lindaunconventionalbookworms's review against another edition
5.0
This is the second book I've ever read where I feel like I need to change ALL my other five stars to 4 or 4.5 to give justice to this one!
All I can say is WOW, I love Silla and Nick, Reese and Judy. What a wonderfully tangled story, with such believable characaters, who are both strong and weak, wonderful and awful, brave and scared. The magic part was truly magic, and the way both Silla, Nick and Reese had to deal with so many things left me without breath for most of the book.
So many things happened, and the plot was really well thought out - I could not guess in advance what was going to happen next.
This is one of the few wonderfully dark, but still hopefull YA novels I have read in a very long time.
And I recommend this book to ALL people I know who like reading - there is suspense, magic, romance, teenage angst, hope for the future, all the ingredients needed for a wonderfully twisted tale that left me hungry for a lot more.
All I can say is WOW, I love Silla and Nick, Reese and Judy. What a wonderfully tangled story, with such believable characaters, who are both strong and weak, wonderful and awful, brave and scared. The magic part was truly magic, and the way both Silla, Nick and Reese had to deal with so many things left me without breath for most of the book.
So many things happened, and the plot was really well thought out - I could not guess in advance what was going to happen next.
This is one of the few wonderfully dark, but still hopefull YA novels I have read in a very long time.
And I recommend this book to ALL people I know who like reading - there is suspense, magic, romance, teenage angst, hope for the future, all the ingredients needed for a wonderfully twisted tale that left me hungry for a lot more.
georgiarousi's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
lolasreviews's review against another edition
5.0
I really like this book. It is about blood magic, a subject I never read a book about before, so that's a plus point. The story contains two perspectives one about Silla a girl who finds out blood magic is real and Nick the boy who falls in love with her and knows things about blood magic too. Then there are pieces of someones dairy that you get between the chapters, only in the end you learn to who the dairy belonged to. I really liked these different perspectives, because you get to know what three people are thinking and this leads to more understanding and depth. It is the debut novel of this author, but it is really well writen. Another good point is that the story starts right where things get interesting without the long intro some other books have. The story is dark, but contains romance too. It is about their normal lives and the blood magic. This is a book you have to read.
bokbubblan's review against another edition
1.0
Nä, inte bra! Först när jag läste de allra första kapitlen verkade den spännande och intressant, men efter exakt 246 sidor gav jag upp. Jag menar vilken boksugssläckare! Egentligen vet jag inte riktigt vad det är jag stör mig på... förmodligen hela storyn. Till min besvikelse var det här inte någon bok för mig. :(
seffra's review against another edition
4.0
This book was good but you felt how long it was... with some books, you don't feel it's length. The story is really good and the characters are likeable. I'm still looking forward to a sequel!!
amarylissw's review against another edition
2.0
This book might've been good . . . if it was half its size. I kid you not, so much of this book was wasted — completely dull dronings that no one really cares about fill way too many pages. A simple paragraph could summarize chapters and chapters and do a much better job of it. (Also, half of the book is also spent kissing. I'm really not joking here, people: if you were to count the number of times Silla and Nicholas kiss I can bet it's over a hundred (or a thousand).)
rosekk's review against another edition
4.0
I loved the characters of this book - Silla with her masks and Nick with his sarcasm. It was good to hear the story from both their points of view as well. There are a few mysteries still left, so although the story seemed to finish I wonder if there might be a sequel.
demonsreadtoo's review against another edition
4.0
There’s just something about witches, magic, it’s just so much fun to read. I mean, who hasn’t grown up imagining they had their own powers, flinging their hands about, casting spells. It’s fun. Blood Magic throws us into a world full of secrets, yet does it in a way that doesn’t try and choke you with information up front. It allows you to grow with the main character, Silla, as she discovers the magic an actually care about the people in her life. Yes, it’s another ‘dead parents’ book, but their deaths play a strong part in building Silla, rather than it done just to let her roam free for the span of the book.
Read the full review at my blog, Demons Read Too
Read the full review at my blog, Demons Read Too
alli_the_bookaholic13's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Drug abuse, and Blood
Minor: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
taliaissmart's review against another edition
5.0
Wow. Just wow.
This book was incredible. I don't know what anybody meant by it being "too slow." For me, it was really hard to put down.
I loved the majority of the characters. Silla drew me in immediately, I found Gram Judy hilarious, and I wished Reese were my big brother. I liked Josephine at first, and her slow descent into power-hungry insanity was interesting to follow. The only character that I didn't like quite as much was Nick. He seemed nice, for sure, but the way he went from total obnoxious bad-boy in the beginning to sweet and fearless in only a couple of weeks/days(?) seemed unrealistic. (Not that I always mind things being unrealistic. I'm totally down with instalove :P) Also, it drove me crazy when Nick called Silla "babe." If you respect her, you should use her actual NAME.
Multiple narrators in books tends to irritate me, but I thought it fit this story very well. Especially the use of Josephine's diary entries to let the reader in on why she turned out the way she did. I looked forward to each of the main characters' perspectives on things, and couldn't wait to read each of Josephine's diary entries.
The plot was wonderful. Immortality is tempting, but it comes with a price, for sure. All the possession creeped me out, and made me totally paranoid along with Silla, Nick, and Reese. It was impossible to know when the villain would take someone else's body. Speaking of the villain, the mystery shrouding his/her identity was FANTASTIC. I never would have correctly guessed that The scene at the end, filled with destruction, was super-satisfying.
The actual ending of the book, the last chapter, was so-so. I thought it wasn't over yet, so I turned the page and there were the acknowledgements. I hate it when that happens :/
Great book overall. :D
This book was incredible. I don't know what anybody meant by it being "too slow." For me, it was really hard to put down.
I loved the majority of the characters. Silla drew me in immediately, I found Gram Judy hilarious, and I wished Reese were my big brother.
Spoiler
When he died, I almost cried :'(Multiple narrators in books tends to irritate me, but I thought it fit this story very well. Especially the use of Josephine's diary entries to let the reader in on why she turned out the way she did. I looked forward to each of the main characters' perspectives on things, and couldn't wait to read each of Josephine's diary entries.
The plot was wonderful. Immortality is tempting, but it comes with a price, for sure. All the possession creeped me out, and made me totally paranoid along with Silla, Nick, and Reese. It was impossible to know when the villain would take someone else's body. Speaking of the villain, the mystery shrouding his/her identity was FANTASTIC. I never would have correctly guessed that
Spoiler
Ms. Tripp was Josephine, but it totally makes sense now.The actual ending of the book, the last chapter, was so-so. I thought it wasn't over yet, so I turned the page and there were the acknowledgements. I hate it when that happens :/
Great book overall. :D