A review by complicaitreads
Blood Bonds, by J. Bree
3.0
3.5 stars: I really, really want to love this series
“Mine. You’re mine. No one will hurt you again. Not me, not the others, not anyone. The shadows cannot harm you, they belong to you, as I do. We all do.”
Again, I want to love it, but it’s feeling a little repetitive. The same things keep happening with no consequence to the story.
First of all, I love the development we’re getting with Oli and her Bonds. It’s moving slowly, but I now like North (still don’t like Atlas), as well as Gabe and Gryphon. And we got some really great spicy scenes, which I loved and needed after 2 books.
I saw the twist coming from the first book, but I still let myself fall into a false sense of security. So I was still thoroughly shocked by the ending.
Oli feels overpowered. Why are they so worried about attacks when she can just let her bond take over? It’s the same “We need you to be safe” and then “well i’m the best weapon we got” over and over, and everything turns out completely fine. She’s no longer worried about it like she was in the first and second book, and it makes all her worries seem pointless.
I’m also still not quite sure the point of the Resistance, but they’re like cockroaches, incredibly resilient.
Overall, I wish the series wasn’t so repetitive, and that there were consequences to these little points that are meant to move the plot along. However, the Bonds relationship redeems most of this.
“Mine. You’re mine. No one will hurt you again. Not me, not the others, not anyone. The shadows cannot harm you, they belong to you, as I do. We all do.”
Again, I want to love it, but it’s feeling a little repetitive. The same things keep happening with no consequence to the story.
First of all, I love the development we’re getting with Oli and her Bonds. It’s moving slowly, but I now like North (still don’t like Atlas), as well as Gabe and Gryphon. And we got some really great spicy scenes, which I loved and needed after 2 books.
I saw the twist coming from the first book, but I still let myself fall into a false sense of security. So I was still thoroughly shocked by the ending.
Oli feels overpowered. Why are they so worried about attacks when she can just let her bond take over? It’s the same “We need you to be safe” and then “well i’m the best weapon we got” over and over, and everything turns out completely fine. She’s no longer worried about it like she was in the first and second book, and it makes all her worries seem pointless.
I’m also still not quite sure the point of the Resistance, but they’re like cockroaches, incredibly resilient.
Overall, I wish the series wasn’t so repetitive, and that there were consequences to these little points that are meant to move the plot along. However, the Bonds relationship redeems most of this.