This is a stunning blend of romance horror & magic. For Mab Prowd the practice of blood magic is as natural as breathing. Its all shes ever known. Growing up on an isolated farm with other practitioners may have kept her from making friends her own age but it has also given her a sense of purpose
- shes protective of the magic & is able to practice it proudly & happily out in the open with only the crows as her companions. But one morning while Mab is attempting a particularly tricky spell she encounters Will a local boy who is trying to exorcise a few personal demons of his own. He experiences Mabs magic in a way his mind cannot comprehend & is all too happy to end their chance meeting. But soon secrets that were kept from Mab by earlier generations of blood magicians are revealed & she & Will are drawn back together united against a dangerous force looking to break free from the earth & reclaim its own dark power.