The Bleeders: The price of his secret...is her sanity. (The Bleeders, #1)

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The Bleeders: The price of his secret...is her sanity. (The Bleeders, #1)

by Michaela Haze (Goodreads Author), Katie Edwards (Editor), Anna Judson (Editor), Istock.com (Photographer)

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Published (first published June 30th 2010)

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Nov 08, 2010 Dark Readers rated it 5 of 5 stars

As I sit in my flat in London at 4AM after just finishing “The Bleeders” I just want to say before I actually start properly reviewing this book that this is one of the best books I have read in a LONG time and a book that actually has left me thinking and wanting more!
There might be a few spoilers but I will try my best!. At the start of the book it has you hooked. The pace, the tone the way the characters talk especially Sophia aka Fia. She is not your typical damsel in distress. She is not yo...more As I sit in my flat in London at 4AM after just finishing “The Bleeders” I just want to say before I actually start properly reviewing this book that this is one of the best books I have read in a LONG time and a book that actually has left me thinking and wanting more!
There might be a few spoilers but I will try my best!. At the start of the book it has you hooked. The pace, the tone the way the characters talk especially Sophia aka Fia. She is not your typical damsel in distress. She is not your typical girl who falls in love and it's happily ever after, just like most lead girls end up in paranormal romances novels. Her sister has died and Fia is going through all these emotions and trying to block it out by drinking accessibly and smoking till her lungs are as black as night. But that all changes when she meets Henry a hit man she's hired to kill her sisters murders...

The story starts of in a mental institution with Fia a patient in her room talking to a doctor she calls Henry. Behind this man is her Daemon, Henry who she is in love with and her dead sister they are... lets say ghosts or Illusions she can only see. This had me defiantly hooked. I think starting the story off in this way is going to have you wondering through out the book how the hell did she end up in there? It also makes you question through out the whole book is Henry actually real or is it just Fia's imagination trying to get over her sisters death in some way.

One of my favorite parts in the book was actually the part were Fia becomes a “Bleeder” (hence the title of the book) The Bleeders are humans who kill Daemons and drink their blood you can also get addicted to it. I have never heard anything like this in any paranormal books I have read and thought this was a fantastic twist to the book.

The relationship between Henry and Fia is so Love/Hate. One minute she hates him then one minute she cant get enough. Every scene they had together I was shouting at the book “JUST KISS JUST KISS” so much sexual tension it was unreal. These two are defiantly one of my favorite couples I have come across in the books I have read. The one scene that had me jump out of my seat was when them two actually do the deed I had to put the book down after that scene and catch my breath!

It is amazingly written. Fia is a confused character who in the end figures everything out. I thought the idea of a Henry drinking blood but not being a Vampire but a Daemon was really cool, and the twists and turns in the plot kept me guessing on what was going to happen in the end. I did not see any of it coming it was SO unpredictable and had me crying every third chapter, which always makes a good book even better.

I want to say that Michaela Haze is a FANTASTIC writer and I truly hope she writes a second book following “The Bleeders” because it's truly amazing. I actually have nothing bad to say about this book and that is shocking coming from me XD. So now its 5am after writing this review I think I shall go to bed goodnight. Buy the book You will not be disappointed!(less)

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Jul 08, 2011 Emily May rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I struggled to rate this book and I'm still not entirely sure I made the right decision. But I found that in the end I couldn't give a higher rating to a novel that is so full of some of the most basic mistakes like spelling/grammatical errors, repeated words and clumsily worded sentences. There were a lot of problems with this book but nearly every single one could have been easily solved with some good editing. I felt like they probably just gave the writing a quick once over and didn't thorou...more
I struggled to rate this book and I'm still not entirely sure I made the right decision. But I found that in the end I couldn't give a higher rating to a novel that is so full of some of the most basic mistakes like spelling/grammatical errors, repeated words and clumsily worded sentences. There were a lot of problems with this book but nearly every single one could have been easily solved with some good editing. I felt like they probably just gave the writing a quick once over and didn't thoroughly examine it - if they had, it would have been a much better book.

Michaela Haze has the potential to be a great novel writer, I really liked her style of writing that was quite dark, honest and sometimes rather grotesquely beautiful (like the way she describes the self-harming scenes). I also enjoyed the story and found the dreary, Misfits-style settings and characters to be a refreshing change to the usually sparkly prettiness that is the paranormal romance genre. Haze's characters are all imperfect, they are poor, rough and they smoke cheap cigarettes. The setting she creates is also very bleak but very effective for it. There's a melancholy feeling to the whole novel that I think really worked well.

However, amid all this darkness, I kept coming across more and more stupid mistakes in the book and it's so off-putting when the author's building up the tension to a very crucial part of the story and suddenly... two words are the wrong way around in a sentence. So, I have to stop in my tension-building tracks and read the sentence again to try and make sense of it. Then, when I've done that, the mood's gone... all because of the bloody lousy editing. Is it too much to ask for a proof read before you publish a novel?

I don't blame the author and I think she has so much more to give but unfortunately was let down by her publishers. The Bleeders is worth a read and I will definitely look out for more of Michaela Haze's work in the future, I just wish silly errors weren't standing in the way of this book earning a greater amount of praise.

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Jul 09, 2011 Jodie (Books for Company) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This is a book l started not knowing anything about the author and pretty much nothing about the book but from what the blurb said. The blurb is the sort of blurb l love, one that leaves you guessing and wondering what the book is about. A blurb should tell you as little as possible but still leave you wanting to read the book. This book did that!
The main character, Sophie is a great main character that l straight away felt sorry for. The start of the book is not somethin...more www.booksforcompany.com
This is a book l started not knowing anything about the author and pretty much nothing about the book but from what the blurb said. The blurb is the sort of blurb l love, one that leaves you guessing and wondering what the book is about. A blurb should tell you as little as possible but still leave you wanting to read the book. This book did that!
The main character, Sophie is a great main character that l straight away felt sorry for. The start of the book is not something l expected but straight away made me want to find out what has happened and how she got into the situation she is in. Sadly the further l got into the book the more l started to be confused by her, her feelings and what had happened. One minute she hated Henry and the next minute she loved him. This kind of made me feel like the author didn’t know whether to make Sophie love or hate him. Because of this l felt everything was the wrong way around, l felt like l knew Sophie better at the beginning and the further it got into the book the more she confused me. The ending was really good and this made me think even better of the book. It definitely showed off Michaela’s writing skills.
My main problem with this book is how at some points it felt very random and certain sentences were unnecessary. It seemed a bit like ‘rambling’ in the nicest way. For example there were times when certain things needed to be explained and while being explained some things were repeated. Sometimes it was repeated but explained in a different way and other times it felt like l was reading a line l had already read. In other places l felt there wasn’t enough explaining and l often didn’t understand what was going on.
Another huge thing with this book which meant the storyline didn’t get to live up the potential was the editing. I believe this is quite a new publisher starting up and maybe this book was a bit rushed to get out there but it has numerous places where there were mistakes which were easy to edit. These mistakes, for me, ruined a lot of the book. I find it impossible to get lost in a book when there are mistakes in a lot of places. Simple things such as spellings, wrong words and mixed up sentences.
I think with a little bit of editing and cutting of certain parts which were a bit unnecessary then this book could easily be up there in my top reads but for this reason l just can’t give it over 4 stars. Michaela is a great author who is very creative and added great twists to this book making it unique amongst the huge amount of paranormal books out of there.
Overall this is a great debut book, Michaela has a lot of potential and l will be looking out for more of her books. It’s sad that the editing let this book down as it really is a great new twist on the paranormal world but l can see that people may not give this a go because of the mistakes. All l can say is this a book you should definitely give a go. It mixes the paranormal world with the world of a girl struggling with depression while adding little ‘spices’ throughout the book. (less)

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Jul 14, 2012 Cassandra rated it 4 of 5 stars

Wow this is one of the darkest, sexiest, romantic novels ever. It is definitely not suitable for younger readers. The Bleeders deals with death and addictions but is dealt in a practical matter than helps the story move forward. It wasn’t just added just because; there was a perfectly good reason for it. I loved Sophia’s character. She was so complex and even if she is addicted to Henry, I didn’t find her annoying like I do with some characters. I like how the story went from present day Sophia...more

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Feb 18, 2011 Katie rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Bleeders is a novel about a girl that falls deeply in love. So deeply that she goes bonkers. Or does she? I have to say that this was unique. It was different I really liked the love story of Henry and Sophia. I loved that he was willing to give her up even though he loved her.

I really liked Sophia also, I loved that she didn’t want to share her thoughts because she didn’t want people to think that she was crazy, because eventually if people tell you, you’re crazy all the time, you will star...more

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Sep 24, 2010 Alison Haysman rated it 4 of 5 stars

Can't wait for the sequal

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Aug 03, 2011 Amanda (GoodChoiceReading) added it · review of another edition

DNF for now, but it is something I would most likely return to for another try.

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Michaela Haze lives in a small village outside London, her only television credit is an appearence for an English channel4 programme entitled, teen sex. She was born in 1990, making her twenty years old on publication of her first novel, and is the writer and director of many ambitious amateur film projects as well as currently studying media production at university. In her spare time she likes t...more

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