Bound by Blood: A Book Review of Crimson Bound
By: Emma Fry “Do you trust me?” he asks. You nod and take off the coat protecting you from the dark forest that surrounds your town. It was a mistake. Suddenly you’re being attacked and marked by the mysterious forestborn. You should have listened to the warnings… What will happen to you now?! The thrilling and heart wrenching novel Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge, was a magical and winding fantasy story. Rachelle has been marked by a forestborn, the creatures of the great forest, and become a bloodbound, the stage between human and forestborn. Rachelle needs to find the sword that can defeat the Devourer who wants to swallow the sun and moon from the sky and rein in eternal darkness. After a whirlwind of events, Rachelle becomes much stronger mentally and comes to terms with herself and her flaws. The theme of this book is selfworth because Rachelle feels she isn't worth anything since she will eventually become a forestborn, This book made me the happiest I have been since, well, the last book I read. This book was way beyond “good.” It was amazing! They packed so much plot and feeling into one book. I loved the endless twists and turns the plot took, as if winding through the Great Forest itself. Rachelle changes so much throughout the book; at the beginning she just threw herself into danger, her job was to kill rogue forest creatures that roamed the narrow streets, preying on anyone foolish enough to leave their homes because she didn’t care if she lived or died, as long as she got to fight her forestborn as revenge before she became one herself. By the spectacular end to the book, she desperately wanted to save herself and the entire world from The Devourer and meet her destiny. Yet Rachelle still felt shock, remorse, and love and so many other feels, all while trying to fight her forestborn nature. The book cover posed significant symbolism to the story. On the cover, Rachelle is wearing her red coat, which protects her from the forest, and running down a flight of seemingly endless steps to the bottom, on which grows a magnificent tree, its roots stretching out across the marble floor, cracking the walls. Rachelle running down the steps towards the tree is her constantly getting closer to becoming a forestborn, and the tree at the bottom symbolizes the great forest, and the endless stairs are how she's struggling and doesn't seem to know when the journey will end. I also think that the book title, Crimson Bound, contains as much symbolism as the cover. The words crimson bound refers to the crimson thread that her forestborn tied around her finger, no one else can see it but her. But the title also refers to Rachelle’s inevitable future as a foresbound. The color crimson is the color of blood, she is crimson bound, bound by blood to her fate. My overall rating on the book is 4.9 out of 5 stars because is was so very good, but yet I wish she hadn't solved the problem so quickly. Maybe there can be a second book with Rachelle in it? We never really got to see what happened with Rachelle and Armund, the illegitimate heir to the throne whom Rachelle has been stationed to guard. He is also her love interest. Nevertheless, it is one of my favorite books to date. If you love fantasy, romance, dark magic, and just a good book in general, then you should read Crimson Bound which might just tie a crimson thread around your mind after you read this fabulously well written book. Picture Source: “‘Crimson Bound’ by Rosamund Hodge.” Goodreads, www.goodreads.com/book/show/21570318-crimson-bound.
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