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Blood Bound (An Unbound Novel) von Rachel…
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Blood Bound (An Unbound Novel) (2011. Auflage)

von Rachel Vincent (Autor)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. HTML:

By blood, by word, by magic...

Most can't touch the power. But Liv Warren is special--a paranormal tracker who follows the scent of blood.

Liv makes her own rules, and the most important one is trust no one.

But when her friend's daughter goes missing, Liv has no choice but to find the girl. Thanks to a childhood oath, Liv can't rest until the child is home safe. But that means trusting Cam Caballero, the former lover forbidden to her.

Bound by oath and lost in desire for a man she cannot have, Liv is racing to save the child from a dark criminal underworld where secrets, lies, trauma and danger lurk around every corner...every touch...every kiss.

And more blood will be spilled before it's over...

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Titel:Blood Bound (An Unbound Novel)
Autoren:Rachel Vincent (Autor)
Info:Mira Books (2011), 448 pages
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I didn't make it very far into this book but the initial setup for the main plot is so abysmally bad, I can not understand how anyone can see past it at all.
What truly baffles me is that apparently nobody else even thought this worth mentioning. Did I read the same book?
This next part spoils the first hour of the audiobook which is nothing more than the basic story setup. I am not even far enough in the story to cover the entire blurb.
Bear with me, I have to set this entire thing up. I want you to experience the entire scope of my outrage over this bullshit.
The MC and her 3 best childhood friends accidentally oath-bound each other together magically so that if they requested anything from each other the other had to try everything in their power to fulfill that request or die within minutes if the asker didn't take the request back.
That unsurprisingly eventually ruined their friendship but we didn't (yet?) learn exactly what went down back then. In the end, they bound each other with a second oath that prevents them from asking for anything from each other and the MC went her own way. Makes sense.
Later on, the MC had a boyfriend or something of the sort that was very serious, but she was so badly mixed up in the criminal underworld as a tracker and sometimes even a killer, that she decided to basically ghost him because she couldn't bear him potentially dying because of her shit. (At least that's my interpretation of the vagueness about it.)
So far so good, not very original, maybe, but I am totally on board!
Now comes the kicker.
Present-day.
The husband of one of her friends was murdered (probably by some murder-for-hire type) and she suddenly shows up on the MCs doorstep asking her to find and kill the murderer.
Apparently, the second oath has been broken without the MC knowing about it.
The MC initially refuses and promptly starts to die, feeling incredible pain, and experiencing how each individual part of her body shuts down but with her nervous system staying fully intact.
Let me emphasize this. This previous childhood friend is willing to torture and kill her previous best friend just for potential revenge. Her husband isn't even dead a day at this point.
After this "friend" told the MC how she was happily married and has a child, the MC gets soft and gives in at least partly, agreeing to find but not murder the guy.
It is explicitly pointed out that because of her underworld connections, she might very well sign her own death warrant by killing the guy.
The MC then wants to know how the "friend" found her because apparently, she is pretty hard to find. Turns out the MCs previous lover (or whatever), "Cam", can find her anywhere with his magic. And not only did he find her for this "friend", but he also arranged the entire thing, putting her up to this in the first place. So they not only want her to kills someone for her, potentially endangering her life, no, she also requires the MC to do it all together with this Cam stalker guy under threat of torture and death because he asked her to I guess? The MC tries to stay away from the guy because he is still gorgeous and incredibly tempting but she can't get involved with him again for reasons.
So, now, what would you do in this situation. How would you feel?
Honestly, I would feel so incredibly betrayed I would never forgive either person but especially Cam who is essentially exploiting the suffering of the poor woman to get into the MC's pants. It's incredibly disgusting. If I had trouble resisting that guy before, after that stunt I wouldn't anymore.
But no, not at all, the MC feels bad for her "friend" and agrees because she feels bad for her and because she has a daughter. That apparently makes sense somehow? Oh, and the "friend" can't possibly do the killing herself because it would scar her for life...
So, after all this bullshit, I was already pretty done but I didn't yet drop. There still was potential for redemption. But no, it gets even worse. The MC then asks for a retainer. And these two dickwads react in outrage and hurt. And she doesn't even ask for much. She accepts just 5$! But Cam now looks at her with disdain because the MC supposedly exploits the suffering of the poor "friend" for the financial gain of 5$.
And the MC actually feels bad about it and reacts like she is in the wrong in this entire fucked up situation! That is the part that truly enrages me. The situation is portrayed in a way that is supposed to make us believe she isn't being fucked over big times but is instead just stubborn and doesn't want to help a friend.


Nope, nope, nope. I am DONE! ( )
  omission | Oct 19, 2023 |
Di Rachel Vincent avevo già letto la saga Shifters e devo dire che ci sono molte somiglianze con Blood Bound.
Innanzi tutto tra i due protagonisti, Cam/Marc e Liv/Faythe. In entrambe le saghe si sono lasciati nonostante l'amore che provano l'uno per l'altra per cause esterne alla coppia, per così dire. In entrambe le saghe i personaggi sono costretti entro un clan che ha le sue regole e i suoi obblighi imprescindibili.
Viste tutte queste somiglianze, all'inizio Blood Bound mi ha piuttosto annoiata, per poi migliorare mano a mano che la storia proseguiva. Il ritmo è serrato e, sebbene ad un certo punto sia evidente lo sviluppo della storia, invoglia il lettore a saperne di più. ( )
  lasiepedimore | Jul 31, 2023 |
Sometimes felt a little too reliant on a few too many coincidences. Fun concept though, and a fun read when I could tune out my own skepticism. Read this series before, a year or two ago, but clearly forgot to mark them at the time. ( )
  Malaraa | Apr 26, 2022 |
Interesting new series, Skilled people with special abilities, two crime lord factions and a neutral ground, some humor and twisted relationships. Will definitely keep reading this series.
( )
  wyldheartreads | Jun 20, 2019 |


Blood Bound is a new adult urban fantasy series by Rachel Caine, I haven't read much by this author before and was pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed the world building, it reminded me of old school fantasy but with a contemporary twist.

Liv and Cam both are great characters, Liv is willing to risk everything for the people she loves even though she feels betrayed and Cam is willing to go against his oaths to help her hoping that they could get back together despite the many obstacles in their way.

The story is gritty, fast paced and kept me hooked from the beginning and the twist at the end was icing on the cake. A must read and a series I will be following in the future. ( )
  yas4735 | May 1, 2018 |
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Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. HTML:

By blood, by word, by magic...

Most can't touch the power. But Liv Warren is special--a paranormal tracker who follows the scent of blood.

Liv makes her own rules, and the most important one is trust no one.

But when her friend's daughter goes missing, Liv has no choice but to find the girl. Thanks to a childhood oath, Liv can't rest until the child is home safe. But that means trusting Cam Caballero, the former lover forbidden to her.

Bound by oath and lost in desire for a man she cannot have, Liv is racing to save the child from a dark criminal underworld where secrets, lies, trauma and danger lurk around every corner...every touch...every kiss.

And more blood will be spilled before it's over...

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