Blood Red Road

Did I like Blood Red Road? Yes, with qualifications.

The world building was just ok. I never really felt I was "There" with the the characters, but was because it was an "on the road" story there were plenty of different environments for the characters to interact with. This made up for my lack of immersion.

There were some good characters, but they all seemed to be familiar archetypes to me. There was the strong but flawed heroine who is unaware of her power and beauty. In this novel her name is Saba. She is in search of her missing family member, in this case her twin brother Lugh (pronounced Lou). Stolen by the evil organization, gang, religious, or government, In this novel The Tonton's act as agents for all three sort of. While searching for Lugh, Saba meets "apparently flippant and shallow, but harboring a mysterious back story we won't find out about until at least book 2 and is really sensitive but has been hardened by life (Jack). I'm convinced that this "Anti-hero" is this generations "Hooker with a heart of gold" and will always be found in this sort of novel. I dare you to prove me wrong!!! With this Anti-hero comes the "wise fool" friend, who's every joke comes with the bite of truth.

For all this I did enjoy this novel. This was not "great literature" but was a good book. The female characters were strong and unlike some novels were not "man haters" but were just haters of the system as it was. Overall this was a good read and I will read the second novel in the series if for no other reason than to find out Jacks "back story."