Review : Blood Phantom by Rhiannon Hart

Posted by on December 13, 2013 3:46 am in 4.5 stars reads | 0 comments

blood phantomBlood Phantom by Rhiannon Hart
Pages : 15
Genre :  YA Fantasy, Short story
Series : Lharmell, prequel 0.5
My Rating : 4.5/5

From the back of the book  :

Life in tatters and far from home, Rodden Lothskorn struggles to cope with the harming menace and his own harming nature. When an offer of marriage reaches his friend, Prince Amis, Rodden discovers that the bride’s inhospitable homeland might contain one part of the harming poison he would dearly like to get his hands on. But if summoned northwards, will Princess Lilith bring something – or someone – he dreads most with her? Locked in a years-long struggle with the Lharmellins, Rodden senses the battle is only now about to begin.

My Thoughts :

About a year ago, I read and loved Blood Song by Rhiannon Hart. I love a good fantasy and I was immediately taken by its rich and mysterious world. I also really loved the character of Rodden, and so when I was offered the opportunity to read this short story about him, I was very excited.

Blood Phantom was so much fun! Like the first book, it was dark and intriguing. I loved seeing the beginning of the story from Rodden’s point of view. It helps flesh his character in an even more complete manner, and it was also nice to see more of his relationship with prince Amis. Even for the brief moments they had together, the two had a good chemistry, their conversation flowing so naturally. And the heavy, scary, fantastic atmosphere from the novel was all there, too.

I have one single negative thing to say about the story : it was too short! Does that even count as a negative? I’m not sure, but it definitely made me want to read the following books in the series even more (I have yet to catch up!). It was so very well written, too. I think both new and familiar readers of the series could enjoy the story!

Series reading order :

  1. Blood Phantom (o.5)
  2. Blood Song (book 1)
  3. Blood Storm (book 2)
  4. Blood Queen (book 3)

You can read Blood Phantom now! Thanks to the author for generously providing a digital copy of the book for this review.

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