Blade Bound (Chicagoland Vampires, #13) in Audiobook Junkies

Apr 19, 2017 Carmel (Rabid Reads) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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For me to feel completely satisfied with the CHICAGOLAND VAMPIRES' conclusion, Chloe Neill needed to do three things: 1. Give Merit & Ethan their HEA. 2. Wrap-up the final arc. 3. Go out in style. Did BLADE BOUND pull it off? Yes, yes, and YES!

I liked that the author wasted no time in getting with the weddingpocalypse, and that it wasn't rushed for pacing reasons or ruined by sorcery. I'd expected the book to end on this note, so it was a nice surprise that readers didn ...more

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Dec 29, 2019 Linda (un)Conventional Bookworms rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2019, fave-author, adult, romance, paranormal, paranormal-adult, urban-fantasy, gift, coyer-winter-2019-20

Awesome! And I'm so happy there's a spin-off of this series. ...more

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May 06, 2017 Melindeeloo rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: vampires, x2017-audio-challenge

Good wrapup to the series.

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Oct 04, 2017 Kathy Martin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

BLADE BOUND concludes the Chicagoland Vampires series. It begins with a wedding. Merit and Ethan are set to tie themselves together for eternity. We get to tag along on Merit's girls night out where she and friends overindulge on chocolate. Things have been quiet in Chicago for four months after Sorcha's defeat but, naturally, things can't stay that way.

The night before the wedding Merit surprises a vampire in Ethan's office who seems to be mentally ill. He is frantic because he is hearing voice ...more

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Apr 28, 2017 Liza rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I absolutely couldn't wait to read Blade Bound and was full of dread at the same time. Seriously love the Chicagoland Vampire series, so I was both excited and sad to read the final book in the series. This review will be full of spoilers about the series, so if you are behind on reading the series, you have been warned.

Chloe Neill gave her readers everything they could have ever wanted with Blade Bound in my opinion. We had the romance between Ethan and Merit I've come to love. Their wedding wa ...more

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Apr 08, 2017 Anne - Books of My Heart rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 7arcs, 2017

My review on the blog tour at The Book Nympho:

http://thebooknympho.com/2017/04/blog...

My friends told me to read this series and I finally came to the party a couple of years ago, listening to audio books while driving back and forth between Minnesota and North Carolina. I fell in love with Merit and Ethan. Strong women with hot guys trying to make the world a better place with their own sassy quirks are always welcome.

Reading Blade Bound, the final book in this series, I felt mostly sad. I coul My review on the blog tour at The Book Nympho:

http://thebooknympho.com/2017/04/blog...

My friends told me to read this series and I finally came to the party a couple of years ago, listening to audio books while driving back and forth between Minnesota and North Carolina. I fell in love with Merit and Ethan. Strong women with hot guys trying to make the world a better place with their own sassy quirks are always welcome.

Reading Blade Bound, the final book in this series, I felt mostly sad. I couldn’t get past those feelings. The story felt nostalgic and almost too much like every other book in the Chicagoland Vampire series. Anything new happening, growth or learning by the characters, had been foreshadowed in other books and expected. So there weren’t really any surprises. The BIG things felt more summarized instead of being there for the whole happening. There’s a time jump and I have to wonder what it would be like to be in the world there without the big bads on the rampage, at least for a vignette.

Ethan. I wish we could have gotten to know more of Ethan and his point of view rather than just a supporting role to Merit. I thought being older and the Master of a House, he could have had a stronger role in the series and been the one to save the day more often. I appreciate his willingness to let Merit grow and learn and make her own decisions, even though it makes him seem a bit too much like a follower than a Master. I mean, there is a situation in this book where he lets her choose her path and emotionally, how could he trust she wouldn’t get hurt? He does have the maturity to be a good partner rather than just a alpahole dictator, but it seems like it is usually Merit’s way or idea. He has the experience to make the plan or idea sometimes, too.

Merit has come a long way in a little over a year, during this series. She has grown into her new life and found a partner with a whole circle of “family” and friends. Her openness, and perhaps naivete, allowed her to make changes and find solutions not obvious to others. Having been on the outside with most of her family, she has come into her own, with support which allows her to be less troubled by their judgments. Thank heavens for Chuck. Merit has worked hard to get to this place, having to make difficult and frightening choices, and I’m so proud of her.

I enjoy these characters and being with them again. This just seemed too fast. I have the whole series on audio and have pre-ordered this one on audio as well. I want more. There is a tease of a spin-off coming, so we may learn more of this world.

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Apr 26, 2017 Darcy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2021, 2017, uf, re-read-2024, magic, vampires, audio-book, listened-to-at-work, 2024, re-read-2021

When I heard this book was the last one I was ok with it, it seemed time.

It was fun to see the festivities leading up to the wedding and the wedding itself. Merit's bachelorette party was perfect for her and so not what it seemed at the start. The wedding was prefect too, loved the role that Grandpa Chuck played.

Now of course things couldn't be all fun weddings because nothing is ever that easy for the Supernatural Community in Chicago. It annoys me that the powers that be still try to treat t ...more

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Aug 28, 2017 Molly Smith rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-1000, urban-fantasy, chicagoland-vampires-series

I must say I feel satisfied in how the series has ended. I enjoyed the epilogue, but I still feel that the world is still left open. I hope Ms. Neill might return, maybe to write stories from another perspective. I enjoyed this world and was a little surprised how the loose ends resolved themselves. There were some great twists and turns and I enjoyed how Ethan and Merit weathered them. Ms. Eastlake's performance was wonderful and contributed greatly to my enjoyment of the novel. I must say, I'm ...more

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