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Blood Feud by Alyxandra Harvey

sazana28's review against another edition

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4.0

I loved this book. I totally like books who have characters that totally hate each other and then they end up making out later. It's just so funny!It just makes you want to say, "AW!" Definitely...

madame_medusa's review against another edition

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5.0

Read this before reading the first... Was fantastic!! Can't wait to actually read the books properly in their order.

alouymartinez's review against another edition

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5.0

Better than the first book. Isabeau and Logan's Relationship is one of few relationships that I actually like. The flashbacks were done marvelously, and the story completely open up more into the world of The Drake Chronicles. Can't wait to get the hands on Out for Blood. :)

redentrapy's review against another edition

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4.0

Great second installment to a cute, and fun series. The plot was predictable but the characters have great stories and I can't help but laugh at the witty banter of the infamous and rather unique Drake brothers.

This installment of the Drake chronicles is about Isabeau and Logan. Isabeau is a strong, independent, stubborn warrior chick. She is one of the legendary Hounds though before her demise she was a French noble, then orphan. I loved how the book went into Isabeau's background with flashback chapters. Logan is the nicely dressed Drake that doesn't seem to have any talent except love, and worrying about everything. He is loyal, loving, and a sweetheart. He is the perfect person to melt the frozen heart of a 200 year old dog-warrior chick. These are great and Logan's attempts at catching Isabeau's heart are priceless. If you need an easy read that will make you laugh this is a great book.

charms1976's review against another edition

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5.0

I LOVE this series. I couldn't wait to read this! After reading Hearts At Stake, I was curious to see what the author would come up with next and which character would be the focus of the next story. In this story we get to see Logan front and center. The well dressed Drake finds himself captivated by Isabeau. With flashbacks through Isabeau, we start to understand what one goes through when they become a Hound and how she struggled to survive. Logan realizes the power of magic and the temptation of true beauty no matter what you are or where you come from.

If you are wondering, yes we get to still see the rest of the Drake family in the story. Lucy still has the witty and smart mouth that she did in the first book. Solange is still frustrated with the whole royalty thing that Montmarte is obsessed with, and best of all, we still get the Drake brothers in all their handsome glory! Blood Feud picks up a week after Hearts At Stake and still has lots of action and romance to keep you going. The author's writing progressed wonderfully and she captured me from the first page up until the end. I can't wait to see what the next book, Out For Blood, will bring us and WHO it will bring us in the Drake family!

moon_reader's review against another edition

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4.0

4 stars
Fascinating read, couldn’t believe that the biggest enemies were gone.

amethystbookwyrm's review against another edition

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5.0

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Blood Feud starts a week after the events of My Love Lies Bleeding where Helena has become the queen, Montmarte is still after the crown and Solange and the Drakes are holding negotiations with the Helios-Ra and the Hounds.

This book is really good and has the combination of action, humour and romance that I love from Harvey’s books. This book is all about discovering about the characters discovering about themselves and like I still prefer the first book it did still have that fairy tale feel about it.

This book is about the second youngest Drake brother Logan and how everyone than he is more than just the drake brother who dresses fancy. It is also about the Hound handmaiden Isabeau who after living through the events of the French revolution and then being turned into a vampire, has to decide what is more important to her love or her revenge.

I really like the flash backs to Isabeau’s life in Paris during the French revolution and how desperate and scared she was and yet how she survived through creating a wall around her heart, and then later how Logan was able to break through it.

I would recommend this book to people who liked My Love Lies Bleeding and also those who like a fairy tale edge to their paranormal romances.

hpitcher15's review against another edition

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so great. the only thing that i dont like about these books is that there doesnt seem to be a time before they like each other. i guess it all just happens really quickly, too quickly kind of. otherwise i love the books

vikingwolf's review against another edition

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4.0

I first read this book back in 2011 and I'm only just getting round to writing up my review of it!

I was a little concerned when I noticed that the book was narrated by Isabeau, a vampire Hound Princess on a diplomatic mission to see Helena, and Logan Drake. I was a big fan of Lucy so I wasn't sure about the changes. However, once I started reading it, I was enjoying the story too much to be bothered by it.

I liked Logan, and it was interesting to get his view on what was happening-Solange being pursued by Montmartre, assassins trying to kill Helena, Hel-Blar trying to kill everyone, and dealing with his newfound love for Isabeau. Isabeau's story was interesting and we get to see the life and history of the Hound tribe of vampires this time. There is the brief introduction of Kieran's vampire killing friend Hunter, who is ready t kill anything with fangs. She will become more important in upcoming books in the series. There is still plenty of Lucy and her fiery relationship with Nicholas, and we see the other members of the Drake family as well. So that was all good.

Isabeau's murderer who left her buried alive has allied with Montmartre, giving her plenty reasons to ally with the Drake family, even though her Hounds and their vampire security aren't happy with the arrangement. Add in the attempt to get a treaty between the Helios-Ra and the 'good' vampires and there is a lot of mistrust, leading to isolated attacks on each other, which adds some nice tension to the plot.

Again we have the menace of the Hel-Blar, the most dangerous kind of vampire, and they make several battle appearances which I always enjoy. There is a lot of action in the books where the Drake brothers fight to protect themselves, their parents, their sister and their allies. These scenes are always well written and exciting, and sometimes action takes place in more than one place at a time which adds some nice chaos into the equation.

This is another solid story from the Drake Chronicles series. The plots are interesting, the characters are all well written and developed and everything flows along at a nice pace. I'm not generally a fan of romance in my vampire books but in this series the romance is light, fun and never gets in the way of the plot. Very enjoyable!

pixiegnerd's review against another edition

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4.0

Wow. This story had my heart racing along with the fights, the emotions.
It's like you can feel all the events happening as if to you.