Because It Is My Blood
is the second novel in Gabrielle Zevin’s futuristic Birthright series
following All These Things I’ve Done.
Zevin continues the story of Anya Balanchine, who is a part of the Balanchine
crime family. The Balanchines have made their money selling their own brand of
chocolate, which is illegal in the late twenty-first century America Zevin sets
the book in. Along with the crime family drama, Anya’s relationship with on
again, off again boyfriend Win— whose father is running for district attorney—continues
and leads to many complications for her. Among these are Win’s father getting her sent back to a juvenile detention center on trumped up charges in order to
help his campaign. Her brief imprisonment leads her to break out, with quite a
lot of assistance, and end up on a cacao farm in Mexico.
Because It Is My Blood
was not quite as strong as the first book in the series, mainly because the
plot meanders somewhat when Anya is hiding in Mexico. However, the ending was
very strong and Zevin has set up what should be an exciting final book in the
series.
John
1 comment:
If you loved the first book, I'm positive you will love the second. It is full of character development and action scenes (and even a scene where someone's hand is cut off!) but beware! MAJOR cliffhanger alert! Only another year to wait for the next one...
regards,
charmaine of Kansas Pheasant Hunting
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