Crow Memory

The Blood Journals #1.5

by Tessa Gratton

This is a short story that occurs between the events of Blood Magic and The Blood Keeper. Told from Reese's POV.

Genres: Young Adult, Short Stories, Magic, Paranormal, Fantasy, Fiction, Novella

13 pages, ebook

First published July 27, 2012

About the author

Tessa Gratton is the author of adult and YA SFF novels and short stories that have been translated into twenty-two languages, nominated twice for the Otherwise Award, and several have been Junior Library Guild Selections. Her most recent novels are the dark queer fairy tales Strange Grace and Night Shine, and queer the Shakespeare retelling Lady Hotspur. Her upcoming work includes the YA fantasy Chaos and Flame (2023), and novels of Star Wars: The High Republic. Though she has lived all over the world, she currently resides at the edge of the Kansas prairie with her wife. Queer, nonbinary, she/any.

Reviews

[♡Julalicious Book Paradise♡]

I really enjoyed this. Seeing a bit of the past from Reese's POV and seeing the present from his new form was soo interesting.

I really enjoyed it and recommend it :D

[Nancy The book junkie]

I loved Reese character so i'm glad we had this short story from is POV as a crow and i also really appreciated the flashbacks since in the main story i felt like we didn't knew much about his backstory.

[Γιώτα Παπαδημακοπούλου]

Ένα short story ανάμεσα στα δύο βιβλία της σειράς, που αποτελεί ουσιαστικά μια αφηγηματική γέφυρα, χωρίς, όμως, ιδιαίτερο λόγο ύπαρξης ή κάποια σοβαρή σκοπιμότητα.

[jazmín]

no puedo creer que estoy descubriendo nuevo contenido casi 10 años después de haber leído la duology original

[Geri]

Enjoyed this POV and the introduction to Mab who I believe is in the next book but haven’t read that yet. Will continue series.

[Lothfleur]

Crow Magic est une nouvelle en ligne du point de vue de Reese qui se passe entre les deux tomes de la série.
C’est une succession de scènes, de souvenirs, le tout encadré par le présent – ou le passé, qui sait. La tout première scène a quelque chose de lyrique, on sait bien dans quel état Reese est maintenant, après tout, alors on voit les choses d’un autre œil. Par la suite, on croise les événements qui ont précédé Blood Magic, le passé de Reese, pour nous faire de lui autre chose que simplement le frère de Silla, c’est touchant. Puis c’est au tour des scènes qu’on a pu voir dans Blood Magic et on avance… et on croise Mab.
C’est une jolie nouvelle, très touchante qui n’est pas fondamentale, évidemment, mais qui est très intéressante à lire, un petit plus à lire entre Blood Magic et The Blood Keeper, puisqu’on nous fait clairement le lien entre les deux. Maintenant reste à voir si on va trouver que Mab est quelqu’un de bien – peut-être… – ou tout l’inverse !

[K. F.]

Reese was my favorite from Blood Magic so I was pretty excited to see Tessa Gratton had written a short story centered on him. While I really enjoyed the insight into his character and past experiences, I still wasn't fully convined that Reese would choose Mab, the main character of The Blood Keeper, over Silla, the main character of Blood Magic and Reese's sister. Given his devotion and loss, it would have made more sense to me for Reese to divide himself between the two girls, given his new "sense" of body as twelve crows. That said, this works as a nice transitional piece between the two heroines while better fleshing out my favorite character from the previous book, so if you have interest in Tessa Gratton's Blood series, it's not to be missed.

[usagi ☆ミ]

This is a fantastic bridge between books one and two of this duology, and I really hope it gets printed into the paperback edition of "The Blood Keeper" (seeing as it isn't in the paperback version of "Blood Magic"). So sad to see this duology go, and I LOVED it.

Tessa's put it back up on her site (after it went missing for a long while), so read it here while you can: http://tessagratton.com/novels/crow-m...

[Maria Aguilar]

This was really cute because we get to see the side of Reese that we didn't get to see in the last book and know how he truly feels about the situation they are in. We also get to know a little bit about Mab, who is going to be the main charater in the next book. Even though it was short, it still has enough to know how Reese feel and how he care for his sister Silla and wish to be there for her and protect her from harm.

[Cecilia]

Riktigt fin skriven, men fattade inte direkt slutet av den. Kanske blir mer uppenbart i nästa bok!

Read my whole review at Book Obsession

[Louisa]

A great short story, a bit random, of Reese's memories, all tangled up, and a bit sad, because I have an idea about what happens to him in The Blood Keeper, so yeah, it was a bit sad. But it was a great short story!

[Amy]

A lovely short story that bridges the gap between Blood Magic and The Blood Keeper. I loved getting Reese's perspective, especially coming from his flock-of-crows self. It left me wanting more, though. Good thing I've got The Blood Keeper to read now.

[Lori]

This was a great book to tie in the stories between books 1 and 2 in the series. I'm so looking forward to Blood Keeper. :)

[Kirsten]

Good short story from Reese's POV. You can find it on Tessa Gratton's web site.

[Veronika Gazárková]

Jéééééééé :)))

[Dina]

This was a good book to get me interested in the next book in the series since the characters aren't the same and seem so separate. This such a sweet story about Reese.

[Vendea]

Skvělé, lepší než celý první díl. Škoda, že už moc Reese neuvidíme...

[Melisande]

http://accrocdeslivres.blogspot.fr/20...

[Brandee Terry]

I love Reese so seeing this from his POV was terrific.

[Rachel]

I connected through Reese. I loved his character and I was so sad for his ending. This give me little piece but sparks more interest in the next book.