A Love like Blood, Marcus Sedgwick
A Love like Blood, Marcus Sedgwick
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A Love like Blood

Author: Marcus Sedgwick

Narrator: Shaun Grindell

Unabridged: 10 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/17/2015

Synopsis

The first novel for adults by hugely acclaimed YA writer Marcus Sedgwick is a gripping saga of love, revenge, and obsession—and vampires.In 1944, just days after the liberation of Paris, Charles Jackson sees something horrific: a man in a dark tunnel, apparently drinking the blood of a murdered woman. Terrified, he does nothing, telling himself afterward that worse tragedies happen during war.Seven years later he returns to the city—and sees the same man dining in the company of a fascinating, beautiful young woman. When they leave the restaurant, Charles decides to follow …A Love like Blood is a dark, compelling thriller about how a man's life can change in a moment and about where the desire for truth—and revenge—can lead.

About Marcus Sedgwick

Marcus Sedgwick, born and raised in East Kent, England, is a widely admired, prizewinning author of fiction for young adults. He won the Branford Boase Award for his debut novel, Floodland, the Booktrust Teenage Prize for My Swordhand Is Singing, and the 2014 Michael L. Printz Award for Midwinterblood. His books have been short-listed for over thirty awards, including five times for the Carnegie Medal, twice for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and four times for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. He teaches creative writing at the Arvon Foundation in England and at Ty Newydd in Wales. He divides his time between a village near Cambridge, England, and a house in the French Alps.

About Shaun Grindell

Shaun Grindell, actor and Earphones Award–winning narrator, was born and raised in Southampton, England. His training includes the Calland School of Speech and Drama and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in London. He has been seen on stage in London and Las Vegas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nicky

A Love Like Blood is a pretty disturbing book. I wasn't sure that to expect when I requested it from Bookbridgr, and I'm a little worried that everything I say or tag it with is going to spoil the story somewhat. It's a mystery, a slowly unravelling one, and part of that mystery is actually what gen......more

Goodreads review by Emma

An excellent piece of story crafting with echoes of Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker, this is a dark and macabre launch into the world of adult fiction for Sedgwick as he deals with themes of obsession and dissociation in the pursuit of a perverse killer. Charles is a riveting lead and his descent into......more

Goodreads review by Jess

I was undecided between 2 and 3 stars. So maybe it's more of a 2.5 star book. Our narrator is in France at the end of World War 2, and he sees a man drinking the blood of a young woman, and in fear he runs away. The image haunts him for years, and then one day he sees the man again, with another wom......more

Goodreads review by Raven

I’m quite the fan of the more subtle and intelligent ‘vampire’ fiction that sometimes infiltrates this overburdened genre, much of which is utter tripe. Looking for something on a par with Jasper Kent’s brilliant series, this was a real treat, and I thoroughly enjoyed the historical touches that und......more

Quotes

“Terrifying, thrilling, and relentless.” Guardian (London)

“YA author Sedgwick shifts triumphantly to adult fiction with this moving and multifaceted thriller…Sedgwick maintains a high level of tension up until the devastating conclusion.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Sedgwick’s prose is nothing short of gorgeous; his patient, almost procedural tracking of Charles’ decades of wandering has a nineteenth-century elegance…Here’s a novel that tastes of blood and dust, just as a fine old-fashioned horror novel should.” Booklist (starred review)

“In this macabre psychological thriller, Sedgwick offers atmospheric settings and a relentless, chilling plot that gives a whole new meaning to the idea of ‘blood feud.’” Kirkus Reviews

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