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The Blessed by Tonya Hurley
Did not finish book.
A DNF for me. I'm kinda torn between liking this and, well, not liking this. I like the synopsis enough ─ it piques my interest. Unfortunately ─ and I mean unfortunately ─ the whole thing just fell short of my expectations. It just wasn't it.
The story started off rather abruptly; in which we have the three girls somehow ended up being admitted to the ER almost simultaneously.Then something I find confusing happened in which we meet the enigmatic boy named Sebastian. To my knowledge he only met and gave Cecilia the bracelet at that time. But come morning, all three girls had a bracelet with them.Then the author lost me. It was also fast-paced, which made it a teeny bit difficult to absorb.
To be honest, I don't read much into the book, so I can't really judge the whole thing. Like I said, it was unfortunate that it ended up not what I expected ─ and I expect too much. In fact, despite the religious contents ─ and I'm someone who run away from all kinds religious books, excluding ones on my belief of course ─ I'm still interested in the series. So, my verdict: I'm putting this on my "Open for Future Re-read" shelf, which I made just now. Precious Blood still scored a solid 3 stars.
Update: I just found out that the plot is apparently based on the legends of three Catholic saints named Saint Lucy, Saint Agnes, and ─ wait for it ─ Saint Cecilia. Naturally. I mean it's sort of stated there in the synopsis (look up ↑). These are very interesting legends, which brings me back to my point ─ the story could have been better.
Spoiler
Firstly, I think it's a great idea to use multiple point-of-views in the case where there are many characters to focus on. It's also a nice way for readers to know exactly who the characters really are. The thing about multiple point-of-views, though, is that it's not easy. The author has to really capture their characters' personality and just make it real. In the case of Precious blood here, I'm inclined to think that the author's attempt fell flat of the intended goal. The switch between the three girls' point-of-views are confusing, to say the least. One girl just seem a little too attention-crazed, the other a suicidal teen, and the last almost-to-the-point-of-giving-up-on-life musician. I also think the author is trying too hard here by squeezing in all three characters in one book. I would prefer if the author divide the book into three parts and focus on one character at a time. But then again, that's just me.The story started off rather abruptly; in which we have the three girls somehow ended up being admitted to the ER almost simultaneously.
To be honest, I don't read much into the book, so I can't really judge the whole thing. Like I said, it was unfortunate that it ended up not what I expected ─ and I expect too much. In fact, despite the religious contents ─ and I'm someone who run away from all kinds religious books, excluding ones on my belief of course ─ I'm still interested in the series. So, my verdict: I'm putting this on my "Open for Future Re-read" shelf, which I made just now. Precious Blood still scored a solid 3 stars.
Update: I just found out that the plot is apparently based on the legends of three Catholic saints named Saint Lucy, Saint Agnes, and ─ wait for it ─ Saint Cecilia. Naturally. I mean it's sort of stated there in the synopsis (look up ↑). These are very interesting legends, which brings me back to my point ─ the story could have been better.