Chains of Blood and Darkness

I wasn’t sure exactly how to go about writing this review, as I didn’t want to be too critical, but I had to be truthful about how I felt about the book.

BE WARNED SPOILERS AHEAD

I liked the overall story of this book, but didn’t feel the chemistry between the characters. Serenity and Angelo’s relationship just didn’t spark anything in me when I read it. When Angelo bought Serenity from the auctions here was an immediate distrust between them. And there was a hint that she found him attractive, but there was not enough there for me to believe their relationship. The whole time Serenity was mistrustful, and doubted Angelo’s every move while Angelo was constantly pushing her, while also not? He wanted her to choose to be with him, but it didn’t really seem like she had a choice. There was not a lot of time for them to get to know each other and for the attraction to grow.

There also wasn’t not a lot of time for Serenity to get to know the rest of Angelo’s family. I’m not sure exactly how long she was supposed to be there, but it didn’t seem like it was a long period of time. But when one of Angelo’s family was killed, Serenity was really upset. But she hadn’t had many interactions with him, or anyone outside of Angelo.

However, this book was well written. You understood where the two characters came from,and for the most part they stuck to their own personalities. I think it was interesting that Serenity turned out to be half Angel. It does make you wonder if her father was a good angels or a fallen. And if he was an archangel, and/or fallen, which Angel could it be?

I also think it makes sense that as a vampire, they would be involved in the mafia. They have the time to make money and they wouldn’t be held back by normal morals and see humans as something to be exploited, so that was an interesting twist.

I am assuming that there are other books in this universe that explains Angelo’s sister and her husband’s relationship. While it is explained it is glossed over and not given a lot of attention.

While I wasn’t the biggest fan of the relationship, the overall story is interesting. And we were left on a cliff hanger of what is going to happen to Serenity.

*I did receive an ARC for this book, and this is my honest review.

SPOILERS END

Overall I gave this book a 2/5 as I liked the plot but not the love story.

This is a 1/5 on the spicy meter cause honestly I forgot there even was a spicy scene.