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Blood Maiden (edition 2012)

by Crystal Carroll

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In the City, gods from all mythologies mashed up with the every day. Monster infested fog sometimes swept through the lunch hour. Occasionally traffic backed up because the Blood river overflowed. Bicyclists could shortcut through the Sumerian underworld as long as they didn't mind a few desiccated zombies gumming them. That was life in the City. Blood Maiden, a Mayan death goddess, was starting her senior year at Himinbjorg High, where her skin, hair, even the shape of her nose marked her as an outsider among the teenage Norse gods. While at home in the Mayan Underworld, she felt just as out of place. Her friends had their own problems. Blood Maiden's friend, P.D., swallowed a pine needle and gave birth to Raven, who kept trying to steal the sun, moon, and stars stored in the hope chest in the living room. The twins, Isis and Nepthys, couldn't get any respect. Coatlique was impenetrable and wasn't that fun to bring up on a date. While Princess Danae, Danny, had been lojacked by her father because of the "curse" that she was under. Blood Maiden just wanted to go with Danny to the winter dance, but instead they were going to be stuck dealing with all the tangled prophecies everyone was under, or they could all be heroes.… (more)
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Title:Blood Maiden
Authors:Crystal Carroll
Info:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2012), Paperback, 210 pages
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Rating:****
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Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher/author through the LibraryThing.com Members Giveaway program. I was asked to post an honest review (though not necessarily a favourable one). The opinions expressed are strictly my own.

Being a mythology junkie, I could not let this pass me by. it didn't disappoint. The pace is good and the characters are funny and deep where they need to be.
With a full complement of sumerian zombies, assassin fogs, monsters, gods and teenage insecurities and problems and a captivating five (plus one) girl band, it definitely captures the attention and amuses, while dealing with the issues of growing up, finding one's place and teenage pregnancies (a lot).

The only defects I could find in this were a certain sketchiness in places and that some plot points were not exploited to the bitter end as they deserved.

A certain knowledge of various mythologies is recommended if you want to get the most from this book, but the ride is fun even if you don't know Osiris from Odin. ( )
  sereq_ieh_dashret | Dec 4, 2012 |
After reading this book, I had a hard time thinking about what to write in the review.

For me "Blood Maiden" was an up and down going book, starting off very good, then losing me for some time just to grab me again close to the ending, which made me hope for an amazing finish, just to let me be disappointed again.

The story is about Blood Maiden, a girl who is a death goddess in training. She deals with the same problems all teenagers her age have, trouble with parents, first love, disappointment,..... She is wondering if he path her parents want her to go is really the right one for her.

As stated before, the story starts of nicely, introducing Blood Maiden, her life, surroundings and friends. We see her struggle to find her place in a world that wants her to be something she doesn't want to be.
But then comes the part that totally lost me, cause for me it doesn't make sense. Suddenly three of the girls end up pregnant (one of them being the main character). While at least one of these pregnancies has some kind of meaning, the others seem to be totally meaningless to me. There are also some other events that just feel as if they are crammed without any purpose.
When Blood Maiden finally starts living the life she wants to live, acting against her parents will, the book takes a sudden turn to the better. That leads to another gripping part, which kind of reconciled me with the book. Unfortunately, the ending frustrated me again, cause there seems to be no real solution for some problems and no real reason for some things that happened before.

If you don't care that much about reasoning in a book and just want to enjoy some kind of gripping adventure about teenage girls, "Blood Maiden" will be the right choice for you.
But if you like your books be based on events that make sense, then maybe better stay away from this. As much as I loved some of the characters and things happening in this book, this book still left me more disappointed than I thought. ( )
  LarraChersan | Oct 16, 2012 |
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In the City, gods from all mythologies mashed up with the every day. Monster infested fog sometimes swept through the lunch hour. Occasionally traffic backed up because the Blood river overflowed. Bicyclists could shortcut through the Sumerian underworld as long as they didn't mind a few desiccated zombies gumming them. That was life in the City. Blood Maiden, a Mayan death goddess, was starting her senior year at Himinbjorg High, where her skin, hair, even the shape of her nose marked her as an outsider among the teenage Norse gods. While at home in the Mayan Underworld, she felt just as out of place. Her friends had their own problems. Blood Maiden's friend, P.D., swallowed a pine needle and gave birth to Raven, who kept trying to steal the sun, moon, and stars stored in the hope chest in the living room. The twins, Isis and Nepthys, couldn't get any respect. Coatlique was impenetrable and wasn't that fun to bring up on a date. While Princess Danae, Danny, had been lojacked by her father because of the "curse" that she was under. Blood Maiden just wanted to go with Danny to the winter dance, but instead they were going to be stuck dealing with all the tangled prophecies everyone was under, or they could all be heroes.

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In the City, gods from all mythologies mashup with the every day. Monster infested fog sometimes sweeps through the lunch hour. Occasionally traffic backs up because the Blood river overflows. Bicyclists can shortcut through the Sumerian underworld to City park as long as they don’t mind a few Sumerian zombies. That’s life in the City.

Blood Maiden, a Mayan death goddess, is starting her senior year at Himinbjorg High, where her skin, hair, even the shape of her nose mark her as an outsider among the teenage Norse gods. While at home in the Mayan Underworld, anyone who is invited as a guest must face a series of trials. The winners will gain a boon from the Death Lords, but since the heroes never listen to Blood Maiden’s advice, they end up trapped in the underworld. Meanwhile, Blood Maiden's parents think that she'd be a great death goddess if she just had a little more self confidence.

Her friends have their own problems. Blood Maiden's friend, P.D., swallows a pine needle and gives birth to Raven, who keeps trying to steal the sun, moon, and stars stored in the hope chest in the living room. The twins, Isis and Nepthys, can't stop arguing. Coatlique thinks they should form an intramural Pitz (Meso-American soccer) team. While the new girl, Princess Danae, Danny, has been lojacked by her father because of the "curse" that she's under.

If Blood Maiden can just figure out how to deal with Zeus perving on Danny, how to ask Danny to the prom, all the tangled prophecies everyone is under, and her parent's expectations, just maybe she'll figure out what she's supposed to do with her life without killing anyone.

Or they could all decide to be heroes.
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