ARC Review: Embraced By Blood by Laurie London

With Embraced by Blood Laurie London picks up the story one year after the events of Bonded by Blood have ended. Alfonso is being pursued by a blood assassin who is out to kill him for his treachery against the Alliance where he worked for Pavlos as a double agent. Alfonso is worried that if he is with Lily that Rejavik, the assassin will also hurt her. So Alfonso decides to just break all ties to save her.

While Alfonso is running from his assassin, Alliance members are capturing Guardian trackers so they can make them find Sweetblood donors. When Alfonso hears about this he immediately becomes worried about Lily. He may choose to not be with her but he still loves her and cares about her wellbeing. So Alfonso starts to keep an eye out for Lily without her knowing. When Lily's training partner goes missing he decides that he will help her look for him since he doesn't want her alone for fear that the Alliance will capture her. While working together to find Lily's missing partner sparks begin to fly and both Alfonso and Lily find it difficult to resist one another.

I liked this book, I just felt it moved more slowly than the first one and it lacked a certain umph. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed this book immensely. I loved the relationship between Lily and Alfonso. Both will do whatever it takes to help the other. You can see how much they both truly care for eachother.

**This was an ARC copy provided by NetGalley**