{Review} Precious Blood (The Blessed #1) by @tonyahurley with {Giveaway}

Title: Precious Blood formerly The Blessed
Author: Tonya Hurley
Series: The Blessed
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Pages: 432
Format: Hardback/Ebook
Source: Purchased
Rated: 3 Stars
Description:
From the author of the New York Times bestselling ghostgirl series, the start to a dark and thrilling trilogy about three girls who become entangled with an enigmatic boy. Previously published as The Blessed.

What if martyrs and saints lived among us? And what if you were told you were one of them?

Meet Agnes, Cecilia, and Lucy. Three lost girls, each searching for something. But what they find is Beyond Belief.

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Biography

New York Times bestselling ghostgirl author, Tonya Hurley, has credits spanning all platforms of teen entertainment including: creating, writing and producing two hit TV series, writing and directing several acclaimed independent films, developing a ground-breaking collection of video games and board games and creating award-winning websites. Hurley's films have premiered in film festivals around the world including TriBeca, LA Independent, and Edinburgh and her work has been featured on ABC, IFC and PBS. She was nominated for the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation Award in film.

Her first novel, ghostgirl, which is now also available in paperback, was an instant best-seller and has received starred reviews from the literary publications Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, VOYA and School Library Journal. Her second book in the series, ghostgirl Homecoming, was featured on Ace of Cakes along with Harry Potter and was released July 1, 2009. ghostgirl Lovesick, the third book in teh series, will be released July 12, 2010. The ghostgirl audiobooks, narrated by Parker Posey with original music by Vince Clarke, are available for digital download at www.audible.com.

Ms. Hurley lives in New York with her husband and daughter. Her Web site is www.ghostgirl.com.

This one I was so excited to be able to finally read. I had gotten the copy with the old cover from BAM when it was on sale.  Then it was stashed away like most of the books I buy.  So when I received book two Passionaries to review I jumped at the chance.  So I started reading The Blessed and found that after 25% into the book nothing had really happened.  So I gave it another 25% and well it was still very slow and dull.  You have three separate stories going on at the same time and that was great.  Hurley had a great voice in The Blessed.  Its just the plot/story was very slow.  All the action happened at the very end.  So while I am starting Passionaries I really hope that this series is redeemed in book 2.


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