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Blood Challenge (World of the Lupi, #7)

Eileen Wilks

Start date: July 1, 2016

Finish date: July 31, 2016

Discussion: Challenges: What's the Rush

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Jan 13, 2012 AH rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own, were, zzread-nov-2013, blue, elves, psychics, magic, alpha-males, paranormal, urban-fantasy

I don't know how she does it, but each installment of Eileen Wilks' World of the Lupi series gets better and better. I think that what sets this series apart is the intricate world built by the author. The World of the Lupi series includes all sorts of magical creatures and humans with special magical "Gifts." One such human, Lily Yu is a touch sensitive - she is able to identify a magical gift by touch. Her mate, Rule Turner is a werewolf and leader of one of the werewolf clans. Lily and Rule a ...more

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Mar 25, 2016 Regina rated it really liked it

Shelves: shifter, urban-fantasy-uf, have-in-audio, audio-also-listened-to, only-listeneed-to, listened-to-audio-only

Such an amazing ending. I am moving on to the next one right away.

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Sep 30, 2010 Larissa rated it it was amazing

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*contains spoilers if you haven’t read the previous books in the series and NO Spoilers for Blood Challenge!

I LOVE this series! I do believe this is one of the most underestimated amazing Urban Fantasy series out there. There I said it! Eileen Wilks has written a brilliant world where The Lupi {werewolves, but don’t call them that} and magic in general have recently come out of the closet and she does an amazing job in keeping the Previously Published on my blog: Welcome to Larissa's Bookish Life

*contains spoilers if you haven’t read the previous books in the series and NO Spoilers for Blood Challenge!

I LOVE this series! I do believe this is one of the most underestimated amazing Urban Fantasy series out there. There I said it! Eileen Wilks has written a brilliant world where The Lupi {werewolves, but don’t call them that} and magic in general have recently come out of the closet and she does an amazing job in keeping the balance between giving us an intricate paranormal world full of action and politics and delivering emotional and well written character driven stories.

One thing that Blood Challenge makes clear is that the World of Lupi series is much more than just the Lily & Rule series. Danielle from ALPHA Reader said it best: “The ‘World of the Lupi’ series is bigger than the sum of its parts – it’s easier to think of it as being about the members of clan home and the impact of celebrity on an entire species of supernatural beings. . .”. That’s it, World of Lupi is a social experiment of sorts, it’s not about this or that couples HEA, it’s about the lives and loves of a supernatural race that is just recently out in the spotlight and whose lives are constantly put under a microscope.

Throughout the series we had a chance to stray from Lily’s and Rule’s POV in the novel “Night Season” and see the world through Cynna’s eyes and follow her and Cullen’s adventure through Faery. Though I didn’t hate it, that was definitely my least favorite book in the series. However, Eileen once again stray’s from Lily’s and Rule’s POV and we get to learn more about Rule’s older brother, Benedict, and the woman The Lady has chosen for him, Arjenie.

I LOVED that second stotyline, much more than I ever thought I could. Benedict is such a complex and interesting character and Arjenie is simply a perfect mach for him. Arjenie drew me in from the first time I read her internal dialogue. Her mix of a touch of innocence and the simple way she sees the world, without being all MaryJane like and simplistic is captivating and entrancing.

I loved Blood Challenge! I want more Lily and Rule, Benedict and Arjenie, and I want more Dragons hehe. The ending killed me! Eileen Wilks is a master storyteller for me and this was an incredible addition to this awesome series and I can’t wait to read more and more! If you are an UF fan and haven’t yet read this series, you have NO idea what you’re missing! ...more

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Mar 24, 2011 Diane ~Firefly~ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: uf, shifters, paranormal, kindle, magic, pb-also, fae, bookgames

It is always nice to catch up with characters you enjoy and meet new ones. This book is dealing with threats to the FBI and the wolves from Humans First group. Lily is injured early on and we meet a new main character, Arjenie.

What I enjoyed:
* Catching up with loved characters - Lily, Rule, Cullen, Cynna, etc.
* Arjenie is an awesome new addition. She might be my favorite character in the series outside of Lily's grandmother now.
* Learning more about Benedict.
* The ending. (view spoiler) ...more

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