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The Living Blood

By: Tananarive Due
Narrated by: Peter Francis James
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This sequel to My Soul to Keep, from best-selling author and two-time Bram Stoker Award finalist Tananarive Due, is a breathtaking supernatural thriller.

After the disappearance of her immortal husband, David, Jessica Jacobs-Wolde must come to terms with the healing blood David gave to her and their daughter, Fana. As Fana’s powers grow, mother and daughter are swept into an epic battle to determine the fate of humankind.

©2001 Tananarive Due (P)2004 Recorded Books, LLC
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The African Immortals Series

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On Tananarive DueBefore I read the African Immortals series, I picked up The Good House by an author I had never read or heard of before, Tananarive Due. I've read two of Octavia Butler's books and love her works, so when I saw something in my reading that Tananarive Due dedicated her books to Butler, I was eager to give it a try. I really LOVED The Good House and went straight to My Soul to Keep.Due is definitely one of my new favorite authors. The thing that I like the best is her way of creating central characters that are truly neither good nor bad. The bad guys have great traits and loyalties and the good guys do some really, really bad stuff.On the African Immortals SeriesShe's done an outstanding job at world building in the African Immortals. In this series, she's built some really complex discrimination and prejudices with the Immortals (who are mostly African and Middle Eastern) towards the mortals, calling them monkeys. I find myself stopping to think about how the immortals have lived so many lifetimes, knowing that the mortals they live with will die sooner or later, and consequently devaluing the mortals' lives significantly. They're going to die anyway, right? So if I kill a few, no big deal... And you find yourself reading along and really wanting to love Dawit, despite the fact that he's a cold killer just as an example. Due has such a wonderful opportunity to delve into some of the morality around these prejudices, flip flopping who has the power...and she uses the opportunity well.On My Soul to TakeI started this book apprehensively. The paperback I read wasn't too thick and I was sure that meant I was going to be disappointed at it ending too soon. It's not a cliffhanger ending and I really hope there's more to come, but if there's not, the story has been well told. Without including spoilers, I'll just say that every single character stumbles at some point in the book. Even the immortals, as close to gods as they are, are very human and fallible. They make tragic mistakes and some of them cause a great deal of pain for and disappointment by their loved ones.The other part of this book that I loved was how Tananarive Due describes the relationship and pairing of Fana and Michel.

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Can't say enough good things about this book!

Utterly amazing! This author is brilliant. I'm new to this author but she is so underrated!!! I couldn't stop listening to this book! It's worth the price and you won't be disappointed. The narrator is perfect, the plot is superb. I am a Dean Koontz, Stephen King fan. But Tananarive Due's books surpass their best works! Please don't stop writing Ms. Due!!!!

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Excellent journey! Hated to have to stop listening

Enjoyed book tremendously. Story kept me so interested I'd lose track of time. The narrator's voice was perfect for telling thd story. Looking forward to book 3.

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Excellent and Exciting story

What a wonderful and exciting story! I’m ready for the next one! Highly recommended for YA and adults

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Oh the narrator

It was ok however I feel it keep losing steam I thought this was a supernatural series and the narrator when he got to chapter 35 I guess the reading must have gotten to him because you could hear him swallowing trying to keep his mouth wet I guess and by chapter 40 I had enough! I enjoy this Author and I guess I’ll try to read some thing else that she has available I don’t think I’m going to continue with the series if there’s a part three

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Captivating

I have enjoyed the voice actor’s interpretations of this book. Hard to stop listening. Very enjoyable.

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Great Book

I throughly enjoyed this story. Was better than the first book in this series . Performance was also good.

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Great storyline easy to follow

Love it. impressive work! Want more, the collection is written where you think its really happening.

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Awesome

All I can say is AWESOME. Tananarive is a masterfully story teller. Loved both books, My Soul to Keep and The Living Blood. Keep up the great work.

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Interesting Concept for a story

Living Blood… great concept rather than a dark path of vampires. I do like a good vampire story, but this was much more delightful to me even with the dark twists.
The Narrator is excellent as well.

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