Anointed by Blood

Unbinding, Book 1

By: Edith Ryder

Narrated by: Mia Hutchinson-Shaw

Imagine a world where a man's life force is the battery for a woman's magic. Anointed by Blood is a twisted love story about teenage witch Neave, cursed—like all her kind—to suck the life from her true love, Lachlan. He will live, but their Bind is a cancer, depriving him of the life only women can enjoy. Oppressed, broken, bitter—Lachlan’s on the lowest rung of the Order of Witches and he’s going to burn it all down. The price of revolution: his heart, his sanity, and Neave’s life. He’s prepared to pay it. Lachlan's twin brother, Jack, wants nothing to do with magic. Witness to his father's suffering at his mother's hands, he shuns magic, eking out an existence in the mortal world. But when Lachlan enters into a devil's bargain, leaving him damaged and Neave in danger, Jack must sacrifice his freedom and join Neave on a mission into London's underbelly to rescue Lachlan from his hideous fate.

©2022 Lucinda Haremza (P)2025 Alice O'Hair

Hooked

I’m in love with this book. Most of it has been exciting and making me stay up way too late at night wanting to know what would happen next. Couple twists. Interesting world of magic they’ve set up.

good story

This was a really great book! The story was engaging, the characters were complex enough that I cared what happened to them, and I liked the whole concept

intriguing

I was intrigued by the book as the premise was different then anything I've recently read and/or listened to.

Anointed by blood

Excellent book! I totally enjoyed listening to it. Narration by Mia Hutchinson Shaw was terrific! I was given this book free for an honest review.

very good

this story was alright. the narrator is so good it's like your really there!! fine overall.