The Queen’s Destiny is the first book in the Blood Prophecy series written by Author Barb Jones and is a wonderful introduction to the series. The plot moves at a great pace, and concentrates on the perspectives of four characters, Amber, Chloe, Marcus and Michael and their complicated relationships. In this story each character is gathering pieces of a puzzle relating to a prophecy that speaks of a Queen born and destined to unite the witches, vampires and werewolves races. For fans of Deborah Harkness Discovery of Witches series this book will surely appeal.
Readers do need to note that there is a swift change between characters point of views and the writing does leap around in time as the characters move between past and present. However I do feel that the author has handled this element of writing well and she does make it apparent to the reader, so as not to cause confusion. The story can be followed with relative ease.
I enjoyed the direction of the story, the connections formed between the characters and the promise of what is to come in subsequent books. The dialogue is credible, the characters relatable and each has their own back story which I am looking forward to seeing how the author develops these further. There are some editing issues which potentially may distract a reader but these in no way spoil the overall enjoyment of the story, and the author can easily address.
A solid start to a series with fascinating characters, and so I award an easy 4 stars.
