Blood Before Sunrise review

Blood Before Sunrise was written by Amanda Bonilla. It is a supernatural action fantasy novel. Blood Before Sunrise was published last year in 2012. It is the second novel in the Shaede Assassin series.

As the second novel of the series, it builds on the characters and their relationships. This novel particularly builds on to the main character, Darian, and  her relationship with those closest to her. This novel starts several months after the end of the first novel.  Darian and her boyfriend, Tyler, are having problems in their relationship. Both of them want to protect the other and in doing so it makes the other angry. Darian also has problems opening up to Tyler and ends up lying to him, while she is trying to find her friend's daughter.  Every time she lied to him, I felt like screaming at her and then at the end Tyler leaves her, which was an absolutely awful ending.  I really hope that the next novel resolves this and that they get back together.

In this novel, I also discovered a progress in Raif, Darian's friend and mentor, and Darian's relationship. Raif become a best friend and a brotherly figure in Darian's life. He helped her with her issues and in this novel, she wanted to help him finally find his daughter. She is successful in her endeavor to find his daughter and helped reunited them, but not before discovering a plot to destroy all humans.  She is strong, independent (almost too independent), and a loyal character. She is only just discovering her full potential and is still discovering who and what she is.

I would recommend this novel, if you enjoyed the first novel, Shaedes of Grey. I thought this novel definitely could have been better and enjoyed the first novel much more. I would also recommend this novel to those that enjoy drama, romance, action, and the supernatural.  Blood Before Sunrise will hopefully just be a stepping stone in the series and that the next novel is better. I hope the next novel also brings Darian and Tyler back together, permanently. The author brought the two characters together in the first novel and she can bring them back together in the third. Blood Before Sunrise was not especially good, but it was not bad.