Blood Queen (Blood Destiny, #6)
Blood Queen (Blood Destiny, #6)
“Thousands of Copper Ra’Ak fought throughout Veshtul, killing many as they lashed out, or crushing others as they crawled along. Screaming Comesuli ran before them, desperate to escape the deadly creatures. In the distance, Dragon’s roar sounded as he fought off one of the monsters. Three other Dragons fought beside him; I saw them as they charged their prey—a Black Dragon, a Silver Dragon and a Gold Dragon. Others were fighting Ra’Ak as well; a Black Gryphon fought alongside a huge Snow Leopard. Giant birds swept the sky, screaming in anger as Ra’Ak leapt at them, attempting to sink rows of deadly teeth into feathered flesh.”
Lissa has been transported 300 years into the future, to save the High Demon world and the Saa Thalarr
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Each book in the series improves upon its predecessor!,
Blood Queen, the sixth book in the Blood Destiny series by Connie Suttle, is by far my favorite book in the series. The whole series to date has set the stage for what happens now, and believe me, this one won’t disappoint you!
The story picks up where Blood Royal left off, with Lissa’s father, Griffin, begging for her help in defeating an army of evil 300 years in the future, and on a distant planet. Although Lissa is exhausted from her recent encounter with Xenides and his rogue army of vampires, she feels compelled to agree to Griffin’s plea. Before she could have any second thoughts, she finds herself transported into the future and amid a raging battle against thousands of Ra’Ak. Her sudden appearance ignites a blast of destruction as she quickly engages the enemy, providing some much needed assistance to the group of Saa Thalarr who found themselves on the brink of exhaustion and collapse before her arrival.
Throughout the series, Lissa has proven to be incredibly resilient in her ability to overcome emotional and physical abuse, intentional or not, directed toward her by most of the close relationships in her life. In Blood Queen, Lissa evolves into a whole being, one no longer intimidated by anyone or anything. Her moral values are uncompromised, tempered by her compassion for the downtrodden and an abundance of love that fuels her capacity for understanding and forgiveness; even at her own expense.
At once powerful beyond anyone’s conception, yet emotionally still healing, she forges new relationships while mending old ones. And the most gratifying part of all this is that the people in her life who were the source of her pain and suffering for so long finally see the error of their ways. They begin to not only treat her with the respect and dignity she deserves, but surround her with the sincere love and acceptance she needs to finally understand her worth and place in the universe.
The story arc is very satisfying, with action sequences that rival anything in the previous books. But the meat of the novel is in the growth of its characters, especially Lissa. Lissa, a diminutive, unassuming being with a heart open to those whom she loves, which makes her as vulnerable to their character flaws as to her own. Yet that vulnerability is the bedrock of strength from which springs her ironclad understanding of right and wrong. That unbending moral compass can have only one result; Lissa’s inevitable ascension to her rightful station in the universe; Blood Queen.
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|Different,
I do like this series but I must admit it went off in a completely different direction than I thought it would. The series began as a vampire book and I appreciate the different perspective of having them as, essentially, an alien race. I also like the maturing the Lissa made throughout the series.
What’s the problem then? Many of her battles are too easy. She shows up, they all die. With the exception of one time, *****SPOILER ALERT***** when she dies. Though she is returned to herself, albeit unaware of who she is at first. There seemed to be a lot crammed into this one series without a whole lot of background. Lissa ultimately ends up as the queen of all of the worlds. I suppose there was indication this could happen since she was mated to Kifirn but I feel that a lot was left out of the actual story. The mysterious voice that speaks to her and gives her a few sentences that she instinctively understands without working through at all for the reader is a little difficult for me.
I do appreciate that Lissa’s birth was contrived in the first place and I also appreciate that there is a rebirth in general. I was glad the author provided some back story and explained she had been the previous queen but again, a lot seemed to be missing. Gavin was a totally different person. I can imagine 300 years would change some things about him but when Lissa encountered him after returning to earth, he did not recall her and the original personality traits were present. Kifirn removed Gavin’s jealousy but Gavin went from constantly berating Lissa into, for the most part, an amiable mate. That seems like a large leap with no explanation. It’s those little things that keep me from giving this book 5 stars.
I think Connie Suttle has a gift for spinning stories and I enjoy her books very much but I would like some of these little things to be more cohesive.
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|Enough already,
At some point the polyamoury just killed the series. I guess when it comes to both men in the hot tub and male characters in this book the old saw is true, “if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all.” To be fair, there were a few men that she didn’t have sex with; her father and (some) of the gay guys… but they all wound up naked in the hot tub together anyway. Don’t bother reading beyond book #5.
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