In the final book of the Blood Oath series we get the intense, filthy, spicy scene between all four main characters that we have been waiting for, definitely a four out of five on my spicy scale. Alina and her three fated mates start to figure out how the dynamic is going to work with four of them being connected by the means of a bond that can only be broken both physically and emotionally, but seemingly not spiritually, through death. Everything else that has been going on, between Alina and the slayers, the plot to overthrow Dracula, is resolved, with the exception of one thing.
There is one big unanswered plot point that I was really bothered by once I realized that it was not going to be discussed further. The author never explains what was going on with the violent deaths that were occuring at the school, the very deaths that forced the administration to send all the students home. I think this may have been done purposefully as a way for the author to get you to read her other books. On the authors website, as well as at the end of this book, you are directed to where you can purchase additional novels that follow Alexandra, Alina’s demon friend, as well as Alora and her family, who happen to rule Hell.
Another disappointment, though it was not as all encompassing as I found it in Book 3, were the grammatical and punctuation errors. This is just something I cannot let go of in a book that has been, or at least I assume has been, professionally edited, reviewed, and published. Books like this that exist pretty much purely for the purpose of being an exciting, fantasy, controversial romance, novels that don’t have much else going for them, should at least be well edited. I’m not completely ragging on this genre, I mean look at me, I read plenty of these types of books. They serve a purpose, and we all know what that purpose is. I would just appreciate it if there was a bit more care put into the final edits. I do apologize for the rant, but I feel like it is long overdue and this series just put me over the edge a bit.
I hope to have a book review for you next week that will be full of praise and nothing but kind words. I have been working on a very long history book for several weeks that I have been enjoying very much. Hopefully between now and next week I will have found myself with enough free time to finish it.
Nonfiction and Nonsense 