They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but I disagree. I was immediately drawn into this book by the amazing cover! Illustrator Nekro does some amazing work, and he is the reason I was interested in this book in the first place. I stand by my belief that cover art MAKES the book!

The cover was enough for me to want to read the book description. After reading the description I knew this was a book I had to read.

I finished Anna Dressed in Blood within a couple of days, so it was definitely a story that kept my interest. I found the story to be quite engaging with just enough blood and gore to satisfy my dark side. The two main characters were engaging with well thought-out back stories, especially Anna. Anna's story goes deep, but I would have loved to see this explored further (hopefully this will happen in the sequel).

The descriptive style of writing is a perfect example of the number 1 rule of writing- 'show, don't tell'. This made my reading experience very enjoyable.

Now, supernatural fiction for the Young Adult market is very popular at the moment, and I thought everything had pretty much been done to death (pardon the pun!), and the theme of human-loves-supernatural-being in typical, but Kendare Blake has written an original story here! It's a much-needed breath of fresh air.

I'll definitely be reading the sequel!