Bad Blood: Part One

Bad Blood jumps right into life with protagonist Ben who has just had his whole life ripped apart. His dad has just committed suicide and Ben has been left an orphan living with his brother and his aunt. The difficulty of this situation is monumental. However, paired with school, navigating your love life at a young age and having a multinational pharmaceutical company on your tail creates whole new complications.

Bad Blood: Part One is a tense thriller that will keep you turning the page. Jane Brittan makes this story entirely believable and has you rooting for Ben the throughout. The fact that this book is loosely based on real events from Brittan’s life makes it all the more heartfelt and her writing conveys the passion that she feels for the characters, whilst delivering an intense and exciting thriller for the YA genre.

Instead of being another copy-cat thriller hanging off the coat tails of the genre’s success in the past couple of years, Brittan brings an interesting new twist on this genre which will keep you switched on and unable to put the book down. The fact that Bad Blood is separated into two parts is the ultimate tease. The need to find out what will happen in Ben’s future, if he will reunite with Sophy and if Rees will continue to come after him is strong and I for one can’t wait for the release of Part Two.