The title is apt as it clearly justifies the theme around which, the book is written. The cover of the book is vibrant & will sure look good on everyone’s shelf. However, all the magic performed, has a price. Obsessed with finding out the truth, Maddy undertakes a dangerous journey filled with magic, betrayal, & a lot of suspense. Needless to say, she’s shocked & disturbed but she is also determined to find out the truth about Cora’s death. Madison ‘Maddy’ Cooper is the one who finds her stepmother, Cora’s body in the bathtub – with her wrists slit – a mere thirty feet away from where Maddy was sleeping. This is a very well-constructed and interesting story, thrilling and fresh and from start to finish, with twist and turns, but without cliffhangers or sequels, because sometimes all you need is one good story, and this is it!īlood Spells is a well-rounded, standalone YA Fantasy novel. Maddie’s need for the truth has a price, a stiff one indeed.Īlicia Ellis writing-style is easy-to-read and fast-paced, the plot very interesting with a blend of urban fantasy and mystery in an African American background. All points to him being the killer, but that’s a suspicion Maddie cannot share with anyone, not that someone would even believe her. The only way to find the truth is to delve in blood magic, which is forbidden to minors but Maddie need for an answer lead her to begin an investigation that puts her in the path of a enigmatic and powerful individual, who deals in the kind of magic that shouldn’t even exist. The death was ruled as a suicide, but Maddie don’t believe, no magic user would ever, not even when seeking death drain blood without a reason. Maddy is an orphan, whose stepmother has just been killer, letting her to deal with life on her own.

'Blood Spells' by Alicia Ellis is a standalone YA urban fantasy story with that blends the classical UF elements with a whodunnit mystery.

Blood Spells by Alicia Ellis