Raven's Blood (Raven Chronicles, Book 4) by Deborah Cannon

This review is for Raven's Blood by Deborah Cannon. This is book four in The Raven Chronicles. It is the latest in the series and is the first and only one I have read in the series. I received this book for free from the author through LibraryThing.com's August Member Giveaway.

The only thing that bothered me about this book was that the author spelled out the year or time or something along those lines near the beginning of the book. I can't find it now and it only happened one time so it's not even really an issue.

I learned that the term "spelunking" comes from the Latin term "spelunca" which just means "cave". It's not as strange of a word as it sounds now.

I am very thankful that this was an ebook and not a paperback novel because the dictionary on my iPod was absolutely necessary to get through about 90% of the book. I'm okay with that because I got to learn some things but I am definitely not an archaeologist.

This book reminded me of the movies Tomb Raider and The Mummy. I love stuff like that. Archaeological stuff is such a mystery that it makes for a great fictional setting. Deborah Cannon uses her extensive knowledge of archaeology and her wild imagination expertly. She writes like a professional. I expected that she had more books out that she does because she's just that good.

Ironically, the day before I read the scene where Cristine rents the Lancia, my fiancé (who is a car fanatic) was looking up Lancias online.

Susanne saying she had "sampled" Jake's body set off alarms in my head. What the fuck is up with her? Whatever.

The ending is a major cliffhanger. I didn't expect it to end the way it did and since this is the most recent in the series, it makes me anxious to read more. I definitely want to read the other Raven  Chronicles and I definitely recommend this book, but make sure you have a dictionary handy (and Wikipedia)!