Ex-cop Lily Yu and werewolf Rule Turner's engagement announcement is stirring up ugly passions in the Humans First camp. There's hate mail, followed by death threats. And when a lupus in Tennessee goes on a killing spree, Lily realizes that it's only the opening skirmish in an all-out war.
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- Publisher: Berkley
- Release Date: January 4th, 2011
- My Copy: Kindle Edition | Personally Bought.
- Pages: 480
- Series: World of Lupi Series
- Genre: Urban Fantasy
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 | Blood Challenge (Lupi) |
*contains MINOR spoilers if you haven’t read the previous books in the series and NO Spoilers for Blood Challenge!
I LOVE this series! I do believe this is one of the most underestimated amazing Urban Fantasy series out there. There I said it! Eileen Wilks has written a brilliant world where The Lupi {werewolves, but don’t call them that} and magic in general have recently come out of the closet and she does an amazing job in keeping the balance between giving us an intricate paranormal world full of action and politics and delivering emotional and well written character driven stories.
One thing that Blood Challenge makes clear is that the World of Lupi series is much more than just the Lily & Rule series. Danielle from ALPHA Reader said it best: “The ‘World of the Lupi’ series is bigger than the sum of its parts – it’s easier to think of it as being about the members of clan home and the impact of celebrity on an entire species of supernatural beings. . .”. That’s it, World of Lupi is a social experiment of sorts, it’s not about this or that couples HEA, it’s about the lives and loves of a supernatural race that is just recently out in the spotlight and whose lives are constantly put under a microscope.
Throughout the series we had a chance to stray from Lily’s and Rule’s POV in the novel “Night Season” and see the world through Cynna’s eyes and follow her and Cullen’s adventure through Faery. Though I didn’t hate it, that was definitely my least favorite book in the series. However, Eileen once again stray’s from Lily’s and Rule’s POV and we get to learn more about Rule’s older brother, Benedict, and the woman The Lady has chosen for him, Arjenie.
I LOVED that second stotyline, much more than I ever thought I could. Benedict is such a complex and interesting character and Arjenie is simply a perfect mach for him. Arjenie drew me in from the first time I read her internal dialogue. Her mix of a touch of innocence and the simple way she sees the world, without being all MaryJane like and simplistic is captivating and entrancing.
I loved Blood Challenge! I want more Lily and Rule, Benedict and Arjenie, and I want more Dragons hehe. The ending killed me! Eileen Wilks is a master storyteller for me and this was an incredible addition to this awesome series and I can’t wait to read more and more! If you are an UF fan and haven’t yet read this series, you have NO idea what you’re missing!
Previously in The World of Lupi Series:
Check Out My Series Review HERE or click on the image above
& Check Out My Review of “Blood Magic” HERE, or click on the cover above!
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Great review hon :)
I would *LOVE* it if Benedict and Arjenie got another book told from their POV... I'd still like a little more Lily/Rule lovey-dovey, but Benedict was incredible...
@Danielle
I feel the same way about Lily and Rule, but Benedict was amazing! =D
@Blodeuedd
LOL glad to hear it! hehe =D
Skimming along here :) But I always read the last few lines and I liked what I read there
Oh I need to get this series. I admit, I didn't like the covers of the early books, but they seem to be rockin' now. Yep, I'm a cover whore and I now need to get into these books. Uh, I mean... *blushes*
@Melissa
LMAO Im totally with you on that one! the covers sucked in the beginning, but the series is awesome! hehe
I've never heard of this series. I'm adding it to my Amazon wishlist. Thanks for the great review. And I love the cover!
@Midnyte
cool! its such a great series! more people need to read it hehe
I love the cover too! =D
Me thinks I'm in trouble here we go another series lol- running out of space for books at home. Good thing I haven't bought everything on my list yet or I won't even be able to sleep in my bedroom lol.
Thanks for the another fantastic review and putting this on my radar :)
@BLH
LOL My pleasure hon! =D
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Great review. I haven't read these yet but I will be adding them to my tbr pile for sure. x
Wow! This is the second 5 review I see for this book today. I'm going to have to check out this series if it's that good. :)
I've never even heard of this series, what is wrong with me! It sounds fabulous and I love werewolves, er, Lupi:) Thanks so much for sharing this one Larissa, I'll have to add this whole series to the list!
@Julie
ooooh someone else has great taste LOL =D
@Susan
Awesome! its def worth it =D
@Jenny
LOL I think you'd love this one! =)
2nd review I've read for this book today. This really is an interesting series and it has something that sets it apart from the other shifter books. Can't wait to read it and I'm so excited to read the story about Arjenie and Benedict.
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@Steph
this is one of my fave series ever and this book was so amazing! Benedict and Arjenie's story was awesome! =D
@Moonlight
Thanks hon! =D
Awwesome review!!! I must pick this up soon! Thank you for sharing hon!!! xox
I haven't read this series but it sounds really good! I'll have to check it out. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and following. I love your blog and have bookmarked due to all your great reviews and recommendations! My 'to read' list is growing!
@Heather
It was my pleasure! Thanks for stopping by as well! =D Glad you liked it!
us book lovers and out ever growing TBR lists LOL
Wow, I haven't heard of this series before although the name of the author sounds familiar.. I think I may have read one of her romance stories (Harlequin or something :P)
Thanks for the great review!
What an excellent review! This is my next read and I am anxious to get to it. I have not read the others in the series, so hopefully I won't be too clueless, lol!
@April
Thanks hon!
hmmm I dont think you will, but I would recommend you read the rest of the series, it will def change the level of enjoyment for this book! =D