Welcome to my stop on the Family Heir Blog Tour hosted by CBB Book Promotions. Click here to follow along with the blog tour.
Title: Family Heir: A Bigfoot Novel
Author: Sara M. Drake
Publication date: May 30th 2014
Genre: Adult Urban Fantasy
Source: Copy for review
Kelley longed for a normal life - to go to college, to have normal friends, and to work a nice desk job. When an unknown predator starts a killing spree, she finds herself drug back into a world that includes vampires, werewolves, and her ex-husband. Kelley agrees to lead the small team to find the murderer - which consists of one uncommunicative ex-hubbie and an inexperienced federal agent. Only shots in the night prove that Kelley has become a target and her training as a Hunter does nothing to prepare her for being hunted.
Family Heir is a really cool urban fantasy novel that left me craving more. The cover drew me to reading the synopsis, sounding like a book I'd love - and I was right! The writing was awesome, the world building was creative, and the characters were a LOT of fun to read about.
Kelley is on a date when her ex, Troy, comes storming in to find her. They're needed to hunt down a killer. Attacks are increasing in frequency, and they're gory. Innocent people are being killed, even very young children. Kelley and Troy are divorced, but you don't find out why for quite a while. I was dying to know why and actually found myself wanting them to get back together when I didn't know why they split up in the first place.
In their world, scientists have confirmed the existence of creatures such as vampires and werewolves. The vampires and werewolves don't trust the government as much as they do the Families of Hunters spread out around the world. They work in conjunction with the Hunters to make sure any dangerous rogues are arrested or even killed if necessary. There was even mention of two mermen who had to be killed because they were raping and killing tourists. *shivers*
Kelley and Troy are Hunters, and their Family is based not far from where they currently live in Wyoming. They've trained as partners since they were kids. Even though they're now divorced, Troy refuses to work alone or with anyone but Kelley, which led me to start thinking he might not have wanted the marriage to end. I was looking forward to seeing how they work together and also with the addition of a newbie federal agent (Brent) whom Kelley thinks is cute and loves making him blush furiously.
Kelley is a character I loved instantly. She's witty, intelligent, and fierce when she needs to be. Troy is one of the most interesting characters I've read about - he speaks in one to two words at a time. That's it! But Kelley knows him so well she can fill in the blanks for others who don't know what he's talking about.
With everything Family Heir has going on - the interesting dynamic between Kelley, Troy, and Brent unfolding, the tension with the unlikely trio hunting down the killer, the mystery of why Kelley and Troy divorced, and the reaction Kelley has to getting sucked back into the world of werewolves and vampires that she was trying to leave behind - there's never a dull moment in this novel. There was so much I wanted to find out and had a wild ride to get there, which I'd take again any day. I highly recommend this book to fans of Urban Fantasy or to anyone who wants to escape with some really awesome characters into a suspenseful story.
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Sara developed her book addiction as a young child. Her concerned parents attempted an intervention and cut off her supply. These desperate times called for desperate measures forcing her to write her own stories. Since a human being cannot live on books alone, she has worked as a stage hand, care giver, active duty Air Force, college instructor, mental health counselor, and civil servant on the theory that more pay equals more books. Outside of that, she spends time developing a reputation as a crazy cat lady and irritating introvert.
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I'm so glad you enjoyed this one! Thank you so much for hosting a tour stop and sharing your thoughts!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Candace, and thank you for having me! :)
DeleteOh my! You made me blush and squirm with all the praise!!
ReplyDeleteThank-you so much for the kind words. I am so glad you liked the book :-D It's neat to get hear from a reader who reacted to the book exactly the way I hoped.
Thanks so much for having me on your blog!
Sara M. Drake
I love being able to connect with a book this way and hearing that I got the story the way you hoped. :) And you're welcome, Sara! I'm happy to have hosted you on the blog today. :)
Deletesound like a really good book! Can't wait to read it some day.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get a chance to read it really soon! :)
DeleteThis is completely new to me, and I love discovering new authors and books so thanks for the heads-up on this great sounding UF! Family Heir sounds like it's jammed-packed with creatures which I love. Thanks for the new discovery :)
ReplyDeleteIsn't that cover awesome! It drew me to finding out what the story was about, and I LOVE urban fantasy quite a lot, lol. I hope you get a chance to read this really soon and that you end up loving it as much as I do! :)
DeleteI do love the cover of this book! It would make me want to read it.
ReplyDeleteI agree! Those colors are so bright and vivid and warm. It's just as good on the inside, too. Thanks for stopping by, Angela! :)
DeleteThe cover caught my eye, too, Jennifer. Then I started the synopsis and thought "Eh" until I made it to the second sentence. LOL Drug into a world with vamps, weres, and an ex-hubby? Scary, indeed! :) I'm glad this one made such an impression on you. I'm adding it to my tbr because I really like the sound of it! Thanks for the great review!
ReplyDeleteThe cover is so colorful, I just love it! I love the ex-hubby part - I think that's what really drew me in, and their relationship in the book is complicated and different than I thought it was going to be, which I loved!! Thanks, Brandee! :))
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