A review by bookitalum
Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin

2.0

This book felt like a completely different series from Serpent & Dove. The characters were all over the place and lost everything that made them endearing in book 1. There was intermittent lip service to the idea of their personality changes being attributable to trauma, but it was so inexpertly handled that it just rang hollow. The book was just a long plod that felt like a whole lot of nothing, and more nothing, and more nothing, all leading up to one absurdly brief moment of plot development. Honestly, Claud, Ansel, and (much to my chagrin) Beau were the stand out bright spots in an otherwise bland book. I’ll probably read book 3, but even with the “cliff hanger” ending I’m not on the edge of my seat and my expectations are very low.