Blood of the Fold vs Heart's blood: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Blood of the Fold
The third book in the sword of truth series The Blood of the Fold continue to hunt down those with the gift, unwittingly being used by the Emperor Jagang, aka the Dream Walker, who tells some that he is the Creator and…
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Heart's blood
Book 2 of Pit Dragon Trilogy. Young Jakkin has become a Freeman. Fighting his beloved dragon Hearts blood in the dragon pits. But is drawn into planetary politics. Infiltrating a rebel cell as a spy for Senator Golden.…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Heart's blood is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 11 for Blood of the Fold.
- Blood of the Fold has the widest readership — 84534 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Blood of the Fold | Heart's blood | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (84534) | 4.1 (18127) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (287) | 3.8 (17) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (2) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (115) | — |
Reception
| Blood of the Fold | Heart's blood | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 84534 | 18127 |
| Editions | 33 | 10 |
| Citations | 1 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 14104 | — |
| Reading it now | 2051 | — |
| Written reviews | 1372 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 469 | — |
| Pages | 636 | 238 |