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I am a huge fan of the Witchlands and couldn't be more happy about the addition of this book. The sneak peek was a perfect mash up of bringing me back into the world as well as starting off on a new adventure.

I love the format of following all these different characters with interlocked stories that are still seperate as each of them have their own agendas, feelings, and complications arise.

Though the story has a very vast world the driving force to this action packed series is of course the characters that each book is named after. Coming into a book called Bloodwitch you would almost expect the story to center around just Aeduan, but truly its the crew as a whole that it surrounds but the biggest character arc lies with its naming character. Already I can tell that Aeduan must face the idea of himself being labeled a monster. You can see this being a big driving factor as it was never really quite brought up in previous books and he has quickly become many peoples favorite characters. Where as we have characters who were the golden boy in the first book, Merik we find enduring suffering and torture, we still adore poor little Aeduan.

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I loves this excerpt! I had a bit if a difficult start with it, after a year away from the series I had to recall a lot to find seemlessly back into it. But then it took off and one thing after the next happened and I could not put it down.

I got the impression that the chapters where a bit shorter than before, but it was perfectly fine and since we now have a lot of characters to cover it made sense to shorten the chapters.

The writing stile was as beautiful and insistent as ever and I loved to see my favourite characters again.

We got to see a bit more of the strong women in this series, learned a lot about Marstok and I loved the chapter from Stix's view. It is just exciting to see the hints from Sightwitch come into play and get an almost clear picture of what is to come.

Basically I loved everything about this excerpt and can't wait to dive into the book when it comes out in a few days.

I highly recommend this series it gets better with every book and contains all of my favourite fantastic elements.

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I have loved this series since the begining and i still love it. I just can´t get enough of Aeduan, Iseult and Owl. I feel like we are seeing more about who Aeduan is and what he feels for Iseult. I also really enjoyed Vivian's arc and all her striggles in becoming who she is and being empowred.

Dennard continues to gve strong and complex female characters that fight for frindships and for being them selves, no matter the consequences.

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Thank you for allowing me to get a preview of on of my favorite series! Susan's storytelling improves with each book. She adds so much emotion and excitment to her stories making it that much better. I cant wait to read the rest of the book soon!

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I apologize. I did not realize this was the third book in a trilogy. Being so, I should not review it without having read the first two books. Based on the success of the first two books. I did rate the excerpt highly (plus again, taking responsibility for my error).

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I received a copy of this from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was by no means long enough, in my excitement in being approved to review this I didn't realize it was a PREVIEW so imagine my surprise to turn to the next page ... that wasn't there. I'm so excited to review this in full once I have the complete novel in my hands.

I loved that the opening scene is from Aeduan's childhood, I honestly teared up and thought it explained so much of his character development and personality. I also love having chapters from his pov ... basically the more Aeduan I can get the happier I am.

I loved seeing Iseult and Safi again though I really just want them reunited because I adore their friendship.

Full review to come though I can already tell this book is going to be absolutely amazing and a great addition to the Witchlands series

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Something was wrong with the formatting for this one. Most of the other books I've had sent directly to my kindle worked fine, but this was so messed up it was actually unreadable. Anyway, I loved the first books in this series, so I'm sure I'll love this one too, but I am disappointed I couldn't read this excerpt.

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This is the book I have been waiting for from this series. The pairings were better than in previous books, but this could be because the stakes were raised a lot more. I'm just truly satisfied compared to how I felt when finishing Windwitch. Susan Dennard gets better every time.

Thank you, Net Galley, for an advanced copy of this book.

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Oh my! I want more! Can't wait until the whole book is out. I'm so excited to continue on with this world, this story, and these characters. What I've read so far is awesome. Aeduan and Iseult! Love their story right now. I can also tell how the writing has improved. Everything just seems more...smooth. I need the book, NOW!

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I was provided with an eARC sample of this book in exchange for a fair review.

This sample just makes me SO READY for the rest of the book! I cannot wait!

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This got me so ready for the physical book! I loved seeing Aeduan as a child and not in control of his powers yet. I’m also looking forward to seeing where his relationship with Izuelt goes. But also since this is only a preview we only got to see a little of what’s happening with everyone else and I need to know more!

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Huge thank you to Macmillan-Tor/Forge and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to review this book!

I first started the Witchland series back in 2017 and I’ve eagerly awaited each new book since the first but I was so beyond excited when I was given the chance to read a preview excerpt of this one that I dropped everything else I was in the middle of and started reading it at three in the morning!

Full (spoiler-y) review here: http://wmsreads.tumblr.com/post/182498153907/

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I have been anxiously awaiting this book for a while now. Aeduan has been the most compelling character in this series from Chapter 1 of Truthwitch. The clues in Sightwitch that play out in this book gave a lot of interesting dimension to this story. As with the first two books in this series, Safiya's story is the least interesting for me. I feel like I am slogging through her story at times to get back to Aeduan and Merik. I am in awe of the scope of the planning that must have gone into this story! The way it all weaves together is pretty cool. Now I just have to wait a little bit longer to get the rest of this book!

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The third book in the Witchlands series.
This excerpt was brilliant it had me wanting more! I can not wait to delve back into this world and see whats in store!

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AHHH this was sooo good!The preview really drags you into the story and definitely leaves you wanting more. I cant help but hope for a happy ending for Aeduan, but I know how Susan likes to leave her books on a cliffhanger. The writing is sublime, as always and I love how more characters get POV's with each book. Will definitely be picking up the book when its released.

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This book was received as an ARC from Macmillan-Tor/Forge in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

At first I was scared to read this book because of the fact that the description and cover made it seem like the book was going to get way intense with witchcraft and war that it was going to make the book difficult to read because of the action scenes and battle scenes. When I read this book, boy was I wrong. Susan Dennard writes in such a unique style that you won't help but be glued to the book wanting to read on and see. Never let a book description or cover intimidate you because a book you thought might be very difficult to read, might just be the best book you ever read.

We will consider adding this book to our YFantasy collection at the library. That is why we gave this book 5 stars.

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I’m a huge fan of Susan Dennard - let me put it out there. I feel incredibly grateful for having an opportunity to read the excerpt of my most anticipated release of 2019! Since this is just a preview of the novel, I will post my review once I read the book in full.

The review will be posted on Goodread, Amazon, and my blog.

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This preview was the best and worst thing to happen to me. What am I going to do while I wait for two weeks?

Bloodwitch is the book that I was waiting for. The story picks up where it left off, and the momentum doesn't disappoint. From this world that Dennard has created, she slowly brings a few of her cookie crumbs back, allowing for this expansive world to have a bit more depth than before. I didn't think that this story could have more detailed and vivid details than the previous books, but she's done it, and it's brilliant.

I'm going to die a slow death while I wait for these two weeks to come. Send help, and more pages!

*Thank you to the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.*

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I received an preview excerpt of the first twenty-two chapters from NetGalley in exchanged for an honest review. This doesn’t influence the opinions of my review in any way.
When I requested a preview excerpt for this book, I had no idea this was the third book in the series. So I rushed to pick up Truthwitch and ended up enjoying it so much, I zoomed through both it, Windwitch, and Sightwitch in less a month. Bloodwitch appears to have the same fast-pace storytelling I loved in the previous books, with more focus on the Bloodwitch Aeduan. We learn more about his parents, his steadily changing motives, his feelings towards Iseult, and his evolving relationship with Owl. I enjoyed every moment they all shared and love him even more now than I did in the previous books.
The tie in with Sightwitch were very well done and the world building keeps getting more and more impressive! In exchange for answers we got even more questions and I’m dying to read the rest of the book! I will say though that the format of the preview excerpt on my kindle was a bit wonky and difficult to read at first, but I'm not sure if that's normal and expected for ARCs/previews.
I will be posting a full review once I’ve read the entire book. Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for providing me with preview excerpt!

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The imagery that Dennard uses is very realistic and easy to visualize. I could see all the characters mentioned crystal clear and was sucked into the world that she created. Dennard’s world building was woven together beautifully making it believable to her readers.

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