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Blood Like Magic

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Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury is a captivating tale set in a futuristic Toronto, where a 16-year-old witch named Voya Thomas must endure a high-stakes trial to preserve her family's magic. Her test involves choosing between her first love and her family's legacy. Torn between duty and desire, Voya grapples with complex decisions that intertwine magic, love, and self-discovery.
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You might enjoy this book if you're drawn to captivating stories of magic, family ties, and personal discovery. With a vibrant urban fantasy setting and a strong, relatable protagonist, it explores themes of identity and sacrifice that will appeal to fans of diverse and imaginative young adult fiction.

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Blood Like Magic

A rich, dark urban fantasy debut following teen witch Voya, who is given a horrifying task: to save her family's magic, she must kill her first love. The problem is, Voya has never been in love—she'll have to find the perfect guy first.

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“High stakes, big heart, and lots of Black Girl Magic…unputdownable.” —Aiden Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys

A rich, dark urban fantasy debut following a teen witch who is given a horrifying task: sacrificing her first love to save her family’s magic. The problem is, she’s never been in love—she’ll have to find the perfect guy before she can kill him.

After years of waiting for her Calling—a trial every witch must pass to come into their powers—the one thing Voya Thomas didn’t expect was to fail. When Voya’s ancestor gives her an unprecedented second chance to complete her Calling, she agrees—and then is horrified when her task is to kill her first love. And this time, failure means every Thomas witch will be stripped of their magic.

Voya is determined to save her family’s magic no matter the cost. The problem is, Voya has never been in love, so for her to succeed, she’ll first have to find the perfect guy—and fast. Fortunately, a genetic matchmaking program has just hit the market. Her plan is to join the program, fall in love, and complete her task before the deadline. What she doesn’t count on is being paired with the infuriating Luc—how can she fall in love with a guy who seemingly wants nothing to do with her?

With mounting pressure from her family, Voya is caught between her morality and her duty to her bloodline. If she wants to save their heritage and Luc, she’ll have to find something her ancestor wants more than blood. And in witchcraft, blood is everything.

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Liselle Sambury's Blood Like Magic is praised as a captivating blend of science fiction and fantasy that skillfully addresses themes of family, heritage, and systemic racism. Set in a near-future Toronto, the novel follows Voya Thomas, a young witch faced with an impossible choice to secure her family's magic. The rich world-building and diverse characters, including BIPOC and queer individuals, create an electric and thought-provoking narrative that leaves readers eagerly anticipating more from this debut author.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781534465299

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 August 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Margaret K McElderry Books

Edition: Reprint

Illustration: f-c cvr--sfx: matte finish, spot UV

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 367g

Pages: 512

About the Author

Liselle Sambury is a Trinidadian Canadian author and Governor General’s Literary Awards Finalist. She has a love for stories with dark themes, complicated families, and edges of hope. In her free time, she shares helpful tips for upcoming writers and details of her publishing journey through a YouTube channel dedicated to demystifying the sometimes complicated business of being an author.

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