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angels_gp17's review
4.0
Blood Magic is book two in the Dragon Born Alexandria series by Ella Summers.
This was an improvement from book one. It’s a fast-paced read with a lot of action. We get an assassin sent to kill Alex, hybrids going missing, and Alex is starting to have weird dreams.
Now that Alexandria has Slayer on her side, her and her sister, can look into their fathers death and who killed him. That trail had gone cold, but having an assassin around who knows the underworld and where to look, well they can start to get answers.
The search continues for the Blood Orb, stopping the hate group, and stopping an all out war between humans and supernaturals. Which is what will happen if the Convictionites have their way.
If you aren’t read the Dragon Born World series books in order then you will be spoiled on what happened in Magic Nights Dragon Born Serafina book three; because we have Serafina and Naomi explaining about the Big Evils in play and how the Convicitionites fit into this. Many of my questions where answered about the Evils, how things are connected, and the Blood Orbs.
We also learn that mix breed aka hybrids, adults and children are being kidnapped all over the world. To what end? We don’t know, but this brings Naomi into the picture and I love her. She’s a lot of fun. Her and Serafina worked together and now she’s here to help Alexandria.
Slayer aka Logan and Alexandria still have that scorching sexual tension. These two get together fast and stay together. The romance isn’t drawn out. It’s more insta.
Summers does a good job describing things and being descriptive of the different kinds and flavors of magic. I like this aspect of the Dragon Born. It’s an interesting magic skill.
Magic Born was a lot of fun with it’s fast-paced action and adventure.
Rated: 4 Stars
You do need to read the Dragon Born series in order:
Mercenary Magic (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 1)
Magic Edge (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 1)
Magic Games (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 2)
Magic Nights (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 3)
Blood Magic (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 2)
Magic Kingdom (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 3)
Fairy Magic (Dragon Born Awakening, Book 1)
Rival Magic (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 4)
Shadow World: A Dragon Born Trilogy
Spirit Magic (Dragon Born Awakening, Book 2)
Magic Immortal (Dragon Born Awakening, Book 3)
Shadow Magic (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 4)
This was an improvement from book one. It’s a fast-paced read with a lot of action. We get an assassin sent to kill Alex, hybrids going missing, and Alex is starting to have weird dreams.
Now that Alexandria has Slayer on her side, her and her sister, can look into their fathers death and who killed him. That trail had gone cold, but having an assassin around who knows the underworld and where to look, well they can start to get answers.
The search continues for the Blood Orb, stopping the hate group, and stopping an all out war between humans and supernaturals. Which is what will happen if the Convictionites have their way.
If you aren’t read the Dragon Born World series books in order then you will be spoiled on what happened in Magic Nights Dragon Born Serafina book three; because we have Serafina and Naomi explaining about the Big Evils in play and how the Convicitionites fit into this. Many of my questions where answered about the Evils, how things are connected, and the Blood Orbs.
We also learn that mix breed aka hybrids, adults and children are being kidnapped all over the world. To what end? We don’t know, but this brings Naomi into the picture and I love her. She’s a lot of fun. Her and Serafina worked together and now she’s here to help Alexandria.
Slayer aka Logan and Alexandria still have that scorching sexual tension. These two get together fast and stay together. The romance isn’t drawn out. It’s more insta.
Summers does a good job describing things and being descriptive of the different kinds and flavors of magic. I like this aspect of the Dragon Born. It’s an interesting magic skill.
Magic Born was a lot of fun with it’s fast-paced action and adventure.
Rated: 4 Stars
You do need to read the Dragon Born series in order:
Mercenary Magic (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 1)
Magic Edge (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 1)
Magic Games (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 2)
Magic Nights (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 3)
Blood Magic (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 2)
Magic Kingdom (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 3)
Fairy Magic (Dragon Born Awakening, Book 1)
Rival Magic (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 4)
Shadow World: A Dragon Born Trilogy
Spirit Magic (Dragon Born Awakening, Book 2)
Magic Immortal (Dragon Born Awakening, Book 3)
Shadow Magic (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 4)
starlitbooknerd's review
5.0
Blood Magic because I never know how to title these
It was a really good book and I was happy with how everything ended up playing out. I can’t wait to see what happens next!!!
It was a really good book and I was happy with how everything ended up playing out. I can’t wait to see what happens next!!!
mrose21's review
4.0
So I'm trying to read these books in a somewhat order. This can be found on Ella Summer's website under Dragon born (Its towards the bottom of the webpage), for my sake I'm going to include this intro from now on with Ella's books for this series (Although maybe this would be worth the books being linked on Goodreads...) I'm also just for the sake of too long a review hiding it under spoiler tags.
The Dragon Born series can be read together or independently. Each series features a different protagonist (Sera, Alex, Naomi) and has its own story arc. There is also a larger story arc that connects all of the Dragon Born series together. If you enjoy seeing how the story lines work together, I recommend the following reading order:
* Mercenary Magic (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 1)
* Magic Edge (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 1)
* Magic Games (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 2)
* Magic Nights (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 3)
* Blood Magic (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 2)
* Magic Kingdom (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 3)
* Fairy Magic (Dragon Born Awakening, Book 1)
* Rival Magic (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 4)
* Dragon Born Shadow World: a new trilogy featuring Serafina & Kai
* And coming next... Shadow Magic (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 4) & Spirit Magic (Dragon Born Awakening, Book 2)
Ella's website for anyone that wants it
Enjoyed this in the end. It just took a little longer than I wanted...
Spoiler
Dragon Born World: Publication OrderThe Dragon Born series can be read together or independently. Each series features a different protagonist (Sera, Alex, Naomi) and has its own story arc. There is also a larger story arc that connects all of the Dragon Born series together. If you enjoy seeing how the story lines work together, I recommend the following reading order:
* Mercenary Magic (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 1)
* Magic Edge (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 1)
* Magic Games (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 2)
* Magic Nights (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 3)
* Blood Magic (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 2)
* Magic Kingdom (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 3)
* Fairy Magic (Dragon Born Awakening, Book 1)
* Rival Magic (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 4)
* Dragon Born Shadow World: a new trilogy featuring Serafina & Kai
* And coming next... Shadow Magic (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 4) & Spirit Magic (Dragon Born Awakening, Book 2)
Ella's website for anyone that wants it
Enjoyed this in the end. It just took a little longer than I wanted...
roraima's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
cece_rants_raves_reviews's review against another edition
4.0
There's just something about ✨snarky assassins✨, am I right?
Meet Alex our sweet lovely mercenary... And she’s in love with Logan, an assassin #great life decisions
They both have their demons and been to hell. But thats just the way we like them, right ladies?
Blood Magic starts right up after the first book with Alex searching for her father’s killer after 8 years, being stalked by an assassin, and.. oh yeah... trying to save the world by locating the Blood Orb to thwart a supernatural group.
All on a government salary.
Damnnnnn girl
Alex is still the reckless adrenaline junkie that we love who runs into danger without thinking if she sees someone in danger. Ooo those feels though
Alex and Logan relationship went from 0 to 60 and i am absolutely totally okay with it. Overall a great sequel *thank gawd* where events from the first book have consequences and everything is building up to the epic battle showdown.... which will happen when now...???
The chemistry between Logan and Alex literarily were off the charts!! She continues to jump into danger and he just jumps after her and if that isn’t love then I don’t know what is!
His dry wit and her sarcasm also makes some awesome banter that made me laughing on the floor while reading
Naomi is part of the squad now and she is almost as crazy as Alex ... and I love it! I'm predicting she is gonna also have a separate series to keep this world going on which I ain't made about
I wish the editing had been tighter with the *constant* mention of assassins and smart-mouthed mercenaries like okay we get it ...we know their friggen professions by now... Lets have some action please!
One small note about the world-building which has been pretty stellar up to this point... the world itself is clearly established but I hadn't realized how little we know about our characters actual backgrounds.
like there was one scene when Alex kept talking about this Sera and i was like... who the fuck is she?!?!?
Its Alex's goddamn sister.
Because they have such separate storylines, and author tries to keep their events separate *as ya should to keep integrity of each character and story*
But then ... you start thinking about ... you read about Alex almost dying like where the fuck is her family and like NO ONE except Logan gives a shit... realistic? I mean neither is the whole dragon shit but comeee on
So since this series suppose to work in tandem with Sera’s book, I will likely finish out Alex’s series then begin Sera. Apparently Sera is more a prude but equally reckless ?? *shrugs* aiight sure. Guess we will see how that plays out but reading Alex’s POV first has definitely given me a bias since y'all know I much prefer snarky badass to wallflower special snowflake
Overall exciting, fast paced with lots of tasty romance and magic. Hot damn, highly recommend
Meet Alex our sweet lovely mercenary... And she’s in love with Logan, an assassin #great life decisions
They both have their demons and been to hell. But thats just the way we like them, right ladies?
Blood Magic starts right up after the first book with Alex searching for her father’s killer after 8 years, being stalked by an assassin, and.. oh yeah... trying to save the world by locating the Blood Orb to thwart a supernatural group.
All on a government salary.
Damnnnnn girl
Alex is still the reckless adrenaline junkie that we love who runs into danger without thinking if she sees someone in danger. Ooo those feels though
Alex and Logan relationship went from 0 to 60 and i am absolutely totally okay with it. Overall a great sequel *thank gawd* where events from the first book have consequences and everything is building up to the epic battle showdown.... which will happen when now...???
The chemistry between Logan and Alex literarily were off the charts!! She continues to jump into danger and he just jumps after her and if that isn’t love then I don’t know what is!
His dry wit and her sarcasm also makes some awesome banter that made me laughing on the floor while reading
Naomi is part of the squad now and she is almost as crazy as Alex ... and I love it! I'm predicting she is gonna also have a separate series to keep this world going on which I ain't made about
I wish the editing had been tighter with the *constant* mention of assassins and smart-mouthed mercenaries like okay we get it ...we know their friggen professions by now... Lets have some action please!
One small note about the world-building which has been pretty stellar up to this point... the world itself is clearly established but I hadn't realized how little we know about our characters actual backgrounds.
like there was one scene when Alex kept talking about this Sera and i was like... who the fuck is she?!?!?
Its Alex's goddamn sister.
Because they have such separate storylines, and author tries to keep their events separate *as ya should to keep integrity of each character and story*
But then ... you start thinking about ... you read about Alex almost dying like where the fuck is her family and like NO ONE except Logan gives a shit... realistic? I mean neither is the whole dragon shit but comeee on
So since this series suppose to work in tandem with Sera’s book, I will likely finish out Alex’s series then begin Sera. Apparently Sera is more a prude but equally reckless ?? *shrugs* aiight sure. Guess we will see how that plays out but reading Alex’s POV first has definitely given me a bias since y'all know I much prefer snarky badass to wallflower special snowflake
Overall exciting, fast paced with lots of tasty romance and magic. Hot damn, highly recommend
jadeshea's review against another edition
4.0
Blood Magic begins when Alex and her new assassin friend agree to help find the blood orb. The problem is this creates a whole new set of issues, and on top of that someone is gunning for Alex and no one knows who or why. Alex and her friends must figure out what's going on before it is too late.
I thought this book was a great sequel to the first one. It brought in a whole slew of new issues and it was more in depth of the relationship between Alex and her hero.
On top of that, it was also very fast paced and interesting and kept me guessing the whole time I was reading it.
I look forward to reading more in this series!
I thought this book was a great sequel to the first one. It brought in a whole slew of new issues and it was more in depth of the relationship between Alex and her hero.
On top of that, it was also very fast paced and interesting and kept me guessing the whole time I was reading it.
I look forward to reading more in this series!
missmanda's review
4.0
A very good book. Strong characters (much like in her Serafina books), with the same pitfalls for romantic relationships. I was able to read this story without knowing ahead of time what the ending would be, and that is always fun for me. Not too predictable and there is a lot of wit in the dialogue. I would recommend reading all of the books in the publishing order, so that you get the whole story and avoid confusion or learning about a character's ending before you read their beginning.
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