Bloodshot Cherie Priest Bloodshot is an urban fantasy novel with a focus on action and humour from an author more famous for her steampunk novels. Notorious vampire thief, Raylene Pendle, is hired to acquire something out of the ordinary that leads her into the teeth of conspiracy and danger. While this is an entertaining read […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,2,13,50,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-b","category-books","category-fantasy","category-fiction","category-rated"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/treefell.com\/transmission\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/treefell.com\/transmission\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/treefell.com\/transmission\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treefell.com\/transmission\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treefell.com\/transmission\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/treefell.com\/transmission\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"https:\/\/treefell.com\/transmission\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions\/857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treefell.com\/transmission\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treefell.com\/transmission\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treefell.com\/transmission\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/treefell.com\/transmission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/bloodshot-by-cherie-priest-99x150.jpg\" "\\"bloodshot\\"")
<\/span>Bloodshot is an urban fantasy novel with a focus on action and humour from an author more famous for her steampunk novels.
\nNotorious vampire thief, Raylene Pendle, is hired to acquire something out of the ordinary that leads her into the teeth of conspiracy and danger.
\nWhile this is an entertaining read and Cherie Priest is a very talented writer, this book never feels like it brings all the elements together in a fully satisfying way. Perhaps the fatal flaw is that the story wraps up in a deeply unsatisfactory and perfunctory matter with a series of short denouements after a muddled set piece.
\nI can only hope that the sequel actually concludes the story in a more satisfying fashion.
\nI’d recommend it if you’re looking for a fun urban fantasy romp and not expecting greatness.<\/p>\n