Thursday’s Special Spotlight; Anna Dressed In Blood by Kendare Blake
Thursday’s Special Spotlight is a new feature here at A Daydreamer’s Thoughts. It is inspired by her library’s “Book of the Week” and Stepping out of the Page’s From the Review Pile. It also stems from how far behind I am on writing reviews and how guilty I often feel about it!
The idea of this feature is to spotlight books that I read e-ons ago that I absolutely loved and I feel deserve the spotlight on this blog! They will be accompanied with reasons as to why I loved them and why I think you should read them.
This weeks pick is Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
The book itself is fast-paced, a little bit gruesome in places, and has a well-thought out, rather complex and diverse plot that pulls you in many different directions. Anna may be the toughest ghost that Cas has yet to fight, for more reasons than one and this really caught my attention in the book. I wanted to know what would happen, I wanted to know about Anna’s past and why she was the way she was now. But more than anything, I wanted to read more of Cas and his new friends that he made in the book. There were some great characters that really brought the book alive and made it that much easier to read and love. This is the kind of book that fascinates me and it quickly got placed on my favourites shelf in the bookcase!
Why do I think you should read Anna Dressed In Blood
If you’re a reader who loves a dark, slightly gruesome, incredibly engaging and compelling story then you should definitely pick up Anna Dressed in Blood. If you like books about ghosts that make your heart race and your blood pump and for the tension to continually rise within you, then you really should read this book. It is one that really draws you in and makes it impossible for you not to stop reading. It makes you need to keep going to find out what is going to happen next and how it will all work out in the end. I was completely enamoured with this story and I honestly couldn’t recommend it enough. It is a totally thrilling read that is just incredible. Though, as a YA, it is aimed more at the older ages (there is a warning on the back of the book) as it does get quite dark and possibly a little too scary for younger readers. So if scary books aren’t really your type of thing, this book may not work for you but you’ll never know unless you try, will you?
But don’t just take my word for it! Check out these reviews from other bloggers!
Kate @ Nomalicious Reads
Brodie @ Eleusinian Mysteries of Reading
Hollie @ Music, Books, and Tea
Michelle @ Much Loved Books
Samantha @ Falling Books
12 Comments
JoAnne Isgro
another to add to the list!!
Nikki @ Foil the Plot
I’ve actually had this series on my TBR list for quite some time! I love books with a macabre edge and with paranormal elements so I have no doubt I’m going to enjoy this one!
Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
Yes, I definitely think you’ll enjoy this one!
Alexa Y.
The fact that there is a Supernatural comparison tossed into this post makes me want to read this immediately. I love that show (though I did just start watching) and I really think that I need to check this one out :)
Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
Yes! Isn’t it just the best show? I mean I stopped halfway through season6 because it went downhill but the first few seasons are golden.
You should deffo read this book Alexa!
pabkins
I definitely love slightly gruesome and I most certainly loved Anna Dressed in Blood! Glad you liked it!
Pabkins @ My Shelf Confessions
Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
Yay! Glad you liked it as well! :D
Cindy
I read and really liked this book! It was pretty great :) I am glad you enjoyed it too. This is a fun feature :D
Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
Yay! Glad that you also liked this book! I loved every second of it and am itching to get my hands on the second one!
Thank you :-)
Hollie @ Music, Books and Tea
I love, love, loved Anna! Such an awesome book. It’s taking all my restrain to not order Girl of Nightmares off Amazon right now, haha! I think that my Anna review was the easiest review for me to write, because I just loved the book. Thank you for linking to my review, lovely! <3
Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
Haha, I pre-ordered Girl of Nightmares! And It came before release, haha. Still haven’t opened it yet though… :p
We should buddy read the sequel together too. hehe.
Clover
Oh my god, this book was such a surprise to me. I read it months (possibly an entire year) after I first started reading people’s gushing reviews of it and when I finally did read it, I kicked myself for waiting so long. It was amazing. I loved how gruesome it is, but also how wonderfully complicated it is.