{"id":9219,"date":"2021-07-22T05:21:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T05:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/?p=9219"},"modified":"2021-07-24T23:55:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T23:55:30","slug":"blood-heir-so-im-a-spider-so-what-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/blood-heir-so-im-a-spider-so-what-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Heir & So I\u2019m a Spider, So What? #12"},"content":{"rendered":"

I actually read Ilona Andrews<\/a>‘ Blood Heir<\/a> way back at the end of May and just never found a good time to bring it up (since I like to have at least two books to talk about before making a post).<\/p>\n

It’s… okay I guess? It picks up from where the Kate Daniels<\/em> series left off<\/a> following a pretty large timeskip with Julie as the new protagonist. Events are what you’d come to expect from the franchise, walking back some of the more ludicrous developments of Magic Triumphs<\/em>, but the romantic developments can’t help feeling like yet another replay of the Curran\/Kate relationship.<\/p>\n

The 12th Kumodesuga novel<\/a> meanwhile answers the question brought to mind by the 11th<\/a>. Why did that novel focus almost entirely on Julius? Because this one covers the events surrounding his death in greater detail… not that greater detail was needed. Nor was it necessary to devote 2 chapters or so to the two least interesting people in his party.<\/p>\n

Meaning that overall this 12th entry is highly disappointing. Not quite so much as the 11th, but it’s definitely the second worst book in the series I’ve read so far and probably best off skipped entirely (along with its predecessor) on any re-reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I actually read Ilona Andrews‘ Blood Heir way back at the end of May and just never found a good time to bring it up (since I like to have at least two books to talk about before making a post). It’s… okay I guess? It picks up from where the Kate Daniels series left off following a pretty large timeskip with Julie as the new protagonist. Events are what you’d come to expect from the franchise, walking back some of the more ludicrous developments of Magic Triumphs, but the romantic developments can’t help feeling like yet another replay of the Curran\/Kate relationship. The 12th Kumodesuga novel meanwhile answers the question brought to mind by the 11th. Why did that novel focus almost entirely on Julius? Because this one covers the events surrounding his death in greater detail… not that greater detail was needed. Nor was it necessary to devote 2 chapters or so to the two least interesting people in his party. Meaning that overall this 12th entry is highly disappointing. Not quite so much as the 11th, but it’s definitely the second worst book in the series I’ve read so far and probably best off skipped entirely (along […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[28,20,86,503,502,29,62,30,510],"class_list":["post-9219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-related","tag-fantasy","tag-ilona-andrews","tag-kate-daniels","tag-kumodesuga","tag-okina-baba","tag-paranormal-romance","tag-science-fiction","tag-urban-fantasy","tag-young-adult-novel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t