Blood Like Magic is a 2021 young adult science fantasy novel by Trinidadian Canadian writer Liselle Sambury.

[1][2][3][4] Sambury's debut novel, it was published on 15 June 2021 by Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster and follows Voya, a teenager who is asked to kill her first love in order to save her family's magic.

[5][6] Set in the year 2049 in Toronto, Voya Thomas is called by her ancestors and given a challenge in order to receive her magic.

Afraid of being banished and humiliated because she refused her calling, her ancestor Mama Jova force her to witness her execution as a slave and she commands her to kill her first love or else magic will be taken away from her family.

"[10] Another review by Culturess praised it contents by saying "It’s a story that effortlessly weaves together different cultures, sexualities, and gender identities to create something that feels fresh and necessary".