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Date read: September 8, 2025
Kate Daniels World
1. Blood Heir - Paperback | Kindle
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(find all the books in the series on the 1st book review)
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
Atlanta was always a dangerous city. Now, as waves of magic and technology compete for supremacy, it’s a place caught in a slow apocalypse, where monsters spawn among the crumbling skyscrapers and supernatural factions struggle for power and survival.Thoughts on Blood Heir: MAN, this was a good book. Julie/Aurelia (sorry, girl, but you're still Julie in my head) has gone through a lot since she left Atlanta to find herself. Not the least of which is almost dying and acquiring a new face and abilities after facing off against a REALLY bad god/demon. Now the witch oracle is telling her she needs to take care of business back in her old stomping ground and she absolutely can't tell Kate or Curran she's around or everything she's fighting for might fall apart in the worst way.
Eight years ago, Julie Lennart left Atlanta to find out who she was. Now she’s back with a new face, a new magic, and a new name—Aurelia Ryder—drawn by the urgent need to protect the family she left behind. An ancient power is stalking her adopted mother, Kate Daniels, an enemy unlike any other, and a string of horrifying murders is its opening gambit.
If Aurelia’s true identity is discovered, those closest to her will die. So her plan is simple: get in, solve the murders, prevent the prophecy from being fulfilled, and get out without being recognized. She expected danger, but she never anticipated that the only man she'd ever loved could threaten everything.
One small misstep could lead to disaster. But for Aurelia, facing disaster is easy; it’s relationships that are hard.
So Julie's in Atlanta trying to solve a murder (and stop a big evil from acquiring more power) while avoiding Kate and Curran. Avoiding Kate and Curran isn't necessarily difficult, it's the other people who knew Julie in her other life who are causing issues. Seriously. Ascanio is having Julie tailed (without knowing she's Julie) and Derek, who has been in places unknown for the last several years, has popped up and is ALSO looking into the murder Julie is trying to solve. Plus there's Nick and PLENTY of others who knew Julie before and maybe won't realize Aurelia is her, but every interaction has to the potential to unmask her.
But let's get back to Julie and Derek. These two are complicated. Whatever they feel for one another is big and messy and they haven't spoken to one another since Julie left. Plus, Julie isn't the only one who's gone through some changes. Derek is bigger, faster, stronger, and might be a First. Which actually makes sense in a weird way that I can't explain, but also sets up some interesting potential for the future.
Big evil, tricksy street kids, plenty of power, lots of familiar faces, a formerly lone wolf who has found his stride, and a lady who will do whatever it takes to keep the people she cares about safe. SO GOOD.
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