When Clio conned her way into the Underworld, her job was to steal magic that could protect her homeland. Instead, she escaped with the rebel son of a notorious spell weaver family.And in the process, she exposed his most calamitous spell, putting her people–and all magic–in peril.Now she and Lyre face two impossible feats: recover his creation, and do it before his family catches up to them. … catches up to them. But when the spell is unleashed with devastating results, caution is no longer an option.
Clio and Lyre’s only chance lies in combining their strength, but to make it out alive, they’ll need magic more dangerous than they’ve ever wielded before. And if they fail, the realms will pay the price.
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Steel & Stone Universe Books:
SPELL WEAVER TRILOGY
The Night Realm (#1)
The Shadow Weave (#2)
The Blood Curse (#3)
STEEL & STONE SERIES
Chase the Dark (#1)
Bind the Soul (#2)
Yield the Night (#3)
Feed the Flames (#3.5)
Reap the Shadows (#4)
Unleash the Storm (#5)
Steel & Stone (#6)
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Annette Marie is the proverbial pot of gold: an author who consistently delivers high quality well written, well edited, grammatically correct, original, entertaining stories. She invites you into her worlds and you never want to leave.
Every time I finish one of her books, my first thought is to read it again, to savor the characters, their development, and their relationships. The relationships developed in her books, both friendships and romantic, develop gradually, revealing layers and connections that strengthen over time. She creates people, not tropes.
Her plots are strong, complex, and keep you riveted. The worlds she creates are internally consistent and vividly imagined.
I realize this is a generic sort of review, but I plan to leave it for all her books. From the Red Winter series (mythic Japan); to the Steel & Stones series, including Piper and Ash, and the Lyre and Clio books; and the Guild Codex series, now including the Robin Piper demon-training: I have yet to find anything less than pure enjoyment, and great respect for her talent.
Annette Marie is seriously spoiling me. I don’t know what I would do if she wasn’t an indie author that can put out more than one book each year! If I had to wait a year for each book she writes I die from the anticipation alone. Luckily, Marie loves to spoil us with her breathtaking worlds and characters that will shake your heart up.
I am so smitten and completely in love with this world that Annette Marie has created. This world is so elaborate. I love that there are different realms with contrasting landscapes, traditions, and people. I love all of the different castes of daemons and how Marie has tailored each caste’s attributes, both physical and otherwise, with such grace and originality. Some of the castes are based on things that we would recognize from urban fantasy literature, and yet she puts her own unique spin on them. The nerd inside of me marvels at the craftsmanship. The world itself is no different. Marie takes the attributes from each caste and works them into the landscape and way of life for these daemons. It’s so very clever and beautiful the way that she flawlessly weaves this world together.
I said this in my review for The Shadow Weave, and I am going to say it again because it is just too perfect and so fitting to pass up. Annette Marie is as much a master weaver as Lyre is. Marie so expertly arranged this plot that it boggles my mind. It is so flawless and full of everything that a compelling story needs. I can’t imagine the amount of work that went into creating this masterpiece. Not only did she create a fully enclosed plot for this series, but she also connects things and characters from this series into the plot and characters for her Steel & Stone series. There aren’t many authors that can create such an inventive world and plot of this magnitude, cross it over many different book series and do it well. Beyond well in this case! I am still blown away.
These characters have seriously embedded themselves into my fibers. They have lodged inside my heart and I will never let them go. I am so anxiously awaiting the Blackfire series that Marie has in the works that will bring these characters and the ones from the Steel & Stone series together. When she announced it I thought that I would die from excitement! That is a testament to how Marie develops her characters. Each character not only has their own arc and their own development, but the relationships and chemistry between the characters really cement something special. These characters will stay with you.
Overall, I just have to implore you to read this series! Annette Marie will blow your mind with her exquisite world-building, insanely clever plots, and characters that will melt your heart. I believe that I have said it before in other reviews of her books, but I am an Annette Marie fan for life! She is an auto-buy author for me. The quality of her writing speaks for itself. She really is a shining star in the thick night sky of authors. You won’t want to miss out on experiencing her worlds for yourself!
Title: The Blood Curse (Spell Weaver #3)
Author: Annette Marie
Publisher: Dark Owl Fantasy Inc
Number of Pages: 344
Genre: Young Adult/New Adult, Fantasy, Romance
Date Read: 16-04-2018 – 18-04-2018
Favorite Quote: “My heart is yours. No other woman has ever touched it, and no one but you ever will.”
Review:
There was definitely allot going on in this book. It was full of action.
I’m glad we got to see Clio fighting and being the bad-ass she showed she could be in the previous books. She really grew stronger and more confidant.
I’m excited that we got to see Clio and Lyre finally be together. They can really make it work. Atleast I hope they’ll do.
I understand that the book had to end the way it did and it made perfect sense for Clio and Lyre but I wished it was different.
What is this book about:
This book takes off right where the last one ended. Lyre, Clio and Ash are trying to survive. They are still on the run from the Hades family and Lyre’s family. Lyre’s family desperately want Lyre back because they want Lyre’s KLOK spell. They want a way to take over not just the underworld but earth as well. And lyre’s knowledge and ability to create new spells is the way to do it.
Lyre and Clio have to find a way to defeat the strongest Spell Weaver in centuries, Lyre’s father. Will they be able to survive and have their happily ever after?
What did I love about this book:
I really loved Lyre and Clio together. They are just perfect for each other and Lyre is jut amazing. I really like him. He’s one of my favorite characters in this series.
I really like Ash as well, he is very mysterious and I can’t wait to read his series to learn more about him.
I really liked how Clio developed. She came such a long way from the first book. It was amazing to see.
Rating:
5 Amazing Stars