Blade Bound (Chicagoland Vampires, #13)

by Chloe Neill

[Cocktails and Books]

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This is a review I've been dreading for a long time. Not because the book is bad or something horrible happens to a beloved character. Nope. I've dreaded this because one of my all-time favorite series is coming to an end.

I wondered how Merit and Ethan's story was going to come to an end. Would their wedding go off without a hitch? Was Gabriel's prediction, from many books ago, going to come true? If it was, how was that possible? And more importantly were the vampires of Cadogen House ever going to catch a break and not have to fend off bad guys.

Chloe Neill does a great job of tying up the series. Merit and Ethan get their happily ever after, but more than that they understand exactly how much they mean to each other. They are true partners. Both in leading and protecting the vampires of their house as well as in their relationship with each other. It was nice to see exactly how much this couple has grown since the first book in the series.

The only loose end, at least for me, was Merit's family. The tension between Merit, her brother, and her father was at an all time high. Yet that wasn't resolved by the time we got to the epilogue. Merit and her mother seemed to have a better relationship and her sister-in-law was supportive, yet it seemed weird that we didn't get a final bit of clarity when it came to the Merit family drama.

If you want to jump into a series vampire series that has a lot of action and a cast of characters you can really get behind, this is definitely one you'll want to pick up. It's a perfect time to get up to speed since the spin-off series will be coming next year.