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I love the series and couldn't wait to continue with Lucy, Nicholas and Solange but the cliffhanger came too soon in a story that was all over the place, and consequently this is a disappointing book. However there is something about the Drake Family and the characters they attract that grab you and keep you reading and I didn't have the heart to give it three stars. I have to be honest and say that I did come very close. The POVs were a little too hard and fast, nothing is resolved and though most of the time we don't mind as reality dictates lives that way but the whole book is unresolved issues,and most of the time we don't really understand the point of the issue. Where was the plot in this as the novel seemed like a filler until the next one. The novel was also far too short and thus so small in face of the big cliffhanger. Of course the author needs a hook for the next book but give us something for this one. Well, to be fair she does in the form of a bonus story about Liam and Helen. Nice although the characters were difficult to recognise but to be fair they had the excuse that they were also very young at the time. Perhaps that story could have been woven in through out Blood Moon as it does seem to mirror Lucy and Nicholas and their relationship, and this would have given more body to the book. Over all I would have rathered more meat, or should I say more blood at this particular time in the Drake Chronicles.


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Blood Moon The Drake Chronicles Alyxandra Harvey Books Reviews

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!

Blood Moon is the 5th book in The Drake Chronicles by Alyxandra Harvey and in this book we get to see through the eyes of Solange, Lucy and Nicholas(Kieran does the Epilogue). Harvey picks up right where she left off in the previous book Bleeding Hearts.

The Drakes are in serious trouble. Solange is changing and not for the better. She is craving human blood and even attacked her boyfriend Kieran in order to drink his blood but thankfully she didn't kill him as the cliffhanger in Bleeding Hearts suggested.

Solange is distancing herself from her family and her friends. She won't tell her parents or her brothers what's bothering her and instead deals with it in her own way (whining, drinking from a blood slave and becoming closer with Constantine) which is definitely not the smartest things for her to do.

Solange breaks up with Kieran which made me angry at her. I mean they were a couple for four books although in Bleeding Hearts things seemed not to be going well between them. But still I was mad at Solange and sad for Kieran. Solange also stops being Lucy's best friend. She won't answer Lucy's calls or texts. Leaving Lucy completely in the dark.

Solange is driving everyone away from her except for Constantine and the blood slave Penelope.
Needless to say Solange is not my favorite character in this book. I found her way too annoying and making such stupid decisions that I wanted to stake her.

Of course I didn't like Constantine any better and I think he's in league with Viola, the character who was revealed near the end of the book. She was the one controlling Solange. Still I have little sympathy for Solange since she annoyed me through the entire book. I miss the Solange from Hearts at Stake (I wonder what happened to that Solange?)

Lucy is now attending the Helios-Ra school and is being picked on by the other students since she's dating Nicholas(lucky girl). She becomes closer to Kieran and Hunter and a few other hunters at school though. Lucy is the one who guesses right that Solange is not herself toward the end of the book but I don't remember if she is aware of Viola controlling Solange.

Nicholas doesn't have it any easier. He's trying to figure out what the heck is wrong with his baby sister while spending time to go see Lucy. There was some Nicholas/Lucy romance but only a little. Later Nicholas gets kidnapped and tortured but somehow escapes although we don't know how he did escape or if he was just let go. Nicholas also seemed to go through a darker change in the end of the book but not on the same level as Solange.

My heart breaks for Lucy and Nicholas in this book.

So to basically sum it all up this book was about saving/breaking relationships, mind control, thirst for blood and a fight for the crown.

Was I the only one who was totally confused at the end of this book? I thought there was just too much going on and way to many characters to keep track of.

Blood Moon creates more questions than answers. I hope we get all our questions answered in Blood Prophecy the final book of The Drake Chronicles.
I love the Drake Chronicles, and if you had told me a few years ago that I would be eating up a YA series about vampires, I would have wondered what you had been smoking. The vampire craze never made sense to me, and I find other paranormal beings much more compelling. Give me a good zombie story, with lots of screaming and running for your life, and I’m happy. Give me a vampire story where the vamps aren’t romantic leads but terrifying, ruthless killers, and I might have been interested. But a story about a large brood of single, sexy vampire brothers (and one very confused sister), and I’m, like, yawn, so I have to thank Bloomsbury for sending the first book in this series to me, because they got me totally hooked. Thanks, Bloomsbury!!

Blood Moon picks up right were the previous installment, Bleeding Hearts, left off. Solange is losing her battle against her feral nature, and not even her BFF, Lucy, is safe in her presence. Solange is so unstable that her strong family doesn’t know what to do or how to control her. She lashes out at everyone, and she falls under the sway of Constantine, a powerful vampire with hidden goals of his own. When Nicholas goes missing, not even his sudden disappearance can mend Solange’s broken relationships long enough to find her brother.

I loved this installment, right up until the non-ending. That is non-ending number two for the series, and it’s something that tries my patience. While I am happy that there will be another book in the series, stopping this one almost in mid-sentence is disappointing. Even when a book is part of a series, I still expect each installment to have a beginning and an ending. I expect minor story arcs to get wrapped up, leaving the bigger plot thread for another day. It’s hard to recommend a book to my friends that just slams into a brick wall and ends with a “Well, see ya next time!” The momentum is lost by the time I pick up the next book in a series, and there’s an awkward period of adjustment as I struggle to remember who everyone is and what everything is about. I would rather wait until all of the pieces are released before wading into the thick of things, and I usually advise my friends to wait until a series is complete. Sorry, that’s just the way I roll. I refuse to read another George R R Martin book until A Song Ice and Fire is finished, because I hate the years and years gaps between his books, and that is probably my favorite series.

Blood Moon examines the relationship between Lucy and Solange, returning to the series’ roots. The action starts off with Lucy having to taser an ever more unstable Solange. It seems that even being her best friend is no guarantee of her safety. With Kieran bleeding to death after a ravenous Solange can’t resist feasting on his rich, enticing blood, Lucy is desperate to get him the medical attention he needs, as well as keeping herself from becoming a vampire snack. The constant push and pull between the girls was compelling; Solange doesn’t want to keep striking out at Lucy, but she just can’t help herself. With Constantine there to encourage her drinking fresh from the vein blood, she is spiraling ever faster out of control. Her hunger drives her, and she can’t quench it. And, oh, yeah, she’s hearing a voice in her head, one that urges her to think of no one but herself and to hell with the consequences.

I wish that Nicholas and Lucy had more page time together, because they are my favorite couple. Alas, he’s abducted, making cuddle time impossible. Lucy’s frantic efforts to find him are in vain, and I loved the scene on the school roof, which has her screaming out her fear, rage, and helplessness into the night air. Poor Lucy! I could feel her emotional pain, and I think I, too, would have felt so frustrated that I would have screamed uncontrollably until my eyes bled. For a girl who is accustomed to taking charge, to acting to save her friends, her helplessness was agonizing. For the first time in the series, she gives in to her fear. There is nothing she can do to save Nicholas except wait for him to be found, and that does not agree with her heart, or her personality, one little bit.

I enjoyed this outing with the Drakes right up until the non-ending, and if I had known about it, I would have held off until January, when Blood Prophesy hits stores. I am by nature impatient, so I hate these waits to see how all of the cliffhangers will play out. I’d rather hold off until the final book is released, especially for a series that I love, instead of getting annoyed by these dreaded non-endings. How do you feel about cliffhangers? Love ‘em? Hate ‘em? Leave a comment and share your thoughts about them.

Grade B- (minor deduction for the cliffhanger ending)
I love the series and couldn't wait to continue with Lucy, Nicholas and Solange but the cliffhanger came too soon in a story that was all over the place, and consequently this is a disappointing book. However there is something about the Drake Family and the characters they attract that grab you and keep you reading and I didn't have the heart to give it three stars. I have to be honest and say that I did come very close. The POVs were a little too hard and fast, nothing is resolved and though most of the time we don't mind as reality dictates lives that way but the whole book is unresolved issues,and most of the time we don't really understand the point of the issue. Where was the plot in this as the novel seemed like a filler until the next one. The novel was also far too short and thus so small in face of the big cliffhanger. Of course the author needs a hook for the next book but give us something for this one. Well, to be fair she does in the form of a bonus story about Liam and Helen. Nice although the characters were difficult to recognise but to be fair they had the excuse that they were also very young at the time. Perhaps that story could have been woven in through out Blood Moon as it does seem to mirror Lucy and Nicholas and their relationship, and this would have given more body to the book. Over all I would have rathered more meat, or should I say more blood at this particular time in the Drake Chronicles.