Blood Moon (Drake Chronicles, #5)

Jul 04, 2012 Maja rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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3.5 stars

The music was bad, the fires were cozy. It was nice. Normal.
You know, until the screaming.
And that kind of scream in Violet Hill could mean only one thing.
Vampires.

Although I had a lot of fun reading it, the fifth and penultimate installment of the Drake Chronicles didn’t quite meet my expectations. Blood Moon is more like a really long chapter than an actual book. It starts exactly where Bleeding Hearts left off, with Solange’s three sets of fangs in Kieran’s neck, and it ends with ano...more 3.5 stars

The music was bad, the fires were cozy. It was nice. Normal.
You know, until the screaming.
And that kind of scream in Violet Hill could mean only one thing.
Vampires.

Although I had a lot of fun reading it, the fifth and penultimate installment of the Drake Chronicles didn’t quite meet my expectations. Blood Moon is more like a really long chapter than an actual book. It starts exactly where Bleeding Hearts left off, with Solange’s three sets of fangs in Kieran’s neck, and it ends with another vicious cliffhanger.

Remember my Storm review from about a month ago in which I kept going on and on about the four hot Merrick brothers? Well, there are seven Drake brothers, they’re vampires and they’re all gorgeous. The youngest, Nicholas, is in a relationship with his sister Solange’s best friend Lucy, and they make the cutest couple in the history of the universe. Quinn finally abandoned his womanizing ways for Hunter, a vampire hunter and a student at the Helios-Ra academy. Logan is bound to Isaboe, a Hound vampire that survived the French Revolution. Connor is hopelessly in love with Christa, Lucy’s cousin who was recently turned into a vampire. But none of that matters now that the Blood Moon festival is approaching and their mother’s coronation is just day away.

Everyone misses the good old days when the Drake family was living in exile in Violet Hill and all they had to worry about were the Helios-Ra agents roaming the woods. Everyone, including me. I understand how a series works, I know that Harvey needed to up the stakes so close to the series finale, but the sheer number of tribes and groups, human and vampire both, that were going against the Drakes was staggering, and I was confused and lost most of the time.

Blood Moon is told from Lucy’s, Nicholas’s and Solange’s perspective. Although my favorite couple didn’t get to spend much time together, I could feel how strong their relationship has become and how much they love each other. Lucy has always been one of my favorite characters in the world, she’s what’s pulling me back toward these books and I can totally imagine her as my best friend. (She’d have to actually exist first, but you know, details.) Nicholas is not far behind, he is the perfect brother, the perfect young vampire (NOT of the vegetarian kind) and a perfect boyfriend to Lucy. I loved seeing his family and Lucy through his eyes again. Solange, on the other hand, was a disappointment. I can’t say I ever really liked her, but now she’s reached the point of no redemption. Of course the cause for her actions was made clear in the last part of Blood Moon, but I’d already stopped caring by then, and I don’t think I’ll ever care again.

Bloomsbury and Walker Children’s decided that it’s time to wrap up this series, and I have to say I agree with them. Harvey mentioned the possibility of writing a spin-off about Lucy and I truly hope she’ll get her chance. She and Nicholas are the only ones I’m not quite ready to say goodbye to. The last book is called Blood Prophecy and should be out in January 2013.

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Jun 15, 2012 ~Tina~ rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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4.5 stars

GAH! Harvey finally did it, she ended this book on a cliffy and I need the next book now!!

Wow, this book was so so good. Blood Moon is probably the most darkest and serious of the Drake Chronicles. Something that I'm not use to since Harvey has always balanced these books with just the right amount of humor, romance and excitement. But this book felt heart pounding and fast paced more then anything else. I kinda missed the humor, the Drake banter and the romance. Not to say that I didn'...more

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Nov 20, 2012 Sadie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-release, series, young-adult, vampire, paranormal, romance

This Drake Chronicle has done a complete 180 since the last book. Goodbye to the cutesie, lighthearted fun of falling in love - super fast - with vampires and hello to a scary, creepy and surprisingly deep novel..

Although I really enjoyed the previous books with the all the Drakes and their love interests, I loved coming back to Lucy and Nicholas' points of views in Blood Moon - they're the ones I fell in love with! Especially as we, as the readers, don't have to see the repetitive nature of fa...more This Drake Chronicle has done a complete 180 since the last book. Goodbye to the cutesie, lighthearted fun of falling in love - super fast - with vampires and hello to a scary, creepy and surprisingly deep novel..

Although I really enjoyed the previous books with the all the Drakes and their love interests, I loved coming back to Lucy and Nicholas' points of views in Blood Moon - they're the ones I fell in love with! Especially as we, as the readers, don't have to see the repetitive nature of falling for a Drake vampire, the romance in this book is just building on what already existed which is a really nice change.

As I was saying before, Blood Moon = Scary. Creepy. There is a whole lot more viscous blood sucking to say the least.

I don't want to give too much away because if you've read the previous books and haven't read this yet then the feel of the book is actually a pleasant surprise. If you haven't read any of the Drake Chronicles then.. well, you probably shouldn't be reading this right now. (I'm sorry, I didn't mean to send you away! Come back five books later! :) )

So, the atmosphere is awesome. The plot was also awesome but only when I finally remembered what had happened in the last book, I was seriously lost in the beginning of Blood Moon but once I remembered - finally - and got into it... daaamn, I was hooked. The story line is so unpredictable and although it was a little weird jumping between the points of views of Nicholas, Lucy and Solange and my itty bitty brain couldn't handle the sort of jumps between sub plots at first, it was okay. I got it in the end. - Go me. -

I love Lucy. I haven't said that yet, have I? I do by the way, both of them, Lucy and Nicholas, they're my favourite characters in the whole series. Their cute little moments, their banter together with the insane loyalty and love between them makes this book incredibly easy to lose yourself in.

While I praise the characters of Lucy and Nicholas, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading about many of the other characters, Jenna, Hunter, Connor, Kieran... I can't say I liked Solange very much at all. I understand the way she acted and the things she did, she obviously goes through a hell of a lot in this book but I don't think I liked Solange very much in the first book either. I thought of her as immature and irritating as a character in the first book, My Love Lies Bleeding (or Hearts at Stake if you aren't British like-a me) and pretty much the same in Blood Moon. I found myself skim reading most of the chapters in Solange's point of view which wasn't the best idea as I just had to read those parts again to understand the story.

Overall, pretty mixed feelings about Blood Moon. On one hand, awesome plot and some amazing characters and on the other hand, not really liking one of the main characters. I am definitely going to be reading the next book though, especially as the misleading Lost Girls at the end made me think I still had a couple of pages left and I thought Harvey would explain what happened but no, she just decided to leave the book on an incredible cliffhanger. That.. that was mean, Harvey.

Check out more reviews and my music choice for Blood Moon over at my blog, Lyrics.

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Sep 02, 2012 Shelley aka Gizmo's Reviews rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-releases, y-a-paranormal

*Genre* YA Paranormal
*Rating* 4.0

*Review*

Blood Moon is the fifth novel in the Drake Chronicles. The story is told in the first POV by Solange, Lucy, and Nicholas. Blood Moon picks up right where Bleeding Hearts left off. (If you haven’t read that book, I shall not spoil what happened at the end.)

Solange Drake, the youngest of the Drake Clan and a recently changed vampire, has gone off the deep end by drinking human blood and is being lead around by the mysterious vampire named Constantine. Solan...more

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Jun 21, 2012 Donna {Book Passion for Life} rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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4.5 Stars

After the shocking cliff-hanger in Bleeding Hearts, Lucy, Kieran and Solange deal with the aftermath of Solange feeding off a human. Not only that, but with the Blood Moon just around the corner, all the Drake’s are on high alert and are forced to go into a two week lock down, which means – no leaving the safety nets. Sounds easy? Guess again! With the furies arrival and Solange’s struggles with blood lust, it’s about to get a whole load more dangerous in Violet Hills.

I loved it, I ju...more 4.5 Stars

After the shocking cliff-hanger in Bleeding Hearts, Lucy, Kieran and Solange deal with the aftermath of Solange feeding off a human. Not only that, but with the Blood Moon just around the corner, all the Drake’s are on high alert and are forced to go into a two week lock down, which means – no leaving the safety nets. Sounds easy? Guess again! With the furies arrival and Solange’s struggles with blood lust, it’s about to get a whole load more dangerous in Violet Hills.

I loved it, I just loved it! Blood Moon is everything I expected it to be and more, and it sure is one hell of a shocking ride. From the very first page I was literally a bundle of nerves because I could not believe the shocking and fantastic way that Alyxandra Harvey has taken this series. It’s become so unpredictable and I can never guess what to expect next.

The story this time around was full of action with amazing and witty scene's but was a little different from the previous books. Before we’ve always seen a member of the Drake family finding love but in Blood Moon, this didn’t happen. There is still good romance to the story, especially with characters like Nicolas and Lucy – who are so, so cute but, I can’t help ask when will the other brothers; Duncan, Sebastian & Marcus find love? I’d really like to see their stories and get to know them as characters better.

The book alternates between Lucy, Solange and Nicholas and we get a small chapter from Kieran too and I really loved it. Their all my favourite characters and I enjoy how all the other characters are involved too. Solange’s character goes through a massive change and I was utterly frustrated with the storyline but in such a good way. I’m telling you now – you won’t believe what happens. And that cliff-hanger...ahhh! If you thought the one from Bleeding Hearts was bad, wait till you read this, it's a jaw dropper!

Overall, now were on book five in this series and it's still going strong as ever. It’s one of my favourite ones and I can’t wait to see what comes next with book 6.

Thank you to Bloomsbury UK for giving me the opportunity to review this book.(less)

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Jun 27, 2012 Jennifer rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I FINALLY FINISHED IT!! She did it again... Alyxandra ended this awesome book on a cliffy, a CLIFFHANGER! WHYYYYYYY Alyxandra??? WHYYYY must you TORTURE USSS!! if you havent read the book dont read this review any further! (view spoiler)

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Dec 31, 2012 Day rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book was totally disapointing. I fell in love with the first book and honestly I couldn't wait for others to get published. The second one isn't really my favorite, but it's definitley better than this one. I think the series should have ended with three books, four maximum.
Like I said, I didn't get the story in the forth one at all. It was totally forced. But lets drop that one, since we're talking about book five here. The story line was stupid. It just sucked.
First Lucy:
She's like my f...more

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Nov 05, 2012 Rachel (The Rest Is Still Unwritten) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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**Read in November 2012**

Thank you to Bloomsbury Australia for providing me with a copy of this to read and review!

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Blood Moon is the 5th book in Alyxandra Harvey’s seductive Drake Chronicles and will captivate you from start to finish with it's thrillingwith danger, romance and excitement!

This series is a thrilling one to read! Whoever said vampires were dead and gone have never read this series. Each book is fast paced, and e...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Jenn♪ rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This was far more angsty and darker than the previous in this series. Nick and Lucy are my favorite couple, and Blood Moon gave us a good dose w/a Solange POV as well.

Solange cheeses me to the back teeth with her changes since book one. Queen, Schmeen, she's beginning to look more like a puppet but I'll have to read the next book to confirm my suspicion.

I dont want to spoiler you to death so Ill try to be vague. I can say that I love the different factions and lore of vampires and those groups...more

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Dec 12, 2012 Stormi (Lightning Book Promotions) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I first want to say that if you haven't read the other books in this series and you want to then you might not want to read this review. It's hard to talk about this book and not giveaway something.

I love The Drake Chronicles and Alyxandra Harvey is one of my favorite YA authors, but I am not sure if I like how this series is going. It only has one more book then it is finished but I didn't enjoy this book as much as the others, so I am hoping the next one will make up for it.

This book is told...more I first want to say that if you haven't read the other books in this series and you want to then you might not want to read this review. It's hard to talk about this book and not giveaway something.

I love The Drake Chronicles and Alyxandra Harvey is one of my favorite YA authors, but I am not sure if I like how this series is going. It only has one more book then it is finished but I didn't enjoy this book as much as the others, so I am hoping the next one will make up for it.

This book is told mainly in the three POV's of Lucy, Solonge and Nickolas, and I have to admit that Solonge really ticks me off in this book. I found myself wanting to skip over her parts and get back to see what was going on with Lucy or Nicholas. The ending leaves you hanging a little bit and is in Kieran's POV.

If you have read the series you know that Solonge is having a really hard time after she turned into a vampire. With each book she has become worse and worse and now she is really having a hard time with her blood lust. There is a voice in her head tricking her into thinking her family is against her. She also has a vampire Constantine who is not helping her as he keeps feeding her human blood when her family is a non-human blood family. He also keeps putting thoughts into her head about being a princess and accepting her blood lust nature.

We know from the last book that Solonge finally attached her human boyfriend, Kieran who is a Helio-Ra vampire hunter. So now she has broke up with him because she feels bad about it and thinks it is the best way to handle things. Kieran knows something is wrong with her but he is not sure what is going on.

Lucy has joined the Helio-Ra school, but only because she was forced too. The Drakes thinks it to dangerous for her to be around them right now. Being at a vampire hunter school and dating a vampire only subjects her to bullying by her classmates. Even though she is not the only hunter to be dating a vampire she has grown up with the vampires and so is seen to be more of a traitor. Lucy is still my favorite character out of all the characters in the series, she is just tough and sassy and I love it.

Nicholas is the next to the youngest Drake and very loyal to Solonge, but he is also Lucy's boyfriend so he is having some mixed emotions on what to do during Solonges feral state and at the end of the book I sort of felt sorry for the guy. Nicholas is also my favorite Drake.

The book is all based around Solonge's mother being crowned Queen at the Blood Moon, lots of vampires have come to town and not all of them are nice like the Drakes. So there is a lot of chaos in this book between the drama of Solonge, humans and vampires both being kidnapped, new more dangers huntsman in town, etc. I really don't feel that this is the best book in the series and I was a little disappointed, but I still enjoyed it enough to want to get right in to seeing how the series will end. If you haven't read the series I would recommend you give it a try.
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Nov 19, 2012 Lyndsey Rushby rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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The Drake Chronicles is one of my favourite Young Adult series and I’m always so excited to get my hands on the newest book in the series. Blood Moon begins straight after the events of Bleeding Hearts and there is no waiting around when it comes to the action. Solange is a vampire princess who comes from a family well known for not killing and drinking from humans. However, in the last book she was beginning to act a bit strange and that continues in Blood Moon.

Although Blood Moon does really...more The Drake Chronicles is one of my favourite Young Adult series and I’m always so excited to get my hands on the newest book in the series. Blood Moon begins straight after the events of Bleeding Hearts and there is no waiting around when it comes to the action. Solange is a vampire princess who comes from a family well known for not killing and drinking from humans. However, in the last book she was beginning to act a bit strange and that continues in Blood Moon.

Although Blood Moon does really focus on Solange and the changed which she is going through, the book is narrated from a few different characters’ points of view. Knowing that this book was going to be done like this, I was worried that there was going to be too many voices being used. However, Alyxandra Harvey manages to keep each voice very much their own and very different from anyone else’s in the book. I actually really enjoyed the different narratives because as there is so much going on, I got to find out what was happening from numerous different angles.

So, the beginning of the book shows Solange going slightly off the rails and not being able to control herself. This causes problems for pretty much everyone around her, especially her family and boyfriend Kieran. I know many people didn’t like the new Solange but I did. Ok, she was a complete bitch and wouldn’t listen to reason but then this made for entertaining reading. Nothing is ever too nicey-nicey in these books but it was about time one of the Drakes went a bit wild and who better to pick than Solange. Also, Solange’s new attitude to life paved the way for some serious shocks and excitement throughout the book.

Lucy and Nicolas have been my favourite characters in this series, as they were really who started it all off. I was glad to see both of these characters getting to narrate the story at different times. The events of this book means that Lucy and Nicolas are forced to spend some time apart which again, makes for some exciting events. However, one character more than the other suffers through some terrible things in this books and I’m not saying which one to keep you all guessing. I loved the twists which these characters were involved in and it made me love them both even more.

Plot wise, this was one of my favourite books. The next one is the final book in the Drake Chronicles so Blood Moon leaves on a pretty big cliff-hanger with some intense things happening. All in all, this was by far one of my favourite books in the series as it had so many amazing things going on. I’ll be so sad to see the end of this series with the next book but can’t wait to see what Alyxandra Harvey comes up with next.
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Jul 30, 2012 Danielle Eisner rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book took an interesting turn. It was a lot different then all the others. There wasn't really a basic love story with a new couple like there had been in all the others, but i liked it. It was nice to get back to the root have where it started.

I'm a little suspicious of the guy that's oh so "helpful" to Solange. There definitely seems to be something up with him. I dont know exactly what yet, but something doesn't seem quite right.

I love Lucy she's fun. I love her personality. I also like...more

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Jul 18, 2012 Annika rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jun 23, 2012 Pretty in Fiction rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I cannot say enough good things about Alyxandra Harvey's The Drake Chronicles. And Blood Moon was, so far, my favorite book in the series. It's darker and a lot more serious than the other books, but it still has that same sense of humor that made me fall in love with The Drake Chronicles in the first place. There was so much action, and all of the characters were present. All of the Drakes are there, along with my favorite Hunters as well!

I can't even begin to tell you how in love with Harvey's...more

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Jun 22, 2012 YA Reads Book Reviews rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Originally posted on www.yareads.com, reviewed by Kiona.

In Blood Moon, we return to Lucy’s, Solange’s, and Nicholas’s points of view. While I love all the Drakes and their various love interests, it’s definitely fun to return to the original characters we fell in love with. However, the events of this book are anything but fun. In a surprising but necessary turn of events, Blood Moon is dark, dark, dark; Harvey proves that her characters are more than just love-sick teenagers and Buffy-esque her...more Originally posted on www.yareads.com, reviewed by Kiona.

In Blood Moon, we return to Lucy’s, Solange’s, and Nicholas’s points of view. While I love all the Drakes and their various love interests, it’s definitely fun to return to the original characters we fell in love with. However, the events of this book are anything but fun. In a surprising but necessary turn of events, Blood Moon is dark, dark, dark; Harvey proves that her characters are more than just love-sick teenagers and Buffy-esque heroines. Lest we forget, they are vampires. And royalty. And there’s a lot of baggage that comes with that.

Though I’m a huge fan of the romance in this series, Blood Moon provides a nice reprieve from the steady stream of happily-ever-afters. Because the relationships have already been established in earlier books, we don’t focus on them as much. I mean, yes, Lucy and Nicholas still think about each other constantly, but the constant near-death experiences kind of take precedence. And if you thought the Drakes & Co. were in trouble before, that’s nothing compared to what goes down in Blood Moon.

At times, this book can be very frustrating. Well, not the book so much as Solange. She’s always been different, a vampire in a class all her own, and she’s beginning to embrace that, which doesn’t bode well for her family, friends, and possibly the world. I simultaneously sympathize with and hate her. Either way, I appreciate Harvey’s ability to keep us guessing. This book is more of a mystery than any of the others in the series (which is really saying something) and if your love for the characters doesn’t have you devouring the book, the suspense and the mystery surely will.

I would have liked to see more of Lucy at Helios-Ra. She’s only been there a little while, but she already spends more time sneaking off campus than not. A lot of my favorite scenes, though, involve her interacting with her new classmates and going on hunts. I love that she’s getting to know Kieran outside his relationship with Solange and of course I get a thrill out of any mention of Hunter and Quinn (still my favorite couple — I’d love to return to their POVs!). Speaking of Kieran, Harvey further develops a ton of interesting characters–though Kieran sticks out the most–like Jenna, Constantine, and Isabeau. At this point, all these characters really feel like they’re my family and friends.

My only problem with this book is the ending, only because I’m not really sure what’s happening. This might be due to a lack of close reading on my part, but there seems to be something more going on that I’m not quite grasping. Or perhaps it is supposed to end on one giant mystery, leaving a host of unanswered questions, in which case not cool. Of course, it does leave me hysterically begging for the next book nownownow. Every time I get a new Drake book, it sates my hunger for a day before I need the next one even more desperately. If you’re not invested in this series yet, go out and buy it immediately. And then beat yourself up for not having read it sooner.(less)

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Aug 12, 2012 Haley rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This series is still the funniest vampire series I’ve ever read, but this book was not the best in the series. I liked Out For Blood the best, and I don’t think any of the others were as good. This book was not as exciting. Lucy is one of my favorite characters, and I love her voice/narration. The events in this book weren’t done as well as some of the other books. Having it switch between 3 perspectives, rather than two, is taking away from the story, even if it’s showing more. The opening was...more

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May 07, 2013 Savannah (Books With Bite) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

1. Solange goes crazy. Seriously, this chick goes off the richter scale of crazy women. At this point, I think I have an idea of whats happening, but watching her unfold to an unstable vampire had its entertaining moments.
2. Lucy & Nick. I love this couple. I really do. Both of them have grown up so much over the course of the series. It’s good to see them working together and loving one another unconditionally Though their relationship goes through a few tough times, I’m glad to see them ma...more

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May 02, 2013 Ramla Mahmud rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

this book made me really nostalgic of the books that first got me into reading and how they've kinda been drowned out by all these new books i'm starting now. this series was literally the first YA book series i read after completing Twilight for the 9th time. i just miss the snarkiness and the casualness of it all and i realised as i read i'd forgot the books that made me want to start reading in the first place. i found i'd forgotten these books over the years and had almost forgotten the stor...more

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Jun 07, 2012 Kiona rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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In Blood Moon, we return to Lucy’s, Solange’s, and Nicholas’s points of view. While I love all the Drakes and their various love interests, it’s definitely fun to return to the original characters we fell in love with. However, the events of this book are anything but fun. In a surprising but necessary turn of events, Blood Moon is dark, dark, dark; Harvey proves that her characters are more than just love-sick teenagers and Buffy-esque heroines. Lest we forge...more Originally posted on www.yareads.com

In Blood Moon, we return to Lucy’s, Solange’s, and Nicholas’s points of view. While I love all the Drakes and their various love interests, it’s definitely fun to return to the original characters we fell in love with. However, the events of this book are anything but fun. In a surprising but necessary turn of events, Blood Moon is dark, dark, dark; Harvey proves that her characters are more than just love-sick teenagers and Buffy-esque heroines. Lest we forget, they are vampires. And royalty. And there’s a lot of baggage that comes with that.

Though I’m a huge fan of the romance in this series, Blood Moon provides a nice reprieve from the steady stream of happily-ever-afters. Because the relationships have already been established in earlier books, we don’t focus on them as much. I mean, yes, Lucy and Nicholas still think about each other constantly, but the constant near-death experiences kind of take precedence. And if you thought the Drakes & Co. were in trouble before, that’s nothing compared to what goes down in Blood Moon.

At times, this book can be very frustrating. Well, not the book so much as Solange. She’s always been different, a vampire in a class all her own, and she’s beginning to embrace that, which doesn’t bode well for her family, friends, and possibly the world. I simultaneously sympathize with and hate her. Either way, I appreciate Harvey’s ability to keep us guessing. This book is more of a mystery than any of the others in the series (which is really saying something) and if your love for the characters doesn’t have you devouring the book, the suspense and the mystery surely will.

I would have liked to see more of Lucy at Helios-Ra. She’s only been there a little while, but she already spends more time sneaking off campus than not. A lot of my favorite scenes, though, involve her interacting with her new classmates and going on hunts. I love that she’s getting to know Kieran outside his relationship with Solange and of course I get a thrill out of any mention of Hunter and Quinn (still my favorite couple — I’d love to return to their POVs!). Speaking of Kieran, Harvey further develops a ton of interesting characters–though Kieran sticks out the most–like Jenna, Constantine, and Isabeau. At this point, all these characters really feel like they’re my family and friends.

My only problem with this book is the ending, only because I’m not really sure what’s happening. This might be due to a lack of close reading on my part, but there seems to be something more going on that I’m not quite grasping. Or perhaps it is supposed to end on one giant mystery, leaving a host of unanswered questions, in which case not cool. Of course, it does leave me hysterically begging for the next book nownownow. Every time I get a new Drake book, it sates my hunger for a day before I need the next one even more desperately. If you’re not invested in this series yet, go out and buy it immediately. And then beat yourself up for not having read it sooner.(less)

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Apr 08, 2013 Emilyzzz rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I've really liked the previous books in this series, but this would have to be my favorite so far. Probably because it went into a story line that wouldn't be concluded in just the one book and started to tie together all the other sort of random (but great) other books in the Drake Chronicles.

Solange was a total bitch though! It explains it, sort of, at the end of the book but she's still incredibly irritating at at the beginning. Nicolas was his usual yummy self... until the end where somethin...more

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Sep 14, 2012 Kim Chappell rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I love this series and can't say enough about it. This book goes back to the original 4 from the main book: Solange, Kieran, Nicholas and of course Lucy. I love that this one kinda goes to the dark side and not a love story between new characters. There is still love in the relationships and you see how much Nicholas really loves Lucy, but Solange goes crazy. At there is such a cliff hanger at the end you could scream. So glad I don't have to wait long for the next book.

Solange is struggling aft...more I love this series and can't say enough about it. This book goes back to the original 4 from the main book: Solange, Kieran, Nicholas and of course Lucy. I love that this one kinda goes to the dark side and not a love story between new characters. There is still love in the relationships and you see how much Nicholas really loves Lucy, but Solange goes crazy. At there is such a cliff hanger at the end you could scream. So glad I don't have to wait long for the next book.

Solange is struggling after taking blood from Kieran. She want talk to Lucy and she is barely speaking to her family. The one she is talking to is Constatine and he just doesn't seem trust worthy. Its hard to tell but it seems he is giving her his own blood or someone elses to try and control Solange and things get really out of hand. Solange is hearing voices and really fighting with her parents. She gets busted by the family for drinking straight from the vein. Then next night when she rises one of the Furies tries to stake her. Constantine saves her and stakes the vamp and the Chandramaa's try to deliver justice and kill him, but Solange want allow it. The both get exiled from the Blood Moon if they return they will be staked on sight.

In the meantime Lucy is trying to get used to her new school and all her class mates. She is introduced to several of Kieran's Helios-Ra friends that don't really see eye to eye with her on the vamps. Of course she gives them her 2 cents and they back off like most do with Lucy. She is my favorite character. They are still trying to hunt the rogue vamps that are leaving humans all over town drained of blood and some vamps are missing too. They aren't sure if the Huntsman are killing them all or what is going on.

Nicholas has been kidnapped by Huntsmen, Host, vamps and ex-Helois-Ra agents. Apparently they have teamed up together and are killing the humans and dumping them in town. He really has no clue what is going on only that he has got to get out and back to Lucy. Nicholas, Lee and Ianthe try to escape, but that doesn't go well. Ianthe ends up in a pond with holy water. Lee points out a stake for Nicholas to grab not to get away but to put her out of her misery. He throws the stake and she is ash in the water. They get taken back into the cave and they torture Nicholas and all he can think of his Lucy and hopefully that will get him through this like it did the bloodchange.

Helena goes to let Solange know, at the Bower, to make sure she is safe and to find out what is going on with her. Helena makes it through the gaurds with no issue but when Solange looks up they have a knife to the throats and a stake at the hearts of her father and all her brothers. She is pissed and demands the Constatine release them. Helena wants her to go to the farm house to work things out, but the voice in Solanges head is telling her not to trust any of them. Helena tries to demand that as Constatine's Queen that he needs to back of but Solange want budge. Liam tells her to go and to fight another day. She decides to leave Solange and go back to the Blood Moon camp.

Lucy is already headed to find Solange to find out what is going on with her. Kieran goes with her and Constatine want back off. Lucy can tell that something is really of with Solange but not sure what. They get the message Nicholas is missing and Lucy demands for Solange to help but she doesn't budge at first. As the reach Bruno to head to the Drakes to find out the plan, Solange and Constatine are there to help. The search begins but without Lucy and it drives her crazy. She ends up on the roof at school screaming from the tops of her lungs and becomes the school crazy. LOL

Solange's voice tells her to become Queen that someone at the camp knows who has Nicholas. She goes to the Blood Moon camp and takes her place as Queen and exile her entire family supposedly to keep them safe, but the entire time Solange is trying to fight the person(Viola) in her head that has now taken over her body. She can't stop her from taking over she's lost control and is fearing for her family. Viola nearly kills Lucy when they gaurds bring her in until she claims that she has proof someone is trying to set Solange up for murder. She grabs Lucy up and is leading her out of camp, past the gaurds and to a meadow as she threatens to kill her Nicholas appears and shit hits the fan. He and Solange fight and he claims Lucy as his own and wants her release but Viola says she's not your bloodslave as you claim I don't smell her blood in you. If he wants Lucy to live he must drink from her. Lucy thinks he want but when he does she is so confused as to what has happened to him and the Kieran appears reading the GPS tracker of Lucy's that some one turned on. Solange takes off not wanting to see Kieran. Kieran isn't sure what has taken place with Lucy and Nicholas but once he takes off and Kieran explains how she was found, Lucy knows he was trying to save them both from Solange.

OMG where does she take it from here. Does Lucy become a vamp inthe last book to be with Nicholas forever? Do they figure out in time to save Solange or will she get staked?

I NEED THE NEXT BOOK!!! (less)

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Jun 04, 2012 Emma (BelleBooks) rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Oh my gosh where do I even begin with this book?!
It's fair to say that I have fell in love with all seven of the Drake brothers while reading this series. I really wish they were real and I could date a different one every day of the week!
This is the fifth book in the Drake Chronicles by Alyxandra Harvey, if you haven't read any of the series yet I highly recommend you start right now, cause these boys are hot!!

This time around the point of view switches from Lucy, Solange and Nicholas. I'm real...more Oh my gosh where do I even begin with this book?!
It's fair to say that I have fell in love with all seven of the Drake brothers while reading this series. I really wish they were real and I could date a different one every day of the week!
This is the fifth book in the Drake Chronicles by Alyxandra Harvey, if you haven't read any of the series yet I highly recommend you start right now, cause these boys are hot!!

This time around the point of view switches from Lucy, Solange and Nicholas. I'm really glad we get to see things from Nicholas' point of view, I think secretly he is my favourite Drake boy. Don't let the rest of them know that though!!

After the major cliff hanger ending book four, Bleeding Hearts left us on I was desperate for this book! When Bloomsbury UK kindly offered me a review copy I actually squealed and jumped around my room a little. I was so excited about getting to read more about the characters I've grown to love and to find out what is in store for Lucy and Solange this time around!

I don't want to talk to much about the main plot in this book, as I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't caught up with the series yet. Let's just say there was a lot of unexpected twists that came out of nowhere!
I'm a fan of plot twists, and usually I can sense them coming, but I was completely taken by surprise with this book.

Alyxandra's writing and plotting just gets better and better with each book. I feel sometimes that a series with more that 4 books in it can feel a bit dragged out at times. I've never once thought that with any of the books in the Drake Chronicles. Alyxandra manages to weave this magical world she has created into your head and make you believe you are part of it.

It's so easy to get caught up in Lucy's world, believe me I've lost complete days to this series. Blood Moon is no exception, from page one I was hooked and could not put it down. The writing flows so well together and the plot is gripping and easy to follow.

Oh my gosh, the ending!! What can I say really?
I thought we would be left on some kind of cliff-hanger like with Bleeding Hearts, but it's so much worse! I actually screamed a little inside when I got to the last page, I didn't want the book to end, I wanted it to keep going.
I need to know what is going on with these characters, and what is going to happen now, especially with Solange! This wait for the next book is going to be agony, but it's the Drake boys so they are worth the wait!!

Thank you to Bloomsbury UK for sending me a review copy of Blood Moon!(less)

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Oct 30, 2012 Abida rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Oh.My.God! where do i begin?
Ooooh i know. how about HOW FRICKIN' HOT ARE THE DRAKE BROTHERS?! Heck even they're dad is super yummy!
what got me excited about this book was that it was in the P.O.V of Lucy and Solange and Nicholas (swooon!).

The book never lacks in action or hotness for that matter which could be harmful to girls who have a thing for hot boys!!! However i did feel like there was too many storylines going on and i couldnt specifically focus on any particular parts for too long. (...more

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Sep 11, 2012 Pamela Todd rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal, read-in-2012, romance, ya-mg

The beautiful Drake brother are back, and this time, they have more than their share of trouble. With the Blood Moon ceremony about to begin, and the vampire tribes have convened. Now is the worst possible time for Solange, the only known born female vampire, to go off the deep end.

Nicholas Drake, like all this brothers, had it ingrained in him that above all else, he must protect his sister. Nicholas feels especially protective of Solage...but there is only so much he can do if she is not will...more

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Jun 19, 2012 Shannon rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Cliffhanger -- aarrgghh! Okay, now I got that out of the way...
If you are smarter than I am, wait until a week before the final book comes out before reading this one!

Normally I'm sick to death of vampire ya books, but these are a fun read - not because of the vampire stuff, but because the characters are all unique and interesting. Also, the books are action-packed, no waiting around for stuff to happen. Blood Moon is book 5 of 6. Which means all my questions (or most of them) will be answered,...more

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Aug 07, 2012 Candi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-supernatural

Somewhere, Alyxandra Harvey is having a really good laugh.

I waited an entire year for this book, and that's how it ended?

On the other hand, this book kind of proved why I like this series. Each of the four books so far have focused on the romance interests of different members of the Drake family, while following and adding tension to the continuing story line of the whole family. This book goes back to the first set of main characters, Lucy and Solange and Nick who I liked then and I like now....more

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Nov 17, 2012 Amanda rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-read-in-2012

Accck!

This book was so hard to read (emotionally, not actually), especially when they deprived us of Solange's interior monologue so that we'd have to be outsiders not having any idea how her transformation and seduction away from the light was happening or going. As reader, we bond with the brothers, family, Lucy, everyone on the outside not knowing what is happening, seeing it happen little by little, while still deal with the actual plot problems of the book at hand.

I want to flail my hands...more

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Jul 01, 2012 Tasha rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, supernatural, fantasy

The Blood Moon is starting, Solange is struggling to cope with her blood thirst and Lucy's finding that her connections to the Drake's and her enrolment in the Helios-Ra academy a tough combination to deal with.

This fifth book of the Drake Chronicles series gives a different feel to the previous ones, being darker and concentrating more on the action and drama where as the earlier books tended to be more light-hearted and bigger on the romance. I think this one was the first without a new view p...more

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Jul 05, 2012 ~Kate~ rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, magic, mythical-creatures, own, romance, vampires, heartbreaking, recommend, 4-stars, arc, funny-in-parts, paranormal-romance, ya

I was asked by Bloomsbury if I wanted to review this book and with it being one of my favourite series I jumped at the chance. I just needed to finish the other books first! Thank you to Bloomsbury for giving me the chance to review this latest book in the Drake Chronicles series as I wasn't disappointed.

This one seems to be a bit different to the others although it still has a black background this one has a lot more colour in it and I actually prefer it this way as it looks more creepy. This o...more I was asked by Bloomsbury if I wanted to review this book and with it being one of my favourite series I jumped at the chance. I just needed to finish the other books first! Thank you to Bloomsbury for giving me the chance to review this latest book in the Drake Chronicles series as I wasn't disappointed.

This one seems to be a bit different to the others although it still has a black background this one has a lot more colour in it and I actually prefer it this way as it looks more creepy. This one is very much in keeping with the actual book as like I said it's creepy and sinister which I would say most of the book is that way inclined.

This book picks up right from where it was left in the previous book which I liked as with some books they begin a couple of months down the line and then they have to keep going back to what had happened in those missing months. With this book it seemed more sinister than any of the other Drake books with hardly any funny parts that we have come to expect in this series that being said there couldn't really be any funny things said with everything that was happening, and trust me when I say there was a lot happening. There is also a huge cliffhanger that has made me more anxious about the next book.

This time around we went back to the point of views of Lucy, Solange and Nicholas which I loved as I always missed Nicholas when it was the other Drake brother's turn. I loved the chemistry between Lucy and Nicholas I could read about there relationship all day long and not get bored as they are so sweet together and funny although not so much in this book. Lucy was getting on my nerves a little bit in Bleeding Hearts but in this book she was back to her brilliant ways. We did see a more vulnerable side to her in this book which I loved to see as it made her more human. Nicholas was just as good as he was in all the other books, he is one of my favourite brothers. Like Lucy we also got to see a more vulnerable side to him which made me feel for him. As for Solange I didn't really like her for most part of the book and when it was her chapter I found myself rushing through it to get back to Lucy or Nicholas, but by the end I think I understand more about why she was acting the way she was.

After I finished this book there was a little short story about how Helena and Liam got together which I absolutely loved I would love to her more about these two before they became the parents. There relationship actually reminded me of Lucy and Nicholas as they had a bit of banter but you could tell they had feelings for one another.

Overall I really enjoyed this book but I did miss the humour that we had in the previous book.(less)

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Sep 30, 2012 Eleionomae rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: dark-romance

Dude, what's wrong with this book? I really loved this series so far, but after reading this book I'm not so sure anymore..
I still love Lucy, I think she's badass and I like her style, but Solange? I could kick her ass big time for being such a brat. Even when I found out what was wrong with her. God she's annoying.

When I finished the book all I could think was, what really did happen? Did anything happen at all? I really had the feeling that everything Harvey has written could be narrowed by ha...more

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