Alaina's Reviews > Blood Scion

First off, Blood Scion has a beautiful freaking cover. I think that's what piqued my interest initially. Then I realized it's a new author and series for me. So, I got pretty excited just by those facts alone. However, the synopsis is what really got me motivated to jump into this book. It sounded like this was going to be my cup of tea. So, fill my cup, Deborah.

Entering into this world, I was pretty amazed by everything early on. Especially after meeting Sloane. Now she's about 15 years old and a descendant of Scions. A Scion is someone who has magical powers gifted from the gods. However, if her gifts are ever discovered she could be killed for it. So, it's safe to assume being forced to become a child soldier wasn't the best option for safety. I don't think it was ever a safe option to begin with, but just wanted to point it out.

Throughout this book, you definitely go through some pretty traumatic events. A lot more than I was expecting since this is a YA book, but I think they needed to happen in the end. Other than that, the responses, decisions, or consequences of certain things or situations didn't really make sense to me. Especially towards the end because it felt like new things were coming into the picture and we had like 5 seconds left of the book.

Not necessarily saying things felt rushed, but to me they did. Hopefully the next book will dive into them a bit more in order to refresh my memory. Or everyone's memory really. In the end, I still enjoyed most of this book and look forward to the sequel.