This cover redesign is tragic.

This series seems to polarize readers. It's one of those paranormal romances with some staunch fans, it appears, but I never read book one called Blood Magic. I do see that folks were not thrilled that the romantic leads from that book, a girl who finds she has untapped magical skills and is a witch and her heartthrob Nick, are NOT headliners here. However, from what I can tell about the series opener, Gratton has structured both as some kind of triangle narration with the extra long hypotenuse

Although fantasy readers may find some very interesting scenes in this tale, the problem I found is that out of the two story lines presented - past and present - the past was the one that was far more interesting.When we begin, readers meet up with Mab Prowd in a quiet, almost deserted area of Kansas. Her life revolves around magic and she’s currently trying to kill rose bushes that are on the property. She’s been trying for some time, and for those who don’t know, killing roses are almost like...

I finished in about two days so I guess it was a hard to put down book for me. Mab was a sweet girl who made mistakes and tried hard to fix them she was proud of who she was and what she stood for I really liked her character. Will is a typical teen boy who is tired of everyone telling him who he is and it takes him a while to figure out what/who he is and wants to be, loved his character as well.Evie's POV in the story was awesome, I really loved that part, it made the story very interesting to...

At first I wasn't enjoying this is much as the first in the series but as the story moved along I grew to love it even more than the first. This book is absolutely stunning! I loved the concept of blood magic in the first book and I thoroughly enjoyed getting to learn more about it and how intricate it truly is. The concept of the curse brought an extra element to the story that I absolutely freaking adored. And I loved the glimpses of the characters I grew to love from the first book! I fell in...

OMG!!!!!!! cant wait(:

The Blood Keeper is a dark magical story that takes time and patience to get into, but is well worth the effort. It’s a companion novel to Blood Magic with previous characters showing up, but focused on a whole new cast. In this story, there are two POVs in the present, Mab and Will, and one from the past, Evie.Mab is the new Deacon, a leader and guide of the blood witches, after Arthur the previous Deacon passed away. Arthur, Grandma Lyn, Donna and a hodge-podge group living at The Pink House a...

This and other reviews can be found on Reading Between ClassesCover Impressions: On it's own, this cover might have been ok. The imagery is nice, the colors work well together and the runes invite further examination. But when compared with the cover for its predecessor, it is less than impressive. I do not like it when the covers of a series do not fit with each other and this certainly does not fit with the gloriously gothic and unique cover for Blood Magic.The Gist: Mab Prowd has been raised

THE BLOOD KEEPER is a book that started off smoothly and had everything I loved: blood magic, action, and mystery; however it didn't continue like that. A few days after reading the initial hundred pages or so, I picked it up again and to my great disappointment, it soon felt like a completely new book.This book is actually a sequel, something I didn't find out till a few moments before writing this review. I didn't even suspect it since this book felt like a standalone. From what I see, the fir...

Many of you will remember that Blood Magic was my favourite book last year. I loved it utterly, and I've been wanting this one for a while. Initially I was disappointed to see that this book followed new characters and not the ones I had come to know and love. However, I dove in wanting to be back in the world and back in Tessa Gratton's head. I have found myself dreaming about this world for the better part of a year. In The Blood Keeper Nick and Silla take a backseat to new characters Will and...

Honestly this book was so boring. All the characters were like pieces of paper. Literally zero character development. The ending was so weird and boring. The love story felt incredibly forced and there wasn’t even any real danger until 3/4 of the way in. I have some questions about the family tree of the main character but also I want to know why there was a homosexual relationship that got slathered in mud and never felt like the author even wanted it to be there? Please just don’t read these b...

Casually crying because Nick and Silla's not in this book .

For Mab Prowd, practicing blood magic is as natural as breathing. Growing up on an isolated farm with others that practice is all she's ever known, but it's given her a sense of purpose, a connection to the land around her, and she's protective of the magic. Plus, she's able to practice openly with the crows as her companions, to keep the magic alive while guarding its secrets. But then a spell goes wrong one morning and she meets Will Sanger, a local, and very normal, boy with some personal dem...

I absolutely loved Gratton's debut novel, Blood Magic. Despite the outrageous amount of blood talk, I still thought it was purely unique and wonderfully dark and Nick and Silla really made the experience worth while. I'm always a bit nervous reading companion books to some of my favorite stories. Same eerie world but different characters. As much as I did enjoy this book, I still liked the first one justalittle bit more (sorry Crystal:p)With that said, The Blood Keeper is still deliciously dark,...

The Blood Keeper is marvelously wicked. Tessa Gratton created a Horror novel with blood gore magic and beauty. I know you’re saying, What? Blood and gore is beautiful?! Yes, The Blood Keeper is a beautiful romance with a little grisly touch of gore and blood Paranormal Fantasy…And that's the only way I can describe this wonderful novel with Mab, whose blood protects the blood land. Gratton took me into this incredible, dark magical world of the blood witches who work their magic by using blood.

BEST.BOOK.EVER! I am not kidding or exaggerating one bit either. Most books I usually say that I loved them but I wish this was different or this annoyed me, but this one is PERFECT. There is not one single thing I would want changed, slowed down, altered, or deleted. The Blood Keeper is pure perfection!In this one we have Mab who is now the Deacon. She protects her land and helps others like herself in need with her magic. Mab is very curious by nature which makes her an awesome at what she doe...

Alright, I went into this book expecting a continuation of the story from the first book Blood Magic.That is not the case. This is the same world different characters. After a while and finally getting into it, I was able to get into the story and enjoy it. Because I was under the wrong impression, it took my a while to understand where the characters are coming from and how they relate to Silla and Nick. The connection is made but not till the end. Still, as the reader I was still a but confuse...

Mab Prowd is a seventeen years old witch who's recently become the Daecon or the Blood Keeper, as the previous Daecon, Arthur, passed away after holding on to the responisibilities of the same for centuries. Faced with the will to heal all others around her, keep the magic running through the Earth and saving the lives of a boy she's taken up as her responsibility and a guy she has fallen head over heals in love with, Mab sees all the colors of magic and still chooses to acknowledge the beautifu...

I liked the way this book was written, there was an ease to it and the POV changes worked great. It was also so easy to follow.The book has 3 POVS. First Mab who is a blood witch and lives on a farm, working with curses and blood. Not your ordinary teen. Then there is Will, a local boy she meets and who ends up involved with it all. And yes romance interest too. Lastly, there is Evelyn who came to the farm long ago. Her POV is not around much as it is in the past, but it's important to the plot....

this review can also be found at http://fortheloveofbooksreviews.blogs... Mab is the new Deacon, leader of those who practice blood magic. Blood magic is a normal part of life for her, living on a farm, spending time with other blood witches like herself. Her peaceful existence is threatened, however, when she awakens a curse.Will is an ordinary boy in an ordinary town. One day, a humanoid creature made of mud attacks him and he meets Mab. She's strange, and he tries to dismiss what happened, bu...