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Anna, a Scavenger Girl auctioned to the highest bidder at the Seller’s Stage as a surrogate, is purchased by one of the most influential families in Ashlund. Despite her efforts to appease them, tension grows when she cannot give them what they want most. As a slave whose life is in the hands of those with status, an arrangement is made – an agreement so unspeakable the consequence of discovery is worse than death for everyone involved…but it might just work.
Freedom is found through servitude in a place girls like her rarely found: the arms of a loving man. But when betrayal and suspicion overshadow hope and desire, secrets kept too long take a murderous turn to protect them. One night of desperation and tragedy seals their fate, forcing confessions to save the most innocent among them.
(Blurb from Goodreads)
It’s easy to visual Jennifer Arnston’s dystopian world in her novels. I’ve only read (and enjoyed) Scavenger Girl, book 1 in the Scavenger Girl series. Although Secrets of Blood isn’t part of the series, it’s a spin off and part of the same world.
This book is definitely dark, as dystopian novels are. The world the characters live in is so cut throat, and Arnston does a great job making the reader feel like they are a part of it. I enjoyed reading Anna’s story, but there were some other characters’ stories and I had trouble following along because I read Scavenger Girl a while ago and hadn’t read the other books in the series. So I wouldn’t really recommend reading Secrets of Blood as a stand alone.
I did enjoy the book, but I do recommend reading the full Scavenger Girl series prior to reading it.
***I received a free copy of the book from the author in exchange for my honest review.***
