Book #38

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"Blood Trinity (Belador #1)" by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love

Rating: ♣ •

1.5 stars. Convoluted and so over the top it was laughable. Shiva, the Celts and Nigerian magic all smashed together? I mean, when I came across the term "majik Noirre" I knew that I would cringe my way through the book. I was right. Just take the Beladors - Mary and Marty Sues up the wazoo. Throw anything at them and it will stick: telekinesis, telepathy, energy blasts, energy shields... I actually had to laugh. It was so unbelievable and I say that as an urban fantasy fan.

The main heroine was so unlikable it hurt. She couldn't tell the truth if her life depended on it and it actually did more than once. If she just told the truth, half the things that happened in the book, wouldn't have happened. And of course, she was totally bad-ass and the special snowflake of all the Alterants. And as a proper bad-ass woman, she was raped as a child, of course, because, you know, that's a part of the package. I'm so fed up with authors using sexual assault as the means of empowerment. Also, let's not forget that now, for the first time ever, Evalle - like "Evil" you know *nudgenudgewinkwink* - feels horny in the company of not one but two men at once! Because, you know, she's surrounded by hot studs only, prime examples of male specimen, every one of them.

*snort* Sorry, I just couldn't write about this book with a straight face. As a parody, it was a good one!