Review: Great start for a new series!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 1, 2012
I received this book in return for an honest review and would like to thank the Miss Sweete for such a wonderful gift.Blood Magic is the first in the Draven Witch Series, and a great one at that. The story itself was awesome. Every page you find something more, and the beings in the book are really very interesting. There is history well placed, passion well executed, and the dialogue was great.We start the story with Renee, a young woman that has lived her entire existence on an alternate plane called Aureus, a mystical and beautiful land, but a prison all the same. Being the one prophesied about for centuries to end the rein of the Evil One, Renee has been sheltered and protected since her very first breath. But the Mystics can't keep her within their magical world any longer, for Renee is much more than just a powerful Draven Witch, she is half vampire, and within months her Awakening will begin.Renee finds passion, fear, strength, and friendship through her journey in this story. Being the destined hero, she is placed in constant protection, and the fact that her father, Thomas, is one of the first three vampires ever turned, just makes her all the more coddled, which just pisses her off. She has a spit fire attitude, a need to prove herself, and the hard head of both her powerful mother and father. Which makes for a couple intersting situations.One of my favorite characters in this book is Tristan. A gorgeous, bald, ripped and tattooed Demon Hunter with swirling blue and silver eyes, he has the ultimate bad boy persona that makes every woman take a second look and a deeper breath. He is sarcastic, gentlemanly, protective and says the funniest things to beings most would run from, you just have to love him. Though he wasn't the male that was Renee's True One, I'm am hoping to see much more of our biker bad ass in future books.I really REALLY enjoyed this book, but there were many things I thought needed work. One, I found numerous gramatical errors throughout the story, but have noticed that with most of the books I have reviewed recently it is the same way, if not as much. And two, the world building was very lacking. There wasn't really one time that I could 'See' what Renee saw, or feel what she felt, and that is one aspect that I really look forward too. But, even with those little errors, I still really loved the story and would definitely recommend it.