Blood Rights by Kristen Painter

Blood Rights (House of Comarré, #1)

by Kristen Painter

Gothic fantasy meets vampire fiction in this debut novel from Kristen Painter -- full of politics, intrigue, and blood.

Born into a life of secrets and service, Chrysabelle's body bears the telltale marks of a comarre -- a special race of humans bred to feed vampire nobility. When her patron is murdered, she becomes the prime suspect, which sends her running into the mortal world. . .and into the arms of Malkolm, an outcast vampire cursed to kill every being from whom he drinks.

Now, Chrysabelle and Malkolm must work together to stop a plot to merge the mortal and supernatural worlds. If they fail, a chaos unlike anything anyone has ever seen will threaten to reign.

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4 of 5 stars

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I wavered between 3 & 4 stars for this one. The story was very unique, but I felt lost for the first half and then some. Now that I have finished it and kind of get what was going on, I realize I was so focused on figuring the world & races out that I didn't connect with any of the characters. Not on the level I want to.

But the story ... *swoon* it was so beautiful. A slightly futuristic world, a very intricate society, complex histories ... it was just ... beautiful. (Repetitive words, I know - hence why I am not an author!) It is one of those stories that just sucks you into the world and is so well written that even if you aren't getting "involved" in the characters, you keep reading to find out more.

The "big reveals" near the end were very predictable, I think about half way through I figured out most of what was going to go down, but not quite how it would happen. And there is certainly enough WTF left over to make me interested in reading the next in the series.

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