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Anna Dressed in Blood [Kindle Edition]

Kendare Blake (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
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I lived inside of this novel, swallowed whole by it's beauty and anguish. In short...it was captivating. (KindleObsessed.com)

Grabs you from the first sentence. The story is full of sharp wit and terrifying chills that will keep readers enthralled until the last page. (RT Book Reviews)

Sucked me in and kept me glued to the pages. (Paranormal Book Reviews)

Wow. Just wow. (FWIW.net)

Vivid and real. (Bookbag 2012-07-01)

This is an enjoyable book - as fast-paced and gory as Darren Shan, amusingly sarcastic and as romantically bittersweet as a Brontë novel. (We Love This Book 2012-10-01)

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I lived inside of this novel, swallowed whole by it's beauty and anguish. In short...it was captivating. (KindleObsessed.com )

Grabs you from the first sentence. The story is full of sharp wit and terrifying chills that will keep readers enthralled until the last page. (RT Book Reviews )

Sucked me in and kept me glued to the pages. (Paranormal Book Reviews )

Wow. Just wow. (FWIW.net )
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Product details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 688 KB
  • Print Length: 387 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 140832072X
  • Publisher: Orchard Books (5 July 2012)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B008258MTQ
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #23,328 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars An exciting and terrifying novel! 21 Aug 2012
By Samantha
Format:Paperback
Anna Dressed in Blood is an exciting and terrifying novel that will leave readers breathless and prepared for more. Looking for a frightful summer read? Then pick up this book.

Cas isn't a normal teenager. He has a job to hunt and kill the dead who still haunt at the place of their death. When Cas and his mum move to a new town, Cas has his mind set on a very famous ghost: Anna Dressed in Blood. He's only heard rumors and stories. Anna has killed every single person who has entered her home. So when Cas and his school mates visit the house Anna does something no ones expects. She spares his life.

I found this book really interesting and completely gripping. This book is told from a male's POV, which is great because YA fiction needs more of them. It's all one exciting and scary-as-hell roller-coaster. Get ready for blood, guts and a whole load of ghosts.

Cas is strong, determined and brave. I loved reading the scenes between him and Anna when they have the chance to talk to each other. His life is extremely intriguing and sad at the same time. He was not able to have a decent childhood due to the fact that he has the duty to kill ghosts.

I loved the suspense, the mystery, the action, the romance and the characters. One thing I didn't like so much was the book started pretty slow and I was waiting for something exciting to happen 60 pages in. The book did get more interesting but it felt like the plot was going round in circles a bit. I would have liked to see more talking going on between Anna and Cas but I guess I'll have to wait for the sequel.

Overall, Anna Dressed in Blood is one of the most freakiest books I've ever read! It had me biting my nails and checking behind doors after I'd read it. A definite recommend.... Read more ›
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Creep-tastic! 1 Jan 2013
By Kat from The Aussie Zombie
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm not one to gush about book and be all fan-girly - have you ever seen me do that? No. So mark down this day in history 'cos - I LOVED THIS BOOK! I read it in a day - a day I'd planned to do a lot of other things, but I just couldn't put this down. I loved the story, I loved the spookiness and I especially (brace yourself) loved Cas. Yep, I'm confessing my first EVER book boy crush.

Right - I need to justify all this gushing *takes deep, calming breaths*.

Anna Dressed in Blood is unusual in the YA-paranormal genre in that it is written in first-person perspective of a male character, Cas. And Cas is a great character - he's snarky and smart-arsey, clever and funny, brave and strong (yeah, there's the gush again) - his looks aren't really described but I did imagine him as kinda like Dean from Supernatural, it's the personality that I loved so much! And Anna, my heart broke more than a little when her story was revealed......

Although Anna Dressed in Blood is not one of the scariest books I've ever read, the creep factor is pretty high - the ghosts are scary as all get-out and any scene featuring them got my heebies jeeby-ing, it's subtly written but quite intricately detailed as well.

There's also romance (which had me all misty-eyed), magic and some surprising characters - the popular girl from the local high school Cas attends, Carmel, actually isn't the stereotypical bitchy bimbo at all, and Cas' mother is not the overbearing overprotective character I would have assumed the mother of a ghost-hunting teenage boy would be.

The writing in Anna Dressed in Blood is extremely good, the pace is maintained even when the ghosts aren't around and the action scenes had me sitting on the edge of my seat.... Read more ›
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Chilling but exciting ghost story 27 Dec 2012
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Cas Lowood is no ordinary teenage boy. He doesn't care about sports or computers and he isn't interested in girls. He hunts ghosts.

His latest hunt takes him to Thunder Bay, Ontario, where a violent spirit known as Anna Dressed in Blood haunts the town, brutally murdering anyone who dares to stray into her home.

Everyone except Cas...

The sole reason I chose to read this book was the title. Anna Dressed in Blood has quite an old fashioned, Gothic ring to it that appealed to me. I wasn't disappointed with the novel.

I've read a number of YA supernatural romances over the last few years, which have become popular ever since the Twilight phenomenon exploded. This is one of the better ones I've come across.

Unusually for a YA supernatural romance, the central character is a teenage boy. Theseus Cassius Lowood is descended from a long line of ghost hunters, most recently his father, who died at the hands of a powerful and mysterious spirit in Baton Rouge a decade earlier. After his father's death, Cas inherited a wicked looking mystical knife known as an athame, which his father used to kill ghosts.

Cas would fit brilliantly into the TV show Supernatural; he's cut from the same cloth as the Winchester brothers and moves from town to town, job to job, the same way that they do, killing ghosts in a gung-ho, action packed style.
Everything changes for Cas when he moves to Thunder Bay and comes up against the town legend, a teenage girl who had her throat cut on the way to a high school dance in the 1950s. Ever since, she's literally been tearing her victims apart, her rage is so strong.

But Cas discovers another side to the spirit when she spares his life after he falls victim to a prank.... Read more ›
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars A breath of fresh air...
First things first; I enjoyed how ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD is told from a focused, detached-from-everyday-life teenage boy's pov - normally in paranormal/romance/teen centered books... Read more
Published 5 days ago by Amanda
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
Hovering between a 2.5 and 3 on this one. I'm really disappointed - from the description, cover, title and all the positive reviews I thought this was going to be something... Read more
Published 6 days ago by xaphania
4.0 out of 5 stars A haunting love story that sends chills down your spine and gets under...
Hypnotic, spellbinding and at times disturbingly magnetic I was drawn into this paranormal tale like bait caught in a net. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Lucinda
5.0 out of 5 stars the dead are alive and well and living in Ontario
OK so you are the new kid in #High School, your mom is a witch (or at least she is somebody who is good with herbs & stuff), she has a black cat who knows when there are dead... Read more
Published 2 months ago by David Spanswick
5.0 out of 5 stars spookyly brilliant!
I love this book because this author writes with such intensity..its not just her characters that are well drawn..its also that she creates atmosphere so convincingly. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Miss Denny S. Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars Top Notch!
Can a human fall in love with a ghost? It would seem so.
Back in the 1950s Anna was murdered, her throat cut. Read more
Published 2 months ago by T. Walker
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
Blake is an amazing writer. I almost could feel there, with the characters. It was sometimes an intense reading, and I loved it. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ladybug
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
I love this book , strung in never wanting to stop reding its amazing ! But before buying you do need to consider wether you are old enough as I can see why it's not for younger... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Lauren Andrla
5.0 out of 5 stars A fast paced ghost story!
I absolutely loved the characters in this book! It was so nice for them to have some depth and some likeable qualities. Read more
Published 3 months ago by DaisyDaisy
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast paced and vivid
I loved this book. I thought the characters were great. It was written really well and i thought it was good fun :)
Published 3 months ago by Magboo
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