Bloodline by Jordan L. Hawk

Whyborne & Griffin: Book 5Previous Book: NecropolisBetween his bullying father and dissolute brother, Percival Endicott Whyborne has quite enough problematic family members to deal with. So when his sister returns to Widdershins asking for help solving the mystery of a derelict ship, Whyborne is reluctant to get involved. Until, that is, a brutal murderer strikes, leaving Whyborne and his lover Griffin no choice but to take the case. The investigation leads them deep into a conspiracy of blackmail, murder, and darkest sorcery. But worst of all are the secrets held within the family itself, one of which will destroy everything Whyborne believed to be true, not only about his family, but about himself.

This is a review for the audio book version. Well, this had me on an emotional roller coaster. I so enjoyed this book. I'm glad I took a risk with the first of this series. I look forward to reading the next.

Wow. I just literally finished this book like five minutes ago and...well:

I don't know if I've even been as annoyed with a book that turned out as amazing as this one did. For a good section of the early to middle part of this book, Whyborne was up to his usual magic is the best thing ever, totally ignoring his super suspicious relatives that showed up and Griffin was being all magic is dangerous and I was just getting fed up. Then a totally unexpected but very nicely foreshadowed revelation happened and... I kind of started loving this story. There was like three unexpected twists in a row, Whyborne and Griffin finally, hopefully, turning a page in their relationship and just general awesomeness.

Also, is it odd for me to say I'm starting to get attached to Fenton?

I keep going back and forth with my rating. I, for one of the few times, really wish that I gave out half stars because this is a 4.5 star read. Finally, I decided that my trouble early on could not be ignored and dropped this to 4 stars.