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What I liked about the book:
1. Steampunk background setting.
2. The strong alternating 1st POV between the male, Jax, and the female, Amanusa, characters.
3. Book length was good, 8662 bits on my kindle edition.
4. Characterizations were strong and consistent throughout the book.
5. The magical descriptions were thorough and the best part of the book.
6. World building was sufficient in creating four magical guilds.
7. Appreciated not a single vampire or werewolf, people are the main villains of this story.
8. HEA ending.

What I didn't like about the book:
1. Essentially this was a Fantasy Romance, character driven novel.
2. The main magical nemesis was unsolved at the end. Maybe to be addressed in future installments?
3. Besides wearing Victorian clothing, travelling on trains, and the cool tinker machines (magical enemy) from "dead" magical zones, there was very little in the style of Steampunk, to me.
4. There was a lot of kidnapping in this book. I don't really like this much in books, especially when there is torture involved. I like adventure aspects better.

Even though I really liked it, it still wasn't quite as good as MK Hobson's series or the Buroker's Flash Gold series for me, but I feel Gail Dayton contribution is better than the Brook or Spencer series. Overall, I am excited to read more and new authors of Steampunk. It's still my favorite genre.


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New Blood Blood Magic Gail Dayton 9780765362506 Books Reviews

This book didn't quite work for me. There were two major issues. First, it moved a bit too slow. We were almost 25% through the book before anything really started happening.

My second problem is that while the real "bad guy" of the story (the dead zones) seemed very interesting, they weren't given nearly as much attention as the human bad guys, who were really, really annoying to me. I hate villains that are so focused on being stereotypes, they fail to show any use of logic or thought. I also dislike having social commentary shoved down my throat, which is what this book felt like to me. The men fell into three categories; evil woman-hater, subservient or outcast buffoon who *gasp* felt like women might actually be worth something after all. After yet another speech on how women were fragile, innocent, evil people who can't handle/be trusted with magic, I was done. However, someone that isn't as oversensitive as I am may still find this an enjoyable book.
Amanusa Whitcomb lives on her own in a little cottage in the forests of Transylvania. One day Jax wanders out of the forest, tells her she's the next blood sorceress and collapses at her feet. Horror stories abound about blood sorceresses so Amanusa is not best-pleased, to put it mildly. All she wants to do is get rid of him. Unfortunately, he's been bound to her and can't just go away and leave her to her charms and potions.

I'm not going to provide a complete synopsis because I don't want to spoil it for anyone. The best part of the book is the unfolding of these two characters--the reader's opportunity to get to know them as they get to know one another, and I really admire Dayton's ability to describe a loving relationship--but the world itself is interesting, and with my love of historical fiction, a real winner. The story is set in an alternate history/fantasy world with four main schools of magic (including alchemy, which gives it, along with some odd mechanical monsters and the historical setting, a little bit of a steampunk feel).

I love this book. Gail Dayton rarely disappoints, and this introduction to her new series is wonderful. I'm going to go buy the second one as soon as I hit publish on this review.
Plot Summary Magic is alive and acknowledged in the 19th century, but in Amanusa's little back corner of Austria it's illegal for women to practice magic. When a strange Englishman appears at her cottage and talks of her being a blood sorceress, Amanusa recoils from the idea. Jax has been searching for a successor for over 200 years, ever since his last sorceress was slain. When hostile rebels and magical Inquisitors threaten them both, Jax and Amanusa must flee to Paris, where a great magical council is meeting to solve the problem of the encroaching dead zones. To take her place, Amanusa must convince this sexist, bigoted, all-male body that she is a valid magic practitioner.

This intro book was too long in my opinion, but author Gail Dayton has laid out a complex magical world that held my interest. Tor is calling this a paranormal romance, and I sorta, kinda, agree. This book falls into that same no-man's land as Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate) by Gail Carriger; it's half historical fantasy and half paranormal romance. Oh, and with a dash of steampunk sprinkled throughout. I must say that I enjoy this combination a lot, and I think these authors have bright futures.

I've been drawn to the cover ever since I first saw it, because I like gore, and having the heroine in a white, blood-splattered frock was eye-catching to say the least. It's an accurate detail because Amanusa is a blood sorceress, which is a highly misunderstood branch of magic. Everyone believes blood sorcery is inherently evil, including Amanusa herself, and Jax has a hard time convincing her otherwise.

In most romances the guy is usually the one holding all the cards - wealth, power, and status - but Ms. Dayton has flipped this story on end. Jax is a bound blood servant, and instead of arriving at the beginning of the story with everything intact, he must slowly build up to becoming his own man again. I enjoyed the novelty of it, and his broken past as a virtual slave gave him a powerful connection to Amanusa, who's own tragic youth is slowly revealed.

What I'm really looking forward to is the next book, Heart's Blood, because now that I have the gist behind this fantasy vision, I want to see how far Ms. Dayton will take it. There are four branches of magic, each complex and distinct, and only the blood sorcery was explored in depth. There is a disturbing rise of dead zones all over the world, where the magic has vanished, and vicious machines rule. All of that was left hanging at the end of this introduction book, so there's a lot to explore.
What I liked about the book
1. Steampunk background setting.
2. The strong alternating 1st POV between the male, Jax, and the female, Amanusa, characters.
3. Book length was good, 8662 bits on my kindle edition.
4. Characterizations were strong and consistent throughout the book.
5. The magical descriptions were thorough and the best part of the book.
6. World building was sufficient in creating four magical guilds.
7. Appreciated not a single vampire or werewolf, people are the main villains of this story.
8. HEA ending.

What I didn't like about the book
1. Essentially this was a Fantasy Romance, character driven novel.
2. The main magical nemesis was unsolved at the end. Maybe to be addressed in future installments?
3. Besides wearing Victorian clothing, travelling on trains, and the cool tinker machines (magical enemy) from "dead" magical zones, there was very little in the style of Steampunk, to me.
4. There was a lot of kidnapping in this book. I don't really like this much in books, especially when there is torture involved. I like adventure aspects better.

Even though I really liked it, it still wasn't quite as good as MK Hobson's series or the Buroker's Flash Gold series for me, but I feel Gail Dayton contribution is better than the Brook or Spencer series. Overall, I am excited to read more and new authors of Steampunk. It's still my favorite genre.