Blog Tour: Blood Born by Jamie Manning Review and Giveaway

I’m thrilled to be part of the Blood Born blog tour, hosted by Once Upon a Twilight.  Today I will share my review of Blood Born, Jamie Manning’s paranormal debut. You also can enter for your chance to win an eBook of Blood Born and some exclusive swag.

Book: Blood Born by Jamie Manning (Blood Prophecy Trilogy, #1), Pendrell Publishing, YA Paranormal. eBook available now, hardcover available April 24th.

Blood Born Summary from Goodreads:

Waking up in a coffin hungry for blood is only the beginning for sixteen-year-old Ava Blue. When Chance Caldon, the hottie who dug her up, tells her that she’s half vampire, Ava’s world really turns upside down.

Half vamp? Ava can’t believe it… she doesn’t even know what that means! Not until Aldric, a thousand-year-old vampire, shows up and tells her it’s true–and that he’s the one who turned her. Then Ava truly begins to believe what she is. Now she has to deal with a sudden and powerful bloodlust, the desire to see Aldric dead, and her growing crush for Chance. Ava knows she’s a monster now, she can feel it; and her life is over.

But redemption isn’t lost. Aldric is giving her a chance to regain her humanity. The price? Kill a hundred vampires, or remain a bloodsucker forever.

So Ava sets out to get her life back. But killing vampires begins a battle that could destroy everything she is working toward. In the end, Ava’s decisions will forever change her life and the lives of those she loves.

Review:

I daresay vampires are back, though did they ever really go away? I for one am glad to see more vampire books popping up again, especially with the scary blood-thirsty kind of vampires found in Jamie Manning’s Blood Born. Blood Born is the first book in the Blood Prophecy Trilogy and is about a girl named Ava who wakes up in a coffin underground to find she’s been reborn a vampire. Good thing she has Chance, the boy who dug her out of the grave, to help her. But a new vampire is not the safest person to be around if you know what I mean. All Ava has to do to get out of her dire predicament is kill 100 vampires and she’ll be human again. Part Vampire Diaries and Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Blood Born is scary and fun.

There’s a lot of mystery and secrets surrounding Ava’s new vampire existence. She has no memory about her past life at all. Since this is the first book in a series, there are hints about Ava and the other vampire players to whet your appetite, but we are in the dark along with Ava for the most part. Ava seems like a normal high school student, but when the fangs come out—watch out. Ava has a great sense of humor though, and I was rooting for her to be strong and hold on to her humanity.

The romance is really well done, and Ava and Chance have a lot of potential. And it doesn’t seem like there’s a love triangle, so thank goodness for that. Chance is a great guy, but he has secrets of his own to keep things interesting. I am very curious to see where their relationship goes in the sequel.

Ava has her own Scooby gang of vampire hunters to help her in her quest. It is a different twist to have a vampire bond with vampire hunters but Ava can use all the help she can get. The fighting and action are exciting and Manning is fearless in putting his characters in danger. There is death and mayhem, and when it’s all over you will be craving the sequel like a newborn vampire craves blood.

Blood Born is witty, action packed, fun, surprising and romantic. And it’s not too scary to read only during during the day, though there is definitely some bloodshed. Recommended for YA paranormal romance fans, this is an enjoyable quick read sure to please those looking for a fresh vampire tale. Bring on the sequel.

Check out the Book Trailer:

Buy the Book: Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Connect with Jamie Manning here:  Blog | Blood Prophecy FB | Twitter | Goodreads

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GIVEAWAY has ended – Congrats to Amber who has won an ebook copy of BLOOD BORN & book swag!

Thanks again to Once Upon A Twilight for hosting the tour. Be sure to click here to see all the tour stop information and enter all the great giveaways. And, to be entered in the Grand Prize giveaway be sure to leave a comment at every stop.

Follow the next stop on the tour tomorrow at A Book Lover’s Review.

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14 thoughts on “Blog Tour: Blood Born by Jamie Manning Review and Giveaway

  1. VeganYANerds says:

    Great review, Lucy! I know what you mean about vampire book coming back, for awhile all the other sorts of paranormal YA was big but I’m all for vamp books making a come back if they’re unique and well done, this sounds like it is!

  2. Dana says:

    This book sound really good!

  3. Amber Hughes says:

    I’m so looking forward to reading Blood Born! It sounds so good! I’ve been really enjoying following this tour. Great Review Lucy!

    Thanks very much for the giveaway! 🙂

  4. Oooh, I like the sound of this. I like that the author isn’t afraid of putting his characters in difficult and dangerous situations; there should be risks when vampires are involved! I really dig the trailer, too. Thanks for the review and giveaway. I definitely plan to pick this one up!

  5. Nicole M says:

    Can’t wait for the 24th! (Special trip to the bookstore hopefully.) Thanks for the giveaway, but I think I’ll pass on this one. Good luck to everyone who does enter though! 🙂

  6. Maritza Robinson says:

    Thank you for the giveaway! This book sounds like such a great read. Can’t wait to read it.

  7. beckireads says:

    This sounds like a really interesting book, I hadn’t heard of it before so I will definitley be checking it out 🙂

  8. Natasha I. says:

    Gosh, I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of this book. It sounds so interesting and its got vampires that are actually full of awsomeness and ferocity like in myths. Cool! XD

  9. Anubha says:

    Great review… 🙂

  10. Denise Z says:

    Thank you so much for participating in this awesome tour. I cannot wait to read Blood Born and your review made it all the more tasty 🙂

  11. aprilalvey says:

    Thanks so much great review

  12. Nikki says:

    I am super excited about this book! I love that it has a lot of fighting and action and isn’t just all fluff!

  13. Rachel at theJeepDiva says:

    I am really looking forward to reading this book. Thanks for the giveaway.

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