Today's post is on Bleeding Earth by Caitlin Ward. It is a stand alone novel. The cover is reddish-pink with the two main characters on it facing away from the reader. The intended reader is someone who likes horror and young adult novels. There is foul language, implied sex, and violence in this book. The story is told from the first person perspective of the main character Lea. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the dust jacket- Lea was in a cemetery when the earth started bleeding. Within twenty-four hours, the blood made international news. All over the world, blood appeared out of the ground, even through concrete, even in water. Then the earth started growing hair and bones.
Lea wants to ignore the blood. She wants to spend time with her new girlfriend, Aracely, in public, if only Aracely wasn't so afraid of her father. Lea wants to be a regular teen again, but the blood has made her a prisoner in her own home. Fear for her social life turns into fear for her sanity, and Lea must save herself and Aracely whatever way she can.
Review- This is a very dark but interesting horror novel. Everything happens very quickly and nothing get explained. I know why nothing get explained because we are following two teenagers who are not scientists' or anyone really important. They are just two kids trying to survive and hang on to each other. Ward does a great job of describing a world gone mad and she handles young love being added in well too. The heart of the story is about Lea and Aracely but everything else around them is pure madness from the blood and hair just coming up from the ground to the people losing their minds and becoming animals. The gore aspect is hard to read but I liked the characters so much that I was willing to follow them in the blood soaked world they now live in. As it is YA it ends on a hopeful note and while there are no answers given the Lea or the reader, it was still a good story.
I give this novel a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.
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