Part One of FourCompanion to the Blue Bloods series
By Melissa de la Cruz
Available now from Disney Hyperion
Review copy
Read my review of THE VAN ALEN LEGACY and my interview with Melissa
WOLF PACT is a serial novel by Melissa de la Cruz exploring the wolves of the Blue Bloods' world and their relationship to Bliss Llewellyn. The fourth and final part comes out next week on December 4th. I am only reviewing the first part, which may seem a touch pricey at sixty-ish pages for $1.99. But in the end that's a whole book for $7.96, which is below market price. Plus, I think serials are fun and I'm happy major publishers are playing around with the model.
WOLF PACT begins in Hell, where Lawson and his pack escape from their masters before they can be turned into hellhounds. But their escape comes at a price, and they are pursued by the hounds because they can still be converted as long as they're recaptured before they turn seventeen. Meanwhile, Bliss and her Aunt Jane search for the wolves in order to ally with them to fight the Silver Bloods.
While WOLF PACT deals with a society that's not explored in the main Blue Bloods continuity, it's not really friendly to new readers. Since Lawson and the pack are new to Earth, they are briefly caught up on the various factions. But de la Cruz's world is too involved to be explained so quickly. I can't be sure since I've read the Blue Bloods novels, but I suspect WOLF PACT will appeal more to fans than newbies.
Now, the Blue Bloods series is one that I once loved, but I've been disappointed by later installments. I think WOLF PACT gets back to what made the first books more appealing. There's action, a sense of fate, and what seems to be the set up for a neatly woven plot. I'm intrigued enough to read Part Two.
Come back later today for a guest blog from Melissa!
I can never quite decide how I feel about serials. On the one hand, I think it's a fun idea, but on the other, I have a hard time remembering the plot from book to book in a series, so I think I'd have a hard time remembering what was going on in each new serial.
ReplyDeleteWell, each part came out a week or so apart, so you don't have to remember long. But hopefully they'll release the completed book once all the parts are available.
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