is available from Pocket Books. You can buy it here.