The Blood Mage

By: Marie-Hélène Lebeault

Narrated by: Zane Boyer

On his 16th birthday, Tom triggered strange new magical abilities. When his sister is kidnapped, he discovers he was the intended target. A community of magical villains is after him because he may be the last Blood Mage. Will Tom embrace his new destiny?

The Blood Mage is the first in a new YA series. It's a spinoff of The Evers Series, but new listeners do not need to have listen to the series to enjoy the book.

©2021 Marie-Hélène Lebeault (P)2022 Marie-Hélène Lebeault

IT'S GROWING ON ME.

After listening to the first series,"THE EVERS SERIES" which I just LOVED, I was taken aback with the new narrator of this series, but..you know- give a guy a go, hoping his accents would grow on me. Well apart from one male voice l did get used to the characters. I must say it must have been hard work for the narrator to do so many voices differently.
The storyline was interesting and exciting and I will Listen to the rest of the series as I am quite caught up in the storyline and attached to the characters.
Recommended

I like it

I like the MC, I enjoyed the storyline, and it has more adventures to my mind than the Evers series and a little more action than drama. I look forward to seeing where Tom goes next

Great YA Fantasy

This was my first experience with Marie-Hélène Lebeault's work, and I enjoyed the story. Tom was granted magical powers on his sixteenth birthday. This book related Tom's journey of discovery about and mastery of his abilities. I liked the characters. I appreciated all the humor that was a part of this story. Zane Boyer's narration was great, and his performance enhanced the entertainment of the novel. I was given a free copy of the audiobook, and I have voluntarily posted this review.

Recommend

This was a good book about family, mages, schools, and magic. I really enjoyed reading about the main character finding out that he has more magic than they had ever thought.

Action

This book is very similar to the Harry Potter series, and geared towards teens around age 14+. The is some kissing, but nothing beyond that in this book. There is a lot of violence (which is expected, given the subject matter), and the book ends in a cliff hanger. I didn’t mind it, but I prefer something a bit less combative.