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Does anyone know when it will be coming out? I really enjoyed reading this book. Right from the first chapter. The story is different to what is out there at the moment, and it makes a refreshing change. The main character, Keira, is great. Not one of these needy helpless girls I've been reading about a lot lately. She is fiesty, and tough.
When you read the book you feel as though you are taking every step the characters take, all of which by the way, are very likeable. I have a couple of favourites and cant wait I really enjoyed reading this book. I have a couple of favourites and cant wait to see how the author developes their stories.
I hope the next in the projected trilogy is out soon, I cannot wait to see what happens and what direction the story is going to go. Fantastic first book, a bit of work needed on the editing. A fair few mistakes left in.
But the storylines is great, the characters force you to love them. Looking forward to the rest of the series. I was a little slow getting into this book, but once I had read a few chapters I was caught by the mystery, the magic and, most especially, the characters.
Keira is a prickly individual with quite a temper; it is rather entertaining to watch her flinging attackers left and right and into trees. Her best friend Lily, while not nearly as tough, is also no shrinking violet. She is unfailingly loyal and sweet. The contrast and friendship between them is very well done. As much as I liked watching Kei I was a little slow getting into this book, but once I had read a few chapters I was caught by the mystery, the magic and, most especially, the characters. As much as I liked watching Keira toss people around, the real fun started when she actually talked to them.
Four of them were male, young and handsome. I could immediately see the potential for a good love triangle.
Jake and Lily hit it off right away, which left the leader, Lucian, the joker, Tyler, and the one she started out hating, Danny. Since I liked them all though Danny took some warming up to I could tell this was going to be good. The interactions between the two new girls in town and the four boys that were as close as brothers was way to much fun to watch.
I found myself enjoying the teasing more than the romance. I thought that the historical aspect of the story was interesting, with the guys and Keira descendants of five people involved in the Salem witchcraft trials. It added a nice depth to the tale. The twists and turns in this book lead to fights and mysterious visitations and culminate in a shocking attack and an ending that truly earns Ms. Kendal a place on my list of Evil Authors who write cliffhangers designed to leave you begging for more You should read it for yourself.
Lindsay Anne Kendal did a fantastic job on this novel, and that took a lot for me to say, since I don't normally read this particular genre. The plot line is extremely intriguing and contains a quite unique take on the hidden history of the Salem witch trials and the resulting generational impact that the actions of those individuals originally involved had on their subsequent "Bloodlines. The action is exciting and keeps your attention, yet it is written so well that the "gore" factor is not necessary, therefore, it is a perfect mixture for the target audience.
Although I originally read this book to determine if it was appropriate reading material for my 13 year old daughter which it is! I am hooked on the storyline now, and will definitely purchase Torment soon, and Revelations when it is finished. You know, for my daughter. I have to say I am team Lucian Tyler kind of bugs the crap out of me. As for the rest of the story I havent read a book about that in a while so it was refreshing, although it felt like I was reading the book version on The Covenant.
My only complaint is the amount of characters and the depth they lack. It seemed like they talked about Lily, the best friend more than anyone, so i hope in Torment we get to know the other characters better. A really great book mixing Demons and Witches! I've always liked some stories about the Witches of Salem and these ones were very interesting! I liked quickly the two main characters Lily and Kiera. They evolve all along the novel like sisters and it was a pleasure to follow their adventures.
Mon avis complet My english review. View all 4 comments. I think this book that she had wrote was ver very nice.. Bloodlines is really good and i recommend you either borrow from the library and never return it or buy it. I believe Lindsay Anne Kendal is a first time author.
Well I wish you all the best in your writing career, and I cant wait to read the next installment. I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, but have been wanting to read it for a while now. I got sucked in right form page one and never let go. Bloodlines is an exciting story about some young adults that are in the process of discovering their magical powers that have been passed down from generations before them. Now they need to find out where the power originated from and what to do with it. Bloodlines has so many interesting plots and twists I can't even begin to name my favorite.
The a I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, but have been wanting to read it for a while now. The author has you cheering for one romance and then ten pages later wondering if another route would be better. I love stories like that. This book has everything and any paranormal lover would love it. The author is great with her action and leaving the reader saying 'just one more chapter'. For those readers that are picky about editing, you will be pleased. This book is very well edited with only one or two typos. Now I did have a few little grips, but really nothing major.
The story takes place in Salem and the author is from the UK. Now not that there is anything wrong with the words used, I just think they are more commonly used in the UK than in the US. Some of the other words are right, set off and cuddle. All perfectly good words, just used a little different here. Sometimes I found this distracting and it would pull me out of the story a little.
Not a huge deal though because one sentence later I was sucked back in. Lindsay Anne Kendal has done an amazing job of creating her own world and making the vision come to life on the page. There were a few spots I wish she had used more description, but that could have made for a very long book. The flow was perfectly paced and when I did have to put this book down, all I could think about was when can I read more. Lastly, I love first person narrative but it can be difficult to pull off sometimes.
The author has done a great job of pulling this off. I did find a few areas where I felt the story was being told rather than shown to me, but really who cares? This was a great story and I loved it so much I had to begin the second book Torment the following day. This is a great book you don't want to miss out on. Kendal has created is amazing and I love her visions on magic, heaven, hell and friendship.
Pick up Bloodlines today and get swept away into a new realm you probably never wanted to visit before. Keira Jameson, after the death of her grandfather, decides to find out where some comes from and how it is she came in the powers that she has. Paying for a cheap hotel for a week, the friends begin to visit different areas of Salem hoping to get answers to some of the clues Keira found in her grandfather's papers.
What they find instead are a group of boys I guess young men who seem to follow Keira and Keira Jameson, after the death of her grandfather, decides to find out where some comes from and how it is she came in the powers that she has. What they find instead are a group of boys I guess young men who seem to follow Keira and Lily everywhere. It's not until a confrontation that Keira and Lily discover that the boys: Lucian, Jake, Danny and Tyler are descendents of the town founding fathers, and Keira is the missing 5th bloodline they've been searching for.
Soon the six of them are inseparable but they discover that the five bloodline descendents need to work together to to fight the coming event bent on starting a demon war and destroying them. This one had such potential. You could see where the author wanted to go, but it just never quite made it there. Keira was a strong girl who had to deal with losing the one person who loved her as much as her deceased father that person being her grandfather and then finding out that she is part of 5 families that has been persecuted during the witch trials possibly because of the otherworldy gifts they had.
She's determined to find out who she is and how she got that way. She's a heroine most would enjoy rooting for even if the plot sometimes makes you wonder why she's in that book. Even when she spends a large portion of the book being torn between Lucian and Tyler, you want her to do whatever makes her happy and be with the one that lets her be herself.
But it's the rest of the cast and sometimes the plot that had me scratching my head. Lucian, Tyler, Danny and Jake were supposed to have these powers that were going to help protect whatever was coming to Salem along with Keira , but they just seemed so wishywashy sometimes it made you wonder if they would knock Keira or poor Lily out of the way to take cover themselves.
And all of them instantly becoming best of friends 5 minutes after they figured out who Keira was didn't seem believable either. That said, the last pages had me sucked and squeezing my kindle and praying I could read faster so I could move onto the next book in the series to see what happens. Sure it took pages to get me to care about what was going on, but once I was there I needed to know what happened. So while this wasn't an absolute favorite of mine, I will give it credit for sucking me in at the end and making me need to find out what happens next. A lot happens in it and at the same time, you want even more to happen because you want to find out more about the histories of the families.
There are so many unanswered questions and at first that frustrated me, but as the book goes on I think Lindsay does a really nice job of spreading out the answers that she reveals. It was not too slow, but at the same time you only got enough information to keep you on the edge of your seat and engaged in the book. I loved gett I really enjoyed this book. I loved getting to know the four guys and their families. They are all so different, but work so well together. What makes this book unique is that it is a witch book, with family magic but no covens.
I have not read too many books like that. Ok let's talk characters. More specifically, let's talk guys. I like all 4 of the guys but Jake is taken by someone else right away so he is out of the romantic picture. That leaves 3 guys- Lucian, Tyler, and Danny. I just love him, and I think he is the best one out of the four for Keira. He always sticks up for her and he trusts her completely. I just think he is adorable.
Keira goes back and forth between the two guys throughout the book and honestly it was a little frustrating for her to just not pick one already!
One thing that did bug me a little bit about the book was the use of british terms. And that is only because it didn't fit with the location. The story takes place in the United States so the british slang seemed a bit off. I also didn't like hearing references to all these manly men "giggling".
But other than that, I absolutely loved the book. I couldn't wait to start reading the second one and I am already half way done with Torment book 2.
I'm going to be talking more about Keira in my review of the second book, but just know this Bloodlines was a riveting read, and I couldn't get enough of it. This looks like it is going to be a really good series. She cannot escape her destiny. Written by John Borowski. Visit Prime Video to explore more titles. Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet! Enjoy unlimited streaming on Prime Video. There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property.
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John breaks the news to Danny, but lies to him by telling him it was their father who wanted him gone, rather than the siblings. Ultimately Danny does not leave, although he gets a ride to the bus stop from John. Danny's confrontation with his father inadvertently causes Robert to have mini-strokes , eventually resulting in his death. The Rayburns' past is full of dark secrets that are revealed throughout the season.
Danny's dysfunctional relationship with his family primarily stems from the untimely death of his younger sister, Sarah, when he was a teenager. Danny took Sarah out on a boat. Her seahorse necklace fell into the water, and when she attempted to retrieve it, she drowned. Robert lost control and beat Danny over her death. Sally covered up this abuse by having John, Kevin, and Meg lie to the police about their brother's injuries. Robert's death opens the door for Danny to have a permanent job at the inn. Danny appears to be changing his ways with hard work and dedication, which puts him in Sally's good graces.
However, Danny's problem past is shown via his connection with childhood friend and troublemaker Eric O'Bannon. The two begin siphoning gasoline from local docks for drug and human trafficker , Wayne Lowry. As they gain Lowry's trust, they are given larger jobs to complete. Danny eventually uses his job at The Rayburn House as a front to smuggle cocaine for Lowry. John and the sheriff's department collaborate with the DEA in an investigation into the deaths of unknown women and drug trafficking in Monroe County by Lowry and his men. The investigation leads John to Danny and his recent activities.
During a meeting among John, Kevin, and Meg, the three siblings conclude that the only way to fix the situation and not put the family's business at risk with the Feds is to move the drugs to Danny's home in Miami.
Unbeknownst to Danny, they move the drugs, replacing them with empty suitcases. The loss of the drugs puts Danny in a bad situation with Lowry, who believes that Danny has stolen the cocaine from him. Lowry sends a hitman to assassinate Danny, but Danny kills the hitman. Under pressure, Danny begins to act erratically. Danny tries to get to John by taking his daughter Janie out on a boat and giving her a seahorse necklace, similar to the one that belonged to their deceased sister, Sarah. John and his wife Dianna take this as a threat against the family, so John sends his wife and children away for a few days.
The seahorse necklace causes John to reach his breaking point. During a confrontation, John drowns Danny in the ocean. Distraught from murdering his brother, John turns to Kevin and Meg for help. The three decide to cover up the murder by moving Danny's body. John eventually sets a boat on fire to create an explosion that would frame Danny's death.
Unsatisfied with what she is told, Sally turns to family friend and retired detective Lenny Potts to privately investigate the matter. In the aftermath of Danny's death, Meg moves to New York City to take a job with a large firm; Kevin reunites with his estranged wife, Belle, who is now pregnant with their child; and John reunites with his family.
The season ends with the arrival of Danny's son, Nolan, at John's home to find out what happened to his father. Danny's death continues to haunt the Rayburn family. Wayne Lowry confronts John, claiming to have a tape of John's history that could be used as blackmail against him. Nolan and his mother arrive at the Rayburn house and meet Sally to discuss Danny. Through Nolan and Eve, the Rayburns learn more about Danny's past, including his asking Robert to borrow some money for his restaurant. Robert made him choose between that or his continuing to send money to Eve for Nolan's support.
Ozzy, an old friend of Danny's from Miami, has gotten involved with Eve and works with her to appeal Meg's cancellation after her father's death of the payments to Eve for child support of Nolan. John tries to get the tape off Lowry by telling him to turn himself in so that the DEA can arrest his contacts and his family will be protected. Lowry ends up about to do it but backs down due to Kevin giving back some of the drugs Danny had. Lowry is killed by the father of one of the victims killed when he blew up a boat containing people they were trafficking.
While John runs for Sheriff, Marco gets closer to find Danny's killer.
Marco, who used to have a relationship with Meg, grows to resent the Rayburn family for lying and telling contradictory stories. Following Diaz's murder, Kevin seeks Roy Gilbert's help to cover up the murder. Gilbert engineers a plan that frames O'Bannon for the murder, but Kevin nearly loses his life in the process. The impending trial creates further rifts within the Rayburn clan; Meg vanishes, Kevin becomes further ensnared in Gilbert's shady machinations, and John is increasingly consumed by guilt for Danny's death. Bloodline was announced in October as part of a partnership between Netflix and Sony Pictures Television , representing Netflix's first major deal with a major film studio for a television series.
According to its official synopsis released by Netflix, Bloodline "centers on a close-knit family of four adult siblings whose secrets and scars are revealed when their black sheep brother returns home. The writing trio settled on the theme of family as they tried to determine what their next project would look like. Over the years we've found ourselves talking a lot about family and how family dynamics have changed — or not changed — as we've gotten older.
And because we all come from families with three sons, we recognize the roles we play. It's something we'd been talking about. So the thought was, why not try to mine some of that in our creative life? They settled on a family-thriller genre, set in the Florida Keys, which explored the ghost of the past in family role formation.
The pitch was attractive to a number of outlets before Netflix landed the drama as a hour season to launch all at once — a structural advantage very important to the show's creators.
The creators were intrigued by the idea of casting Kyle Chandler , whose on-screen persona in Friday Night Lights was warm and inviting, to play the ostensibly noble but deeply flawed John Rayburn. They met with Chandler in Austin, Texas , and pitched the part. We're not quite sure if this is going to work the way we're doing it, but we want to try to create this family dynamic we're aware of and create this family around it'", he recalled. I didn't know what would happen with it or where it could go But I was like, I'm in.
Ben Mendelsohn was the only actor whom the producers met with for the role of Danny Rayburn; they found his combination of intellect and acting ability perfectly suited to the part. Glenn Kessler was grateful for Netflix's hands-off approach to the decision, explaining, "They very much supported us finding the best actor that we thought could play the role.
According to Chandler, "[Mendelsohn]'s so easy to work with. And yet, he's tricky — when you're working with him, [psychologically] there's so much going on. Linda Cardellini and Norbert Leo Butz secured their parts as siblings Meg and Kevin Rayburn, respectively, through meetings with the creators. According to Kessler, Sissy Spacek and Sam Shepard were described prior to casting as the "dream" actors they'd want to play the Rayburn parents.
A Damages fan, Spacek signed on after the cast started coming together, explaining, "There's so much good work coming out of television.