This was an interesting vampire book. I am not a really into reading vampire book but this one was actually very good. It is not the average vampire book in my opinion. Please be aware that this review may contain spoilers. This book is 1.5 in a series of books. The series is Sweetblood.

This book starts out with Finn McKentry who has been kidnapped because he is a sweetblood. There are certain normal humans who have a blood that is sweet and addictive to vampires. Finn happens to be one of those people

Brenna Stewart is a vampire. She is at a formal banquet where she is being honored with an award to finish her medical degree to become a doctor. She is with her best friend Lily DeGraff. Lily is there to give Brenna courage and just support her.

After accepting the award Brenna starts walking around outside. She stumbles upon Finn. At one time Brenna and Finn were a couple before Brenna broke up with Finn.



While this is not the average vampire book it was very interesting. I hope to read this series in the future. The bunnies and I give this book 4-carrots. ( )

This was an interesting vampire book. I am not a really into reading vampire book but this one was actually very good. It is not the average vampire book in my opinion. Please be aware that this review may contain spoilers. This book is 1.5 in a series of books. The series is Sweetblood.

This book starts out with Finn McKentry who has been kidnapped because he is a sweetblood. There are certain normal humans who have a blood that is sweet and addictive to vampires. Finn happens to be one of those people

Brenna Stewart is a vampire. She is at a formal banquet where she is being honored with an award to finish her medical degree to become a doctor. She is with her best friend Lily DeGraff. Lily is there to give Brenna courage and just support her.

After accepting the award Brenna starts walking around outside. She stumbles upon Finn. At one time Brenna and Finn were a couple before Brenna broke up with Finn.



While this is not the average vampire book it was very interesting. I hope to read this series in the future. The bunnies and I give this book 4-carrots. ( )

Even though this is a Novella, Laurie got everything packed in here. At only 57 pages, I didn't feel rushed. I thought it went at a even pace.

I thought this was a good addition to the Sweetblood Series. You get to see a little further into the lives of other vampires in the community and how they struggle to stay away from the Sweet, even though it may be tempting.

This was a very good short story. I think anyone who likes the Sweetblood Series will like this novella. ( )

Review courtesy of All Things Urban Fantasy

What’s better than a free read? A free read that happens to be part of a series I called ‘supernatural sex on a stick.’ For a limited time, courtesy of publisher Harlequin, that’s exactly what you get from Laurie London’s Sweetblood novella HIDDEN BY BLOOD.

The basic premise of this series is that a fraction of the population has an irresistibly addictive blood type that vampires crave. One such sweetblood, Finn is captured and then rescued by his ex Brenna. We learn about their whirlwind romance (he picked her up in the produce section of the supermarket) through occasional well timed flashbacks that quickly invest the reader in their romance. After only the first few pages, I was already rooting for them. While this is a totally standalone read, I enjoyed a couple of cameos from my favorite characters from the first book.

A couple things keep me from enjoying this start as much as the debut, BONDED BY BLOOD. Some of the writing feels a bit stilted as London is trying to cram enough information about her very appealing Sweetblood world into a 60+ page novella. Occasionally a character would state a piece of information that would never naturally come up in conversation solely for the benefit of the reader and it pulled me out of the story every time. Also, a number of details were simply too convenient, but I chalk that up more to length limitations than anything else.

Overall, I loved revisiting this world and the super hot romance that I’m beginning to expect from London. HIDDEN BY BLOOD has more than whetted my appetite for more Sweetblood books, fortunately I won’t have to wait long since the next book in the series, EMBRACED BY BLOOD, will be published on June 21, 2011.

Sexual Content:
A semi graphic sex scene ( )