Blood Song
by Anthony Ryan
Our rating
Spice: barely any. Darkness: dark.
Vaelin Al Sorna's father drops him at the gates of a warrior order as a boy and never comes back. The training years are the best part, harsh and full of dead kids. Books two and three don't hit the same way, so treat this as a near-standalone.
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Is Blood Song spicy?
Barely. Blood Song has some kissing and maybe a fade to black, but nothing explicit. We give it 1 out of 5 for spice.
How dark is Blood Song?
We rate Blood Song 3 out of 5 for darkness (dark). The big content warnings are graphic violence, war, harm to children, torture. The full list is further down the page.
Do you need to read Raven's Shadow in order?
Blood Song is book 1 of Raven's Shadow, so it's the place to start. The series has 1 book on our list so far and is complete.
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Content warnings
Show 4 content warnings for Blood Song
- Graphic violence
- War
- Harm to children
- Torture
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Details
- Series
- Raven's Shadow, book 1
- Series status
- Complete
- Pages
- 297
- First published
- 2011
- Genre
- Dark Fantasy
