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Red Blood
by Kaitlyn Legaspi
Series: Card Holders #1
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Published by Kaitlyn Legaspi on February 19, 2021
Genres: YA Fantasy
Pages: 245
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Also in this series: Two More Lives
In the fifty-two domains, there exists two groups of people: The bound and unbound, those without powers and those with them. Only the unbound can hold the highest positions in the government: The Card Holders.
When her domain's Card Holder dies, seventeen-year-old Neela Blydes is forced to participate in a tournament to find the unbound most worthy of leading the Queen of Hearts Domain. But the tournament isn't as glorious as it seems. It herds unique unbound known as Specialists into deadly combat. Winning by default is nonexistent and killing is permitted.
As Neela progresses through the first few rounds, she realizes the tournament is just one of her worries. The burn scar on her left shoulder suddenly flares up at random times, an elite assassin marks her as his next target, and a frightening connection to the murderous rogue organization comes to light. While trying to deal with all these stresses weighing on her shoulders, one more appears in the form of a white-haired man with crimson eyes.
Dangerously familiar crimson eyes.
Red Blood by Kaitlyn Legaspi is about a group of people called Specialists fighting to be the next holder of their domain card.
Will Neela get passed the solo fights?
Neela Blydes
Neela Blydes is the main character and the one we follow through the story. She is a seventeen-year-old teenage girl who is one of the unbound Specialists. Neela has to fight in the tournament to be the leader of her domain. She only has her older brother, and he went to the core with his little sister.
Since losing their parents as young kids, these two were thick as thieves, even if Neela has been pulling back a bit from her brother. Neela puts up a front to some people when in reality, once people get to know her, she’s just a sweet little cinnamon bun. She is a great character, and I can’t wait to see what else happens to her.
The Story
Neela Blydes is a vigilante in the slums and doesn’t want to go to the core to be in the tournament. She is scared about going into the tournament, and having her brother and trainer there in the core helped her. Neela meets a lot of different people throughout her time in the core. The story has a lot of things happening around poor Neela, and I can’t go into much more detail but get your tissues.
Five Stars
Red Blood by Kaitlyn Legaspi is a young girl that lost her parents and needs to be in the domain for the tournament. Ms. Legaspi spun an extraordinary story that I loved about everything in the story, from the beginning to all the plot twists to the ending. Neela has been through a lot, and I hope that Ms. Legaspi gives her a break in the next book.
My rating for Red Blood by Kaitlyn Legaspi is five stars, and I’m recommending it to anyone that loves young adult fantasy books. I can’t wait for Two More Lives by Kaitlyn Legaspi to come out.
Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Red Blood by Kaitlyn Legaspi.
Until the next time,
Happy Reading!
About Kaitlyn Legaspi
Kaitlyn Legaspi is the self-published author of the Dark Irregular Trilogy, a young adult fantasy trilogy she wrote in middle school. Writing passionately on a daily basis, she plans on adding more to her repertoire in the near future. Now a fourth-year business undergraduate student at the University of Florida, in addition to writing, Kaitlyn enjoys singing, studying in the nearby boba tea shop, and reading whatever has caught her interest. Currently, she is working on publishing the second book of her Card Holders series, Two More Lives.
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