
The Blood Spell
Ravenspire Series
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Narrated by:
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Khristine Hvam
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By:
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C. J. Redwine
A dark and romantic epic-fantasy retelling of the Cinderella story, about a girl who must team up with the prince she despises to defeat an evil creature threatening their kingdom. The fourth stand-alone novel in the New York Times best-selling Ravenspire series by C. J. Redwine.
Blue de la Cour has her life planned: hide the magic in her blood and continue trying to turn metal into gold so she can help her city’s homeless. But when her father is murdered and a cruel but powerful woman claims custody of Blue and her property, one wrong move could expose her - and doom her once and for all. The only one who can help? The boy she’s loathed since childhood: Prince Kellan.
Kellan Renard, crown prince of Balavata, is walking a thin line between political success and devastating violence. Newly returned from boarding school, he must find a bride among the kingdom’s head families and announce his betrothal - but escalating violence among the families makes the search nearly impossible. He’s surprised to discover that the one person who makes him feel like he can breathe is Blue, the girl who once ruined all his best adventures.
When mysterious forces lead to disappearances throughout Balavata, Blue and Kellan must work together to find the truth. What they discover will lead them to the darkest reaches of the kingdom and to the most painful moments of their pasts.
When romance is forbidden and evil is rising, can Blue save those she loves, even if it costs her everything?
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Absolutely amazing!
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CJ Redwine is the queen of fairy tale retellings!
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main character development
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Loved them all.
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She write her characters in such a way that you want to reach into the story and help them.
Newer, Better Cinderella
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Khristine Hvan’s performance is alright. She does well with a variety of character voices, however, I do not believe her voice matched with the ethnicity of the characters. Yes, the accents were done alright, but I was not completely convinced.
The writing style was expertly crafted and is reminiscent of the lilting tones of a fairy tale. The plot itself was average. I disliked that there were certain “clues” throughout the novel that the reader and the characters can decipher easily, and yet the characters take until the very end of the novel to piece the clues together. The main two character’s romance was the most interesting part of the novel, which I believe should not have been the focus. I was also hoping that the villain would be less two dimensional and given more depth. The Blood Spell is the fourth standalone installment of the Shadowspire series. I am not certain as to whether reading the previous three novels would have heightened the experience of reading The Blood Spell, but I would let teens know about the series itself if they are interested.
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All of the story elements were adequate. I don’t think anything that needed to be there was missing. It was quite fun when aspects of the Cinderella story appeared and nearly none of them felt out of place to me. The fairy godmother, pumpkin, evil stepmother, etc. all felt natural and realistic for the most part. Some plot points or set ups were rather difficult to wrap one’s head around tho. (How the heck would some form of sentry not be posted at the gate?!) And Blue and Kellen falling in love in the span of a month after having been antagonists nearly their entire life is rather unbelievable given the moments we do get. Strong like maybe but not love. Too much too soon.
Though their romantic moments were very wholesome, tension-filled, and captivating. Also, we stan a healthy romance dynamic!
Two final, random thoughts i wanna add: The Queen is prolly my favorite character, i resented the cowering fearful tone the narrator used whenever it was a Cinderella/Evil Step Mom moment, and the epilogue is really lacking for me.
But ya, overall, fun book.
An entertaining interpretation/twist
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To much of anything is a bad thing...
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So Bad
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