Blood Dreams (Blood Trilogy)

not very good. This is one in a continuing series of psychic mysteries. Hooper has nothing new to say; no new angles on the stories; no intriguing characters. She is simply rewriting previous books. In addition, she repeats pages of dialogue 4-5 times, which is just an indication of how lazy the

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author was in writing it.

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Hooper returns to the world of the Bishop's Special Crimes Unit. Chasing down psychotic serial killers by psychic means is all very well, but the plot here is predictable and weak, and the romance element feels rehashed and thin. I usually like Hooper, but this is far from her best work.

Unbelievably awful. I wish I could say something else about this book, because I've liked Hooper in the past, but there's nothing redeeming about this book. The plot never takes off, the romance isn't compelling, the characters are flat and we're subjected to the same scene over and over and over

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again.

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This book went so fast that I didn't even get around to putting in that it was a current read. That's pretty normal for favorite fiction authors however. Blood Dreams is similar to the other books in this series so it didn't disappoint. In fact, there was a slight twist that I wasn't expecting and

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the set-up for a sequel was a little more obvious than usual but this part of the story did have a definite conclusion. However, as much as I love the Bishop/FBI/Haven books, for me The Wizard of Seattle is still my all-time favorite of Hooper's books.

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Dani Justice's dreams are haunted by a dream that seems to suggest that she's going to have trouble, that she's going to end up in a building that's colapsing but that she needs to rescue someone. The only change that occurs are minor details.

She returns to her home city and her twin Paris, who is

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recovering from her divorce. She also finds herself having to face up to her relationship with Marcus Purcell. The fact that he accepts her powers scares her. Can they have a relationship and what's going to happen next with the missing women.

This was an interesting read, left me wanting more and to find out what's going on. Also seeing what is going to happen to these characters in the future makes me want the next book soon! This is the first in a trilogy and while you could read it without the other Bishop/Special Crimes Unit stories it would clear up some issues.

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This was the first book of Kay Hooper's I read and therefore the first in the Bishop series. It took some time to understand and follow the characters and storyline without reading the previous books in the series. I also found the pace of the book slow at times but as I got to the end I could not

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put the book down. While I read lots of police/detective mysteries this was different in that it featured psychic detectives. i enjoyed the book but think I will probably as a rule stick to the more traditional crime novels though when I am up for something different I will possibly turn back to this series.

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I don't _like_ serial killer stories - not even ones full of psychics. But I can't stop reading the Bishop stories. This one's pretty good - not too gory (one really nasty scene, revisited a couple times), interesting characters, good romance. On the other hand, the repeated vision that drives the

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story turns out to be almost entirely wrong - well, symbolic rather than literal, at least. And the end isn't the end - they've been tricked (which we're told over and over throughout the story, but the trick is bigger than you think). The annoying thing is, I think I remember another Bishop story that went the same way, but none of them mention it. Bah. I hope it was one I reviewed so I don't have to reread it. But I do have the second book in this series handy - don't know yet if it's a duology or a trilogy that hasn't had the last published yet.

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Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper is one in her Bishop/Special Crimes Unit series. This books focuses on twins, Dani and Paris, who use their psychic powers as part of a civilian group of psychic investigators similar to the FBI team headed by Bishop. The book begins with Dani’s precognitive dream that

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the team connects with a serial killer. Dani, her ex-boyfriend turned sheriff, and other members of the team track a serial killer in Dani’s hometown.

Blood Dreams is not my favorite Kay Hooper book, but it is fun to read. It keeps you involved until the end with twists and turns. This is a suspense novel with light romantic leanings.

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Quick read, kept me guessing throughout the story. I'm looking forward to more in that series.

In Blood Dreams, the daughter of a US senator is kidnapped by a serial killer. Noah Bishop's FBI Special Crimes Unit is enlisted to find her. To capture this killer he has taken on the help of Dani Jacobs, who is really the main protagonist in the story. Her special skill is being able to dream of

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what is going to occur in the future, a pretty cool and useful skill to have. The most vivid aspects of the story are these dreams, which tend to be fairly horrific. The biggest drawback of the story is the lack of realism when it comes to defining how the serial killer operates. As I've found in many other serial killer books, despite a lack of superhuman powers, he does things that people simply can't do. They make him too omnipotent to be remotely believable. It's one of the reasons I generally don't like serial killer novels.

The writing is pretty competent and their is sufficient tension in the novel. It's not a bad read, but it's not a great novel either. If you have read other novels in the series, then you will probably want to read this one as well.

Carl Alves - author of Blood Street

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Dani Justice has pre-cognitive dreams or rather nightmares. She has been having this particular one for some months now. She has come home to her hometown just outside of Atlanta, Georgia to spend time with her identical twin sister, Paris. Dani and Paris have known since they were kids that they

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have more than just a special "twin" connection. They each have their own psychic abilities that are enhanced when they work together. They have joined a private organization (Haven) run by John and Maggie Garret that consists of many different types of psychics. This organization was started as an idea of FBI Special Agent Noah Bishop. Bishop is the head of the Special Crimes Unit that also has primarily psychics working for it. Bishop and his team had been tracking a very evil serial killer in Boston who killed a dozen women. The last one killed was the daughter of a US Senator who has offered his help and resources to Bishop and who very much wants this killer caught if he has to do it himself. I've been reading this series from the very beginning and love the idea that she is doing a trilogy. I loved this book, enjoyed catching up with some past favorite characters and enjoyed meeting the new characters. I even liked the "cliffhanger". I hope that the rest of the series continues to explore the new characters and lets us know what's going on with the rest of the unit. If you like good suspense, I highly recommend this book.

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Very good book.

Blood Dreams
3 Stars

With the SCU under scrutiny by the new FBI director, SAC Noah Bishop needs to keep a low profile. But when a vicious predator targeting young women relocates from Boston to a small town in Georgia, Bishop enlists the aid of Haven, a private security firm employing investigators

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with psychic abilities. While Dani Justice's dream visions of the killer provide her with an edge, she and her team soon realize that it may not be enough as the hunters have become the hunted.

Series note: This book begins a new trilogy within the larger Special Crimes series. While the focus is on a new case, several characters from previous books play pivotal roles.

Although the series is classified as romantic suspense, it is actually more of a paranormal thriller with some minor romantic elements. This book falls solidly in the thriller category as the second-chances romance between Dani and her high-school sweetheart turned-sheriff, Marcus Purcell, is quite bland. Their relationship is underdeveloped and lacking in both chemistry and emotion. Their interactions are more akin to those of friends than lovers.

In contrast, the suspense elements are gripping as the killer is particularly disturbing, and Hooper skillfully weaves the tension surrounding the dream sequences within the narrative to keep the reader guessing. Moreover, the final showdown is intense with an excellent twist at the end.

All in all, an intriguing beginning to the new trilogy and it will be interesting to see how the twist plays out in subsequent installments.

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