The City Of Blood is dangerous, even for a vampire like me. And yet, I’m here undercover, trying to find the smoking gun we need to bring it down. But staying out of trouble isn’t as easy as following the rules. Anyone can be snatched up and forced into the cage fights. Or worse, be executed at dawn. All you have to do is breathe wrong. When I finally get a chance to join the resistance, I jump … resistance, I jump at the chance. Anything is better than the hell we’re living.
One wrong step, and lives will be lost…including my own.
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Drop Of Blood is book one of the City Of Blood series, a gritty vampire urban fantasy with a slow burn (m/f) romantic sub-plot.
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‘Drop of Blood’ is the first book in Laura Greenwood’s new “City of Blood Trilogy” and I can’t emphasize enough, this is a slow, methodical story through the beginning of the book. It won’t pick up until almost the end. You see, Chloe, our heroine, joined the City of Blood trying to act like everyone else and blend in but, in truth, she’s an insecure girl, who lacks confidence, who has been trained to be a spy for Dimitri in order to take down the city. You see, the city was supposed to be the perfect sanctuary for vampires to live, but it’s not. The goal is to get proof of wrong-doing with the mayor and the higher-ups involved and take it back to Dimitri but Chloe gets pulled in another direction and winds up joining a resistance run by a human. It’s an interesting concept but I was left with a lot of questions that I’m hoping book two will answer or at least point me in the right direction. We’ll see.
This is book one in a new series called City of Blood. Chloe Simons joined the City of Blood legally but as a spy for Dimitri. She gets a mundane job in the city so she can be inconspicuous. This city was suppose to be the perfect world for vampires but it is not. It has gotten very bad over the years. She wants to find proof the city and mayor are doing something illegal so she can take it to Dimitri and close the city. One day at the cage fights she meets a man named Oscar Bell. He invites her to join the Resistance. She decides to join because she feels they will help her and Dimitri bring the city down. This story started out slowly. Chloe lacks confidence. She is always second guessing herself. The story did pick up a little towards the end. I’m not sure what the plan is for Oscar and Chloe but the next book should explain that more. They do lack chemistry but it may just be building slowly. I will read the next book and hope it gets better.
This is different, scary, vicious and not a place I would like to live…Ever! Well written and I couldn’t put it down. Of course this undercover naive girl is here to help change this city prison’s people. Good start to the series.
Recommended
An intriguing first book in a new series by Laura Greenwood! Forget what you knew of vampires and enter the “City of Blood” universe, a universe full of suspense, adventure and a slow-burn romance between the main characters. I can’t wait for the next installment to see what happens!!!
Really enjoyed this sexy, exciting and action packed adventure filled with dangerous and engaging charters, witty dialog, heart racing twists and thrilling turns. Was a great read from beginning to end and kept me on the edge of my seat the entire emotional roller-coaster ride.
This is book one of the City of Blood series and follows a prequel which shows the city being created. It is now thirty years later and focuses on the daily life of a young vampire called Chloe, who is working as a spy inside the City of Blood, on behalf of vampire organisations outside of the city. She is undercover and has to be careful not to let anyone know what she is up to, not that any type of friendship is normal in this city where humans and vampires live side by side. There are a huge number of rules and laws to follow, including vampires having to present themselves at the city hall in person every week, which the mayor of the city and its creator, can and does change on a whim. Anyone can be picked up off the streets and forced into cages to fight to the death, or executed in compulsory televised viewing.
Her outside contact somehow manages to get in and out of the city without any difficulty and passes on any instructions for what she needs to look for. Any smoking gun or evidence she can find out about the running of the city and its illegal actions. Any evidence that will help bring its downfall! She gets an invite to one of the cage fight events and is shocked to see what occurs, but also meets a human who catches her attention. Her work colleague in her cover job, passes her information on the cage fight, but then disappears to end up in one herself. Even breathing wrongly seems to get you into trouble, so an offer from this human to join the resistance is definitely something she should refuse. But Chloe has now seen what happens to those caught out or in the wrong place and wants to make a difference, even if she can’t get a message to her handlers about what she is doing.
She now has even more reasons to watch her every step, she is a spy and now a member of the resistance, in a city where anyone can be punished, for even the slightest infraction or whim of the mayor, and she has a lot to hide! A plan by the resistance leader could put everyone, including Chloe and her new friend, in danger. Violence is coming and even a simple drop of blood could get her fangs out and any humans around will become food for the out of control vampires, struck with blood lust. A short read, but starts to give you a view of life in the City of Blood, for both humans and vampires, from Chloe’s viewpoint and daily life. Events are ramping up and leading you to want to read the next book in the series. I’m looking forward to it! I received and ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
This is book 1 of the City Of Blood. I thought this was a great start for the series. The story has a great flow and great character work. From the start I was pulled into the story and my interest kept throughout. Laura Greenwood delivered another great book and I’m looking forward to the next book. I would recommend reading.
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Laura Greenwood has done it again! Taken the tried and true and twisted it up so it something altogether new and exciting! With Drop of Blood, you have what at first appears to be just another vampire series, but the author has twisted it up so that you look at them in a new light. Frankly, in a way that I have never thought of before. As usual for one of her books, the characters are well developed and complex, the story world is well detailed, and the writing draws you in. If you like vampire stories and are interested in something new, this book is for you!
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Laura Greenwood has created yet another exciting new world in her new series “City of Blood.” This time the heroine is someone of a surprise as she could be seen as the enemy just as easily. In Drop of Blood, Chloe is an inexperienced woman who volunteers to go undercover in the City of Blood to stop the killings of humans and vampires alike. A deadly assignment as no one really escapes the City.
Greenwood gives us another complex heroine who must overcome her own fears to face down the enemy, the Mayor. Unfortunately for Chloe she must do this as friends and foe are killed around her. Each death has an impact on Chloe and Greenwood takes us through a range of emotions that come with facing your own mortality to try and save innocents.
There are some hints of romance as Chloe meets another person interested in stopping the needless deaths. This is a slow-burn romance as Greenwood focuses on the action and the drama of going up against a mountain lion (so to speak).
Drop of Blood is a sensational kickoff to the “City of Blood” series and I cannot wait for the next one!
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I always enjoy Laura Greenwood’s work and was excited to read the new series and Drop Of Blood didn’t disappoint me. The characters were great and I really liked the book as a beginning.
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Drop of Blood is book one and a great start to the City of Blood series. Chloe is undercover trying to put an end to the cage fights and things take an interesting twist. This is an original storyline filled with intriguing characters, mystery, suspense, action and an ending that left me wanting book two asap.
This start to a new vampire series has an interesting take when even the City of Blood is dangerous fro vampires. This story is full of action, twists, and turns. I enjoyed Chloe’s character and I’m looking forward to seeing how the adventure continues in the next book.
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I’ve read a lot of books written by Laura Greenwood; she has done a great job at writing another good book; she is one of my favorite authors. I can’t wait to read more of books her books.
The story line caught my attention at the very beginning and kept me interested throughout the entire book.
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This was a really great book that was well written with loads of action! I could not put it down and am looking forward to the next book in the series! I would recommend it to others.
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OMG!! This is going to be one epic series and I do not want to miss a single book of it! Is Chloe, our young female undercover vampire spy in way over her head and is there something really sinister going on within the walls of this vamp city she has been sent into? And what about Oscar, the human she has grown so very, very close to while in the city and has had to turn to save his life after he sustains a mortal injury? Will he resent what she felt that she had to do or would he have preferred to die before ever becoming a vampire?? Then there is Catherine…just what is her story and what did she know about the goings-on inside the city that she had not shared with Chloe? I eagerly await the next book to find out!!
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Drop Of Blood by Laura Greenwood is a wonderful story to read. This is book number one in this wonderful start to a brand new series that I am hooked and can not wait to read the rest of this wonderful series. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about vampires, fantasy and paranormal romance.
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So far so good, a story with a fab ongoing plot , interesting characters looking forward to read more
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This is one of those books that once you pick it up you simply cannot put it down. Chloe has gone undercover in the City of Blood, a place where cruelty is the name of the game and anyone can be taken to the fighting cages for any infraction, real or imagined and it is time for it to be brought down. Every single agent that has been sent into the City of Blood before her has disappeared and are presumed dead so for her to go in took guts. The world she discovers is simply unimaginable. When she discovers there is a resistance she decides to get involved despite a warning against doing so. What she discovers is that just because the resistance is fighting the cruel governors it doesn’t mean that they were exactly good. I loved the characters and as the start of a new series this book excited me because I simply cannot wait to see how the story evolves going forward.
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Vampire Chloe (FMC) is an undercover spy working in a dangerous Vampire city. Where Vampires are being sent into cage fights or to be executed for any reason what so ever. Humans and Vampires are all at risk but there are people who want to help. One being the human Oscar but whether or not hes to be trusted is to be seen. Its a refreshing read. A different take on the Vampire genre. It keeps you on your toes thats for sure. A damn great read. Action – packed and fast paced. Cant want for the next book
This is book 1 in Greenwood’s new series, City of Blood. Another great paranormal read where vampire life is looked at in a new, gritty world. Chloe is sent in as a spy to help free the city…will she succeed or die trying? Greenwood captivates with her writing and this is another read that won’t disappoint.
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