Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury

102 reviews

jennyboj's review

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

The blurb made me think the "killing your first love" thing was a tradition, but it's actually a unique task and the family is equally horrified about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Torture and Slavery

Minor: Eating disorder, Transphobia, Gun violence, Death, Child death, Police brutality, Addiction, Racism, Kidnapping, and Gore

ace_b's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, and Blood

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Transphobia

_blueberry's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This is a first book from an author and it unfortunately shows. This book was too long and tedious many parts and tell you things you'd rather be shown. If you'd cut out like a hundred pages, it'd still be the same story. The love interest is also quite boring yet I'm going to force myself to read the second one because the ending was pretty epic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Transphobia and Drug abuse

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug abuse, Body horror, Self harm, Police brutality, Alcohol, Violence, Slavery, Grief, and Racism

hansbookshelf's review against another edition

3.75

I have feelings. It was good, but if I never hear the word hacking again, it will be too soon. 

Honestly, loved the witchy, diverse, family aspects, I just couldn’t do the technology and futuristic things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Racism, Slavery, Transphobia, and Police brutality

tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Slavery

Minor: Eating disorder

lettuce_read's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Blood

Moderate: Racism and Eating disorder

Minor: Transphobia and Gun violence

halfbloodprincess_hogwarts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Blood Like Magic is pure perfection. I may have found my favorite book for 2022🥰😍

That was quite an emotional rollercoaster...I am speechless. It's impossible to add specific lines (I annotated this like crazy) without gushing over what happened that it felt like watching a movie series.

 It was quite indept... going through the various magic systems, magical families, scientific use of genes and the list goes on!!!!

 There were so many laugh out loud moments and one in particular was comic relief at the PERFECT moment 👏🏼🤌🏼 relating to a "certain" family member, it would be a HUGE SPOILER.

I ADORE Voya and find her to be a truly relatable character. From being afraid to making mistakes to her passion for baking to her fierce love for her family and grandma🥰🥺🦋.

I am so enthused its the first of a duology and will soon purchase physical copies to enjoy over and over again. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR BLOOD LIKE FATE, released August 9th. I know for a fact it will NOT disappoint🔥🦋🦋🦋

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Addiction, Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Alcohol, Child death, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Vomit, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Infertility, Medical content, Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Bullying, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, and Stalking

_bookswithkam_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

High stakes, the family line, black girl magic, family ties and so much more. Though families may be messy and dysfunctional at times this book shows that our may character Voya will do anything for hers. This book also shows that even though you may not understand it, our ancestors can both be powerful and bring power to us. Voya is far from perfect, but that’s why I love her. She’s trying to decide what’s best not only for her own family but for herself. She has a big task ahead that could change her family forever? Will she make the right choice?  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

yvonne_cl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Slavery, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Medical content, Terminal illness, Grief, Addiction, Abandonment, Torture, Police brutality, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Infidelity, Gun violence, and Eating disorder