The Black Rose

The Killing Game, Part One, the Blood Negotiators is an action filled love story that kept me on the edge of my seat from the first page. Allina is amazing character, she’s very feminine, but strong and able to take care of herself. Which is exactly why the startlingly handsome and smart Ives wants to protect her at all costs.

The FBI case against Vincent Luca and Ives and Allina’s love story is set up through present day events and seamless flashbacks. This is the second book I’ve read by The Black Rose and I adore her writing style. The characters are well formed people who I would either like to be like or like to meet. The connection The Black Rose draws between the characters and the reader is what makes The Blood Negotiators so difficult to put down. I care about Ives and Allina and MUST know what happens next!

I very much liked how New York City was used as a back drop. Coming from New York it was fabulous being able to picture exactly what street the action was happening on. The action sequences where well-paced and very easy to visualize. I also liked the love scenes, it was enough to know what was going on, but not so much that I was embarrassed to read the book on the train. I think my only negative comment would be that there was as awful lot of will they or won’t they, but I seem to think that of most books, I think it might be my own impatience with finding out what comes next in the story.

The Blood Negotiators was a great read and I am waiting impatiently for the next instalment!

I received this book from the writer for a review.
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