Blood of the Vine
by Hunter Spicer
Style: Thriller, Thriller & Suspense / Technothriller
ISBN: 9798218449032
Print Size: 312 pages
Reviewed by Jaylynn Korrell
A heart-wrenching story of betrayal, survival, and the way far people are keen to go to attain success
The tech world has arrived in new and thrilling methods, however that’s not how the primary characters in Blood of the Vine see issues.
A tech billionaire is the one behind a manhunt for Maria Garcia, and he’s enjoying an energetic position within the demise of Bel McMaster’s beloved winery. And that’s simply the tip of the iceberg. On this action-packed debut, Spicer delivers romance, suspense, crime, immigration, and a lot extra.
Blood of the Vine has one of the fascinating opening chapters I’ve learn in a very long time. It begins with a Guatemalan man named Carlos—who was not too long ago captured by ICE making an attempt to cross the border—as he makes his solution to a brand new job alternative. With an important message to inform his spouse, he enters the Kavali constructing with hopes of working and seeing his spouse for the primary time in three years. However issues don’t go as deliberate. I actually don’t need to spoil this half for you however simply know that what occurs right here is so mysterious and stunning that it you’ll haven’t any selection however be compelled to proceed.
The guide picks up with Bel, a winery proprietor and wine maker in northern California, as he’s confronted with the potential closing of his enterprise. Marital issues are lurking, his son was simply killed, and the local weather is just not on his facet in relation to his winery. Not a lot goes his manner, till he meets a maid from an inn close by. Maria, an immigrant girl preventing exhausting to maintain her younger son secure and her identification underneath wraps, can also be Carlos’s spouse. Their paths cross at random, however they find yourself having much more in widespread than they thought.
It’s fairly a feat that Spicer could make a romance between two people who find themselves married to different individuals appear so romantic, however that’s precisely what he’s achieved right here. There may be an apparent magnetic pull between them, and I discovered myself uncharacteristically rooting for them to get collectively. Each of their lives appear so exhausting. We’re cheering for them to discover a comfortable spot in life, if not with one another than at the very least in one other manner.
Newfound romance isn’t the one huge factor occurring although. Diablo winds are ruining the crops, Bel and his daughter Nadine are attempting to uncover a couple of sketchy particulars about his son’s homicide, and a Guatemalan gangster might be after Maria. Spicer weaves a masterful net of curious happenings that depart readers begging for extra.
Regardless of a lot happening, there aren’t any parts of the guide which might be lagging. The smaller plot factors are simply as fascinating as the massive ones. Nadine, for instance, performs a minor position, however she finally ends up being among the best characters within the guide. Whereas her father is hyper-focused on saving his winery and his household’s title, Nadine is all in on making an attempt to determine why her brother was shot and what position Micheal Mohan Mallick performed in all of it. Her tech experience and bravado make her stand out in a guide crammed with standouts.
Spicer’s most gripping plot-line in Blood of the Vine is that of the mysterious Kavali tower, a constructing owned by one of many richest males on the earth. Once we’re launched to the constructing, Carlos is getting into it with a bunch of different immigrants, and intrigue drips from the seams as a stranger pulls him apart.
As extra of this story unfolds, we discover out that Micheal Mohan Mallick, the billionaire and proprietor of the Kavali constructing, is as much as some fairly shady stuff. However he’s additionally rising probably the most wonderful, humongous vertical gardens which may have the ability to finish world starvation. Bel and his daughter know that one thing fishy is happening in there, however what it in the end finally ends up being is one thing I by no means would have guessed. My solely gripe with this guide is that it didn’t give us extra of a glance inside. Spicer paints such an emotional image of the lives of immigrants in his guide, and realizing that so many are being despatched there and never leaving made me need to learn much more about it.
Blood of the Vine is an ingenious debut that’ll mesmerize anybody who picks it up.
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