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Bloody Little Secrets #2
New Blood
There is a killer in Bartlett, Illinois and it isn't Vicky Hernandez. New vampire Vicky and her friends are determined to figure out who is filling their senior year with dead bodies. Vicky suspects the killer is from close to home, but her discovery ends up sending them far from Bartlett.
151 pages, ebook
First published April 1, 2014
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Karly Kirkpatrick
12 books243 followersI am a YA writer, avid reader, high school German and French teacher, and mother. I live in Elgin, Illinois with my husband, daughter, and three dogs.
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March 29, 2015
I was honestly debating on whether or not to re-read Bloody Little Secrets before picking up New Blood. Since it’s been taunting me to read it since I downloaded it I decided I couldn’t wait any longer. Turns out I shouldn’t have worried. Karly Kirkpatrick did an amazing job of catching me up as I read. That doesn’t mean that I won’t ever re-read the first book in this series and it definitely doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t read the books in order. There wasn’t a lot of back story given, just enough to jog my memory and to know that New Blood takes up pretty much where Bloody Little Secrets ends.
Vicky and her friends thought they got rid of the danger stalking them and things would settle down enough for them to relax a little. Turns out getting rid of one source of danger was inviting another. They soon found out that the vampire hierarchy is far reaching.
I have to admit that the scenario set up in New Blood was a little crazy, but it still worked. I don’t want to give anything, so there’s not a lot I can tell you. Regardless of how crazy the circumstances, it still made me think ‘what if?’ I love when authors do that. I also still love Karly Kirkpatrick’s vampires. They’re not perfect. They’re monsters who are trying to survive without killing anyone in the process, which isn’t always easy. They’re teenagers who thankfully have a moral compass. They still do impetuous things and end up paying the consequences.
New Blood doesn’t end in a cliff hanger, but it’s obvious that there’s more to come. I can’t wait to see what the author has in store for this human/vampire mix before they end their senior year.
Vicky and her friends thought they got rid of the danger stalking them and things would settle down enough for them to relax a little. Turns out getting rid of one source of danger was inviting another. They soon found out that the vampire hierarchy is far reaching.
I have to admit that the scenario set up in New Blood was a little crazy, but it still worked. I don’t want to give anything, so there’s not a lot I can tell you. Regardless of how crazy the circumstances, it still made me think ‘what if?’ I love when authors do that. I also still love Karly Kirkpatrick’s vampires. They’re not perfect. They’re monsters who are trying to survive without killing anyone in the process, which isn’t always easy. They’re teenagers who thankfully have a moral compass. They still do impetuous things and end up paying the consequences.
New Blood doesn’t end in a cliff hanger, but it’s obvious that there’s more to come. I can’t wait to see what the author has in store for this human/vampire mix before they end their senior year.
April 9, 2014
Another awesome book by Karly Kirkpatrick. I have to admit, I have wanted this second book since finishing the first one a while ago. I enjoyed Vicky Hernandez and her vampire life. I felt she grew as her life became complicated and not in an unbelievable way as in so many stories nowadays. I really enjoyed this story and how the story unfolds and travels. I also really liked the way the love story is portrayed - not crazy and all consuming making the characters seem unrealistic. This love story is not far fetched and unlike other stories in this genre, Vicky still has time for her friends and you get to enjy those relationships. I applaud the author for rushing to get this out to the readers (as many authors seem to ve doing) and thus she has given us true treasure to continue the story.
January 26, 2017
I loved this book so much, it was one of those day reads! But the only problem was that how it ended was not satisfying, completely left me what felt like mid sentence. But I loved the first book in the series the most!
August 4, 2017
Loving it
It is easy to become immersed in this series. It will be difficult waiting for the next book. The characters are lovable and I always fear for their safety
It is easy to become immersed in this series. It will be difficult waiting for the next book. The characters are lovable and I always fear for their safety
August 14, 2019
A good attempt at a good story, but a little to childish in the writing & story for me.
July 29, 2016
Vicky Hernandez herself is still fundamentally the great character we met in Book 1, but I wish something better had been done with her. There are some nice touches of humor and portrayals of friendship, but almost everything else in this installment leans towards derivative, ridiculous, or emotionally facile.
I have not read The Vampire Diaries books, but this felt like multiple seasons of the TV show crammed into one book, complete with fast-changing soapy plot, ever-growing ensemble cast, and foreign-accented nemeses. But this is a very SHORT book, and at this length, so much goes on that it all becomes nonsensical (even though there is somehow still time to describe, in detail, things like shopping trips to Harrods).
And that was my impression before I got to the last chunk, which departs from any semblance of sanity and quite literally devolves into RPF about the British royal family. WTF?
Not entirely without its charms (at least until that last bit!), but I will not be continuing with this series.
I have not read The Vampire Diaries books, but this felt like multiple seasons of the TV show crammed into one book, complete with fast-changing soapy plot, ever-growing ensemble cast, and foreign-accented nemeses. But this is a very SHORT book, and at this length, so much goes on that it all becomes nonsensical (even though there is somehow still time to describe, in detail, things like shopping trips to Harrods).
And that was my impression before I got to the last chunk, which departs from any semblance of sanity and quite literally devolves into RPF about the British royal family. WTF?
Not entirely without its charms (at least until that last bit!), but I will not be continuing with this series.
March 5, 2016
Not too bad. I liked it
Ok so it was a little bit corny in the second half but it was also fun. I read a lot of these books for fun and not for serious reading. Sometimes I like light reading for fun and silliness, not that this book was silly but it was kinda fun in the last half. I did enjoy the story. There were a few small typos but nothing too bad really, and the writing itself was just ok, I surely have read a lot worse books. I also read book one and I liked it too, also a kind of fun read. So if you're just looking for a light, kinda fun vampire story about a young group of kids who have a few adventures and a few tragedies but don't take them as seriously as in real life, but it's fast moving and a ok story, then I think you might like this book. Yea it's not perfect, and that's why I gave it three stars but it also wasn't a bad book. Just one of those stories you read that are a quick read and what I'd consider a light read. If you have read book one then your going to want to read this one too. In some ways I liked it more than book one.
Ok so it was a little bit corny in the second half but it was also fun. I read a lot of these books for fun and not for serious reading. Sometimes I like light reading for fun and silliness, not that this book was silly but it was kinda fun in the last half. I did enjoy the story. There were a few small typos but nothing too bad really, and the writing itself was just ok, I surely have read a lot worse books. I also read book one and I liked it too, also a kind of fun read. So if you're just looking for a light, kinda fun vampire story about a young group of kids who have a few adventures and a few tragedies but don't take them as seriously as in real life, but it's fast moving and a ok story, then I think you might like this book. Yea it's not perfect, and that's why I gave it three stars but it also wasn't a bad book. Just one of those stories you read that are a quick read and what I'd consider a light read. If you have read book one then your going to want to read this one too. In some ways I liked it more than book one.
June 5, 2014
LOVE IT!! I'm totally in love with this whole group of kids..of course now they are more vampire then human.. I think they should just turn the last couple and be done with it!!!
As much as I wanted to see James fry, his plan was pretty dam brilliant!! lol!! and when they brought the queen in on it, I totally cracked up!!! I wonder if the royals are aware they are characters in a book lmao!!!!!
Vicky said at the end, she can't wait to see what happens next!! I pray that means there will be more!! GREAT READ!!!!!
As much as I wanted to see James fry, his plan was pretty dam brilliant!! lol!! and when they brought the queen in on it, I totally cracked up!!! I wonder if the royals are aware they are characters in a book lmao!!!!!
Vicky said at the end, she can't wait to see what happens next!! I pray that means there will be more!! GREAT READ!!!!!
February 13, 2022
really enjoyed this book I wish there was a continuing on the story that her parents wants to become like she is and she’s helping them navigate their new world and she finds out that she has powers that no ordinary vampires have And there’s a prophecy that she is the vamp princess and a goddess
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