Review: Red Rex: Blood Echoes by Calinda B.

[Eva Millien]

Blurb:

“Your true name is Red Rex. The baddest of badasses, an alpha warrior beyond compare…” Or, at least, that’s what he’s been told.

Eighteen year old Gaige Dupond has his life all mapped out. Lose his virginity to Emily. Get married. Become a pro soccer player and travel the world. 

His father, a pure-bred Deltarc from another planet, whose race is growing extinct on planet Earth, has other plans—either confirm that he truly takes after his warrior father, and not his dearly departed empath mother, or snuff out his existence. 

All plans go awry, however, when the dangerous red darkness in Gaige is awakened like a beam of hell flickering from his right eye. Pursued by a vicious Deltarc bounty hunter, Deltarc tracking hounds and his father’s wicked minions, he loses his home, his life, all that he holds dear in pursuit of the truth. In his quest to find his mother, victim to a corrupt cryopreservation project in outer space, and right the wrongs inflicted on him, he finds something far darker—his own sinister motivations and the need to feed on something other than human food. His only companion, a lab rat refugee named Sojourn, Gaige knows he’ll never be loved—not in the way he’d always envisioned. Will he find the revenge he’s seeking, or will he become an evil replica of his father? That’s the last thing he’d ever wish on himself, but it may be his only option for survival.

My Review:

Gaige’s father turns his entire life upside down by setting something loose inside Gaige and now he’s on the run trying to dodge his father’s trackers all while trying to control the red darkness inside before he turns evil like his father in this exciting sci-fi romance.

A Steady to fast paced plot keeps readers on their toes with lots of suspense, action and romance. The reader can’t help but get caught up in Gaige’s life as he is betrayed by his father and all his future plans are ground to a halt and spine tingling anticipation builds throughout the story as Gaige stumbles from one encounter to the next while trying to learn what he needs to about himself and his father’s people. The journey is fraught with lots of danger and excitement including a trip to space while looking for clues to what happened to his mother and then there is his intriguing ability to travel to different dimensions.

The well written scenes and details capture the imagination and bring the story to life while the fascinating world draws the reader into the story. The characters are strong, compelling and grab the reader’s attention from the very beginning. Gaige experiences lots of emotional turmoil that captures the heart as he deals with guilt and feelings of being a monster and he has trouble disconnecting from his human way of thinking therefore not accepting his destiny as Red Rex.

There is never a dull moment as the story has lots of passion, some romance, drama, action, suspense and lots of interesting elements all put together to make for a very intriguing and entertaining read. The story is complex and engaging and there was no way that I could put the story down until I had read every last word and I have to say I found myself quite fond of his little buddy (something I never thought I would say about a rat…even one that talks).  

4 ½ STARS 4 FLAMES

Purchase Links:

A: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N4EHW28

B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/red-rex-calinda-b/1120254328?ean=29...

ARe: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-redrexbloodechoes-1611066-...

Summer McKenzie, Inc, August 29 2014, 225 pages, ebook

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23123361-red-rex?ac=1

About Calinda B:

Calinda B was told early on that she should be a writer. She heard frequent praise for her writing, as well as her sense of humor. Scoffing at such admonitions and praise, she went on to pursue her life of adventure, chock full of the things that make up a well-rounded adventurous life: music (yup, she was a singer in a rock and roll band), dance (even performed hip hop in Russia), rock climbing (ever hung from a rock wall a few stories up? Yikes!), fire walking (taught high-ranking Moscow fire officials how to walk the coals), kayaking, scuba diving (she's in love with sharks), travel, and falling in love again and again.

Where to find the author:

http://calindab.com/

http://blog.calindab.com/

http://www.facebook.com/CalindaBauthor

https://twitter.com/#!/calindab1

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5200691.Calinda_B_

Books by Calinda B:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/5200691.Calinda_B_