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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Laura opens a new series with one outrageously awesome plot. I will not reveal it here. You will have to read it yourself. You won’t regret
I liked this story. It was full of action and suspense and intrigue. Never knew what was going to happen next for Chloe. Loved the situations she ends up in as she tries to do what she is there for. The city and its people were interesting and a different take on the vampire life. Liked the characters introduced so far. Just an fun start to a series that I cannot wait to see what happens next. Was glued from the beginning. Had to see what Chloe would uncover.
Such a wonderful beginning to a new series.
Laura Greenwood is such a amazing author.
I loved reading this book and highly recommend reading it…
This is more of a fantasy novel with a side of romance so it’s not overpowered. It’s a great balance between both actually. It doesn’t end here and it does end on a cliffhanger but the set up is perfect. I enjoyed the twists and the characters and can’t wait to see what happens next.
Drop of Blood“ is the first book in the “City of Blood Series” and begins great. It’s an melting pot, where only violence dominates the flavor of the day. The unluckily will be sent into the Cage Fights and the lucky ones will simply be executed. None of the male predecessors survived, so they send Cloe a female vampire. Chloe has one clear goal: to infiltrate society and get the major down so that the population is free again. They are sentenced to cage fights for every minor offense (or none at all). It’s not an easy task. But Chloe is a really interesting character who, despite the circumstances, has an open mind. When she meets Oscar and becomes aware that even humans are also victims of this brutal regime, they decide to join forces to kill the major and liberate the city.
Will they be able to bring down the mayor or will it go wrong?
For the answer you need to read this book.
I can’t wait to read the next book, because of the Cliffhanger I want to know what is going to happen next with Chloe and Oscar.
ONE ROUGH N ROWDY RIDE
Fantastic! Laura delivers one skillfully spun debacle, laying out this thrilling unique bent that has this baby rocking harder than the rolling stones, bouncing to its on beat and raising the stakes, wrapping this gem up sleek, shiny and tight. A raging tempest of vexing exigency and perplexing events, observing the formidable trials and hard fought triumphs, stumbling through the deadly twists and wicked turns, testing our characters in ways they could have never envisioned. Traipsing through a minefield of daring drama, widespread deception, damning conspiracy, perilous intrigue, escalating danger and spiraling suspense, maneuvering through the cunning manipulations of vicious iniquity, atrocious deeds and heinous intent, searching evidence, checking allies and dispatching foes, putting our characters through their paces, testing them in ways they could have never anticipated. Restrictions are heightened and stretched, baring all the harsh facts, ruthless deals and fleeting fiascos, igniting a fierce determination with such intensity and vigor, propelling this jewel to a whole new level. The characters, interactions and charged atmosphere along with qualities and traits that add depth and diversity, blending into genuinely amazing personalities. The scenes are abundantly descriptive with colorful details that blend and flow, creating a majestic backdrop that’s so rich and lively it feels like you can just reach out and touch it. Remarkable job Laura, thanks for sharing this little guy with us.
Great urban fantasy with grit, action, plot and burgeoning elements of romance. I voluntarily received this book for an honest review.
Trying to get undercover to take down bad actors is riskier than hoped for
Resistance is more complicated than hoped for as well
With do many possibilities for things to go wrong, can there be any right outcomes?
Intense drama and action series
Good book with a likable main character who isn’t going to let anything stop her, no matter how dangerous things become.
Chloe is undercover at the City of Blood, trying to get information on the mayor and such. She is getting directives from members outside the wall. She is trying to keep a low profile and do what they ask. She finds out about the cage matches is able to go. She can’t believe what she sees. She meets human there. Chloe goes to work to discover her co-worker has not come in, she is worried. She gets a notice of another match is scheduled. Chloe sees her co-workers name. She goes to the match and watches her friend lose her life. She runs into the human again.
She is also sent to the mayor’s party with an accessory that almost caused her trouble. She is rescued by a vampire. She helps her in a way she never thought. Chloe will go to Catherine for advice about the resistance that is going on.
Chloe is approached by the human she meet at the cage match. He wants her to meet his boss, he thinks she will be interested. She learns his name is Oscar. Chloe decides to join the cause, maybe she can learn more to forward to the others. She is partnered with Oscar, they start to grow close.
Things get even more interesting from that that point. The story starts off a little slow but will start to move. I am looking forward to the next book to see what happens next after the author ended the book.
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One of the deadliest cities for vampires and she’s a spy. Chloe is undercover looking into the vampires that are forced to cage fight and then if they survive for 10 fights, instead of being released they disappear. Finally she makes a break through when she meets a human who belongs to a resistance group wanting to stop the cage fighting practice. But can she trust them. Anyone can be turned in and forced to cage fight. Relatives have turned in relatives, friends and turned in friends. Chloe now has to work two sides and hopefully they both want the same thing. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review
This is a NON-SPOILER REVIEW. Drop of Blood by Laura Greenwood is the first book in the City of Blood series. This is a different and interesting take on the vampire culture. I thought it had a splash of the Hunger Games vibe, a dystopian type but not. This is not like other Laura Greenwood reads. The characters are well written and the storyline is interesting, but there was a little disconnect for me. Despite this, I liked the read enough to want to continue reading the series. This quick read is a great Saturday afternoon escape.
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I really enjoyed this vampire story. It was mysterious and exciting. I was not able to guess what was going to happen by the end of the story and I thought the story was really interesting. There was a love story involved but it is a real slow burn and the two did not get very far into their relationship but the things that happened at the end of this story will definitely have a major effect on the two characters relationship in the next story. I can’t wait to see what happens next!
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This was an original vampire story, where the MFC is sent to spy and get informations to help bring down the Mayor and free the city.
This one just wasn’t for me though. Sometimes i’ll read a book and it just isn’t for me, but it is well written, edited with good characters but i just can’t find anything wrong with it to pinpoint the why and thus justify a low review. So this is why it’s rated as a 4 review for this book. I will try to read it again at a later
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Great read. The author really draws the reader into the story. Will definitely read another book by this author.
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This was a great way to start a series. The characters were well written and the story line kept me engaged. I look forward to seeing what happens next.
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This book is a different kind of paranormal. A vampire spy who is forgettable is sent into a Vampire city that is corrupt and cruel to seek information. This is her story. The book is well written and edited. It wasn’t my cup of tea as I am not really into spy stories which is why I gave it 4 stars versus 5. It was a good book overall and I would recommend it to those who are looking for more than the usual fluff paranormal story.
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This was an unusual read in that it reads almost emotionless at times which fits in with the story line and enhanced the fact that Chloe has to suppress her emotions all the time.
Loved the characters and I’m looking forward to seeing her the story develops in the next book.
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Different view on life of vampires, not one I’d thought of or even thought about really! A city where they are corralled and some are forced to fight to the death for whatever infraction of rules put them there…humans are included in this city and the fights. Not sure if the humans are there by choice or forced but once in you can’t get out except by death. So a group on the outside, who I’m guessing want to end the city, place a young female vamp on the inside. Someone who looks like just another vamp plodding along trying to stay inside the box. They cull the vamps and humans by having cage fights to the death….but some of these people are there willingly. Her co-worker ends up in one and it really gets to Chloe. That young vamp, Chloe, is a spy for an outside group and one day her “handler” shows up and tells her to go to this party and there everything changes. She meets another vampire, Catherine, who is also wanting to change but in a different way and shortly after meets a member of a in city resistance group. The only thing is this guy is a human!? Catherine doesn’t want her to get involved with this resistance but our young vamp decides otherwise and ends up finding out the group is not all that it should be. That leader is a bit off, their planned coup goes wrong and things get out of hand. Her human friend, now very close friend, ends up hurt and the only save they have is to turn him. Very good story! Looking forward to the next book to find out what happens.
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„Drop of Blood“ is the first book in the “City of Blood Series” by multitasker Laura Greenwood, an urban paranormal fantasy series featuring vampires with a twist. Vampires in the City of Blood live in paradise or do they not? The City of Blood is a melting pot, where violence is the flavour of the day and the unlucky ones are sent into the Cage Fights, the luckier will be just be executed before the day is over. Chloe (MC) has a clear purpose: she infiltrates the society to bring down the Major and free the population, who can be sentenced to the cage for every so slightly transgression (or for none at all). It is not an easy task, to say the less, but Chloe is a very interesting character that, despite the circumstances, keeps an open mind. As she meets Oscar and becomes aware that humans are also victims of this cruel regime, they join forces to kill the major and free the city.
Laura Greenwood depicts a complex society, with different shades of good and evil, that makes Chloe assignment all the more complicated. It’s an easy to read story, fast-paced, action-rich with some light romance as good counterpoint to the dark parts of the story. This is an ongoing story-arch that ends in a cliffhanger and makes appetite to the next installment.