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A fiery, seductive novel of magic, secrets and love - fans of FALLEN will be equally spellbound!
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The murder of her parents has left Silla damaged and lost, and Silla's insistence that her father is not to blame only alienates her further from her friends and family. When a mysterious spell book arrives, Silla hopes it will lead to some answers about her parents' killer. In her first attempt at magic, in an old graveyard near her home, Nick, the new boy in town spies on her; he recognizes the magic that Silla is performing as the same magic his mother performed with him, before she went mad.
Before long, Silla and Nick connect, though Nick is unwilling to share his history with blood magic with Silla. When Silla's friends start showing signs of possession, Silla, Nick and Silla's brother, Reese, must contend with a deadly, immortal woman who will stop at nothing to take the book of spells from them.
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My video review of Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton. For more book reviews by me check out my youtube channel, SableCaught.
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Really enjoyed this book. It was pretty bloody and gory at times, but I loved the whole idea of blood magic. I connected with Silla and felt the spark between her and Nick. I did get a little bored in the middle but then it picked up and had a great ending. Kind of wish there was a book two.
Good book :)
Good book :)
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In Blood Magic, the story we have is nothing new or extraordinary, but it was a stylish and accomplished execution. However, for the first 100-odd pages, Blood Magic is rather unconvincing. The pacing is off and difficult to believe - because when 100 pages of 'book time' only translates to 2 or 3 days 'real time', the romance becomes a little tart (haha) and incredible. And when I say 'incredible', I mean 'lacking in credibility'. It is also a little too self-conscious in its style.
It's an easy read if you can make it past the first 100 pages, and if you've read within the genre (or used to approximately 15 years ago, in my case) you'll probably have the whole thing figured out well before the conclusion. There were not those moments of sharp or sudden imagery - that perfectly caught vignette that blooms into your brain, exquisitely imagined and sharply detailed - it wasn't that book. In short, it wasn't Maggie Stiefvater, and that was what I hoped for when I picked it up.
I hate to have gripes with this book, because I so wanted to love it. For non-fangirl internet-stalker types, if you have read and/or loved Maggie Stiefvater, her books and her blogs, you may not know Tessa Gratton is one third of her Merry Sisters of Fate critique group (the other being Brenna Yovanoff, author of The Replacement), which means as a Maggie-fangirl, my expectations are high, and my tastes run to the exquisite, incongruous, and detailed.
I agree with an earlier reviewer that I found the treatment of cutting - for whatever purpose (in this case, for the 'blood' part of the blood magic) - disturbing, and taken too lightly. I wonder if it is irresponsible to effectively glamourise cutting to a mostly impressionable readership; I know I'm not overreacting, I've seen too much of it to sensationalise. For that reason alone, I don't think I could ever recommend this book to a young person.
All of the above criticisms aside, once the plot picked up (circa p.100), it provided plenty of suspense, a little mystery and spookiness with the alternating narrative between past and present slowly drawing together, likeable and sympathetic characters, and a solid ending: all very strong points, and I know I'll read anything Tessa Gratton writes.
It's an easy read if you can make it past the first 100 pages, and if you've read within the genre (or used to approximately 15 years ago, in my case) you'll probably have the whole thing figured out well before the conclusion. There were not those moments of sharp or sudden imagery - that perfectly caught vignette that blooms into your brain, exquisitely imagined and sharply detailed - it wasn't that book. In short, it wasn't Maggie Stiefvater, and that was what I hoped for when I picked it up.
I hate to have gripes with this book, because I so wanted to love it. For non-fangirl internet-stalker types, if you have read and/or loved Maggie Stiefvater, her books and her blogs, you may not know Tessa Gratton is one third of her Merry Sisters of Fate critique group (the other being Brenna Yovanoff, author of The Replacement), which means as a Maggie-fangirl, my expectations are high, and my tastes run to the exquisite, incongruous, and detailed.
I agree with an earlier reviewer that I found the treatment of cutting - for whatever purpose (in this case, for the 'blood' part of the blood magic) - disturbing, and taken too lightly. I wonder if it is irresponsible to effectively glamourise cutting to a mostly impressionable readership; I know I'm not overreacting, I've seen too much of it to sensationalise. For that reason alone, I don't think I could ever recommend this book to a young person.
All of the above criticisms aside, once the plot picked up (circa p.100), it provided plenty of suspense, a little mystery and spookiness with the alternating narrative between past and present slowly drawing together, likeable and sympathetic characters, and a solid ending: all very strong points, and I know I'll read anything Tessa Gratton writes.
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i loved this book anthing about wiches usally hits the spot with me and this one did . i am plesed to see she has another novel out this summer (2012).and i for one can not wait.
Published 4 months ago by Ms. B. E. Harris
Laden with Magic, Mystery and Blood
Everything is magic. Everything is blood. That's the life that Silla, our heroine of the novel discovers when the whole world she knew and the circumstances of her parents deaths... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Ms. C. A. Anderson
Amazing paranormal fantasy with buckets of blood
This book was on my to-be-read list for a few weeks and last night I was in the right mood for it. Blood magic is about 17 year old Silla, whose parents were killed recently. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Nimue "Endlessly Bookish"
Bloody - y - Magic
I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
It isnt the best book ive ever read by any stretch of the imagination and there are faults but for a debut novel from a new writer i was... Read more
It isnt the best book ive ever read by any stretch of the imagination and there are faults but for a debut novel from a new writer i was... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Sweetlilac
DISTURBINGLY POWERFUL
Two American teenagers more troubled than most: Nicholas' suicidal mother is goodness knows where, his loathed stepmother only too evident; Silla's parents were recently found... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. D. L. Rees
The Best Magic Book Of The Year!
4½ Out of 5 Stars
Silla has been left a shell by the death of her parents and her brother Reece isn't much better off. Read more
Silla has been left a shell by the death of her parents and her brother Reece isn't much better off. Read more
Published 8 months ago by TheBookAddictedGirl
This Young-teen novel hits the spot.
This may not be a "Twilight" or a "True Blood" but its up there, ranking as one of the better young teen novels dealing with the cult for all things supernatural. Read more
Published 8 months ago by rhosymynydd
"All the blood - none of the vampires"
Blood Magic is a story told three ways. Silla is a young girl struggling to come to terms with the bloody, murder-suicide of her parents, Nick is the new boy in town with a hidden... Read more
Published 8 months ago by L. M. Cowan
Slightly derivative but immensely entertaining!
I absolutely loved this book, racing through it at breakneck speed. This has left me feeling a sense of longing to know more about Silla, and what happens in her future. Read more
Published 8 months ago by H. Pierce
A Different kind of Magic - BLOOD MAGIC
This book is excellent. You are not going to get the synopsis from me, others have done that already, but I have to tell you I couldn't put this book down, and I read it in a... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Luna Shine
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