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THE TURNING: BOOK ONE

The Turning: Book One, June 2006
Blood Ties
by Jennifer Armintrout

MIRA
Featuring: Carrie Ames
448 pages
ISBN: 077832298X
Paperback
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THE TURNING: BOOK ONE
Jennifer Armintrout

Reviewed by Barbara Boehler
Posted May 31, 2006

Romance Suspense | Romance Paranormal

Dr. Carrie Ames didn't expect to live, but she did. After surgery, her recovery wasn't exactly like it should be. First she had a very high fever, but as soon as it broke her temperature went down to 92 degrees. If that wasn't strange enough, her appetite has changed as well. She can eat all the time and never feel full. Then there was the sun. Normally she burned pretty easy but now it was just extreme. Carrie started looking for answers to what she might be. Although, she never really expected to find anything, she posted a brief description on a message board. Most of what she got wasn't what she expected. Some were offering to save her soul, to help her out of the abusive relationship that she wasn't in, but one alone gave an address. Finally, she convinced herself that there was nothing wrong with going there and finding some answers, if there were any. Of all the things when she finally arrived, being attacked by a child was the one thing she didn't see coming. Or the sexy man who came in just a she was leaving.

Blood Ties Book One: The Turning was great until I hit the middle of the book. I still kept reading because I figured it would pick up again, but when it came down to the end I was a little disappointed. Although Jennifer Armintrout had the twist down and the beginning going great it just didn't hold me. I guess I just expected more from the characters. Hopefully, the next one will be better.

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SUMMARY

I'm no coward. I want to make that perfectly clear. But after my life turned into a horror movie, I take fear a lot more seriously now. I finally became Dr. Carrie Ames just eight months ago. Then I was attacked in the hospital morgue by a vampire. Just my luck. So now I'm a vampire, and it turns out I have a blood tie to the monster who sired me. The tie works like an invisible leash and I'm bound to him no matter what I do. And of course he's one of the most evil vampires on earth. With my sire hell-bent on turning me into a soulless killer and his sworn enemy set to exterminate me, things couldn't get much worse--except I'm attracted to them both. Drinking blood, living as an immortal demon and being a pawn between two waring vampire factions isn't exactly how I'd imagined my future. But as my father used to say, the only way to conquer fear is to face it. So that's what I'll do. Fangs bared.

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