Blood Debt blog tour

At the time I signed up for this blog tour I hadn’t read this awesome book yet, so I only signed up to do a review. Still I am very glad to participate in this blog tour. Blood Debt is an amazing book and I would recommend it to everyone. Also there is a tour wide giveaway that I will share with you. But first my review of Blood Debt.

Blood Debt (Touched #1)
Nancy Straight

Publication Date: July 15, 2012
Finish Date: 18 November, 2012
Format: e-book
Source: Copy for review

From Goodreads: Her whole life, it had
just been the two of them. Before her mother’s last breath, she gave
Camille the information she had craved her entire life: the identity of
her father. Daring to contact him, Camille was welcomed by an entire
family she never knew existed. But nothing comes without a price, as she
discovers when her family claims a legendary heritage tracing back to a
centaur touched by Zeus.

As she learns the secrets of her
Centaur bloodline, she is drawn into a forbidden love with Drake. Her
life may be the blood debt required to pay for her mother’s
transgressions. The same person who once held her mother captive, and
forced her into decades of hiding, now controls Camille. Her only chance
is to seek a piece of her mother’s past that will win her freedom and
the life she desperately wants.

 Wow
I had no idea I would enjoy this book this much. When I first came
across this book I decided I didn’t want to read it, the blurb didn’t
sound that special and I didn’t like the cover. A few months later after
reading some awesome reviews about this book I added it to my to-read
list still in no hurry to read it. I think eventually I found it free on
amazon and downloaded it, decided to participate in the blog tour and
then I finally decided to actually read this book. This book was
awesome, with a nice writing style, an original story and an awesome
lead character.

The story had me hooked immediately, no long
introduction but it also didn’t feel rushed. The writing style flows
nice and fits the story perfectly. There were quickly some hints that
not all was as normal as the lead character suspected, but we didn’t
have to wait too long or too short for the big revelation. It was just
at the perfect moment. The first half of the book I enjoyed more than
the second half, there was more happening and I liked getting introduced
to the story and the world. Certain events that happened made sure the
second half was less action packed and even though I still enjoyed it I
didn’t love it as much as the first half. That’s why I would like to
give the story 4.5 stars, but I decided to round it up to 5.

The
characters is a point about which I am a bit conflicted about. I loved the
main character, she was awesome, she was strong and stubborn and fought
for what she believed in and was never afraid to voice her opinion.
Although she also learned when to shut her mouth, because that would
land her in trouble. I liked how she dealt with everything that
happened. The other characters on the other hand were mostly just as
awesome, but in my opinion we learn too less about who they really are. I
think one of the reasons for this is that there are a lot of characters
and there just isn’t time or place to get to know them all. I did like
most of the character we were introduced to, but I just would’ve liked
really getting to know them better.

The world building in this
book is really well done, not too much or too fast, but at the perfect
pace. There are enough answers, but there also remain enough question to
look forward to the next book. I love the world building, because it’s
so original and I liked the fact that all the myth relevant to this
story actually are explained (because I know almost nothing about
myths).

To conclude: I really enjoyed this book, the first half of
the story was better than the second half, but I still enjoyed the
whole book. I loved the main character, she really is an awesome main
character. I also liked the world building and the perfect pace in which
we got answers. Also at the end there are still so many questions left
and I can’t wait to read the next book.

And I promised that I would share the Rafflecopter for the tour wide giveaway. The winner can choose the first or the second book in this series as a price.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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