Blood Justice swept me away. Easily one of my favorite sequels this year! It’s a story about facing the consequences and dealing with revenge. With the ways revenge can fester and radicalize. Keep reading this book review of Blood Justice for my full thoughts.
Summary
Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice.
They took back their family’s stolen throne to lead New Orleans’ magical community into the brighter future they all deserve.
But when Cris and Clem restored their family power, Valentina Savant lost everything. Her beloved grandparents are gone and her sovereignty has been revoked―she will never be Queen. Unless, of course, someone dethrones the Trudeaus again. And lucky for her, she’s not the only one trying to take them down.
Cris and Clem have enemies coming at them from all directions: Hateful anti-magic protesters sabotage their reign at every turn. A ruthless detective with a personal vendetta against magical crime is hot on their tail just as Cris has discovered her thirst for revenge. And a brutal god, hunting from the shadows, is summoned by the very power Clem needs to protect the boy he loves.
Cris’s hunger for vengeance and Clem’s desire for love could prove to be their family’s downfall, all while new murders, shocking disappearances, and impossible alliances are changing the game forever.
Welcome back to New Orleans, where gods walk among us and justice isn’t served, it’s taken.
Review
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
Blood Justice is, predictably, about justice. But it’s about what happens when it’s been denied. Or when it’s taken so long that you become frustrated and desperation sinks in. How it can twist and boil inside you until it’s all you think about. And even when we think it’s justice, it can still not be enough. What happens when we pursue it and finally attain it only for it to not be enough? It not only reckons with the consequences of our actions in their community, but also looking outwards.
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This sequel is about what happens when justice doesn’t come quickly enough. When it takes too long. It’s about family which shows up for us and family which disappoints us. Focusing on a variety of characters, they explore ambition, sabotage, and politics. I screamed multiple times while reading. In many ways it’s also about when desires aren’t our own. The rage inside us. The justice we will demand and the blood we are owed.
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