Book Review: Gifts of the Blood By Vicki Keire

A dying brother. A young man with golden planes of light on his back. A blind chess wizard. An insane angelic kidnapper in flamboyant red leather. A town with more secrets than stoplights. A cat that talks to spirits. Waking up with eyes the color of moonlight. 

Before her world tilts towards impossible, Caspia Chastain thinks the only strange thing about her is that she sometimes draws the future. Only her brother Logan, fighting his cancer diagnosis, knows what she can do. When she draws a man surrounded by brilliant light, dark wings, and frightening symbols, she can only hope the vision won’t come true. 

But when a stranger named Ethan appears, determined to protect Caspia and her brother from dangers he won’t explain, she’s not sure what to think. Strangers almost never come to Whitfield. They certainly don’t follow her around, frightening her one moment and treating her like glass the next. And they certainly don’t look exactly like the subject of her most violent drawing. 

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Angel's Edge Book 1, Gifts of the Blood is about a girl who sometimes draws the future. She has no idea how or why she has this gift, and most of the time, when her gift manifests itself, it freaks her out. She has never embraced the gift, but fears it tremendously. When one of her drawings all of a sudden comes to life, her life turns into one huge roller coaster with both "good and bad" guys trying to kidnap her.

I highly enjoyed Gifts of the Blood. The idea of a strong, drop dead angel watching out for me and my family is a great idea, especially if that gorgeous angel happens to fall in love with me and be completely and utterly devoted to me. Well, maybe not. I do tend to enjoy the right to choose, and having someone that loves me but has not choice may not be the best thing.

While the storyline is well developed it did leave me with a couple of questions that never did get answered. When Caspia was in one of her classes, she drew a fighting scene between light and dark Fallen angels with her caught in the middle. Now I could be wrong, but I don't remember this particular scene ever actually playing out. The drawing was a prophecy and Caspia did say that sometimes they never actually manifest themselves, or maybe Mrs. Keire has a plan to use that particular scene in a future book. Only time will tell. All in all, a very great read. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.