Ismini +He wants to kill me . . . More than that, he wants to see me die.I don’t know him. I’ve only heard about him throughout my short life.It is my destiny to die at his hand when he sacrifices me to the Fates . . .All so that my death can bring back his obsession.The woman he loves.He’s my death.But he’s more than that.He’s the air that destroys me with each breath. An addiction I never … with each breath. An addiction I never planned on having.
I’ve mated to my killer.
Either way, I’m going to die.
The question now is if I can survive long enough for him to complete his sacrifice and bring back the woman he truly adores.
+ Dyletri +
Fourteen-thousand years ago, I locked away my powers.
The loss of one woman took everything from me. I made a deal to wait. To sacrifice an innocent that would be born in the far future to bring my beloved back.
Then I laid eyes on that girl . . . and everything I thought I knew got shredded to shit.
She’s reawakened the monster in me.
The madness.
The hunger.
The creature that demands a taste of her flesh.
Even worse, for the first time in my long, brutal existence, the monster is demanding her blood.
I’ve mated to my victim.
I’ll have no choice but to keep my promise. I have to sacrifice her. And the moment I do . . .
We’re both going to die.
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This story is awesome. Great back story and amazing characters and awesome world building. I am definitely going to be adding Blanco to my favorite author list.
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a man lost a love and made a vow to kill a woman at a later date to bring back his love only to find out that the woman that he has to kill is his mate and when he kills her he will die with her.
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This is my first book by this author and I am in love. A total five star read about gods and goddesses from way before our time who were gorgeous and beautiful. The characters and storyline or amazing. This book kept my attention the entire time. Erotic, beautiful and so good. I love these kind of books.
This was an interesting book for me. I have never read the author before and thought I would give it a go. Things that you should note about this book, is that there are a lot of characters and names which are quite hard to pronounce. The book main theme is centered around Gods and Goddesses, the prologues at the beginning give you the basic information on what the story line is going to be about; killing, sacrifice, rebirth, lust and all of that good stuff in between. There is a lot of background information and history which can bog you down at times and take away from the ultimate story, but the sexy scenes between the two main characters Dyletri and Ismini make up for that as does the conversations they have with each other and secondary characters.
This was a good book and it will be interesting to see what happens in the next one.
ARC received for a fair and honest review.
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I am not sure that I even know where to begin writing a review for this because it is truly an awesome experience.
The author did such a great job developing the characters, that I feel like I really know them, and not just the major two characters, but the minor ones too.
I loved everything about it – the characters, the plot, the emotion, the writing, and the ability that the author had to tell me a story that had me wanting this book to go on and on.
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What a amazing read that is full of action and well written that will have you on the edge of your seat with all the steamy sex scenarios throughout this book.
Wow read
I love reading nooks by this author as they never disappoint. You start reading this story and get sucked in immediately and are unable to put the book down. I loved the story so much. A must read xx
Paranormal isn’t my go-to but I may have to rethink after reading BLOOD FLOWS DEEP. It’s so imaginative, vivid, sexy, innovative and will put you in the mood.
A master storyweaver. I got lost amongst the Gods and didn’t want to be found.
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There was a lot going on, but I really enjoyed this very dark, very erotic paranormal read. It had an original storyline that was intriguing with good plot twists. I did have to use the glossary at times, but no big deal. I still enjoyed it!
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I loved getting lost in this book. It war different paranormal and was exciting and adventurous that I couldn’t put it down. I can’t wait to read the other books in the series.
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I received for an honest review from Booksprout
Omg the characters and the story is off the charts must read I was in love with the story it was a great read must read
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The author did an exceptional job world building. She created a story of Gods and Goddesses that rivaled Greek and Roman Mythology. Only they were better. Even with a crapton of new Gods, they were easy to understand as was the history involved. Not once did I get lost on who was who or what their purpose was. This story is about Ismini and Dyletri. Ismini is such an unusual character. She knows her purpose is to be a sacrifice to bring back Dyletri’s “love” but she manages to do it with grace and a gentle soul. Dyletri. The God of Lust. He proved that he had the mouth to back that name. Together watching these two fight off their misguided feelings was incredibly fulfilling to watch. The moments that there was steam it was STEAMY.
You also get to see others have their own chapters in the story. Evesse and Zeniel, Ianthen and Soleria (just to name a few) have their own chapters in the story. I enjoyed this as it gave me insight into what is in store in the future of this series. It did not detract from the story at all but rather enhanced it as this was very much the story of Ismini and Dyletri. The author included an Index of names as well as a glossary of terms that seemed very daunting when I first opened it but found that I did not need it when I was reading it. I was able to infer what she was saying. After reading I did go back to look again at what they were Gods of just to make sure in my head before Part two started.
I cannot believe that I had never heard of this story because it is that good. I want ALL the characters to have a story in how they are going to beat Fate and the Destinies. Basically, I can already tell that I do not want this world/series to end.
Blood Flows Deep (Ryze #1) by N. Isabelle Blanco was a really great start to what is shaping up to be a fantastic new series.
I’m not a newcomer to this author having previously read her Voyeur collaboration; which incidentally I adored.
But this was so different to anything I expected, and I mean that in a completely positive way.
This was just so imaginative and though I was expecting Ismini and Dyletri’s story here what we got was just so much more.
Dyletri is the god of lust and Ismini; the female Dy has waited aeons for; not for his own but to sacrifice to the fates to bring back his lost love Diminthia.
Well, that was never going to end well ay?
So moving on here “Blood Flows Deep” was so rich in truly developed characters; who displayed such individualism and diversity it was an actual pleasure to experience.
While this story was developing; the author was weaving such an intricate web; with so many overlaps and intricacies, it was truly a staggering feat.
The only reason I didn’t rate this much higher was there were certain incidences in the fabric of this tale that were not to my taste; however this authors story welding skills; were truly a super-power and for that reason alone you need to read this.
After this book, you will definitely need to soldier on regardless; it was like a compulsion to get to that fated finale.
This is told from multiple POV; I usually can’t abide this at all; here I loved it; it just seemed to fit the author’s way of narrating.
this truly was a pleasure to read and it was only some slight personal preferences that pulled this down.
Onwards and upwards to the next exciting, action-filled episode of this series.
Thank You to the Author for providing me with a Review copy of “Blood Flows Deep (Ryze #1) ” of which I have reviewed voluntary.
All opinions expressed are entirely my own.