Blood Ties Series in Order
Book 1: The Turning
Book 2: Possession
Book 3: Ashes to Ashes
Book 4: All Souls’ Night
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Review
I stumbled upon this series in the strangest (and now that I’ve read them all, most disturbing) way. A friend of mine who happens to have a young teenage daughter recommended The Turning to me. Her daughter had read the entire series and seemed to really enjoy it, couldn’t stop talking about it in fact. At first I balked at the suggestion because at the time I was very set in my Anne Rice world of vampires and was not interested in venturing beyond or outside of her rules. But, as usual, there came a time where I was starving for something new to read so I stole my friend’s kid’s copy and read it in a few hours. I loved it! What disturbed me about the recommendation is that there is a lot of violence and sex (and sometimes violent sex) in these books and although I’m not a fan of censorship, I cringed at the thought of a young teen having read this. But as it turns out, this series is quite popular among young teens, and they can handle it, so I should just get over it. (Or at least this is what I was told by my friend’s kid.)
In any case, all four of the books were very exciting and kept me glued to the pages until I was finished. Armintrout puts together a very believable world of vampires, werewolves and witches and creates a war like scenario that the humans seem to be oblivious to. Her plot, world, mythology and characters are not difficult to understand, follow or fall in love with. I do have to admit though that when I got to the end of Book 1 I threw the book across the room…I literally did! Out of frustration, of course, because Armintrout broke the rules! She didn’t end the book with a happy ending…things are left in the air, a relationship is not mended and much is left to be tied up. I was quite angry and thought that it was a very clever marketing ploy…leave them hanging so that they buy the next book! Well, it worked. I ran out that day and picked up Book 2 and read it just as quickly. Her daring approach to writing and ending her novels also extends to some of her scenes involving intimate relations among the characters. She writes a homosexual love scene in a very appealing, erotic and tasteful way. I admire her bravery as a writer and look forward to her next novel.
The Blood Ties series ends well, with all loose ends tied up into a very nice bow. I hope to see some of the characters again in their own novels, which I think Armintrout had hinted at in her blog. A strange recommendation and yet one of the best series of books that I’ve read.
Summary
When ER doctor Carrie Ames is attacked in the morgue one night by a reanimated corpse, it’s the beginning of a whole new “life” for her. As she discovers what she has become, she enters the world of mythic creatures of the night and is plunged into a monumental struggle between those who would restrain the powers of vampires and those who aspire to dominate mankind. Enter the spine-tingling realm of Jennifer Armintrout’s Blood Ties and be swept up in heartstopping thrills and dark passions. Bundle includes Blood Ties Book The Turning, Blood Ties Book Possession, Blood Ties Book Ashes to Ashes and Blood Ties Book All Souls’ Night.
Note:
In 2015, Jennifer Armintrout officially changed her legal name from Jennifer Lynne Armintrout to Jenny Trout in part to avoid being confused with novelist Jennifer L. Armentrout.
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