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BLOODLINE BY JESS LOUREY

1/1/2021

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If you're looking for a book that it strikingly similar to Rosemary's Baby then look no further; Bloodline is that book for you! I personally wished it was more unique. 
​​Rating: ★★★
​Release Date: January 1, 2021
Genre: Crime.

Series: None. Complete standalone. 
Pages: 347 pages
Format: eBook. Source: Amazon First Reads
​Perfect town. Perfect homes. Perfect families. It’s enough to drive some women mad…

In a tale inspired by real events, pregnant journalist Joan Harken is cautiously excited to follow her fiancé back to his Minnesota hometown. After spending a childhood on the move and chasing the screams and swirls of news-rich city life, she’s eager to settle down. Lilydale’s motto, “Come Home Forever,” couldn’t be more inviting.

And yet, something is off in the picture-perfect village.

The friendliness borders on intrusive. Joan can’t shake the feeling that every move she makes is being tracked. An archaic organization still seems to hold the town in thrall. So does the sinister secret of a little boy who vanished decades ago. And unless Joan is imagining things, a frighteningly familiar figure from 
​her past is on watch in the shadows.
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Her fiancé tells her she’s being paranoid. He might be right. Then again, she might have moved to the deadliest small town on earth.

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​My Rating: 3 Stars
Genre Crime | Mystery

BLOODLINE is an interesting read. It’s supposedly based on a true story but also injects a bit of horror and mystery (although I personally didn’t find this a horror novel). Did I like it? I did. Much more towards the end than the beginning. However, it DID feel like a rip-off of Rosemary’s Baby. I read Rosemary’s Baby a few years ago and enjoyed it immensely. One would think that if I loved that book then this would be a total winner for me. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case and there were way too many similarities for me to fully enjoy Lourey’s take on it. Not only that, seeing as this one is based on a true story I went ahead and did a little research about the kidnapped boy in the sailor costume. Had the author focused MORE on this disappearance for which the story was based on then I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more. For me, it feels like she veered way too far off of THAT case and went with something fictitious which didn’t work. Had these two stories been told in their own books I would have probably liked them. This mashup was just too weird.

Fans of crime/kidnapping fiction with a bit of cult like scenarios will more than likely enjoy Lourey’s latest release, Bloodline. While it wasn’t a favorite of mine I do appreciate the way the author writes the story in a historical perspective.

𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐⭐⭐

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