The Blood Will Dry

By: Kate L. Mary

Narrated by: Natalie Duke

Length: 10 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

Five years after an alien invasion, the Earth is unrecognizable. The human race has been decimated and the sun completely blotted out by dark clouds that bring constant rain. All indigenous plant life has been killed off and replaced by vegetation that has proven to be as deadly as it is invasive, and the aliens that have taken over the planet are seemingly invincible.

Living in a crowded building with other survivors, Diana Foster wants nothing more than to forget what she lost the day the aliens arrived. But an incoming platoon brings a familiar face, one that not only opens old wounds, but also forces her to deal with the painful memories she's worked hard to forget. Bryan may not be the same cocky kid he was before the invasion, but his sudden appearance still turns Diana's world upside down in ways she never expected. When he showed up she knew it would mean finally facing her past, but she never thought she’d find a future that was actually worth living.

After years of struggling to find a weakness in the aliens' defenses, Diana stumbles upon a solution just as a new and more deadly threat surfaces. Faced with an attraction she never expected and a battle that most believe can't be won, Diana must work through her painful past as the survivors mount a battle that may determine the fate of mankind. If her plan fails it very well could be the end of humanity, but if works it will mean having a real future, and a chance to allow the blood to dry once and for all.

©2017 Kate L. Mary (P)2018 Kate L. Mary

I REALLY LIKED THIS, AND HOPE WE GET MORE!!

I thought this was a very well crafted world, with good characters...a little sexy time and a whole lot of alien weirdness!! Diana an her husband are young parents, then one day their world literally explodes...Diana is left alone in an alien invaded world and is just doing her best to survive...her and her best friend Daisy are in a secure location...surviving...and a troop of the resistance come through to rest and get cleaned up...he sees him,...her husbands brother and she has to relive that painful day again...but she also finds love!!! I hope we get a book 2!!!

**Another Great Post-Apocalypse By Kate L. Mary**

Kate L. Mary was once again able to deliver a unique post-apocalypse book. I really enjoyed this book and couldn't put it down. We start this book at the beginning of the end of everything. Diana loses everything dear to her in a blink of an eye. The book then hops forward 5 years after aliens have not only taken over earth but also terraformed it to a unrecognizable and dangerous place. Diana still has not dealt with her tremendous loss and is pretty closed off to everyone including her best friend. She is forced to confront her past when one day a person from her past walks in the front door and needs answers.

This story has it all action, adventure, love and loss. I really liked the narration and definitely suggest you try this book out!

Read and listened-Good!

I love this story. I read it and now have listened to it.
I have to say it brought me to tears when she talks about her child and losing her.
The hives were an exciting adventure!
There is excitement, adventure and romance.

very nice

a very nice well written story .. I loved it .
It was very good and even intense in parts
the narrator did a good job as well
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Very different story.

This is the second book I’ve listened to by this author. Overall, I’ve liked both stories (both were post-apocalyptic but different).

The narrator did a great job. It was easy to tell who was who when talking. I would definitely listen to her again.

Questions/Comments:

What was going on in the outside world? Given there were groups of soldiers/people going from group to group, how was there nothing about the government mentioned? Like the higher up people in the world, in the US?

A questionable phrase: “The next word came out sounding like a plea, ‘please.’” Um…that’s because it was?! Or “It had nothing to do with the past. It had to do with keeping the past where it was.” So…it did have to do with the past…

One area in any story that really screams gross to me is when characters have sex or make out and haven’t showered, washed/cleaned up in any way. Barf! The fact that Brian and Diana had sex and hadn’t showered in a week (at least), then oral sex (on her part) a few days later (still no cleaning up) was disgusting! Would any female feel confident enough to let another person go downstairs when they haven’t cleaned themselves in over a week and have had sex during that time (with no cleaning!)? Seriously. I don’t think so.

Speaking of sex, why was the fact she let him cum inside her, which could lead to pregnancy, never brought up? All the pregnancy talk was saved for her friend.

Still speaking of sex, they do it in the café, wait a bit, then move to the apt building where they have sex again. There was a sentence in which the author put, “Unlike yesterday, he moved slow and steady, drew out his strokes.” Meaning they stayed overnight. Did I miss something? Did they stay overnight at the café? Unless I’m mistaken, they left not too long after having relations, got dressed, and left because water was leaking in. I could be wrong…

In the beginning, how did they not specifically look for an apt building to live in as opposed to an office building?

How were the flowers that the aliens essentially brought with them deadly to them also? That was kind of strange and didn’t really make sense to me.

When Diana and Brian were at his house, there was a part when she compared Michael’s baby picture to Cassidy and was surprised that his parents hadn’t thrown his pictures away. The last time she was in their house was during Brian’s party (or so I believe), either way, I don’t think his parents ever knew that they’d had a child. Did they? I mean Michael never knew.

Why was it that just about every time they had sex, it wasn’t about lust…? It was about needing to be with another person. It was about needing to feel a connection with someone else.
Brain and a guy from Oakwood were fighting a beetle. For some reason, Diana thought that was a great time to throw one of her grenades…at that beetle, in hopes of killing it and some others. “Even if they got hit with shrapnel, that was a chance they’d have to take.” Um…

I was surprised when Diana thought of Anderson as an idiot because he didn’t want to go back for more people, prior to them heading to the queen. Was anyone else surprised? I mean, had they gone back, who knew if they would have made it back to the queen area or not.

Okay, so the queen had been totally focused on Anderson. Then she spots another guy and heads toward him and, apparently, she was able to catch up to him (as he hadn’t been able to take a single step) and she was able to kill him as well. I just thought that was a weird scene.

I received a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

Entertaining!

The Blood Will Dry is a dystopian enemies to lovers romance that takes place post alien invasion and near humanity destruction. The characters are likable, believable, and relatable with back histories and admirable inner strength. The storyline is interesting and sucks you in from the start. The narrator did a good job! I received a free copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Fascinating story!

This story is extremely well written and narrated. It starts off sweet and then the invasion starts leaving the main character heartbroken. The story then jumps to five years into the future. Which is when the story gets more interesting as it goes along. This storyline had me intrigued and sweating bullets through out the book. I could not stop listening, I had to finish the book in one sitting. The story will have you on the edge of your set.
Kate L Mary has a fantastic imagination and she definitely has a great talent for telling an amazing story. She creates a unique world with away of making you able to envision the people and scenery.
The narrator does a fantastic job with the characters and voices of each character making it easy to distinguish between the characters. She is fabulous at the different voices. I would definitely recommend listening to this narrator.
I would definitely recommend this audiobook ( the one warning I will advise is hopefully you are now squish. )

Great Read

The Blood Will Dry was a great read by Kate L. Mary. The earth is unrecognizable, five years after an alien invasion. The sun is completely blotted out by dark clouds that bring constant rain. All plant life has been killed and replaced by vegetation that is as deadly as the aliens. Diana Foster lives in a crowded building with other survivors. She just wants to forget what she lost when the aliens arrived. An incoming platoon brings Bryan, the brother to her husband who died. I enjoyed reading this book and cant wait to read more by the author.

Awesome!

This book had me at the edge of my seat! From chapter one I was emotionally invested in her! I was shocked, scared, and extremely happy that it ended great! Loved Kate’s story telling!

A slow start for this fan

I've been following this author since I discovered her Broken World zombie PA series, which I would rate 5-stars. I was excited to start a new series....but just could not get hooked on the plot or connect with the lead character, Diana Foster.

I'll admit I enjoy a plot-driven story more than a character-driven story, and the first several chapters and scenes are character-driven. Five years after Diana has lost her husband and infant daughter in the alien attack that devastated Earth, she is a loner still grieving her loss. For this reader, Diana's suffering came across as unsympathetic and contrived since virtually everyone on Earth has suffered this same devastating loss. There are several scenes in which Diana avoids her brother-in-law because she's nursing a five-year grudge about how he and his parents treated her and because she can't bear to re-open her painful heartbreak (although IMO Diana is clinging to this grief, making her appear to be a martyr.) When she runs into her dead husband's brother, there is also an insta-attraction which doesn't work for me, given the premise she's still not over her husband. Diana does not genuinely seem invested in fighting the aliens or battling for mankind's future, given the lengthy buildup that casts her as a loner, introvert, withdrawn individual who shares very little with her remaining compatriots.

There was also a significant delay before the author explained the exact nature of the cataclysmic event. It was hard to engage in the story when I was wondering about "what happened".

I'll continue to read this author, but this book wasn't a favorite.

The narrator was professional in her delivery - tone and inflection varied and the pacing was appropriate. She did a nice job differentiating between the characters. I felt she sounded a bit older than I imagined the character to be.

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.