Original Book Tag: Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury (Blog Tour)

Content Warnings: Whipping scene within the context of slavery, gun/police violence, discussion of and character with an eating disorder, blood/gore/violence, death, substance abuse/addiction, mentions of child neglect

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 in order 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.

Keisha- A Book where a character can read minds

I don’t think I’ve ever read any such book where a character could read minds, except in Blood Like Magic!  

Dual Powers- A book where a character can change the past, present or future

A Fledgling Witch- A book where the main character finds out they’re a witch during the course of the book and starts to come into their powers 

The Calling- A Book you think everyone should read at least once 

The First Love- The book that got you into reading 

Coming of Age- The book that made you transition from reading one genre/category to another 

Alex- A book where the side character is very loyal to the main character 

Afterlife- A book about the afterlife 

Liselle Sambury is a Trinidadian-Canadian author who grew up in Toronto, and her brand of writing can be described as “messy Black girls in fantasy situations.” In her free time, she shares helpful tips for upcoming writers and details of her publishing journey through a YouTube channel dedicated to helping demystify the sometimes complicated business of being an author. She is represented by Kristy Hunter at The Knight Agency.

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If you could have any ONE witch-y power that you wanted (Mind-reading, flying, controlling things with your mind, etc.), what would it be??

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