Wood Point Academy is not at all what I expected. For one thing, it looks like a cross between military school and Buckingham Palace. Everyone stares, the floors shine so bright you can see your reflection in them from a mile away, and no one smiles. Unless they’re kicking your butt in the process. At least I’ve got plenty to take my mind off the fact that my psycho cousin, Miles De’Luca, keeps … cousin, Miles De’Luca, keeps calling and declaring his love and promising to come for me just as soon as he’s destroyed anyone standing in our way. Wes isn’t going to like that idea.
Between Miles, Wood Point’s evil welcoming committee, and the drill sergeant hottie trainer from hell, I just keep asking myself, how is this place any safer than home?
Cold Blood is Book 2 in the bestselling Dirty Blood series.
Reading order:
Dirty Blood
Cold Blood
Blood Bond
Blood Rule
Broken Blood
One Hour (bonus pack)
more
After reading about how Tara was going to be sent to a school for hunters, I thought “okay, this is going to be a filler book.” However, I was surprised, and definitely in a good way! I think that attending this school allowed Tara to see exactly what Wes has gone through his entire life. When she walked down the hallway she would get snide comments just thrown at her left and right. Luckily though, she was able to find two misfits that weren’t afraid to be her friends. Logan and Cambria certainly were misfits, but they were just what Tara needed!
One thing is for sure, if you doubted the idea of Tara as fighter, then you certainly won’t anymore!!! She refused to back down from any fight throughout the book, whether it be with her cute trainer, or a group of feral werewolves.
Hildenbrand once again did a fantastic job, and I cannot wait to see where the series goes from here! Tara is learning so much more about herself and has some huge decisions to make. At least she will not have to make them alone though, she has a whole bunch of “misfits” that love and support her!
Being sent to Wood Point for Hunter training is not a choice Tara would have made for herself. But with everything going on around her, and especially after recent events, that’s where she needs to be in order to learn how to defend herself, not only against werewolves but something that is coming, something huge. And even though it’s something connected to her crazy cousin, Miles De’Luca, who wants her to rule the world by his side, it’s bigger than both of them, bigger than any of them could ever guess. And when she learns some of her genealogy, she discovers links to people in her life she didn’t realize were there, and they could prove either her undoing or her place in the society to come. And though being the center of attention, and not in a good way, at Wood Point proves difficult, there’s one instructor who sees her for more than she seems. And holding himself at friendship isn’t going to be the easiest thing to do, for either of them.
I liked the first book, loved the story though it had some holes. Several of those were filled in this second book. The story became more tense and kept me more on edge. We learn some of what’s going on in her crazy cousin’s mind and see just how difficult it is to be born a hybrid hunter/werewolf. It was fascinating watching her grow into herself and discover how strong she really was in so many different ways. She opened up and bloomed under Alex’s tutelage, and I think she discovered some thing about herself that are going to be important for her in her future. This author has a special way of weaving a paranormal story. Her background characters are likeable and just as exciting to watch as Tara. It’s hard to tell who is on her side and who is not, which is a great way to keep the reader in suspense. I think we’re going to have some surprises ahead that we didn’t expect, and Tara is going to keep getting stronger and pushing through them. She’s facing some scary things in her future, and I’m looking forward to tagging along to find out where the story goes.