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A review by kjharrowick
Blood Charged by Lindsay Buroker
5.0
Why I picked up this book:
If you’ve been following reviews on my blog, you’ll know that I’ve been mooning over the Dragon’s Blood series since I picked up the first book. The third one was part of the free trilogy package, and of course I couldn’t resist diving right in. The third installment takes readers back into the minds of Ridge and Sardelle, continuing the tale from the first two books.
This review may contain spoilers.
What I loved:
Ridgewalker is still my favorite character. I love his carefree attitude, and the fact that he knows he’s doing it and still chooses to be an ass to superior officers. This tale really punctuates again that while he is a middle-aged man with a solid set of skills under his belt, he’s also a lovable, overgrown man-child.
There’s still a lot of mystery around the dragon blood and exactly what the Cofah were doing with it (and how they were using it), yet there was enough immersed in the tale to keep me flipping the pages. Can’t wait to keep going in the series and find out more about its unusual properties.
The mystery surrounding Tolemek’s sister was also vivid. It was enough to hammer home that we’re still scraping the surface of the Cofahre/Iskandian worlds and there’s a lot more to explore.
Areas needing a touch of refinement:
Unlike the first two books in the tale, this one seemed to have a lot of ugh, erm, ehn–just weird sounds or pauses sprinkled liberally throughout the text. Honestly, I’d have ditched all of them because they stall the story and don’t provide any value to the characters. Makes them sound more like teenagers than grown men and women.
There was a “let’s talk” scene between Sardelle and Ridge that added nothing to the story. They’re right in the middle of a war zone, about to head into the finale of the tale, and then they just sit and talk about their romance. It wasn’t necessary. Everything we already see unfolding between them is just fine, and the whole thing could have been cut to make the story stronger.
Overall:
I still love this tale and the series as a whole. Even the few things that could have been cut from the story weren’t enough to derail me from this fantastic world or it’s wonderful characters. I’ve got five more books to go and I’m looking forward to every one of them.
If you’ve been following reviews on my blog, you’ll know that I’ve been mooning over the Dragon’s Blood series since I picked up the first book. The third one was part of the free trilogy package, and of course I couldn’t resist diving right in. The third installment takes readers back into the minds of Ridge and Sardelle, continuing the tale from the first two books.
This review may contain spoilers.
What I loved:
Ridgewalker is still my favorite character. I love his carefree attitude, and the fact that he knows he’s doing it and still chooses to be an ass to superior officers. This tale really punctuates again that while he is a middle-aged man with a solid set of skills under his belt, he’s also a lovable, overgrown man-child.
There’s still a lot of mystery around the dragon blood and exactly what the Cofah were doing with it (and how they were using it), yet there was enough immersed in the tale to keep me flipping the pages. Can’t wait to keep going in the series and find out more about its unusual properties.
The mystery surrounding Tolemek’s sister was also vivid. It was enough to hammer home that we’re still scraping the surface of the Cofahre/Iskandian worlds and there’s a lot more to explore.
Areas needing a touch of refinement:
Unlike the first two books in the tale, this one seemed to have a lot of ugh, erm, ehn–just weird sounds or pauses sprinkled liberally throughout the text. Honestly, I’d have ditched all of them because they stall the story and don’t provide any value to the characters. Makes them sound more like teenagers than grown men and women.
There was a “let’s talk” scene between Sardelle and Ridge that added nothing to the story. They’re right in the middle of a war zone, about to head into the finale of the tale, and then they just sit and talk about their romance. It wasn’t necessary. Everything we already see unfolding between them is just fine, and the whole thing could have been cut to make the story stronger.
Overall:
I still love this tale and the series as a whole. Even the few things that could have been cut from the story weren’t enough to derail me from this fantastic world or it’s wonderful characters. I’ve got five more books to go and I’m looking forward to every one of them.