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Blood and Sand (Blood and Sand, #1)
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Actual rating is 4.5 stars.
This was GLORIOUS! It exceeded my expectations. The last gladiator book I read was The Valiant and I was massively disappointed by it. But Blood and Sand is everything I hoped The Valiant would be! In short: if you like the TV show Spartacus I have no doubt you'll love this book. There's violence, politics, revenge, sexual abuse, and romance.
Attia was a total badass too. I loved how she could really fight, and she proved it (she wasn't all talk!). I loved her "I give zero fucks" attitude. She never accepted being a slave.
My one gripe (and the reason I'm giving it 4.5 stars instead of 5) is the romance. I liked it, but it developed very quickly. It wasn't quite insta-love, but it was close. I would have loved a more slow-burning, epic romance. Instead we got kind of a shallow one. (view spoiler)
This was GLORIOUS! It exceeded my expectations. The last gladiator book I read was The Valiant and I was massively disappointed by it. But Blood and Sand is everything I hoped The Valiant would be! In short: if you like the TV show Spartacus I have no doubt you'll love this book. There's violence, politics, revenge, sexual abuse, and romance.
Attia was a total badass too. I loved how she could really fight, and she proved it (she wasn't all talk!). I loved her "I give zero fucks" attitude. She never accepted being a slave.
My one gripe (and the reason I'm giving it 4.5 stars instead of 5) is the romance. I liked it, but it developed very quickly. It wasn't quite insta-love, but it was close. I would have loved a more slow-burning, epic romance. Instead we got kind of a shallow one. (view spoiler)
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Reading Progress
June 25, 2017
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June 25, 2017
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January 15, 2018
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January 22, 2018
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January 24, 2018
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Jan 24, 2018 01:48PM
I just started reading this too and I'm so excited! I don't actually know much about Sparta but Attia is super badass and awesome. 😍
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Cait (Paper Fury) wrote: "I just started reading this too and I'm so excited! I don't actually know much about Sparta but Attia is super badass and awesome. 😍"I think it's a really interesting (and sad) story! It's definitely satisfying though, the whole concept of revenge and slaves overthrowing the evil assholes.
