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    Soul Bound: A Blood Coven Vampire Novel
    Soul Bound: A Blood Coven Vampire Novel
    Soul Bound: A Blood Coven Vampire Novel
    Audiobook6 hours

    Soul Bound: A Blood Coven Vampire Novel

    Written by Mari Mancusi

    Narrated by Caitlin Kelly

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    About this audiobook

    Sunny McDonald and her vampire boyfriend, Magnus, are on the run-accused of treason and wanted alive . . . or undead. And her twin is the slayer sent to track them down.

    Rayne would do anything to save her twin sister, Sunny, from the Vampire Consortium dictator who wants her dead. Instead, she's been commissioned by Slayer Inc. to find Sunny and Magnus and deliver them to the Consortium . . . which Rayne knows means certain death. She also knows that if she and her boyfriend, Jareth, disobey orders, they are signing not only their own death warrants, but also those of every vampire in the Blood Coven.

    As a rival slayer with a personal vendetta moves in, Rayne and Jareth must do something to stop her. So they embark on their most dangerous journey yet, deep beneath the streets of New York City and through the Gates of the Underworld. But when a greedy god demands the ultimate sacrifice, will Rayne be forced to choose between her sister . . . and the vampire she loves?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateFeb 5, 2019
    ISBN9781977373625
    Soul Bound: A Blood Coven Vampire Novel
    Author

    Mari Mancusi

    Mari Mancusi always wanted a dragon as a pet. Unfortunately the fire insurance premiums proved a bit too large and her house a bit too small—so she chose to write about them instead. Today she works as an award-winning young adult author and freelance television producer, for which she has won two Emmys. When not writing, Mari enjoys goth clubbing, cosplay, watching cheesy (and scary) horror movies, and her favorite guilty pleasure—videogames. A graduate of Boston University, she lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and young daughter.

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    • 4/5
      It was until I found out that Blood Forever was out that I realized I haven't read Soul Bound yet. Considering both of the books have near release dates in between, so I just read through the ending of Blood Coven in one go. It's not a problem really, because the Blood Coven is quite a short novel series themselves. But now, I get why I used to love the series in the first place.

      Blood Coven series is about a pair of twins, Sunshine and Rayne McDonald who is a total opposite to one another. In the serials, the sisters took turn narrating the story which the switch does provide fresh POVs into the stories since both characters interpret some events differently. In this book, Rayne, the Gothic Lolita Vampired Vampire Slayer, received an assignment she couldn't refuse. The Vampire Consortium, Pyrus had put a bounty on her sister, Sunny, and should she refuse, Rayne will be terminated immediately with a flick of a button. Rayne tried to delay the inevitable but when a new vampire slayer pop up and decided to change the game. Rayne had to plead to her boyfriend slash new Blood Coven Master, Jareth to help her when she found out that the slayer knew where Sunny is and is sending people after her and Magnus.

      Rayne McDonald is my favourite narrator of the series. I relate to Rayne more (being gothic lolita at some times, like playing pc games, angst, like vampire, like vampire slayer etc) so she's probably the reason why reading this book isn't such a chore. I do have some qualms with Sunny's POVs (she's like Elena, duh) and Rayne's relationship with Jareth is way funny and entertaining than Sunny's with Magnus.

      Like I said, Blood Coven is a short book serial. I had some misgivings about giving some plots away because it can take just a paragraph to spoil the entire book. But that's why I have no qualm in finishing the two books in one go. Both of them have it easy with the writing and storyline make sense as a YA novel. But what keeps me going is that the fact that Mari Mancusi always surprises me. She's like the queen of random things.

      What I love about this book is that Rayne is not a one-dimensional character. To Sunny's perspectives in her own way, Rayne seems like a one-dimensional person but in Rayne's POV, she's quite a good character to follow through. In some ways, Mari managed to immerse herself with her character's characterizations. Some authors who do frequent first POV can end up sounding exactly the same, but not with Mari's Blood Coven. She's a very talented author who is clever with her plotting techniques which sometimes I wished most authors would be that way.

      In a way, this series is probably a better Buffy the Vampire Slayer inspired series than Vampire Academy did. If you want a similar vein to Twilight but hated the terrible plot handling, Blood Coven is fantastic for that. It's a teenage series that suited teenagers who hated Twilight. But I wouldn't recommend the series if you're seeking genre-heavy vampire fiction because it wouldn't be enough.
    • 5/5
      I have an incredible love/hate for this book. The story is so off the wall that it is ridiculous. But isn't that the point of fiction? Off the wall, fake, not realistic... This story was riddled with so many pop-culture references that it cracked me up constantly. The ending, though... Pissed me off beyond belief.I love this series, but I question the authors logic. Why would you reset the series? Are you that short on ideas that you have to start over? Was offering Rayne a reset really the only option you could think of for Hades to offer? It reminds me of a choose your own adventure novel.With that said, I still love the series and can't wait to see what comes of it.
    • 3/5
      I adore this series. But this one just fell flat for me. Which is a bummer because I always seem to enjoy the Rayne books more. It was still pretty good, but just not as awesome as I've come to expect from this series.