A review by rachheartbooks
Blood Price by Vela Roth
5.0
YES YES YES YES YES
Blood Price is a prequel novel to Vela Roth’s spellbinding Blood Grace series. It follows different main characters in a time prior to the series. It could be read before Blood Mercy, but I think it was well received read after as well.
The book starts with an offer and an acceptance. Life over death. We know nothing of the characters or their lives, apart from Alcaeus’ love for Maerea. I was immediately enthralled.
Maerea’s father dies, and her brother immediately strikes in action. He kills his father’s long lived, generational familial rival and his eldest son before leaving the stronghold to seek reinforcements and allies elsewhere. Maerea is left to keep the crumbling estate together, ensure food for the people her family rules over, and grieve the loss of her father.
Before long, Alcaeus arrives to the stronghold to request the life price for his elder brother’s death. There is an almost immediate connection between Maerea and Alcaeus as they discuss their lives, state of Maerea’s household, and how she can possibly afford to pay him for her brother’s rash decisions.
Love blooms, and before long, Maerea agrees to marry Alcaeus, even though she knows her brother will never understand or agree with her decision.
He returns, lacking allies, to find his sister has wed the enemy. He again uses his sword instead of his words and attempts to slaughter Alcaeus on the battlefield.
We are introduced to a Hesperine, the feared immortal beings that desecrate human graves and feast on blood. Or so the followers of Anthros think…
I loved this book, as I’ve loved all of Vela Roth’s books. Blood Price is a taste of the world of Anthros and Hespera before the true political, religious feast in the books that follow. Alcaeus and Maerea are two characters you root for from the very beginning, and their love is truly what dreams are made of. Above all else, through all life throws at them, their love holds fast.
*~I received an ARC from the author. This is my voluntary review~*
Blood Price is a prequel novel to Vela Roth’s spellbinding Blood Grace series. It follows different main characters in a time prior to the series. It could be read before Blood Mercy, but I think it was well received read after as well.
The book starts with an offer and an acceptance. Life over death. We know nothing of the characters or their lives, apart from Alcaeus’ love for Maerea. I was immediately enthralled.
Maerea’s father dies, and her brother immediately strikes in action. He kills his father’s long lived, generational familial rival and his eldest son before leaving the stronghold to seek reinforcements and allies elsewhere. Maerea is left to keep the crumbling estate together, ensure food for the people her family rules over, and grieve the loss of her father.
Before long, Alcaeus arrives to the stronghold to request the life price for his elder brother’s death. There is an almost immediate connection between Maerea and Alcaeus as they discuss their lives, state of Maerea’s household, and how she can possibly afford to pay him for her brother’s rash decisions.
Love blooms, and before long, Maerea agrees to marry Alcaeus, even though she knows her brother will never understand or agree with her decision.
He returns, lacking allies, to find his sister has wed the enemy. He again uses his sword instead of his words and attempts to slaughter Alcaeus on the battlefield.
We are introduced to a Hesperine, the feared immortal beings that desecrate human graves and feast on blood. Or so the followers of Anthros think…
I loved this book, as I’ve loved all of Vela Roth’s books. Blood Price is a taste of the world of Anthros and Hespera before the true political, religious feast in the books that follow. Alcaeus and Maerea are two characters you root for from the very beginning, and their love is truly what dreams are made of. Above all else, through all life throws at them, their love holds fast.
*~I received an ARC from the author. This is my voluntary review~*