Blood Like Magic
Book description
"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…
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1 author picked Blood Like Magic as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
All you need to know: witches in the future. That’s it. That’s the review. Go read this book. Okay, in all seriousness, this is one of those books that you almost throw at people without explanation. I should note it has some sensitive content—from the author: “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."
As an added note, there are mentions of systems existing in the book which misgender trans people that are discussed by the characters.
So yes, lots of heavy subject…
From Amanda's list on witchy young adult.
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