Blood Sacrifice
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4.6 • 5 Ratings
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- $3.99
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- $3.99
Publisher Description
With the threat of the Queens' army increasing, only blood healing can save South Senya. Adenine continues her journey alone, encountering constant danger and tragic loss. Clutching at the strands of her sanity, Adenine barely makes it to Juxon City where the king proves untrustworthy and hostile.
The Queens quickly destroy all Adenine's hope for the kingdom of Senya. Under their rule, the people are doomed. She has allies, but they are too few to take back the city. The only one who can challenge the Queens is the emperor of Bivinia: a monster responsible for the deaths of hundreds of healers. She must convince him to invade Senya, replacing one evil for another.
Customer Reviews
Third of this well-written series.
The first book was about child abduction, the second about rape, this is about cutting. The central character is a young teenage girl who is a healer. It is expected that she will be taken from her family, raised in another country, and be expected to have sex with men to cure them of injury and illness. By the end of this book, she has found an alternate way of healing; has taught troops how to fight while enduring pain; been tortured and imprisoned; and stabbed herself countless times. And she has just turned 15.
After reading the first book in the series, I thought that it was written for young adults which seems to be a euphemism for teens. I still think so. I have reservations about the themes although I realize lack of control, sex and the self hatred that cutting represents are not unknown subjects to teens.
What started off as an adventure series has turned dark and repulsive. I wish I had not started it but since I did I will probably finish it. The author has a way with her.