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The Blood Boss

Black Veil Series, Book 1

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The Blood Boss

By: Davidson King
Narrated by: Tim Paige, Declan Winters
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Vampires, mermaids, and witches...oh, my! Black Veil is full of them all, but at the end of the day, it's The Blood Boss who has the last word. Ever since The Final War, Vampires rule Black Veil, and with The Blood Boss in charge, peace reigns.

Keeping the vampires under control is a task Cain takes seriously. Humans have accepted his rule, and anyone who seeks to destroy his territory is given swift punishment. His promise to keep Black Veil safe comes with great sacrifice and selflessness; never does he dare hope for more in life. Until one day, a man walks through his front door and changes everything.

Jayce has a happy life. His adopted parents love him, he wants for very little, and he lives every day to the fullest. But when a normal evening turns into a nightmare, and Jayce is forced to come face-to-face with The Blood Boss, the world as he knows it feels like a lie.

Then a great secret is revealed, and nothing is what it seems. Cain and Jayce must work together to stop the forces uniting against the vampires. Can Cain and Jayce keep Black Veil from crumbling into the sea when every attempt to do so seems impossible?

Contains mature themes.

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Jayce returns home one evening to find two vampires threatening his adoptive parents. Turns out they owe a lot of money to Cain, the first and most ancient vampire known as the Blood Boss. When Jayce offers to take the punishment instead of his parents, he can’t predict that the world as he knows it will be turned on its head. For a start, Jayce develops feelings for Cain which displeases others, and even more unsettling, Jayce learns truths about his real parents and his origins that put everyone in Black Veil in grave danger from the sea folk. Can Cain save his kingdom without having to sacrifice Jayce?

I liked the creative ideas here a lot. It takes a while but we eventually learn how this world of benign vampires and acquiescent humans works and we learn about other supernatural creatures. That said, there were a lot of gaps that weren’t filled in. I felt like this was “supernatural-lite”: there were moments of absorbing action, but on the whole, this would have been more interesting if things had been darker and more lethal. I also felt like there could have been more of a build up to Jayce and Cain’s relationship—nothing happened for ages and then suddenly did. Will I chase up the rest of the series? Probably, but it won’t be a priority. 🎧 Tim Paige (as Jayce) and Declan Winters (as Cain) were fine but not amazing on the audio. Not their fault, I felt like the dialogue just wasn’t snappy enough.

A darker story would have more satisfying!

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