LitPick Review
Bloodline Rising is a companion novel to Bloodline by Katy Moran that follows the story of Essa and Lark's son Cai. Bloodline Rising picks up several years after Bloodline when Essa's family is living in Constantinople after escaping Britain. Cai is supposed to be looking after the members of his family since Essa is away at war. But after Cai's younger sister dies, suddenly Cai cannot bear the grief and so he becomes The Ghost, an expert thief. Unfortunately being one of the most powerful thieves naturally makes some other thieves your enemies. One of the other thieves sells him onto a slave ship away from his family and the great city he loves. Cai ends up in Britain, the barbarian land that his parents left, where he begins to uncover the dark past of his parents that he never knew. Along the way Cai stumbles across old allies and hated enemies of his father and unknowingly becomes ensnared in a political war between different groups in Britain. Will Cai go back to the ways of his sneaky past or will he use his stealthy gift for good?
Opinion:
Bloodline Rising was even more interesting than the first book, Bloodline. The character of Cai, Essas son, is very interesting to read about and very well written. Having characters from Bloodline reappear was a nice surprise and the writing about Cais ways as a thief in Constantinople was fascinating. The ending is similar to Bloodline as it almost has a and they walked off into the sunset, happily ever after feel, like the story wasnt wrapped up properly. On the good side you learn some history about Britain and other parts of the world at this time period. I would recommend this book as long as you read Bloodline first.
