A review by suzjustsuz
Bloodstone by Nancy Holzner
4.0
This is really good and consistent series. The world is engaging even if the zombies are a bit fluffy and funny. I'm still pleased that the triangle trope that was developing in the early books was resolved in the last book and remained so into this book, with the romantic relationship continuing to blossom and strengthen without it being too much of a focus of the story.
In the last book I said that the long arc was resolved with the destruction of a nemesis and a new bad guy was set up. I was wrong. This long arc was a continuation of the previous arc although the focus of the arc shifted a bit. Props to the author for making the shift seamless and natural.
There were several places in this book that I thought people explaining things to each other was a bit too reliant on the "tell instead of show" but what was conveyed in those spots was a significant amount of information that could have feasibly taken an entire book to "show" so although it did stick out a bit I have to say that over all it was a pretty good way to fill in what could have been huge gaps in story, and in the process it opened up some history that was interesting and fattened up some recurring characters, too.
The ending was perfect. The story line has plenty of long arc room left to continue on, but the book arc closed in a tidy and satisfying way. I have no complaints with the ending at all.
This was a good entry in the series.
In the last book I said that the long arc was resolved with the destruction of a nemesis and a new bad guy was set up. I was wrong. This long arc was a continuation of the previous arc although the focus of the arc shifted a bit. Props to the author for making the shift seamless and natural.
There were several places in this book that I thought people explaining things to each other was a bit too reliant on the "tell instead of show" but what was conveyed in those spots was a significant amount of information that could have feasibly taken an entire book to "show" so although it did stick out a bit I have to say that over all it was a pretty good way to fill in what could have been huge gaps in story, and in the process it opened up some history that was interesting and fattened up some recurring characters, too.
The ending was perfect. The story line has plenty of long arc room left to continue on, but the book arc closed in a tidy and satisfying way. I have no complaints with the ending at all.
This was a good entry in the series.