There probably should be some Words of Wisdom TM here, but all I have is, yay the book is out.
It’s out, it’s out! We are so glad that you guys are enjoying it. We meant for it to be a small bright spot in what is a dark time, and we hope it will do its job and lift your spirits, if only for a little while.
Please use the comments for spoilery discussions. Be polite. Thank you!
Can’t wait for the book to be out already. Trying to determine if I am willing to lose sleep for a while.
whaaat, I am first to comment….
Yes, you are, congrats 😉
As always an awesome read! The amount of research you and others put into all your books is simply amazing. Thank you. I cannot wait for Iron Covenant 2 and the next Ryder books!
So just a quick follow up. I was kind of surprised about Ascanio character as he become more of a slimeball than what Kate left behind. I always saw him as a contending love interest for Julie. I am kind of hoping his character get’s redeemed later. I like where the relationship between Julie and Derrek is going as it shows the kids have grown up.
Also Julie has become like spiderman a little bit. Secret identity what? However I am looking forward to seeing if Ascanio figures it out and his reaction with it. I am kind of hoping he sees he needs to better himself.
Same though. I’ve been singing songs about how excited I am to get the book….
Happy book birthday IA.
Haha. Read the title and got excited until I read the actual message. Can I say how much I love having Tuesdays as my day off? Most of my favorite authors get published on Tuesdays. (Why is that…?)
Delayed my return to work post New Years until Wed so I could read blood heir on Tuesday. Except…I’m in New Zealand. Amazon knows this, they give me prices in NZD. but release dates are not in nz time. I know cause I waited until midnight to make sure I’d have my copy downloaded to read today. And I’m still waiting and checking and waiting and checking… It’s either gonna be a late night OR I’ll be up all night tomorrow night. Le sigh.
New Zealand gets the books from Amazon available from midnight EST Tuesday which is 6pm our time, so not long to go now ????
I order from Amazon UK so I got the book at 1pm on Tuesday.
Or you could use amazon.AU but I find that I end up paying more through Amazon.au.
Doesn’t help you for this book but for future reference.
Most everything gets published on Tuesday. Actually, new DVDs come out on Tuesdays too. I asked why once in a publishing class and it’s for a shipping reason that no one really knows anymore.
they used to hold them in the back till tues to put them on the shelves. I am 74 and new title day has been tuesday as long as i remember.
Well, the holding in the back is so Indie stores get the chance to put them out at the same time as Barnes and Nobles. Before they made set release dates, B&N and other chains had a HUGE advantage because they tend to get their books first. I think that’s because they always have huge orders while Indies tend not to place orders until they reach a certain amount of books they need, but don’t hold me to that.
NOPE! I am a TINY indie—mostly used and I only have pre-ordered “new” books and I get things up to 2 weeks ahead of time, with dire warnings about not selling or displaying them until their release date. But I read my copies……and this one was GREAT!
Huh! So interesting, I hadn’t put that together! I appreciate you, BDH!
Got a page not working with the original post, so hope this wasn’t a repeat.
But in case it is, I’ll shorten it and say that Amazon sent me the paperwork last Friday. I finished Saturday. Which is good, because I forgot to take Tuesday off. Woot!
The book was amazing. Can’t wait for the sequel.
First spoilery discussion…. You have been warned.
Hah! I knew Saiman would come back. Not quite for the reason I thought — I thought for sure he was just betting on the magic of Unicorn Lane to resurrect him. So since I was half right I’m getting myself half a point.
Which is pretty much the only point I think I have, because I was wrong on most everything else.
Same with all this emphasis on Saiman’s grave, I was sure Saiman would be alive! ????
Really did not expect the whole corner stand thing though.
I was a bit confused about that though, so basically he was the beggar and the lady at the stall at the same time?
Opposite for me! I knew the pierogi beggar was important, but I did’t know about Saiman until he opened the door.
Derek was one of his pall bearers?
Actually, I really thought Marten would be the creature.
Oh snap I didn’t even think of that. There’s definitely something up with her though and all her evasive maneuvering.
Right! Her dad is still around and is very nice but has her living on the street.
They removed mention of the dad in this book just as they expanded dougies role so there may have been a change of direction there.
Her dad is still in this booked mentioned the first time she escapes from Sophie
I think her dad might be a divine being. Who may not be able to manifest that much. (Cuz why not have wild theories). Her magic is blue, but like…. maybe it’s like Desandra’s kid, and it won’t show unless something activates it.
I like your theory! But some powers have manifested, she was at Julies home too fast and she was dry even though it was pouring outside
Wild theory– dad is Moloch, through his avatar xD
I think her dad is Red.
!!!
Wow – good one! I figured out the guy who died and came back was Saiman, but the details with the pocket realm and Derek calling the (at the time unnamed) scented person a coward also made me think if Red. I got kind of excited for a Julie/Red interaction where she gets to show off the total badass princess that she is. Not that it would actually take the plot anywhere… just emotionally satisfying as a reader 😉
Yeah, I think many of us were highly skeptical of Saiman’s “selfless” demise in battle. How did he accomplish it, though? His own magic or someone else’s? Next we’ll hear the snow white folktale had its origins in Norse frost giants taking restorative long naps.
I didn’t know the beggar was Saiman, but I knew he was sus. Can I get a half a point?
Also to the Authors, may I just say that after living through historical event, after historical event this past year. Your blog, and now this book is like a cold cloth on feverish skin. Soothing and welcomed beyond words. I don’t know if there will be another, (I hope and I pre-order) but I’m really grateful for this one. I know it sounds a bit crazy, but I love these characters, and I’m so happy to “see” them again.
Thank you
+1
I already finished it twice!! Need a second one ????????????
I think, given just how wretched the last week has been, and how I have every day come to this website and clicked the blog page, as if somehow, miraculously, that would make the book come out sooner, and given that it won’t be out until probably midnight tonight, my options are either to go to bed at 6 PM and then download the book at like three in the morning, or read the last Kate Daniels book over again tonight which will get me all caught up again for tomorrow and that way I won’t have to have a sleep hang over. Cant wait for tomorrow! Going to try to go to bed early tonight at a reasonable hour like around 9 PM and then get up early and then I can read the book before I go to work
+1! That’s my plan too!
I went to bed late and planned to just read it tomorrow after work. woke up at 1:30 AM with anxiety/dread for coming week, couldn’t go back to sleep and then remembered! HEY! I can be a member of the BDH right now! So I downloaded it, and read til 6:00 AM. THEN went back to sleep for an hour before alarm clock went off. So at least my insomnia was super enjoyable.
Finished this a breakneck speed…waited until it popped up on my kindle at midnight and read it until 4am ????????
It honestly exceeded my expectations on so many fronts. Can’t wait for the next book.
Super curious about the future that Derek saw at the end of the book and if Julie will be playing a dominant role in it ????
+ 1, I am pretty tired today, but soooo worth it. I thought the beggar was a knight crusader Nick ordered to spy on Julie. Or possibly a spy for another atlanta faction. Can’t wait for sequel.
I had assumed by his smile that Julie does play a big part of in it. I’m going to have to read it again to be sure! <3
Amazon delivered mine on Saturday and when I talked to my boyfriend on Sunday and mentioned I’d read the book, he was like ‘all of it? Already?’ As Arabella from Hidden Legacy would say, ‘Yus!’ 🙂
Congrats House Andrews, it was amazing!
Omg so what did Derek see?!?!? That’s all I want to think about ????
I loved the book! Yes, what did he see?? Doesn’t Julie want to know??
I loved the changes the authors made–the book was so compelling, and I loved the increased time with Conlan!
So…is Derek sticking around? What made him so upset that he had to see Pastor Haywood? What is the mint green mist/power?
Who is Marten’s dad?
Those are my main questions from my first read!
And when do we get to see Kate? And Curran? And when will they have the awesome family reunion?
I think Marten’s dad is Red who abandoned Julie to go to Morrighan during the flare.
But Red was maybe 15 when he went into the mist… He should not be able to leave without a flare to meet Marten. At least Bran couldn’t.
You have no idea how much I look forward to this book. Real life sucks right now. I can’t wait to escape to post-Shift Atlanta.
Waiting for midnight… *drums fingers*
What are the theories on Derek??
– he wasn’t that concerned about the hodag blood at all, maybe he was immune? Seems like he just drank the lemon juice to placate Julie.
– he obviously has some healing powers/mystical alpha powers from that scene healing the bouda.
– he reminded Namtur of the shape shifters or old blah blah. His time was more likely to have Firsts I’m assuming?
So…. Theories?
I can’t help but think that Derek made some kind of deal with a divine(?) entity like the original Firsts did.
I also have a feeling that Marten’s mysterious father might play into the story but don’t know if I am overthinking…
Also I loved Namtur ????
And omg that ending was seriously teasing the romance just slightly I have a feeling that “Be careful what you wish for Princess” was Derek agreeing to the whole werewolf mating thing that Julie had wanted?? Who knows
#TeamMetalRose
#EverythingThatAscanioCanDoDerekDoesBetter
I thought the hodag scene was hilarious! Loved his banter with Julie. Also, I mean, he licked the blood, so he didn’t seem overly concerned…
I like the theory that he made a deal like the Firsts…he is clearly turbocharged Derek as he is bigger, can speak better in warrior form, broke the ward, has mystical healing powers…
I loved that he was concerned she was dying and the pool scene and wanted to fix her…
Marten’s only a kid, how did she bind herself as an apprentice? Who is her father???
I loved the ending…felt like it was teasing him staying and a romance… 🙂
What pool scene? I loved the book.
After she battled the bad guy and got burned and had a medicinal bath to recuperate. Now that I think of it, did she figure out how he got in?
no that part was glossed over here, I am assuming that it assumes that he broke into her house during the magic wave because the herbs that were healing her were magic too.
But, given that Derek just tracks her from the hospital explosion site, he would only have to look around to break whatever Enki’s Sheild ward. So no fancy stalking needed.
Breaking the ward would have most definitely woken her up.
Derek problably did what Curran did. Remeber? He ate divine animals and became a little divine himself. He just ate more than necessary and became a god. Derek knows all of this, and did the smat thing, and ate only one ou two(?), it change his form, made him bigger and with some godly powers.
Julie says tha Curran aura didn’t change too much, and it happen the same thing with Derek.
I agree, he did bite the Divine beast’s heart
I thought the same but his aura is mint green according to Julie/Ryder.
No I don’t think he is divine, otherwise Julie would have sensate the divine signature. He is mint green, which Julie acknowledges she has never seen before.
I think Derek might have made a deal with an Elder being in Ice Fury region. After all, when Kate sent there with Curran to get panacea we had an elder being help them restore balance; can’t remember his name, Atsany or something.
White is elemental magic yeah? I wonder if that would get his signature to a mint green. I think he would be more likely to make a deal rather than eat divine beings. I’m so looking forward to what it will end up being!
That was in the Caucuses right? Not Alaska?
Astamur. I liked him.
Yeah. Called himself the Shepherd. Never could find any myth pointing to him from the Caucasus. I wonder if they had anything specific myth in mind when they made him. Although shepherds tend to be quite ubiquitous in mythologies around the world.
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Namtur did refer to Derek as the Shepherd of the Wolves…
I said he left Atlanta “to figure out what I was”. I think his change isn’t something he actively did but part of genetic background so to speak.
I am absolutely here for it being a “careful what you wish for. Now I know and it changes everything”. <3 I'm so excited to see what happens!
Natmur bound Marten to him to become his apprentice since she was able to evade Sophia and find Julie. When Natmur told Marten to kneel, he did some magic over her.
Marten the cutie assassin. ????
Those hashtags are hilarious, and dead on ????
Wait, what hashtags?
Hashtags poster Sleepy came up with at the very top of this thread.
Yep that’s exactly what I was thinking!!! Kind of a play on words similar to Curran’s “As you Wish.” for Kate
I thought that came from the Princess Bride’s Westley’s “as you wish”. Right? Or was I reading too much into it?
It did for sure! I remember there were quite a few princess bride references!
Yes, yes! I agree ????
Just to throw it in the mix, but Sienna is a witch and does spells, maybe she boosted derek with spells that she thinks might be needed to beat Moloch
She also asks Julie at the end íf one day i wrong you, will will you forgive me?’
I really hope that doesn’t mean she’s going to sleep with Derek.
Ohh , I am soooo jealous. I preordered physical copy of book with signed book plate . It may not get here till next week!!!
I have to ignore spoiler comments and be patient.
This is hard . Very , very hard!
I want it in my hot little hands NOW!!
I know it will be great, everything is always great .
Just read Emerald Blaze again, I think that Stephen Jiang will become Arabella’s boyfriend. She really liked him, and I think it would be a fun match.
Could Grandma Victoria Tremaine ever be redeemed? Prison hasn’t mellowed her, but I would like her to accept Nevada and Connor as part of her family. She must be so lonely.
Will “Cool Aunt “ever be published in dead tree ?? Maybe at the end of Ruby Flame? It was cool to see Arabella become a Cool Aunt. No jokes, no snark just watching and protecting the baby.
Thank you for all the fun posts, cat pictures and pretty knitting projects.
Envy everyone who is reading Blood Heir.
Naw Arabella has to have an angsty relationship with her opposite. Probably someone with no powers that is comfortable with her. Or one of the new mutant primes that has hot abs.
All I can say is “ditto!”
downloaded to my kindle just after midnight and I stayed up until 3 am reading it. I loved it I love the way that the whole tone is Kate Daniels world and not the legacy world. I loved all the cameos and the snippets of information about other characters even if they weren’t actually in the book (Jim for example 🙂 🙂 )
My only comment is if more than one person knows who she is you can’t keep a secret like that for too long.
Just to add I hope that the person who contacted you and asked you to write this is OK
+1
+1 to the person being okay and has the space to sink into the book and breathe.
For some reason I had the release date wrong in my head, so I got a very nice surprise this morning 😀 I hope that it proves to be as popular with the public as it deserves, and most importantly, so we get the next book!
Wonèt be able to order my copy until next week. Sniffle
I have a bunch of new books to read! Django Wexler has a new one, Eric Flint has 2 in two different series, and now this. Given that I’m only buying this one and checking the other three out from the library, I have a busy week ahead of me
This was so good, thank you for a masterpiece as always House Andrews!!! Hoping for a sequel hahaha 😉
Why is time moving so slowly? I’ve been so excited for the past few days the wait is killing me now. Only 1.5 hours to go ????
So used to covid comments that I read that as exiled and was going to wish you a speedy recovery. Of course the term is quarantine so I have no idea how those synopses made that connection. It’s Monday. ’nuff said.
Damn. It’s JUST out. I already found a pirated copy of it online. How do you people keep this in check?
Hello Priyamwada,
Could you please use the Contact form here https://ilona-andrews.com/contact/ and select Pirated Title in the technical issues list with the link you found? Thank you so much 🙂
Sure. Right away.
It’s 12:03 EST and I’m anxiously waiting… I probably sound ridiculous, but I took off work for this months ago. But it’s probably best, to wake up tomorrow and start reading instead of tonight. It’s been a long day, I’m tired, and I’ll enjoy it more tomorrow morning. But I’m looking forward to tomorrow morning more than I did Christmas morning!!
Lol, I did the same thing . I always take Ilona Andrews release days off work if I can, best day off ever !
It’s up on Amazon 🙂
Obviously it’s a great deal of hard work for you both, but surely it must be a huge delight you to know you’ve made so many people so happy. Many thanks!
It’s not only up on Amazon, it’s down on my Kindle:-)
Signing off and heading for KD Atlanta.
It’s 12:11 a.m. ET, and The Book has finally arrived. It had not arrived at 12:10 a.m., nor at 12:06 a.m. Somebody somewhere was a bit distracted before they hit Send All.
Truly all, as it also was not available from my public library at 12:08. It’s there now, though, and 80 people are in the queue to read the single copy. Such efficiency is impressive. Clearly the library will need to buy more copies (yay, more sales!) and no doubt half of that eighty will throw up their hands, because at two weeks per reader, it will be much too long for many of them to wait (even more sales, yay!).
Ok — now, having carefully not read any of the comments, I’m off to read my long-awaited precious. Happy reading, fellow Book Devouring Horders!
What did Derek see?
Im hoping their future together. Lol
I’m hoping that, too. It would be nice, because they mentioned a few times that this future would become the “only” future.
When is the next one coming out?! I really hope the amazing authors don’t make us wait in torture like we are waiting for Hugh’s book.
Eeeeeeee!
Blood Heir was brilliant, I loved the changes that were made (between it being shared online and the finished product). I think this book did everything that it was meant to, the goal was to find Pastor Haywood’s murderer and we got that. I can’t wait to see what happens next in Book 2! It was also a great way to be reintroduced into the KD Universe, it was cool having things that were familiar and things that weren’t; in a way we were just like Julie returning home after a long time away.
I’m so happy about the Derek/Julie situation and definitely looking forward to the: “Be careful what you wish for, Princess.” What’s Derek goanna to do? ???? I’m looking forward to ridiculous mating pranks/antics. I was so here for their conversation at the end of the book, finally everything (okay, some things? Derek wasn’t sharing that much) that was unsaid in Magic Stars was communicated. But it’s handy that there’s a power vacuum being created in the Atlanta Pack structure and that Derek just so happens to be an alpha. I really hope he stays (but also Asciano is going to be fuming if Derek gets chosen over him :’D). I’m super curious to learn what he saw in his vision (he didn’t seem mad about it) and how he came to be partly divine. Also creep factor 500, re: Moloch’s interest in Julie. I get that he probably wants his eye back, but he also seems realllllly into her. Like, ‘be my evil queen and rule by my side forever’ vibes. I have a feeling that might also sway Derek’s decision to stay.
Also keen for the Nick/ Desandra backstory, does that mean Nick isn’t xenophobic towards shifters now, and all that hate/paranoid energy is directed at Kate/Shinar being the Big Bad?
Interested in learning more about Stella and her miraculous immune system, do we have another Shifter uncover in the Order or is this something entirely different?
I’m super interested to see where the story goes with Marten (and this mysterious father figure). The Lennart/Daniels/Shinar family have a history of adopting tremendously powerful orphans children who go on to do incredible things (Hugo, Julie, Derek etc) it looks like Julie is continuing that tradition. I hope Dougie is okay and gets adopted too, he seems like a brave kid.
I was really hoping that Saiman wasn’t dead, (but wasn’t really holding out hope) so that was a nice surprise (even if he is a jerk)! I can’t wait for his reunion with Kate.
I love Namtur, it looks like Damien has competition lol. Love his job title.
I know the final exchange between Sienna/Julie wasn’t meant to give me the warm fuzzies, but I have a bad feeling that Sienna is going to try and ‘help’ change the future/predicted outcomes and it’s going to hurt Julie/ their friendship in a big way. Poor Julie, poor Sienna. 🙁
I’m not sad about Julie needing to stay in Atlanta, but I agree with another comment posted: I wonder how Julie’s secret is going to stay a secret, a lot of people know now. It’s going to be a fun to see how the conversation between Julie/Curran/Kate goes down with Julie trying to explain why she didn’t let them know she was coming/why she left. Or maybe they won’t care and they’ll just be happy to have her home. Kate’s definitely pulled similar stunts (of not telling people she’s saving them and trying to go it alone) – except I don’t think she’s ever had to do it for quite so long by herself (except maybe for Veron’s overall mission for her to kill her father).
Omg, excited for another potential Lennart/Daniels baby!! Asciano is probably going to lose his mind thinking about all the future trouble he’s going to have to bail them out of. Or maybe by that time Conlan and Sophia start helping out with babysitting/rescuing duties.
I wonder how Asciano’s going to react to Julie being back, her new form, and whether he feels a bit betrayed by both Julie and Derek skipping town and not telling him. They were definitely antagonistic towards each other as kids/teens, but I also think they were the closest things to friends that they all had. Like a dysfunctional Famous Five (that was down 2 members).
I’m hoping at some point there’s a magic flare in this series (Moloch probably needs one for his world domination plans) and Red pops back and we get to see an interaction with him/Julie.
I’m going to stop here with my comments and theories, though there’s probably a lot I’ve forgotten to say. Thanks for coming to my TedTalk XD Thrilled with the new book, thanks House IA!
Fab comments. Everything you said!
I like what you said about Ascanio, I didn’t think about the fact that he might feel betrayed he was left behind by Julie and Derek. Ascanio and Derek really interested me, I really want to know more about the tension between them.
You said everything I thought and wondered ????.
This book brought me so much joy today, after a horrific week in the US last week.
HA, thank you for the gifts you give us in all your stories. I reread Innkeeper and the last KD while waiting for today & have remembered my Innkeeper questions too.
Thank you, thank you!
Ps- Derek & Julie forever, no matter what names they use,
Asciano wants to lead the pack but he’s still a ways away so it must rankle to see Derek and Julie be more successful in their respective kingdoms.
Magic Stars – there was a woman who tried to whammo Derek to become hers and he didn’t because someone else had prior claim. It would make sense if it was Kate since she once used a power word on him but it could also mean he’d dedicated himself to Julie. It could be one of those situations where he was waiting for her to mature before he tried to develop a romantic relationship and he never knew how she felt. Similarly, she never said anything. They both recognized each other even though Asciano didn’t. I thought adult human Derek still looked close enough to young Derek that it would have been obvious?
It was. Everyone who saw him knew it was Derek.
I think you’re right! In the kindle edition of Magic Stars, there’s a quote highlighted by 104 other readers. Derek is telling Julie she should be wearing jeans instead of sexy shorts, and she asks him, “Why? Is the sight of my legs disturbing you, Derek? Is there something wrong with my legs?”
The paragraph lit up by 104 highlighters is what remains unspoken between them:
“There was nothing wrong with her legs. They were pale and muscular, and men who should know better noticed them. He was not going to notice them for a list of reasons a mile long, starting with the fact that she was sixteen, and he was twenty.”
I think he felt she was too young, and his drive to protect her was stronger than his desire to be with her.
Forgetting that you had pre-ordered a book is like finding money in a coat pocket you’ve not worn for a while!
Happy Book Birthday!! Got the alert in my email and downloaded immediately to read.
I’m already loving and preferring this new version from your original posts. Not that there was anything wrong with the original, I just like the further explanations and descriptions.
Again, Happy Book Birthday! Congratulations!
Amazon has been doing a thing lately where the Kindle alert says a book I’ve ordered is out, but it’s a lie. It posts that on a Monday but the book won’t download until 1200am Tuesday. Counts as a reminder but the alert needs to be rewritten. I go to sync up and it’s not there, then I remember I have to wait until midnight. Grrrr.
Yeah..it’s just arrived. Shame I have to go to work..
Excellent! Really enjoyed Julie’s book, but I’m wondering if the Oracle will betray her in the future or already did so in the past.
Glad there will be more K&C babies in the future.
Ascanio isn’t my favorite, but I hope his redemption occurs quickly. Seems like R&A have provided convenient advice, rather than good, maybe he should hang out with K&C more often.
Happy happy book birthday. Loved loved loved it. Cannot wait to see what the Beta of Ice Fury does to get his princess. Tee hee hee.
But they called him Alpha at one point! I think Julie’s and Nick’s and everyone’s info on Ice Fury may be outdated and he has either split off or taken over the Pack…
He used an alpha stare to try to get info but I think he was just the Beta
Chapter 15. Zahar says “Yes, Alpha” in response to Derek’s order to take the injured bouda to the safe house.
I noticed that too. Maybe if the BDH are very nice, the ALs might give us a clue…or a possible red herring and watch us spin around and around ????
So. Many. Feels.
SPOILER- if for some incredibly sad reason there’s not a sequel, I need Ms Ryder & Mr Argent to be together. My heart can’t take it.
Ooooh boy. You know if you don’t write a sequel now, there’ll be a riot?
That was a roller coaster. And I love that it has the same vibe as Kate’s books, but yet so very different. Aurelia is not Kate, she is her own kind of awesome, with her own issues and habits.
You guys killed it. As a member of the fan base that wouldn’t stfu about it – thank you.
Now, about Hugh….lol
+100
I will pay $50 a book for the sequel. WHATEVER IT TAKES.
This is not hyperbole. House Andrews, we are obsessed. Please. PLEASE.
I hate to be a BDH stereotype but.. DELICIOUS BOOK. DELICIOUS. MOAR BOOK.
Ha my reaction exaclty!
+11111111infinity
Or just call us all Marten… with our hollow stomachs, the ALs just can’t figure out where it all goes
What is BDH? I tried googling it but couldn’t find anything besides “big damn hero.”
Hello Jessica,
BDH stands for “Book Devouring Horde”, the name for the Ilona Andrews fandom.
Hey, does anyone know when or if there will be an audiobook version?
Hello Cannonfodder (I hope you’re not :D)
While BLOOD HEIR has already been recorded, the files have to be approved and processed by Audible before they can appear on their site. Due to the large volume of audio books, Audible has been taking longer than usual to process the files. We expect the audio to be available within 3-4 weeks of the release. Hope this helps ????
Lol well someone has to be the five minute character!! The story can’t happen without their noble sacrifice. Also thank you very much, i had noticed that a lot of books were getting posted father and farther away from their printed versions, just hadn’t really thought about it much.
I have dyslexia and reading is hard for me. I mostly listen to the audio books. You tell Audible to get off their butts. It is not fair that we, who have disabilities, have to wait another month to “read” the book. I am crying – real tears.
Hi,
I listen text to speech. Its not as good as the Audible.
Be aware that when the real deal does come out it maybe hard to get used to listening. The last seemed very fast to me so at first it was strange to listen to the Audible version. By the second listen I was fine. And it was wonderful. Yeah, I just can’t wait. Thank you Ilona Andrews.
I woke up at 4am and decided sleep was over rated, so read a page or two…
The book is amazing, I am now getting a cup of tea and starting it again. This time I can read slowly and savour it all.
I really don’t want to be ungrateful but I’m now already waiting for the next book! It’s just too good and I really want to see Julie and Kate reuniting, I’m tearing up imagining it so heaven only knows how I’ll cope when it’s written…. the books are always better than anything I can imagine.I
(But I can wait for the reunion for as many books as it takes, I mean the original series took 10 books and that seems about right to me)
Grandfather’s GPS! Oh my.
I LOLed at that one, too! ????
2am.
STANDING OVATION.
BRAVO. BRAVO.
ENCORE ENCORE.
Loved & enjoyed & appreciated the fan service published on the blog.
Loved this book too.
The slow reveal on the blog had me really pondering questions . . .that didn’t get answered in this book so I’m BEGGING for a sequel.
If 2021 shapes up to be too dark for Iron & Magic 2, can Ryder 2 be a substitute after Ruby Fever?
We have a saying in our house that says “Fussing gets you nothing.” So imagine me a cheerleader with cash in hand cheering sequel! Sequel! (And not a toddler flailing around on the floor wailing I Want Mooooooore)
I have got to know the origin of Derek’s minty green powers & how the lone wolf became a beta.
And who is Martens’s dad and what powers does she have?
And what does Ascanio’s mom think of him??? Does he get a HEA?
And does Rowena still dote on Kate’s kids after the Ghastek falling out?
Did Robert get a kid?
Why did the Lennarts move to Wilmington?
Sophia’s back story?
Does Nick know the Grand Master is in love with Erra?
I’m sure there will be 1000 more questions after I have slept and re-read but I just wanted to say
THANK YOU for this book and for something to think about and look forward to besides deadly covid, home school & deadly insurrection.
Grand Uncle (who was my favorite part of the book) calls Derek Shepherd of the Wolves. Is this what makes Derek minty green magical? Is it an official ancient title or is own informal designation?
Why do I feel hungover?
Yeah i had the same reaction!
Maybe a clue as to where derek gets his power? An elder force like astamur sp? From the balkans …the one who woke the lava and destroyed Hugh’s Castle? Something similar? I sort of thought when derek howled at moloch’s portal it was Derek’s power closing the rip because moloch couldn’t stand against it? Also it seemed like a wolf defending his mate!
I also want these questions answered. I was also wondering what Ascanio’s mother would have to say about his conduct everytime he did something idiotic. Forget hard labour, Jim just needs to report him to her and watch the carnage unfold.
Yes, poor Martina! I really want to see a POV for her or at least a cameo. Looks like family therapy would be more useful than rock hauling.
???? I’m now picturing us all with pompoms made out of $1 bills ????????????????
Oooooh, the Rowena and Robert questions, im very curious
Well, I sped read that in 6 hours. Thank you, HST, for making it so the ebook was delivered at 6 pm 🙂
I really enjoyed it and can’t wait for the next installment! Julie and Derek’s romance is a great slow burn.
I tried to say up to start reading at midnight but fell asleep – then woke randomly at 5am and whoot! First thought was….book! Started to read til had to get up. Then late to work (self employed) and sat to finish – so didn’t start my day til mid morning – totally worth it.
omg I read it. And it was over too quickly???????? I’m in need of a second book pls???????????????? it honestly still feels like a dream. 2020 was… a year. That was so much more tolerable because of you and I can’t thank you enough. we love you and I’ll be forever thankful that you let us experience this world again. My sister and I talked for hours about what you guys wrote; we made wild theories and talked about interesting comments we read. We still talk about everything for hours! Just this morning we kept texting the whole time talking about Bloodheir and we both are shook. I read it for a third time already. I don’t know how more I could thank you other than saying thank you and buying your books and supporting you lovely people. Saying thank you somehow never feels like enough compared to what these books have given me over the years. Look at me being all dramatic and sad and happy at the same time haha
Well anyway thank you so much for writing a Julie book. And now I’ll be back to reading it for a forth time and crying happy tears in my little corner. Happy reading everyone!
Is there going to be another book?
Well, that was awesome! Thank you for another great book. Now I need to get some sleep…
I love it so much!!!! #teammetalroseforever
Bellissimo
Meraviglioso
Eccezionale
Impagabile
omg, half way through (and have to go to bed so i can get up and go to work in the morning) and loving it.
Trying not to read any comments cause i might spoil it for myself, but, does anyone think that Derek knows it is Julie and he is pissed because she left Atlanta (without saying goodbye) and never came back or rang him?
The same as Julie is upset that he knew were she was and didn’t come and see her?
I am a bit worried, there seems to be so many balls in the air and i can’t see how they’ll all get solved in this book, which means hopefully another book, but that’s not a definite 🙁
nearly midnight here so i have to go to sleep now
Yes, am only half way through as well but I think he has to know it is her. I think that she had Kurgan ancestors and as a result wolves adore her scent. I think she also has ties to eagles and horses too doesn’t she? This is her magic and even if her personal scent changed this probably wouldn’t. Derek would know this both because of their friendship and because he is a wolf.
What do you think?
Love the book!
So, I have a huge test tomorrow at uni but did it stop me from reading the book first thing in the morning? Nope. I blame the Authors for writing such an excellent book (I refuse to blame my poor self control or lack thereof). Now I’m stuck thinking about Sierra and wondering if she’s going to betray Aurelia or lying altogether. Or she foresaw something she’s going to do. Still not studying though. Not even sorry if I fail the test tomorrow. It was so much fun!
I’m hoping the betrayal related to sending Derek to level up in order to better support Julie (crossing fingers & toes!) (I don’t want either sienna or Julie to loose a friend this way!!!)
Given the comment was made right after discussion of the prophecy, I am anxious it’s related to that. Personal danger to Julie or Kate.
Got my ebook, settled down with a big flask of hot chocolate, put the phone on silent and devoured the book.
Loved it now want more
Kate Daniels World hoping we have more stories here as it is so intriguing
Hmm house work or read again
Loved the book so much, it was so nostalgic being updated with all the characters from Kate’s time. But man I NEED MORE DEREK AND JULIE!! I waited the whole book to see what would happen and we’ve only been given the tip of the ice berg… there better be a next book!!! PLEASE I BEG YOU HOUSE ANDREW!!! If there isn’t a sequel I’m going to be so sad. Please please please…
Reading in my lunch hr and got to this quote “Have fun, don’t offend anybody, and try not to die.”
Love it…very t-shirt quote able 🙂
I loved it!!! Made my cry (happy tears) and laugh so much.
Thank you so much for this book!
It was awsome! I read all night! I’m so dead! Ow! But happy! Ow again!
Happy book birthday! I’m so glad this came about. It was a bright spot for me in 2020 and I was just grinning so wide reading this the entire time! The changes were subtle but they made all the difference and in true HA fashion the world building leaves me wondering for hours after reading . Such detail and nuance , I need one of these crime boards with all the trees and diagrams to connect all the various elements to sort everything out .Normally 40 year old me would not be interested in 20 something protagonists but after all the awkwardness and angst that was 2020 I started to read YA PRN recently. The Julie/Derek scenes really got to me. I felt Julie’s anguish and only hope I’m half as strong as her to survive. I think I’m still processing all the internal struggles from isolation of 2020 and could relate to all the drama between Julie and Dereck. Some commenter mentioned awhile ago during the snippets back in May how they wish Julie and Dereck dont get together. I think with Julie emerging from the literal and figurative crucible and being such a remarkable person afterwards that Derek seems to not be a good match for her after all. I guess all Derek’s talk about big gestures fell flat to me since he seemed to still not accept her as a possible love interest and still see her as younger child to protect. And the whole talk with roland about loving something so much that thing gets free agency or nick and her arguing about their viewpoints on society is showing how good Julie is at being an adult ans she’s so compassionate and caring despite being downtrodden or through the fire. And in comparison derek seems to have taken a different direction in life. I think sienna may have given him the guidance to get him to that point and that was what sieanna was trying to apologize to Julie to in the end . Julie is like kate she will help you even if you hate her or try to obliterate her bc she cares. There was a line Julie had of kate where she says she will help her but only after Julie has tried on her own. I think that’s true that u can’t rely on others to do it for you but they can show you how to be better. And I’m not sure dereck is at a point where he’s willing to do better. He seems to have a lot of misplaced blame on Julie for her wanting to change and be better. Well thanks again for making characters that are awesome in all their weird quirky and flawed ways as usual!
If you haven’t read Magic Stars, I really recommend it. If you have read it go back and reread it. The feelings he had for Julie do not just go away. It is completely clear in that book. It is the small things in this book that are wild declarations. But if you haven’t read that book in a while it is easy to forget.I know that book was released a long time ago. There is more significance than you think, when he is always sitting next to her when she is wounded. I really, really hope we get Derek’s point of view at some point. I loved his point of view. He really is a person that may seem so quiet, but there are incredibly strong feelings in there. The changes they made to Derek in this book were more consistent to someone whose heart was utterly broken. The first draft over the summer, he was really funny and flirting with her. I suspect the changes they made were to ensure to let the reader know that Derek is and was in love with Julie. The first draft was more like he was flirting with Aurelia, and I felt bad for Julie. To me, it means that he doesn’t care as much about the physical beauty and that Julie, no matter what she looks like is who he loves.
I agree with the other person who said go back and reread Magic Stars. Derick has loved Julie for years but could not acknowledge his feelings to himself because she was too young. He was clearly crushed and heartbroken when she left. That is probably why he turned to Pastor Haywood because her leaving without saying goodbye put him in a very dark place. I’m very excited to see where this goes now that they have both finally admitted their feelings to each other.
It was great to get back to KD world!
Quick question – how is Sophie older than Conlan?
She wasn’t around when Julie left and Conlan was.
She was adopted as an older child
The assumption is that she was adopted as an older child. We really don’t know what happened to her.
She should not have been made a shifter at her age. We don’t know if Barabas is the one who changed her either.
Huh. For some reason I thought she was a magical-insemination-clone something…I didn’t have a firm thought, but I thought that she was biological somehow.
I wondered about magic cloning too. She’s so fair maybe Elara was involved??
I ordered the physical book via Amazon and the Kindle version. The physical book arrived on Saturday! Yea, no sleeping happened that night. Looked beautiful and I love that cover art so much! I really like that size of paperback. Someday, in the distant future, I plan to get it signed if I can make it to a book signing event.
Intrigued how those two would/will engage in the wolf mating behaviors and vanquishing Moloch. Thank you so much for this!
I was #1 on my library wait list. I just downloaded and will read today. So excited to dig in.
Blood Heir (Kate Daniels World Book 1) Kindle Edition
by Ilona Andrews (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.9 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
#1 Best Seller in Fantasy & Futuristic Romance
No Worries 🙂
Yay!
No worries, indeed!
Couldn’t happen to a nicer book!
#7 overall on the Kindle best seller list and 3 of the 6 books ahead of it are Bridgerton books, which would obviously be getting a boost from the shows.
Hopefully House Andrews gives us more–I’m really interested in learning more about the politics of the order, and hopefully they have the opportunity to take the story out of Atlanta a bit. I’d love to see New Shinar and some of the other places that they’ve described and alluded to.
Still floating on clouds from reading the book ❤️
I wish I could forget the whole thing until I know whether or not there will be a sequel…because I’m not sure I can hold on!!!????
Thanks and love to House Andrews xx
LOVED IT!!!
Do you know when it will be available on audible yet? We are so excited!!
Hello Megan,
While BLOOD HEIR has already been recorded, the files have to be approved and processed by Audible before they can appear on their site. Due to the large volume of audio books, Audible has been taking longer than usual to process the files. We expect the audio to be available within 3-4 weeks of the release. Hope this helps ????
I can’t wait to see what happens with Sienna. That ought to be an interesting twist..
Sequel. Many Sequels. New Series!
If you write them, I will read them.
All of them.
Forever. ????
The dedication is to us rabid fans who couldn’t let go. Guess what, you made it worse by feeding us….
Thank you so much! I always feel like I’m on a sugar high after reading a new story from you. Go adrenaline.
Dear Ilona & Andrew,
living in Germany I devoured the book as soon as it was delivered.
Great job on the changes you’ve made compared to the blog version.
They were spot on, felt true to Julie’s character and sort of streamlined the narrative. And now I am sort of dropping into a KD withdrawl mood.
It felt so great to immerse myself in the KD world again. You and your talent
opened so many many further avenues that could be explored and it hit me hard that you lost your joy in this “creation” in part due to outside expections and demands. So dear nurse in NYC thank you for your service to your fellow human beings, please stay healthy and strong and thank you Ilona and Andrew in gifting us with this book. I had a blast visiting KD again – book withdrawl be dammned – it was worth it. Stay sane and healthy. Kind regards from overseas Tanja
Happy Book Birthday!!! ????????????. Time to start reading ????
Oh god, I need to know what happens next ????????
I was not surprised by Saiman, the clues where there ????
And I was sure that Derek knew for Julie ????????
Thank you for this amazing book ????
Squeee
To day is the best day. For the first Tine since Christmas a day with no rain or wind -southern scandinavia is not a snowparadise. I rode my bike to work under the stars and when i arrived there was the beginning of a sunrise -daylenght about 7,5 hours.
And now at home my husband gave me a new kindle and Blood Heir is ready for bingereading.
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Loved it! Now starts the vigil for the next one ????
A wonderful page turner!
Thankyou
Hey! Finally a book dedicated to ME! Thank you very much! 🙂
Congratulations on Blood Heir, I got my kindle copy last night.
So congrats to me too!
And Thank You.
S
Loved it, and was fantastic…and as normal want more. Hugh has a child? Really just love your ability of your writing to transport me from real life. Thank you, for the break, now want to go again and again. Thank you for all the hard work, Will happily be rereading for awhile. Thank you again
2.30 in the morning in Sydney.
All the feels!!
I don’t usually gush but thank you so much.
Just finished re-reading KD in preparation – am now inspired to re-read again.
Giddy from lack of sleep and all the feels.
I was right. Derek knew all along and was hella pissed with Julie for running off and leaving him behind 8 years ago. He felt discarded, HA almost took the words out of a similar comment i wrote back during the serial posts when we were speculating if he knew or didn’t know Aurelia was her ????
Much happ.
The final book has changed quite some from the serial – derek is a lot less threatening towards Julie in the final version and i guessed from the bathtub scene he knew it was her when he was so caring compared to how it originally was written.
It feels like the book was condensed to make the publication date, and while it was still excellent… having devoured the serial multiple times before it was taken down…messes with my head abit.
Is it just me, or was the serial setting up to be a rather longer book?
Much love either way! Thanks, beloved authors for bringing us back into a world many of the bdh have dearly missed
Happy Book Birthday!
I loved this foray back into the KD world and while I think I have more questions now than before, it was still an enjoyable ride (that I need to go reread right now so I can catch everything I missed the first time through).
Thank you for letting us catch up with some of your characters and I hope you are inspired to continue to show us what is happening with them.
Outstanding. I hope there are sufficient purchases for a sequel.
And that Derek stops by the Methodist Hospital to work some magic on Douglas. Really, I was a little surprised that Julie didn’t ask him to, after she saw him save the bouda. But of course she was distracted by everything else going on, and it may have occurred offscreen.
Thank you, House Andrews, for another wonderful story!
Or called Uncle Hugh for a favor. He could have healed Dougie instantly.
I loved it! Stayed up until 3 a.m. to finish it and now I have a book hangover ???? Thank you for writing Blood Heir and I really hope there will be a sequel (sooner than later)!
It is wonderful!! I loved the serial, I really love the book……
Thank you so much!!
So about the sequel…..????????
Pretty pretty pretty please… with sugar on top and cherries….lots and lots of cherries!!!! ????????????????????????????????????????
I was having a hard time finishing scholarships for gradschool and I kept the book for after as a treat. I’m so happy. It was SO GOOD. What I loved the most were the family relationships. I feel like there is so much to see. I really hope you continue this series.
scholarship applications*
I didn’t sleep a lot…
I loved it so much. Blood Heir has everything. It brought tears and laughter too. It’s so wonderful to be back in this world again and spending time with these much loved characters, especially grown up Julie and Derek. The sparks!
I hope this is such a success that you will write the sequel. So much left hanging in the balance and so much to learn about the happenings in those 8 years. You portrayed the vulnerability of both Julie and Derek so beautifully. Both so impacted by their childhoods and not yet quite healed. We need to see the healing through. Please, please continue this series.
Love that Julie is her own person and, though she has some of Kate’s traits, she is different and not a carbon copy.
Loved Conlan too and Marten (Deira) and the portrayal of Dougie. He is trying to survive a mean and cruel world but has not become it.
You did it again, IA. Wishing you oceans of success. Happy Book Birthday!
Hehehe. Finished the book. I love it. Now I need a new thing to read or something until the next one comes out.
I like how Derek recognizes Julie with just something so simple. And that his actions are in line with Magic Stars. He likes things to stay the way they are because he fears things may take a bad turn if he ‘wishes’ for something again. You can read between the lines that he cares about Julie a lot (like the scene where Derek ‘breaks’ into Aurelia’s home because he is concerned if she’s severely injured).
And it feels like Aurelia loosens up a bit when she is around Derek, like a silver of old Julie reappears amid all the Aurelia facade (Aurelia has quite a heavy burden on her shoulder, like Kate’s fate/her kingdom/her people etc)
And the last line!!!! “Be careful what you wish for, Princess?” Can I be hopeful?
Oh I am 100% interpreting that remark to mean he is going to do exactly what she just said she wished for. I am expecting him to ‘show her’, ‘fight for her’, ‘do the ridiculous werewolf mating thing’, and ‘dramatically show up out of nowhere’! And it is probably going to be ill-timed, exasperating, and completely distracting when she is in the middle of the next battle to save Kate. I can’t wait!!
11.30 pm here in Indonesia..i bought the ebook from google playstore today when i was at office and i’ve finished it in 5 hours. this book is brilliant. Hoping House of Andrews will make the next book of Ryder as soon as possible. because Julie-Derek love story is killing me. Also miss Kate,Curran and Conlan so much. Dear House of Andrews please make the next book. i will definitely buy the e-book (actually i want to buy the physical book, but its expensive if buy from amazon????)…XOXO
Outstanding return to Kate Daniels world. I was up all night reading it. I couldn’t put it down! Can’t wait for the next book in the series.
I just started the book and saw the dedication, “To the fans of Kate Daniels World who refuse to let it go.”
I am one of those people!! Thank you so much for the book! I’m giddy! Can’t wait to read it!
I just reached **that** bit! ????????????
The day is just too loooong. I want to go home and read. Congratulations on the new release!
Just a heads up Blood Heir is #1 in Fantasy Romance on Amazon. Chiiii!!!
That was worth the wait. So many questions ????. I loved it, thank you so much. I hope it is a runaway success.
Right now I’m sick at home with COVID-19 feeling miserable and like the world is a very bad place. But there is a bright side to this I get to sit in bed and read a really good book. Thank you so much for this. It is a bright spot in an otherwise very dark place right now.
I’m so sorry you are sick with this stupid horrible awful Covid. Please know, we are thinking of you and sending you positive thoughts. You got this. Just stay positive and take good care of yourself, and the good news is, now that you’ve already had it, you’ll have immunity for awhile, even if the shot comes out much later!
Hang in there, Tara. These books are like chicken soup for my soul when I’m sick, too. <3 I reread them, hope and wait to feel better.
Did anybody else chilling in the Comments Section pre-order a print copy from Amazon Canada? Wondering if I’m the only one with an expected delivery date of March 5th.
yup, mine says Feb 2nd- march 3rd D: Good thing I bought a Kindle copy too.
So I ordered another one! And it’s going to be here on Saturday. Cancelled the first one just in case. So bizarre!
Mine says February ???? so I ordered the Kindle also ????♀️
Awesome so far…., like it would be any less. And I got it last night, but forced myself to go to bed.
Happy Book Burthday!!!! Congratulations!!
Woot!!
LOUD CHEERS AND GREAT REJOICING!!! Blood Heir was available just after midnight Eastern time, and I live on the West Coast! I’m already about a third of the way into the first re-read.
I know your writing is already scheduled into 2022, but PLEASE get the next one out ASAP.
This one wasn’t, I admit, what I was hoping for; but on the other hand, it’s considerably more realistic judging just from my own relationships. And I love it!
Also, having grown up around them, I do know that it is entirely possible to recognize someone just from the way they sit a horse.
And THANK YOU for leaving in the PUT DOWN THAT COW scene.
I do hope the bit about Sienna wronging Julie doesn’t mean she’s going to try to seduce Derek.
I was worried about that. It doesn’t make sense because Sienna would be a terrible friend to do that. She does not strike me as being that petty, and frankly, vicious. That would be a vicious thing to do to someone. I don’t get that sense from her. I also think she would know in some way now how Derek feels about Julie. She IS a seer. I thought that it might be more like, she would do something like interfere with Julie’s sense of loyalty to shiner to help Julie be with Derek.
I think, like the commenter suggested above, she sent Derek to Alaska as part of the plan to save kate, and it kept him away from Julie? I don’t know…maybe
I read as more of something she is going to do rather than something she has done – as in getting the “you promised not to be mad” excuse ready before you reveal something… and with her gift it might be something to be done rather than was done!
I think that she is going to be forced to do something to ensure the right future but that it is something that will hurt Julie and that Julie will see as a betrayal. It is clearly something that Sienna doesn’t want to do.
I can’t find this on Amazon. Really weird. Might just be me but wanted to give you a heads-up in case there is a problem there.
Hello Susan,
This is the link for Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Heir-Kate-Daniels-World-ebook/dp/B08D2215RG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2X7ISI52D019T&dchild=1&keywords=blood+heir&qid=1610466386&s=digital-text&sprefix=blood+heir%2Caps%2C220&sr=1-1 :). Hope you enjoy!
I just finished reading this book and it was amazing! Left a five-star rating at Goodreads and Amazon in hopes that that helps boost sales enough that we get book two 😀
(spoilers-ish) I preordered the ebook and it arrived at midnight, so I spent the night reading it! The book explained a lot of the questions I’d had going in, including how Julie could be so changed beyond recognition, why Kate didn’t go looking for her, and whether Ascanio or Derek was the love interest. She’s always been a favorite character of mine, but this book cemented her as top three (next to Kate and Doolittle). I love how powerful she is and the relationship she has with Erra, Conlan, Hugh, and Roland. I always sort of wanted Kate to have that sort of closeness with her magical family, but it makes more sense with Julie. I’m also really intrigued by Derek, who was already intimidating but now is Very Big and Powerful and has Magic. I can’t wait for the next book to explain what happened to him.
Happy Book Birthday! I love it!!! I bought two! I will buy the audio when it’s available too. I’ll write a review too. Anything I can do to help, I will.
*he he* “Knight Ryder” *he he*
Yeah, a lot of us are snickering over that.
I LOVE JULIE/RYDER! ALL HAIL! I love her, I think I connect better with her than Kate.
Just finished the book and already want the sequel. The addiction is strong… Honestly a great continuation of the KD universe. It makes me unbelievably happy that you decided to write this book!
Super excited about the book! Thank y’all for all the hard work.
Will there be an audio version?
Hello Cristi
While BLOOD HEIR has already been recorded, the files have to be approved and processed by Audible before they can appear on their site. Due to the large volume of audio books, Audible has been taking longer than usual to process the files. We expect the audio to be available within 3-4 weeks of the release. Hope this helps ????
Happy book birthday! I am reading Blood Heir right now in between the pesky thing called work, so I did not read anyone’s spoiler posts. 🙂
If the BDH has two awards for cuteness and the bottomless pit right now it’s Marten.
I’ve pre-ordered it & have been haunting this blog for all mentions. HOW DID I MISS THIS?! Ordering takeout for the family tonight!
Thanks & I can’t wait!
Derek knew who she was by the way she sat on Tulip! Genius!
I grew up around horses – that is definitely something you can do with people you know.
I had dates mixed up in my head and thought release date was the 21st. This is the best surprise to wake up to ever!! Happy book day!!
I just really want to know what future Derek saw when he bit into the sphinx’s heart.
I texted my mom at 12:30 am (as soon as I got my email) to tell her the book was out and to check her Kindle. I might have woken her up, but that’s okay. She’s as excited about the book as I am. ????
Thank you Thank you I am trying not to devour it straight away .. ( who am I kidding !)
This has made my day .. week .. month !!!!
My copy arrived yesterday! I may or may not have read the entire book yesterday 🙂 Thank you so much for writing this book!!!
It arrived on my tablet at 0:05 UK time, and I stayed up all night reading it. So many directions a series could take!
Marten turning up dry in a rainstorm, just left hanging.
Derek’s healing magic.
The cliffhanger at the end.
Hiya,
Can someone help me out?
I’ve tried CS before.
So I have tried to register to the launch it didn’t let me.
I am trying to figure out how to join the zoom call?
Thank you so much for any of the help ????
Hello Judit,
The registrations for the Zoom call have a limit, unfortunately- and that limit has been capped. The good news is that House Andrews will try their best (technology willing!) to record the sessions and the videos will be available for viewing on YouTube.
Blood Heir was fantastic as are all of IA books. Downloaded the book last night, made a promise to myself would not start to read until this afternoon, lasted until 5 am have now read the book and am wondering if I should start second read or wait until tomorrow. Really really hope there is a second, third, etc. books to follow. Started reading IA books with first KD book. Can’t stop now. Would rate this book as a solid 5.
Start the second read. I haven’t slept since I woke up at 5:30 AM on the 11th because I couldn’t just read Blood Heir once. In a day or two, I will do a third read.
Happy book birthday!!
Absolutely loved it!!!
Derek revealing that he knew it was Julie all along was great!!
Can’t wait for Ascanio to figure out was Julie that he was messing with but I wonder if it won’t be until she is able to see her family in person or he will try to mess with Derek more and Julie will do something about it.
No pressure but can’t wait for the next book!!!
I finished! Soooo good 🙂 after work yesterday I went to take a power nap to be ready for no sleep. Woke up at midnight and read through until 6. I’m crying happy tears. I love all IA books but this one I was anticipating with all the patience of a crack addict. And greedy, greedy me after finishing goes, “wait…it’s over? NOOOOOO! I WANT ANOTHER BOOK SOON” (or whenever you can get it out without thoroughly exhausting yourselves). But seriously, good work you two!!! Loves it!
P.S. so many remaining mysteries, you are planning book series. Right? Right? Oh please God, let you be planning on writing more. If sales aren’t good enough (I can’t imagine such a thing, but if so), I will buy more copies ;P
<3 <3
Dropped into my app at 11:05 pm last night.
Stayed up until 2:30 am reading it, despite having to get up at 7
Worth it!
So Derek is The Shepard of Wolves. trying to find the line in one of the Kate books that mentioned the ancient being who woke up to help Kate when they were going after the Pancea. Wasn’t he also called a Shepard???
Yup Foudn it His name is Astamar Location 5817 (kindle) page 321 (kindle) of Magic Rises.
“Who are you?” I asked
“I told you, I’m the shepard. I watch over these mountains”
He goes on to explain that he went to sleep when the magic waned but is now awake. and is one with the mountains. So potentially Derek is connected to one of those ancient powers!!!?!?!?
Very cool!!!!
Thank you for looking and the reference, I never remember stuff like this which is why I love the BDH as well as the ALs
Knight Ryder…perfect. Wonder how many will recognize the title?
Obviously we are children/teens of the 80s! 🙂
I had to slap my hand acrossed my mouth to keep from awakening the house natives with my outburst on that one!
I am so happy that you have written a Julie/Aurelia book! I have been waiting for this every since I read Magic Stars and it didn’t disappoint. The only thing that will disappoint is if we don’t get at least one more book! I have to know that Derek and Julie find each other and get together!
I was really excited to see a new character added as her Great Uncle and I beg you to please write more for Julie / Aurelia!
You left us on a cliffhanger with no promise of another book!
To quote Chuck from “Last Man Standing” – “Not Cool”
My paper copy arrived on Saturday (Bookshop.org) and I’ll buy the audio as soon as it’s released.
My only question now is – have I bought enough copies to ensure the next book in the series? LOL!
(But seriously tho.)
“Be careful what you wish for, Princess.”
AGH!!!!!!!
Good news: our library bought 14 ebook licenses. Bad news: I’m #34 in line, which means maybe as long as 9 weeks til my turn. Probably less because it’s not 1000 pages, but we poor folk have had to learn patience.
I’ve been there, Chris. My two library cards are my means to read (or reread) most of my favorite series, including KD and Dresden Files. When you get your copy to borrow, this spoiler thread of excited people and fan theories will still be waiting!
Hooray!!! I downloaded the new book this morning. You’ve made my day! 🙂
Nothing but Awesomeness!!!! Am I a sleep-deprived person running on a little over 2 hours of sleep today? Why, yes, yes I am
O_O
It was worth it!!!
Thank you House Andrews for another trip into Kate Daniels world!!
Loved it! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this awesome trip back into the world of KD. I devoured it in just 8 hours and loved every second of it. Praying that the book does well enough and you have the desire to continue this wonderful trip.
Happy Book Birthday!!!
YAY. Back to reading!
It’s amazing. It’s everything I wanted, and a whole lot of things I didn’t know I wanted. Right now, I envy all the people who haven’t read it yet, because it’s so good and you’re in for a real treat.
Thank you so much. Please consider adding to this series.
Gotta go, I think I can fit in a second re-read before bed.
Is there any way to please join tonight’s zoom?
I came late to the notification and am a very big fan. I’ve read everything Ilona Andrews have written. In some cases three or four times.
Thanks for the opportunity to ask and thank you for all the wonderful days and weeks I’ve been able to read and enjoy your work.
Hot damn, House Andrews did it again. Julie has stepped into her own. Loved the delicate trickle of the past eight years. Arrat dar non karsaran will be invoked in many many offices once the plague retreats. Congratulations!!
Blood Heir was Pure Joy, Julie deserves the world and it was heart-warming to see her relationship with the fam ;u;
There are so many things I can’t wait to see happen in this series, except that I can & I will. Thank you for giving me another thing to look forward to~
(If there are no current plans to continue, also totally cool, my imagination will fill in the gaps so no pressure ^^)
Some (spoilery) thoughts:
I’m so happy to see Saiman – what happened to him in the last KD book actually made me so sad, and the fact that he really hasn’t changed only brought more glee X’D
For a good chunk of the book, I was so worried that Ascanio had turned into a bad guy but it turns out that he was just TiredAF from baby wrangling, thank goodness. (I really hope he doesn’t become an antagonist because he was a Good Boy – if occasionally a headache – and I’d be so sad to see him go that route)
I am now also invested in Julie and Sienna and I need to see them be ok ;n;. (But actually I need to see everyone be ok ^^”)
I have it in my head that Kate still doesn’t know she’s the reason phones are erratic which is hilarious, and also parallels the fact that she’s also probably going to be the last one on the uptake for finding out about Julie being in town while literally everyone else is aware of it, and it tickles me.
The babies!! I have heart eyes over them.
And Julie & Derek (of course!) – it’s been a long time for both of them, they deserve to be happy together. :’)
My feelings about Ascanio is that while he’s good at heart and cares about people, he’s also HELLA ambitious. He’s always wanted more than what he has and to a degree felt entitled to it. Kate wrangled, reined him in and kept his own clan from killing him as an asshole teenage boy (in Curran’s words, “young, dumb and full of cum”), but she shaped his behaviors, not his personality or his core values. It made me a little sad – no, disappointed – to see him that messed up as an adult. He needs a new goal or reassessment of his priorities.
Favorite parts: Erra with two love interests, Conlan. Least favorite part: Ascanio story line/changes in the Pack. Was that supposed to be a metaphor for our perilous times? Made me sad.
Please make larger statement this isa s spoiler thread???
Vision is not great and I did not realize!!
Sorry, did not see this is spoiler thread. This is why I stick to audiobooks. No clue how to edit or delete.
Hello Barbara,
I am so sorry you saw a spoiler. The audio book will be available in approx 3-4 weeks. I have already taken care of your previous comment :).
It happens! I hope it did not get too spoiled for you. I do not think you can edit or delete, but it would not hurt to make the spoiler thread more intense.
When will this book be available as a Kindle book on Amazon?
Hello Penny,
The book is available on Amazon Kindle at this link https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Heir-Kate-Daniels-World-ebook/dp/B08D2215RG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Z26PVW6MJP3U&dchild=1&keywords=blood+heir&qid=1610479672&sprefix=blood+heir%2Caps%2C226&sr=8-1 . I hope this helps.
Derek’s B&E scene reminded me a LOT of Curran sitting at Kate’s kitchen table writing his menu!
It was 100% spirit lifted success. Loved it. Thank you all so much for your hard work.
I thought the release date was the 16th, so my day was made. Loved the book so much. It made me want a Hugh book so badly, to be on the other side of that call.
Hope you’re enjoying a well deserved rest.
Thank you so much
We need a map of “Blood Heir” era Atlanta. Shirley, there must be a fanperson with photoshop skills, a true artist, a person with the fanaticism and the time and the drive to get this done? I am old and weary or i would try to learn some of the prereqs. Great book. Looking forward to your next endeavor. I think if we can get through this month we might make it.
I loved it so much. THANKYOU!!!
I’ve been waiting for this book forever. I don’t blame Derek for being upset with her. I don’t blame her for leaving. They both had to find their way and grow up. And they both did great jobs of it. And I’m glad Saiman is still around. Even if he is a pervert haha.
I do have a question. Somehow I missed the scene or read so fast it didn’t stick, where Derek, “Saw something? A vision?” where did that happen?
When he bites into the heart of the Sphinx after his heated discussion with Julie
Biting the Sphinx’s heart gives you a glimpse into the true future. Derek does that before he walks away.
Do you know what page it referenced that?
I skimmed past it and not I cannot find it!
Chapter 18. page 328 (kindle)
Wahoo!! Does this mean more books!!!! 🙂
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Timing of release: Mine dropped into my Kindle at a little after 9 PM (on the West coast), so I figure the release is just after midnight (so technically Jan 12) per Eastern Standard Time? I will try to remember that timing for future releases.
As far as future books … anything you would care to write will be gladdly received. I would love to read more of post-shift Atlanta, more of Hidden Legacy world, more Innkeeper (Helen!), and I really want to read more of the Iron and Magic (the “redemption” of Hugh is so interesting).
Thank you for the lovely new book. Starting 2nd read now.
I woke up early on my day off, just to make sure this book was Downloaded! Thank you House Andrews for another welcome break from reality.
It was my grandpas funeral today. He passed away from a combination of pneumonia and covid-19. He was an amazing man who led his family with humour and service and much love! I cried buckets for my grandma who is still with us and who has been battling dementia and will keep experiencing his death over and over again each day. They were married for 71 years.
Your book is the relief I needed during a very tough week.
I am already starting a 2nd read! I loved the face off between Ascanio and Derek, I am giddy at the thought of what will go down with the pack politics!! I can’t see the pack staying cohesive, I think there will be some splits. I hope to see more of the kids, I loved Sophia! I want to hear more of their exploits! I am also starry eyed at the confrontation between Julie and Derek. I knew Derek knew it was her!!
I’m so sorry for your loss. My great-aunt (last of that generation) died from covid in April. Losing people we love is always terrible but losing them now when we can’t mourn together is especially hard. May his memory be a blessing.
Oh man. It’s our quiet period at work and I was able to sneakily finish the book. Thank you both so, so much for writing and publishing this – it was wonderful to have a break from all the craziness and get absorbed in it. I live in DC and it’s been a particularly tough week; this was a much-needed spot of happiness. (Plus the release party to look forward to tonight!)
It was a really wonderful read. I am very curious about Julie’s carnivorous horse – I wonder if Hugh’s unicorn stallion was one parent and something darker is the other? (Can’t remember if it was discussed in comments when the early parts were initially posted.)
Still absorbing, but thank you guys again!
I’m betting the darker part is a Persian unicorn. They were shown when Kate went after the djin and she said they were carnivorous.
Can anyone share how much if any do Kate/Curran/Andrea/Raphael have a role/feature/info about their current lives in the book? I’d mostly be buying this for snippets of characters I loved vs distinct interest in Julie. I’d love to know how much new info we receive about old favorites.
None of those character’s appear as such. Their influence is obviously felt, but entirely offstage.
That said, it’s really worth it for appearances by many of the old supporting cast that do appear.
I hope there is a second book. Please let there be a second book. As for Derek, he said he left Atlanta to figure out what he is, or something like that. Did he just mean generally as a person? Or was it something to do with his magic…?
Please write a second book.
Cannot wait for the next book!!! I think Derek will not leave town. He will stay until the danger has passed. There is no way he is going to let Julie face this problem without him. He loves her and now knows she loves him. I believe he will court her exactly they way she wanted and then some. I wonder how she will take it. Will she do something like what Kate did to Curran (melted the lock on the bedroom door, putting cat nip on his bed, or wield the bar down on his weight bench with his workout equipment) or how Andrea let Rachel know ( by gluing purple carpet on everything) and how will he react? It will be very entertaining to see how this will play out. In the mean time I think Jim is going to try to get Derek to take his place as the Beast Lord. I hope the betrayal isn’t going to keep Julie and Derek from being a couple or hurting Kate.
+1 Derek will be next Beast Lord (until Conlan is ready anyway…)
Honestly I wouldn’t wish that job on any character I cared about! Glad Jim put some limits on his role and environment, but even so the Atlanta pick seems soul sucking on the beast lord! Even in ice fury it seems a beta can have more space!
Derek has responsibilities to Ice Fury and he would have to have Jim’s consent to stay, which would probably result in blowing Julie’s cover, unless he sent his pack away and stayed as Derek Gaunt and not Darren Argent?
(P.S. Whatever happen to Mike Wilson and Lorelei?)
So I think if Derek were a lone wolf, I would absolutely agree with you. But it’s much more complex that than with both responsibilities and politics.
As far as Beast Lord goes. . . Derek said he never wanted it plus Julie has responsibilities to New Shinar. She’s their defense and she’s across the country.
Possible other Beast Lords: Robert Lonesco (someone else mentioned this first). He seems to have made the least amount of enemies among the other Alphas.
Is renee raudman the narrator for blood heir?? I hope so!! I can’t imagine it with her reading.
Hello Renee,
The narrator for Blood Heir is Suzanne Freeman (https://www.suzannefreemanvoice.com/), who is new to House Andrews books. I hope this helps 🙂
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I’m still kind of shocked about the 1st Derek asciano fight. The pre Derek leaving Atlanta beating, I always knew they had issues but I feel like there has to be some significance to Derek just full on beating the absolute crap out of asciano. He was a part of the break from the pack group with Kate and not really part of the pack so beating up a bunch of boudas to that level seems extreme and something I can’t imagine Jim would be just OK with. I wonder if asciano said some Julie related stuff and that just maybe pushed Derek to far. Still beating him up and then just leaving the city, way to make sure he has a grudge Derek! I love both these characters but my god they need to figure their stuff out.
Pre ordered it, took the day off work from the hospital and read it in one go! I cannot thank you enough for taking me to a place of utter pure joy…..particularly during such a difficult time. I-loved loved loved it…….and I so needed it. I cannot wait to read it again. Your writing lights up my life ????
I loved this book so much. Really really hope it does well and we get a series out of it.
Favourite bits were Luther recognising Julie straight away, Marten (hope we see more of her), great uncle, Nick and Desandra as a couple and of course the fact that Derek recognised Julie from the way she rode her horse #teammetalrose
Oh and for me the funniest bit was definitely Knight Ryder!!!!!!
Such a fun book, in a great world. Really hope you’re inspired to follow it up. Looking forward to Moloch getting what’s coming to him and Julie and Derek getting their HEA
Someone might have noticed this. Earlier in the book someone said that whoever bites into the heart of the beast protecting the box, would glimpse into the future. That future could not change. Derek bit into the heart while he was looking at Julie. He was seeing the future. I wonder if Sienna knows this and is purposely not telling Julie.
Woah eagle eyes, I am going to watch out for that on my re-read!! My frenzied read until 3 am was probably missing a lot. I wondered when he was eating the heart if he was following Curran’s footsteps with consuming divine beasts for power, to better protect the one he loves.
No he was definitely seeing a future that cannot be changed….. ????????
He was looking at her when he bit into it. I think he finally doesn’t have to worry about someone he loves being taken away from him.
Mind. Blown.
Great catch!! I had to go back for a re-read. Thanks for the tip.
Chapter 1: Sienna “If he [Moloch] obtains it [something connected to Pastor Haywood’s murder, the Sphinx], everything is lost. The future becomes a certainty.”
Chapter 10: Ma’avir: “He who consumes the heart of the beast will be given a brief glimpse of the true future. Once seen, that future will not change.”
I don’t know if this is the power of the Sphinx or that the knowledge gives the Derek the information he needs to make the future unalterable?
His wolf smile gives me assurance.
I pictured Derek and Julie curled up in bed with a few wolf cubs.
I didn’t check my kindle until after midnight for some weird reason and then stayed up until 530 in the morning to finish it all in one sitting. Today SUUUUUUCKS, but totally worth it. It was wonderful. Thank you so much.
When will the audio book be out? Is this series replacing the Grey Wolf series? I believe Magic Stars was indicated as Grey Wolf #1.
Hello Robyn
While BLOOD HEIR has already been recorded, the files have to be approved and processed by Audible before they can appear on their site. Due to the large volume of audio books, Audible has been taking longer than usual to process the files. We expect the audio to be available within 3-4 weeks of the release. Hope this helps ????
Thank you! Any news on the Grey Wolf series?
Robyn, there will be no continuation of “Grey Wolf series.”
Well, I guess that makes sense. They’re all grown up now. 8 years have passed.
Best six hours of my year (so far). I can’t wait to see if we get a second book! I’m almost certain we will (Blood Heir was SO good, I can definitely see it becoming a best seller) but still, I’m crossing my fingers.
Thank you House Andrews for making this happen. You’re amazing.
Argh so good, why did I read it so fast?? Why did it take so long for Julie and Derek to confront each other over who they were?! Will we get a sequel so they can 1) get rid of Moloch, 2) she can see Kate and Curran and 3) Julie and Derek can get together the way we all (but especially me) want?! I’d also love to see more of New Shinar! (sorry for the excessive exclamation points, I am just very excited)
Absolutely loved the book!!
Can’t wait for the next instalment
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Happy Book Birthday! And what an amazing book it is, and a truly shining Julie/Aurelia. Although I haven’t finished it yet, but it can only get better. This time I am determined to savour it and take my time to enjoy all the nuances you changed from the online version.
Thank you for writing this book and adding yet another dimension to KD Atlanta.
Love,love,love it. Was so excited to see “book 1”
I love the Kate Daniels world
Finished reading at 1:30am
Reread the last chapter this morning
Thank you IA
I just finished, thank you for an awesome read! Happy book birthday!
This was incredible! You guys did such an amazing job! I started reading last night at around 10pm, couldn’t put it down, stayed up until 3am (I should of known better). Have a book hangover today. Thank you for all your hard work! Such a joy to read, have been excited for months about this release and it did not disappoint. Far beyond expectations, but that’s how it is with all your books. I’ve been reading them for the last 15 years, and you guys are exceptional writers. My favorite all time sci authors. Thank you again for providing lightness, joy, and some escapism to all our lives.
No spoilers, just sheer happiness at getting to read Julie’s book! Eeek! thank you!
Simply superb, loved seeing the world again. So many new directions it could go, hopefully you guys will continue with it.
JJ – Jim Junior?!
Folks, was there ever a Jim POV in any world/book?
Hello Ron,
There is definitely a Jim POV in Small Magics :). Hope this helps.
I have a feeling that a theory I’ve held for a long time is about to come true!!!
Chapter 16 but I can’t hold it in I’m so sure that I was right – can’t wait to find out
Yep I knew it! I always thought Saiman with all his resources could come up with a body to leave behind so he could disappear! I never said anything on a blog as whilst I thought House Andrew’s would not give anything away either confirming or denying I didn’t want to risk it not being true!
On other notes I’m so glad to be back in the KD world. I’ve missed it!
Enjoyed the book hope it is successful so you write more but either way thank you for the wonderful read
Aah! I’m so excited! I ordered the paperback, and Amazon informed I’ll received it Feb 20 – March 5. I’m not going to attempt to exercise willpower. Hello, Kindle.
Loved it! Thank you!
I love Julie!! Her words, actions, etc. Such a well written character.
I enjoyed getting to see her conversations with Luther and Nick. It was a great way for us to hear more about Julie’s motivations. It’ll be cool to see if she develops a friendship w/the knight.
It’s amazing that Derek knew who she was all along. I know some ppl thought it’d be that way but I was one of the skeptics. I wonder what vision he saw! It’s exciting that he has changed so much over the years and yet is still the same, was not shocked he broke Julie’s ward to help her. Their ‘mating dance’ is going to be so fun to read.
I wonder how much Robert has seen from his spying – perhaps he saw Conlan visit Julie? He may end up being another character who knows the truth.
Loved seeing Julie put Saiman in his place.
I am hoping we get to learn a little more about Ascanio’s choices and perhaps see him be more vulnerable. I know he can be an ***hole but in the past he was motivated to keep ppl safe and to have security. Have his morals truly decreased?
Ascanio was always greedy and ambitious. He isn’t any one thing, all good or all bad. He’s flawed and human, in addition to turning into a giant monstrous bouda/hyena (warrior form or otherwise) whenever he feels like it.
Raphael asked Kate to fire/ let Ascanio quit, because while he had loyalty he also had ambition and wanted more money and power.
I don’t hate Ascanio, but I pity him a little. He makes life harder on himself, and it’s hard enough.
Loved the book!! ‘Twas a bright star in an otherwise grey day and week – thank you for providing the opportunity to forget everything else and just sink into another world!
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Spoiler thought
Anyone else wondering if Julie has the prophecy wrong/misunderstood? When I reread it both in the book and in the extras the one thought that came to mind with the sharing of his powers was not Julie sharing Molochs through the stolen eye but Derek’s saving of the bouda female…
Definitely feels like Julie’s making the classic “you don’t have to go it alone” trap upon herself…
Or am I reading too much into it and falling into the author trap that no prophecy ever means what you think it will – so this one actually does!
Derick doesn’t share his power. Derick has gained the ability to heal but that is not Moloch’s power. Moloch can regenerate himself but he does not heal others.
That’s not what I meant… take the line from the prophecy;
“Only the one who shares his power may oppose him”
Julie, and we are assuming that the his and the him are the same person – Moloch.
But what is the ‘his’ is referring to the ‘one’ – i.e. only the “one who shares his power” may oppose “moloch”
If I share my power, I could be described as ‘one who shares his power’ – equally the person receiving that power (from a male sharer) could also be ‘one who shares his power’.
Remember Derek looked like he’d packed a whole nights work into saving the Bouda – the healing clearly took something out of him as well – is that not sharing?
I appreciate this possibility
Like many I have been waiting for the book to finally arrive. Thank you so much for creating it, whilst not directly involving Kate,( I am only one third of the way through due to self imposed reading speed by the way, don’t want to rush it), it felt immediately right like settling into a really comfy arm chair with a favourite drink next to a cosy fire.
Take care you guys
again Thank you
Steve W
When you created Tulip, did you have a specific breed in mind? Or a particular horse? I am picturing a big, white Percheron.
Loved it!
Loved it. Thank you!
Loved Loved Loved it, would have finished it sooner but husband needed his coffee and lunch and dinner and dog needed walked and her dinner and then my kobo ran out of power with 30 mins to go. It was worth the wait and will reread again and again as I do with all my favourite books. Thank you both for making my day.
Yippee!
Leads have two big battles back to back.
Leads survive.
Leads then have a loud argument directly after that could have been avoided if either of the dumdums had ever opened their mouths and actually talked to the other one.
Just an observation, but I think Julie and Derek may have picked up a few bad habits/traits from Kate and Curran.
Spoilers
So happy I just finished! Cant wait for the zoom call tonight.
I dont usually like cliffhangers but leaving her and Derek sort of unresolved was great for me. It means we might get more in the future!
I really want to love Ascanio and I want to be proud of him for growing up into a strong leaders, but man he is being a dumb dumb. Also I think the kids are his special Karma for all the trouble he gave in his pre teen and teen years!
Also I want to nominate the Lenescos as Alpha couple. Everyone else can have a seat.
Hehe Knight Ryder, I just got that reference, I think i missed during the serialisation the first time around
Please tell me Julie’s story will be continued… Blood heir was really good but it starter a lot of new plots none of witch ended with the end of it.
What could Sienna possible do in the future to ask for Ryders forgiveness???
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Sienna could lie to her, leave key parts out, or otherwise direct Aurelia’s/Julie’s actions into getting the result she wants. She can manipulate events, too, beyond what she did with Kate and Roland/Nimrod. She probably sees much more than she shares with anyone.
She is trusted, using her magic gives her joy, and she’s a cancer survivor: generally a likeable character, but she’s not perfect. She might be engineering timelines which involve sacrifice(s) of people important to Julie for the cause of [what she perceives as] the greater good – or for the good of the greater Atlanta area, anyway.
Who knows. I can’t wait to find out! I have a bad feeling about it, though.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! The book is awesome and wonderful. I am having so much fun.
Wonderful, as we all expected it would be. Cannot wait for the next book you finish.
I am in awe. I loved the free serial and didn’t think it could be made better. But I was so wrong! This was soooo good! I absolutely loved it and had to slow myself down repeatedly so I wouldn’t read it in one sitting (I failed). I can’t thank you guys enough for this book. And while I desperately want more, I am so grateful even if this is the last Julie book we get. Thank you!
I received it from Amazon today from my brother. Will wait until quiet time to read it. Thank you very much.
Just gotta say, I ordered one of the signed copies but I just couldn’t wait for it to untangle itself from the mail system. I decided to get the digital copy as well and, after finishing the book, I’m so glad I got both.
Thank you for gifting us this story. I hope that the series gets picked up, but if it isn’t… I’m glad that we got this one novel. Reading is what has kept me sane through these past months. I’ve re-read every book y’all have created, and close to hundreds more.
I’m grateful for the beautiful and inspired worlds you both have made. I look forward to any others you choose continue or create.
Loved it. Couldn’t stay awake to finish last night, after 20 hours up, just had to rest my eyes a little bit. Just finished the book, thank you. Julie has become a good woman and I look forward to kore of her story and fight.
Thank you thank you thank you it was wonderful. I really hope it’s not the only one that conversation with sienna has my mind a spinning. A sister!!
Great book! But soooooo unsatisfying in how Derek and Julie only really came to a head in the very end and then it was all nope sorry you’ll just have to wait and see. Ahhhh! But that’s just me being impatient and wanting instant gratification lol, as always you guys drew me in, keeping me entertained and enthralled until the very end. Congrats on the new book and thank you for your excellent work as always!
You. Are. Splendid. Thank you for this incredible treat. Thank you to the NY nurse who requested a story. Thank you to all the frontline workers. And House Andrews, you must get some masochistic glee out of creating a monstrous, slavering Book Devouring Horde, because, it’s true- we want more!
So THAT’S what “BDH” means! ????????????????????
???? you got it! It stems from book 2 of the Innkeeper series, & one of the people groups therein
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Is it safe to drink beer in a pocket realm for Julie?
Haha, good point, but it wears off. I’d assume it’s Julie and Roland’s way of being polite to one another. She indicates she’s willing to stay a while, and he allows her to leave when she likes despite having temporary power to keep her there if he wanted to. He told Kate in Magic Triumphs that eating or drinking in the dragon’s realm could bind her there but only temporarily, and it seemed implied that it would give Neig power he could choose to use or ignore. Roland is ignoring it instead of forcing his… granddaughter to stay longer. She probably feels sorry for him stuck in exile and wants him to feel like he has something.
The real spoiler id the delivery truck not showing with my book. Dig out the cheese, as we open the whine.
Aw. Lol. I hope you get your book soon!
THANK YOU HOUSE ANDREWS. The only problem is that I must know what happens next. There are so many loose threads, Sienna’s ominous words about the future, Derek’s parting words (!!), the mystery of Marten, Dougie’s fate, Julie still being unable to see Kate and Curran. I MUST KNOW ALL OF IT.
I loved the surprise of Saiman’s involvement and the end reveal about Roland being the source of this mess. Plus, Derek KNEW the whole time and obviously loves her, GAH! I need the sequel right now. The scene where they confronted one another was great, but also unfulfilling.
IA knew what they were doing with this book, leaving us wanting more…
Looking good House Andrews! 🙂
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I’m like the a greedy child that got in the cookie jar after getting my allotted two cookies. I want more like a Derrick POV on his first thoughts seeing Julie again and what he saw when he ate the heart.
When will the audio version of Blood Heir be release? I’m not seeing it on “Coming Soon” on Audible.
Hello Deloris,
While BLOOD HEIR has already been recorded, the files have to be approved and processed by Audible before they can appear on their site. Due to the large volume of audio books, Audible has been taking longer than usual to process the files. We expect the audio to be available within 3-4 weeks of the release. 🙂
Yay!!!
I was also wondering about the audiobook. Can’t wait for it to be released! Can you tell us who the narrator will be?
Hello Natasha,
The narrator will be Suzanne Freeman, https://www.suzannefreemanvoice.com/ , who is new to House Andrews books ????
He stepped away from me. His gaze was impossible to hold. “Okay. I hear you. Be careful what you wish for, Princess.”
Okay…I wish for you two to write many,many, many more Julie books ????????????. There I was was careful and only used three manys.
All kidding aside. Loved it! Thank you both for putting this out for me and the book horde.
That was one of my favorite parts of the book really. The other part was him knowing who she was the ENTIRE Time and not saying anything..
This was my favourite part! I’ve re-read it dozens of times lol!!!
What really killed me was how he immediately recognized her by how she rode her horse. I swear I swooned.
Mine was how he ate the heart at the end and got a glimpse of an unchanged letter future — then smiled at her 🙂 🙂
That part got to me too! 😀
+1. Favorite part
do you know what page or chapter it referenced the seeing the future by eating the heart? I neeeeed to reread
chapter 14
erra and Julie talking
Thank you!!!
The heart eating is first referenced in the last page of Chapter 10 soon before the high priest dies.
Thank you!!
That moment healed my heart *-* so lovely and I keep wondering what he saw….
+ 1000 on recognition of how she rode her horse.
Swoon! Oh, most assuredly! 🙂
I still go back to Grey Wolf and re-read the Peanut scene, from time to time.
“… had to have a draft version …”
I love it!!! It makes me smile and giggle, every time I read those pages.
And I am much more of a glower and grumble type of person, since March 2020 …
Yes! The recognising her by how she rode her horse, the “be careful what you wish for” and the fixed future that made him smile, all of these things! Perfect ending, was hoping to see a hint of what Derek might be planning in the epilogue but loved it just as it was. I was loving the free online serial but this was well worth the wait, massively polished and improved from excellent to extraordinary! Really hoping there will be another ???? Thank you
Their exchange at the end of mine too. Love all of us validating each other for the multiple re-read of that part.
I also love earlier in the book when Julie was in the bath and he respectively mentions leaving the bathroom so she has privacy and she just stands up right then and there. rofl.
Just like Kate did. Hehe
I immediately went back and re-read all their interactions once that was revealed!
Yes I completely agree, I am already looking forward to the next book in the series!
Me too. The only really bad thing about the book is that it is muuuuch to short…
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And that she interpreted it as him leaving again when clearly not … total aww moment, and like apparently everyone else I re read that scene more than once!
I feel like he was off to ‘apply,’ for the position of beast lord.
Yes, I totally agree, the next Beast Lord will be Derek. Ascanio cooked his own goose with his many wrong decisions and Derek will take advantage of that. He will love lording it over him.
Pun intended.
I KNOW RIGHT. I am not okay after this scene. I need the next book so bad. I hope the author’s don’t give up on this series and continue writing Julie books.
Oh yes, I read that scene 3 Times already!!! Loved the book and keeping fingers crosses for more Julie and Derek and Ascanio and Sophie ????????????????????
Last year I set a reading goal of 110 books. What I thought was a stretch goal. I read 225. This year I hoped 110 would be another stretch goal. So far this year, I’ve read one new book. Cricut Maker for Beginners. I’ve been rereading old friends.
I woke up at 4 this morning and grabbed the Kindle to get back to sleep and found Blood Heir! Needless to say I didn’t get back to sleep and have read 2 books this year.
Thanks!
Mary, I can relate! I saw the pre-ordered ebook appear on my Kindle, dropped plans of sleep and/or the other book I was reading, and delved into Blood Heir through dawn! It was worth it.
Incidentally, in 2020, I set my reading goal [in Goodreads] as 105 books, and then I read 217! So far in 2021 I reread other Kate Daniels world books in anticipation of this one.
Clearly you two love to read and devour books. What’s your goodreads handle? / would love to see your book lists for new ideas of books to read
About Blood Heir – finished at 3am … so worth the loss of sleep! It was amazing as usual.
Suzanne, my Goodreads name is sapphiclight. Please be my buddy!
I’ve read it now and it’s a wonderful birthday present!!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!
My birthday present too! Started at 1:00am. Soo good!
Loved the book. I especially liked the smile Derek gave Julie after eating the “see the future heart”!
Every time I see Julie/Aurelia referred to as “Knight Ryder”, I see David Hasselhoff. Am I showing my age? ????
Yeah, that cracked me up. I wonder how many of the BDH had to look it up?
Not me. I laughed when I read that in the snippet. I wonder if Tulip is considered Julie’s/Aurelia’s “Kit”? ????
Agree, at one point, when there’s the reference to the shadow, or appearance of a horn i merged kit and tulip and the horn now is fixed in my head as red in colour, with a whoosh whoosh sound as it fades in and then out of existence ????
I suspect that the sire for Tulip is Bucky…but the dam…hmm, that’s a puzzler. Bucky is definitively something other than Percheron/Andalusian cross.
I thought Bucky too but I don’t remember Hugh ever wiping blood off his muzzle, but the shadovar(sp?) unicorns the bear clan wipes out ate flesh so maybe the dam?
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I laughed, too! That was a good one.
Yes!! Me too ????
You are not the only one, I kept thinking ‘Kitt!’
Haha! Me too! And Ghastek was the only other who caught the reference!
Yes ???? thank you so much the book was awesome!!! I love who Julie has grown into and I have sooooo many questions about Derek . I feel kind of bad for Ascanio. I hope he figures stuff out in the next book….. I really hope there is a next book! Please,please, please don’t leave us hanging .
I felt bad for Ascanio too but I hope he pulls his head out of his butt!
Agreed — Ascanio is all about what’s best for him to achieve his goal. He’s completely ignorant (appears to be at least) that that particular job has to be about what’s best for the Pack. Alliances based purely on money means that at any time, he or his allies would be subject to the market, other monetary players/bribes/takeovers.
I think it’s more like he focuses entirely on what someone would need to do to him if he were in the opponent’s shoes, but maybe that was what you meant.
He certainly seems to overlook that there’s no “one size fits all”. Not everyone values money sufficiently for it to even be able to override other concerns.
That’s aside from what how the reliance on money puts a hard cap on your allies—you must have enough money for your side—and puts you at risk of losing even your alliances if something like hyperinflation occurs, situations where you would actually need your alliances.
Agreed. He wants the power and position but seems ok with alienating his people. Hs buys people instead of making allies and doesn’t seem interested in learning from Jim the how’s of being a competent Beast Lord. I mean he didn’t even care to find out who Derek was now or why he was back! He doesn’t think about the big picture.
I am sad about Ascanio’s character development. I understand that he only knowshow to use people since that is how he grew up. Being with Kate made him better but when he left Kate’s side to choose money and follow Raphael, his worst characteristic got developed instead. He is different from Derek. I remember the scene after Raphael told Kate Ascanio will not work for her anymore sine Ascanio wants the security of money and Raphael can better teach it to him. Then Kate asked Derek if he wants a lot of money. Derek said he just wants enough to live, same as Kate. However the difference is, we have seen the 2 boys work together before because of Kate. I Ascanio finally matures and realizes who he wants to be.
Don’t give up on Ascanio yet. I bet house Andrews has something up their sleeve for him. Other people’s secondhand information is character development just not always of the character they are talking about.
I appreciate this so much Va. keep in mind, House Andrews has shown us Christopher & Hugh’s transformations, & Ascanio would be a delight to know through such a process. Granted, I don’t know whether BeastLord position should be where he “arrives”, but who he becomes, independent of his position, will be a joy to read.
I have mixed feelings on Ascanio, but I think that’s a good thing and a sign of fantastic writing. He’s a jerk. But I also like him and find him complex. Wanting to be wealthy isn’t necessarily bad. How you do it, however, is a bigger deal.
I have more of a problem with his mile wide mean streak than him wanting to make money. He showed it several times with some of his particular biting comments (usually aimed at Derek) throughout KD series. He’s got a tongue that can cut. We saw it again with Julie and his derision toward her house. I don’t care how much of a dump it is, I wanted to swat him. You don’t score points by ragging on someone’s home, dude.
I’m willing to bet that the last time he and Derek saw each other, before Derek beat him bloody and left Atlanta, Ascanio probably said some pretty awful/cutting things then too (my guess he hit hard at Derek about something regarding Julie. He might even blame Derek for Julie leaving, who knows). I am unsurprised he is the way he is.
I like that he’s playing guardian to the younger gen though, so I have high hopes for him. He can be vicious and mean, but he’s also funny, charming, and smart. He’d make a great lead for novel. He just needs someone who wants the same things he does and balances him out.
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Happy Bk Bday????
It was great fun reading your latest work. We’ve had such fun with your story @ our house. TY!
Wonderful book. Thank you. Thank you ❤️
Bought it, reading it as slowly as I can. Thank you so much, it’s wonderful!
I need more! I just need more! It was a glorious book, and I want to know what happens next!!!
Wow – can’t think of enough good things to say. Loved it! Now I have to read it all over again, beyond thank you!! Always wanted more Julie, I’m happy to get what I wished for!
I just finished it and It. Is. AWESOME! I really hope there are going to be more installments. I want a series! I was unreasonably happy Saiman lived. That delightful slimeball. Also, calling it now, I think Derek ate something divine because Julie/Aurelia’s view of his new mint green with a touch of metallic magic signature could be a blend of green and silver divine. Am I right? Can you write another book to tell me so? 😀
I was super stoked to find out Nick’s reaction to Julie’s identity. I’ve been waiting for that since their first meeting was posted on here and it did NOT disappoint!
I had to put my Nook down after I read Nick’s reaction when he found out who Knight Ryder really is, since I was laughing so hard.
I also loved how Luther knew that she was Julie.
One of the best parts was at the Guild, when Julie and Marten hid in the women’s bathroom so Curran wouldn’t see Julie. ????
I don’t think that he has been eating divine beasts. Curran ate enough divine beasts that he nearly became a god and Julie was there the entire time and said that his magic was still fundamentally the same. She also said she had never seen mint green like that before. There are 2 other options. Either Derick is being worshipped as a god, which I don’t see happening because he knows the dangers of being worshipped. It is much more likely he is gaining divine power in the same way as Pastor Haywood as the disciple of a god. I think after Julie left he went back to his religious roots and that is where his ability to heal is coming from.
Oh that’s right in the KD series, his family was very devout/religious before his father went loup right??
Especially because mint green requires a hint of blue.
Mint green = green + light blue
Green for shapeshifter, Light blue/Blue + Silver for human divine
I was wondering that! Thank you!
Those are good points. I like it. I’m wondering if his ‘Grey Wolf’ status was doing something to him. He had people afraid of him, but in Magic Stars he says he stood between those who did the hurting and those who got hurt. People came to him. He was a defender of sorts. It wouldn’t be that much of a stretch that over a couple of years after Julie left that people started to ‘believe’ in him and almost worship him, including other shifters. I’m wondering if that’s what happened and their belief started to have an effect on him and that’s why he left to find out what was happening.
Can’t you also get mint green by adding a little bit of yellow & lots of white? Which means animal magic…? Maybe saying he’s more beast than man like all the other Ice Furies & his beast has fera magic. Idk.
Yes maybe that. He also left Atlanta to “figure out what he was” – I don’t think the “what” not “who” is accidental (getting the Sherlock conspiracy hat out)! Maybe he reconnected with his roots or something way back when his family was killed started and that is why he always had the Loup smell and he is a different kind of First die to that, or…. I am driving myself nuts. Only solution is a reread to relax.
But I ship Derek and Julie so hard. It was a balm to see him bite into the heart and smile at her 🙂
Is it too soon to badger IA for the next book? Probably 😀
Anyway loved it and happy book birthday! Please enjoy the time off, House Andrew’s <3
He got bigger too. That doesn’t just happen. I mean it happened to Curran when he ate the divine things but other than him it doesn’t just happen. They also explained about how the First came to be… making a bargain with animal deities. Maybe Derek made the same kind of bargain? I mean if they are deities they should still be around? yeah?
Didn’t Jim’s warrior form or something change in the 3rd KD book? Could whatever happened to Derek be because of some crazy encounter he survived?
I believe in one of the books, after Beau helps them, Kate says that the story would be exaggerated and retold, and it wouldn’t surprise him if he grew, got stronger and maybe younger, all because people believed the story.
It’s not divinity, but it is faith.
Could something like that have happened with Derek?
Yes and in re-reading Magic Stars yesterday, it’s more clear that Derek is different from other shapeshifters already. He’s a loner, has the “wild” inside him, it’s harder to control, his scent is more loup like. Reading it with new eyes it surely seems like a lead in to something inherently different about him, not just his experiences or faith. And he’s already tethered to Julie from her Koorghan magic, she’s as drawn to wolves and birds of prey as they are to her. In addition is their natural feelings for each other, the siren could not take him from her because he belonged to Julie already. So what if when Julie changed, accepted and integrated the magic of her people, not the Shinar magic, or Molech magic but her own magic, Derek changed as well, let the wild off the chain so to speak? And then he set off to find out “what” he was…….there was no timeline given as to when she integrated and he left only it was 2 years later. Will be interesting nonetheless!
She was in a pocket realm for 5 years. So he changed right when she went into the pocket realm.
No, she was in the pocket realm for nine months, but it *felt* like four years to her. Pocket realm, time moved faster for her, which gave her a ton of time to learn things, but in the real world for Kate & Derek, it’s less than a year.
Didn’t the great Uncle call him Sheppard of the wolves or something?
Need to re-read the scene.
I was thinking the same thing about Derek’s magic!!
Finished Blood Heir at 4 am because I’m on the west Coast. No spoilers, but wondering how we will get more of Ryder, Inn Keeper, Catalina and Iron Covenant. I hate to say I am impatient, but I am. No worries, I know you are not machines but real people with real lives, so they come when they come. LOVED BLOOD HEIR!
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I just bought the e book. And planed to stay up enjoying it!
Aww, you dedicated it to us… I loved seeing that. This was perfect. Thank you so much. It’s hard to convey without using overly used words that have lost their meaning, but your work means a lot.
Just saw the dedication page b/c of your post, thank you.
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The dedication is so sweet, Thank you Ilona and Andrew
I feel seen 😀 one of the many who cannot left KD go, but I go to pieces over every book they write
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That touched me, too. The stories mean a lot and help us cope with awful experiences by escaping into extraordinary fantasies for a brief respite.
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Is it too early to speculate on what happens next?
Jim wants to step down but needs the right person to saddle with the job. Ascanio ain’t it. Derek, however, has been trained by both Jim and Curran, and he hasn’t been gone from Atlanta that long. Most of the Pack would still know him.
I thought of this too! but i’m personally seeing some problems. Like if Julie is the princess of new shinar out in California how would being the alpha of the pack help him get closer to her if she has to go back to New shinar? She will eventually go back (i think) and I can’t imagine getting saddled with the pack will be helpful for them getting closer. Also I’d kind of worry the Ice Fury pack would be really against letting him go be the leader of his old pack.
But what a thought! I’d love to see how they’d interact with him as the Beast lord!
The problem I see is that it sounds like he made some progress with a pack that was half wild. If he took the Beast Lord gig some of those Alaska wolves might want to follow him. That could cause some problems with the Atlanta wolves.
I see a big problem there. Julie will not leave Shinar just like that. She feels obligated to protect her people and she really is a princess.
And Derek will not just leave Ice Fury, he is protecting them too, he is de facto the alpha of it and his people depent on him.
I am very, very cusious how Julie and Derek will end up together (I don’t even consider they might not 😀 ).
I thought the “home” conversation was very interesting when they were on the roof. Derek said Atlanta was no longer his home and incidentally Julie was no longer there 😉
The romantic in me jumped to Julie being Derek’s home hehe.
AND he let it slip while they were arguing about him not taking a hint and leaving her alone that “Not this time!”
I get the feeling, especially from Magic Stars, that Derek feels more tethered to humanity through Julie. He didn’t want to run where she can’t keep up. After she left, it would make sense that he move to a pack that is very wild and untethered. Maybe it helped him deal with both the loss of Julie and with whatever happened to him.
But now Julie is back and his definition of home might change to just her. Maybe they would be a traveling couple or maybe Atlanta will become home again. I would be surprised if Ice Fury itself has a huge hold on Derek….he doesn’t seem to crave responsibility and power wven if he is no longer a lone wolf.
I can’t see her being totally happy with Shinar, as much as she can see it’s value in rebuilding civilisation. She is less impulsive than Kate, who couldn’t have obeyed a council for 2 whole minutes, but she still has quite a lot of her independence. And I think it’s interesting that the Lennarts are leaving Atlanta more and more.
Part of me would love to see Derek as Beast Lord and Julie taking Kate’s place as Atlanta’s protector. It would be as Moloch feared, Erra in the west, Julie in the east… but I don’t like the thought of them stepping in someone else’s shoes. They’re their own person and should follow their own paths. By the way, can Julie claim land? I mean, if she can’t pilot vampires maybe she can’t?
Also, I’m really hoping something will happen that will make Ascanio grow as a person. I think he’s driven and protective enough to be Beast Lord, but he lacks maturity…
I dont think Derek should or would want to be the Beastlord. I think Julie will continue being a princess of shinar to pay back everything Erra did for her. So I think she will go back to Cali. For Derek and her to have a happy ending, Derek cant be tied down to anyplace. So Idont think he will become Beastlord. He can leave Ice Fury, just take the members who want to leave with him, probably the team he has now and join Shinar. There was a former ice fury family who joined shinar already. And Erra knows Derek. But thats just my interpretation of the most logical story progression. Still, it is House Andrews’ call. I will accept anything! Cant wait for Dereks plan for the mating dance. It will probably be epic.
What if Derek ended up bringing together everyone and it made one mega-massive pack?? I know, I know, it’s out there. There are a lot of logistical problems with that, and keeping everyone in order. But what if…lol Gah I love all of their stuff. Every character is so dynamic I want to know more. I loved Great Uncle ????
Derek King of the wolfs? But Yes i also thought he would be so much better then any of the otcres around.
Maybe the icy fury pack who don’t want to be wild will follow Derek to Shinar?
But at the end of the book, Sienna tells her that she cannot see her parents and she cannot leave, but doesn’t explain why. So, she doesn’t appear to be going back to the west coast any time soon.
Also, with Julie and Derek, I also think Derek’s strong dislike of Roland could possibly get in the way. Julie has a good relationship with Roland. Derek doesn’t trust him; I rather think Derek could react like Nick to the idea of Julie and New Shinar.
Alaska is moderately closer to California, but it’s not close enough in “post-shift” days.
I am right there with you, I have no idea how it would work with the whole Julie is a princess and I expect them to get together thing. But I agree Derek would be an Excellent choice.
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This was a very satisfying read. I feel incredibly lucky that we got to experience more of Julie’s story. Considering this was not an entirely planned book, it feels extra lucky for me who fell in love with the post apocalyptic Atlanta and the mix of mythos and modern sensibilities, as well as witty dialogue and narrative. Thank you for this one.
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I just really really enjoyed Bishop Chao calling Julie “Knight Ryder” with complete sincerity. Good stuff.
Ghastek got the joke too.
Oh man, I brayed like a donkey and scared my Hubby when I read Ghastek’s response.
Me too. Totally scared my cat.
Loved that bit. Felt like he was echoing my thoughts when I think (off those younger then me) you’re just not going to get that reference
So I bought the book on Kindle today, but I’m totally buying the audiobook when it comes out. Ilona and Gordon are the only authors I ever do this for. It’s weird listening to voiceover read it, but I couldn’t wait another month. I’m so stoked!!! Loving it so far.
I have a friend who lives in the Atlanta area with her husband. She wants me to come and see her when it’s safe to travel. When that day comes, I’m going to laugh and chuckle on my way there. ????????
This book makes me want to do what the other BDH fans did and do the same road trip they did and find all of the places coralating to the KD books and also blood heir. And I’ve never really had that much of an interest in visiting cities in America (more interested in the wild places without folks about) but this book makes me want to visit the people populated places just to get to picture post wave Atlanta over pre wave Atlanta.
I love this, but I also imagine that KD post-shift Atlanta is /way/ more different to our Atlanta than Hidden Legacy Houston is to our reality. I think the rubber-band theory applies here, in that Magic has had WAY more time to transform reality in the KD stories than in Hidden Legacy: “it’s a matter of time” – 100 years vs over 8000 years!
This book was AWESOME! I loved it and am hoping for a second installment!
So many wonderful parts that came together to make a wonderful whole!
Happy book birthday!
Thank you so much for the book! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I’m so happy to see both Julie and Derek growing up into their own person. I love that they are finding each other again. Please continue to write many many more books ❤
I really hope we’ll see more glimpses of previous characters too. Will we see the Yu Fong again? ????????
Hi (again). I posted my appreciation earlier, so as I’m doing my second read, a couple of things – 1) thanks to everyone who pointed out that Derek ate the guardian’s heart as I’d totally forgotten the importance of it ( I’d just wondered if he had done so to gain divinity like Curran did). 2) Did Maxine retire from her job at the Order? 3) I loved seeing Luther again and hope he & Roman got their respective HEAs. 4) I hope Stella and Julie become like Kate & Andrea.
This was such a delight!
Derek ate the guardian sphinx’s heart to get a glimpse of a future that will DEFINITELY happen. It was very brief, I wonder when we’re going to find out what he saw.
On a re-read, I was thinking of the significance of Sierra getting the vision after Derek had gotten a glimpse of a for sure future. Their stories are so intertwined and Julie is worried about hoping for it. <3
I wondered too! But then I started worrying… Sierra is their main source of intel about Moloch and she basically asked Julie to forgive her for something she would do…
I’m scared now.
What does the heart have to do with the future?
NVM I am dumb, just reread the section in the book
When the story was online House Andrews confirmed in the comments that Maxine retired
Thanks! I missed that.
I exercised a lot of restraint last night in NOT staying up all night to read it (I’m west coast so got it at 9pm) because I am middle aged and need my sleep. But I realized while reading this morning, my cheeks hurt. Why? Because I had been grinning so hard every second I was reading. And I cackled several times today while reading.
I especially loved seeing so many of our old friends, in addition to meeting great new characters. I haven’t figured out yet how Sophia became Christopher and Barabas’ daughter!
Thank you very much, o Authorlords. You are indeed very kind to us. Now to decide if I am turning around to read Blood Heir again, or continuing my current re-read of the original KD series.
Thank you for this book and this spoiler thread!
Gods,I wish I’d perused this blog more in 2020, because I’d had NO idea until today that previous chapters were released as serials here throughout the worst parts of the epidemic to give us some respite and escape from real life into the world of post shift Atlanta. ????
Ah, well. It was worth every ebook penny (and every hour of sleep lost inhaling it, devouring it til dawn)!
I loved the book, enjoyed the hell out of seeing familiar characters again and meeting new ones, loved the house within a house – and I have many questions. It’s great to have a spoiler thread to vent/share them!
1. What do y’all think Derek saw when he devoured the heart?! I’m hoping it was a GOOD irrevocable, immutable future. (Didn’t he smile, grimace or smirk before taking off and telling her nothing?)
2. What is Sienna (witch Oracle) hiding from Julie/Aurelia? Their parting words suggest she’s withholding something significant and hopes Julie will someday forgive her. (Is she really leveling with her to protect Kate or lying to manipulate the future of Atlanta and/or prevent the expansion of New Shinar?)
3. How did Derek get magic? (If he had eaten divine creatures like Curran had, his magic would have been a different color, right?)
4. How many books until they kiss/etc., do you think? ???? How many books until these two make out (or more)? ????
(It took them EIGHT YEARS to have “the” conversation, and it leaves so much unresolved. They’re adults holding onto adolescent grudges. Granted, there’s horrible stuff happening. [But THERE’S ALWAYS HORRIBLE STUFF HAPPENING.])
“But THERE’S ALWAYS HORRIBLE STUFF HAPPENING”
LOL so true.We just wanna see smooching!! Dereeek you hot and cold bastardddd ????
1. He smiled at her and the left after fighting about the relationship he wanted beforehand – so my stupid heart immediately made up a happy ending for these two 😀
2. Don’t know, it is very interesting wondering about it. Im also wondering about Julie not being able to “leave”. So we will jump deep into Atlanta politics again? 😀
3. I suspect something that leads back to when he was changed. Maybe his religious upbringing? Or a long forgotten gealcwoth animal gods like the Firsts? Bit IA said Curran is the only First so Derek might just have reconnected with his religious roots?
4. I am keeping my fingers crossed for the next book for some more heart to heart and at least a proper hug. Since this is self-published they hopefully won’t make us wait till book 4 again before they get together 😀
I totally agree, bad shit is always happening there. You need to embrace life and not hang on to adolescent disappointments. Even though these two should just have talked back then
… I cannot stress this enough, kids. Communication is key in a relationship 😀 ah, the wisdom of age. Hoping for the best here and another book of course 😉
1. Momo, I hoped his smiles meant good things for them, too!… but it depends on how he smiled. Closed lips or shapeshifter-sharp teeth? Genuine or smirk? I have to reread it. Lol
3. Maybe religion has a part in it. I liked reading all the theories on this thread about how and in what way Derek’s magic changed.
4. A hug would be nice!… but these two were always better at actions than words, and usually actions like killing/protecting/fighting rather than anything directly to each other. The unsaid “Of course I care about you, I saved your life 80 times, I would die to protect you,” etc.
Derek/Darren and Julie/Aurelia are such interesting characters because they’re such “old souls” in some ways and such emotionally-immature/ socially-impaired, scarred kids still in other ways at least in part because of the crucible of their childhoods.
They were forced to grow up fast in some ways which stunted other emotional growth. I think that’s part of what drives their actions. They don’t use their trauma as an excuse ever for acting like jerks, persay, but it has a significant impact on shaping their behaviors and attitudes.
Although this novel didn’t explicitly state so, I don’t think they’ve ever had a real romantic relationship with anyone, much less each other. (I’m not talking sex, I’m talking dating, deep emotional involvement, regardless of monogamy).
They don’t know how and are afraid of it in ways they aren’t afraid of anything else they face which could kill them. They make a lot of excuses for themselves for avoiding talking about the difficult things or exposing themselves to emotional risks, making themselves vulnerable. Their whole lives are about staying strong and showing no weakness so that they can survive and meet their goals. They’re a little like Kate resisting her attraction to Curran in the beginning.
Sooooo #2 over here! I have a really bad feeling about that. I feel like it’s going to be a big betrayal. I love your point about manipulating her to keep New Shinar out of Atlanta. That is completely reasonable considering the Witch Oracles’ history.
Thanks, Katherine! I have to say I was blown away in surprise of Julie endorsing the foundation and formation of a new government of any kind. Hearing her justifications to good ole “Uncle Stupidhead” Nick filled me with skepticism.
I understand Julie wanting to become stronger and more skilled/educated/seasoned to protect herself and the ones she loves, but I don’t understand her involvement in New Shinar. While it sounds surprisingly low-key compared to Roland’s proposed version, what guarantees it will be any better than what he would have done, which Kate fought so hard against for the majority of her series? It’s Erra, albeit changed deeply by being pushed into the role of aunt and grandmother.
I admit I love the new character this introduces. I will wonder about him and his new apprentice.
About 2. I think Sienna is lying by omission. I think it is about Sienna directing Derek to gain the new power in order to protect Julie. I think Derek hadn’t gone to Alaska by accident. Sienna told Him to. The reaction of Moloch when he saw Derek before Julie confirmed my suspicion.
Point #2 is very stressful for me. What could Sienna be that worried about??
I think she didn’t told Julie about her interactions with Derek.
Maybe Sienna told Derek to eat the heart of the beast, which has sealed his and Julia’s future together.
I was thinking he somehow gained his new power for the purpose of protecting Julie also.
Yes! There is no other explanation why he would be a beta of the Ice Pack! He have never wanted any power (even in the Wolf Clan). He was content with being a lone wolf. He may want to find more about himself and left for some time, but being in charge is out of character for him. Julie must be the reason, because it is obvious he wants to protect her.
*has
That’s interesting. I agree she lies by omission, but Sienna can lie directly if she chooses to do so. She isn’t fae ( of the can’t-lie, don’t-thank, can’t-bear-cold-iron variety). She’s human, a witch, and an oracle (the maiden of the Witch Oracle of Atlanta covens, anyway). So she can lie as much as anybody. Betrayal big or small hurts like hell. Julie will be pissed, but she won’t kill her. She probably won’t go out for coffee and clothes shopping again, either, after whatever it is happens/ is revealed.
Hmm. I wonder what spell Sienna did that required her to cut off her hair – and if it’s relevant to her offense or this story.
Ewa, you’re probably right.
I am convinced that it’s possible the child Sienna showed Julia could be someone else other than her ‘sister.’ And when Derek took a bite of the heart he more or less got proof of Sienna’s vision of the same. Just my thoughts.
(Wheezes)
I think sienna lied about the child. It’s not kates but dereks and julies and that’s why she wanted forgiveness
I agree that she is lying about something but not sure that’s it. Hmm. Something to think about/ look forward to!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! It was fabulous. I hope the joy of the BDH for this book feeds back to you tenfold. ????????????????
Now I must go and re- read it since I devoured it so fast I know I missed bits lol.
Got it today,and finished it today. We definitely need more Knight Ryder (I giggled every time this was mentioned) in the world. And definitely more Derek and Julie.
“Be careful what you wish for Princess.” Blow me over with a feather, I loved it.
Hearing about the exploits of the shifter children had me laughing out loud! More of that too please?
Thank you for this. It was a great ride that left me wanting… more. Soon. Soonest.
So I need you to write the next Ryder book ASAP.
And Ruby Fever.
And the next Innkeeper… with lots of Maud.
And…
Is there anything we can do to help you go faster? Because if there is, I will.
LOTS of Maude. Yes.
No, lots of Maud and Arland and Helen.
I do like those three. That’s my favorite book of the Innkeeper series, too. Escape to vampire planet! = one fun coping mechanism of 2020
not me reading the whole book while at work and almost screaming out loud when Derek walked away at the end???? is it dramatic to ask when the earliest is we can (hopefully) get the next book??
Excellent read and it was wonderful to be back in Atlanta! ????
Love, love, love Blood Heir and basically anything Ilona and Gordon give us!
I was so happy Derek knew she was Julie all along. That’s the kind of deep love they share. He knows her nuances, more than just her appearance, voice, scent, etc. He pays attention.
Ugh, so good. Also, I totally forgot about the significance of the sphynx heart until I read the comments here. Yay for his smile after he ate it! That bodes well for our precious babies!
Julie’s going to have a sister!!! I fully support an expanding Daniels-Lennart family (and the expansion of other fams of course). May we be blessed with many, many 2nd gen characters (and 2nd gen books?).
I have faith that Ascanio will self-correct with the help of others. And not to aggressively ship him with another character, but wouldn’t it be interesting if his and Sienna’s paths crossed?
Last note: as soon as we found out Saiman was still alive, a little voice in the back of my mind was screaming that he is Marten’s father. Not sure if that theory holds up—I’m going to have to pay special attention during my reread to see if it tracks.
Thank you, Ilona Andrews team! This was such a gift. Y’all talk about found families and such—please know that your characters feel like family and have been a constant and grounding source of life during this isolating time of COVID.
To clarify, I know Ascanio and Sienna have shared scenes. What I meant to say was what if their paths realllly crossed? (*moving my eyebrows up and down repeatedly for emphasis*)
When??
Whoa, Saiman being Marten’s father? Might be one of the reasons why he pretended to stay dead but who knows. Thanks for another food of thoughs to ponder!
So it’s 9:53 p.m. where I am… I’m not going to read comments below, but it’s been a long, long, long day.
Finally, the kids are in bed, ditto for the hubby; the house is quiet and I just made a dent in my newfound resolution of not eating dessert before bedtime, but y’all know what? Blood Heir deserve that delicious baked brie with nuts and honey…
On to the first page!!!!
Loove the book yesterday. And then I was sad because it was over…..but was happy also because so many things were left untold. This means more books in the series. New plots, with everyone to tell there side of story. Wow….just lts of wows.
Pre-ordered..Received..Finished. awesome book. Love the series. Only problem I can see is you can’t keep up with my reading. Lol. I’ll just go back and reread the whole series.
Then move on to Inn Keeper etc. I just wish I could read them all again for the first time. Keep up the good work.
Just did my first read through, and it was so good! The anticipation was well worth the wait. Now I have to go back and read it through more slowly to process it better and see if I missed any little hints and tidbits.
And I had a feeling about Saiman!!!!
FABULOUS! Fab. U. Lous. I can hardly wait for the next installment. How did Derek acquire such power? Omg, is Hugh D’Ambray a FATHER? How on earth is Julie/Aurelia gonna kill an unkillable god? I swear, if Ilona Andrews wrote municipal tax code I’d probably read it.
Excellent in every respect! It’s wonderful to be back in this world! Julie and Derek could not be more fascinating! And -wow- the story arc! ThankYouThankYouThankYou!!!
Squeeeeeeee Saiman.
Derek and Julie are far from done. When will we get someone for Ascanio?
Read the serials as they were published and this flows so well. Great combination of new story and familiar characters – and I feel like there’s so much more to explore. The intrepid 6 kids. The new sister. Wtf have Aurelia and Erra been getting up to?
Mint green. We have clues it’s not theophagic like Curran. Did she ever scan Christopher? The only time I remember a metallic was when the djinn was involved, so I wonder if Derek has somehow evolved into something related to a First but crossed with magical abilities? Sort of like Aurelia had a combo of bloodlines, maybe he’s encountered some elder powers?
Thank you so much for this gift! Anything can happen during a flare, but she’s bought some time and breathing space. Nevermind what Roland has up his sleeve.
In the “spoilery” portion of the zoom launch party last night Gordon seemed to indicate that Ascanio would get a HEA and he had an idea who it would be (whispers with Ilona) but my kids were screaming over it and I missed some of the interchange.
Happy Book Birthday!!!
I agree with what one of the Beta readers said. The good news is that the book is AWESOME. The bad news is that we, the beloved Book Devouring Hoard, need MORE RYDER!!
I love HL and I love Innkeeper and I love Hugh’s books, so you absolutely can’t stop any of those series, either, but we NEED more Ryder books. You know what Curran said about want and need being different when Julie was describing her wish for a different horse. This isn’t a mere desire— we need them!
I never thought I would love any POV heroine as much as I love Kate (though I will admit that Nevada, Catalina, Andrea, Dali, Dina, and Maud have my very very high opinion as well), but I love grown-up Julie just as much as Kate.
This book felt like coming home in the very best way. It was comforting and familiar, yet it was new and exciting and full of fresh things to discover about old friends. I just loved it.
THANK YOU, HOUSE ANDREWS. You rock. Hard.
P.S.
I was about to hit “post comment” and felt disloyal to all the other fabulous POV heroines in the Andrews universe. I just reread On the Edge, and I love Rose, too. I’ll just say that grow-up Julie is one of my very favorites and let it go at that so that none of the other wonderful ladies will get their feelings hurt! 🙂
Thank you thank you for the book.
I will admit the serial form (though I expect you hate it due to the book devouring horde never shuts up asking about it) brought joy in darkness in 2020.
These past weeks have been so tough, but this has already made 2021 better.
Here’s hoping for future serials & better days ahead
Just…thank you.
Peace,
Sechat
Will you be adding spaces to the second Zoom on Saturday? I did the math wrong for the time zones and I’m devastated. Thank you! I’ve read the book twice now 🙂
I did the same 🙁
What an amazing read! I love it!! Started my reread just now….please please please *me making big sad eyes* we need more books in this series! Your books have ruined me.
Commented earlier with my gushy thank you, and will refrain from gushing again (for now) however as I was in the middle of my cooking frenzy (red velvet cake, scones, curried sausages) and mulling over Blood Heir I was struck by a thought! Wouldn’t a POV from Derek be amazing? When Julie/Aurelia first rides back into Atlanta- did he know she was coming out did he just recognise her then? Or he didn’t know was it a happy shock or an “oh shit” shock? I humbly place this thought out there. (Did I say how very much I loved this book?)????❤
Such a good idea for a snippet! I totally second this ????
+1!
oh good thought! Maybe Derek was coming into Atlanta at the same time and saw her…. I don’t remember if it was mentionned how long he was already in the city… Mmh…
In the book he does claim arriving sometime after Pastor Haywood’s murder, possibly the day after? (BDH, what specifics do you recall about this?) & i think Julie arrives 3 days after?
I think that Derek had been in ATL long enough for Ascanio to start ‘hunting’ him.
Ascanio and gang were chasing after Derek. It just so happened that Julie’s arrival distracted them. And let Derek find out Julie was back.
The only person I think was intentionally there for Julie was Conlan.
Is it weird that I’m looking forward to reading this spoiler thread almost as much as I’m looking forward to reading the book? The weekend can’t come soon enough!
Is there something funky going on with the comments, or is it just me? All mine are gone? 🙁
Oh nevermind, I saw the moderator mentioned the “older comments” button to click. Doh
Loooved it! More please… with a cherry on top!????❤️
Just five minutes into this book made my heart swell. While I was thrilled to see Julie interacting with all the beloved supporting characters (especially Luther), and for her to have that brief moment of catharsis at the end, Namtur stood out as the book MVP for me, just in terms of sharp dialog and entertainment value. “The things you don’t understand or realize are an ocean, and your mind is a tiny boat upon its waves.” That burn was so epic, I laughed out loud and startled my sleeping dog. Thank you authors for a much needed and appreciated escape to post-shift Atlanta!
I liked Luther’s quote “I am a wizard, Knight Davis. We are always exactly where we’re suppose to be.” Ok, Gandalf…uh I mean Luther. ????
I <3 Luther, too. He's every educated gamer nerd I've ever played Pathfinder or D&D with, dorky T-shirts and all.
I'd classify him as a lawful neutral wizard. He "is the law." (Lmao at his little song.) He's interested in keeping people safe, sure, but he also likes to poke things or throw magic dust on them just to see what they'll do.
I wonder what Luther's buddy Mitchell (former ghoul, current ifrit hound with a new name) is doing these days. His promise of 5 years of service long since expired.
Great book! Much tighter plot than when posted online before.
As a structural engineer, I might have squealed a little when the realtor turned into one, I’ve never seen a female structural engineer in pop culture 🙂 thats the character I hope shows up again, lol!
So happy Saiman was alive! He was one of my faves. So many good peeks into old favorite characters.
So many unanswered questions! Here’s hoping for many sequels, hopefully with more relationship progress…
Seeing more women engineers IS awesome. <3
I'm pleased Saimon survived/ faked his own death, too, but a bit disappointed it was more of a "hurt pride" thing than a "sneaky otherworldly, underworld-y dealings" thing or "trying to escape my creditors" thing. He's loaded, so debt collection probably wasn't an issue for him.
I loved Blood Heir. MORE MORE MORE of Julie and Derek.
Dear Gordons,
Amazing! I absolutely loved it.
My new favourite character is the royal assassin.
Is there someone in your real life, who inspired you to create it?
And thank you for answering the question regarding baby number 2.
We should all say thank you to the nurse, who prompted the book.
It is a present for me personally, as the corona time is the worst of my life and your books just make me happy.
Thank you!
Loved it! Nice twists and turns! Thank you!
I haven’t started the book yet — I will tonight, yay! — so am avoiding spoilers, but holy smokes, it’s currently #7 on Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Best Sellers in the Kindle Store — congrats!!!!!
*happy sigh* Finished! It was worth the wait. Given that there are already 417 comments, I’m sure everyone else has already said everything I would, and many said it better. 🙂
Of interest, perhaps, my public library, which had just one copy a few minutes after midnight on the 12th, 25 hours later has ten copies and a waiting list of 90. They had only three copies earlier today. A good omen, I think, and well deserved.
I love your books and I am fascinated, intrigued, and at the same time full of thousands of incredible details. The Little gang of children, Conlan, Sofia, Mahon, Eduardo, Bea and their adventures and also Marten, Dougie, JJ and her sister, Desandra’s two teenagers, her and Nick, ¡that was such a surprise! The little flashes of Conlan. All the KD universe characters you brought back either in person or through an anecdote, like Barrabas, Christopher or Luther.
The first time Julie/Aurelia sees Derek, gold and silver, amazing!
Gastek, Numutur and Huchilopotztli priest, great, very rarely do I see the Azteca pantheon, as a Mexican, I loved that part.
Also, when Julie/Aurelia realizes that everyone knows where she lives or Marten or Derek comes in without a problem.
Numutur tells Derek The Shepard of Wolfs and I think this is something totally different from becoming a divinity, even in the end when they were arguing Derek told him he left Atlanta to find out who he really was, this is something that leaves you asking for more.
In the final battle, Moloch retreats when Derek confronts him. Derek knew who he was from the beginning, “the talk: you left and you didn’t say goodbye and left me behind vs. you never looked for me, you never fought for me.
Derek watching the future WOW.
the rhythm, the descriptions, the battles, the jokes, the arc of each character and the general arc, the way you write hooks me, and I can never stop reading a book written by you and read it again is to enjoy it again.
Thank you, Ilona and Gordon.
Thank you, from the depth of my book loving heart thank you both so much.
I read the book and then re-read parts of the book. Within the first few chapters I had already laughed and cried. The call to Kate, where the “Mom?” slipped out had me in tears. I’ve always loved Julie as a character in your books, this is definitely an adult version of the malnourished 13 year old we first met.
I love how she views Red through an adult lens now. How she thinks of Kate and Curran recognizing how their relationship changed as they all grew together. From crazy aunt to mom, from a big brother to a dad.
I loved Marten/Diera and Namtur. They’re equally my new favourite characters. I’m so curious about so much. What is the nature of Diera’s magic? How did she end up on the street? Who is her dad?
Namtur has the most epic ancient insults.
Did Christopher recognize Julie? I love that in this world people will let you be who you need to be in the moment without forcing confrontations. The tea was one that spoke to catching up, not one between a contractor and client. I wouldn’t be surprised if he did recognize her, he is a theophage after all.
I loved the scene with Luther and the exposition on Shinar being changed to Uncle Stupidhead. Nick was a surprise, he’s still insane but mellowed out in some of the right ways.
We got Asciano’s story from Nick, now we need Derek’s and Diera’s.
I love Conlan. He is the best of Kate and Curran. I love how you’ve written him and given him this funny, charming and determined personality. I like Sophia and I hope we get to know more about her in the future.
I’ll likely re-read the book again tomorrow. And then restart all your series.
Was Red mentioned?
Briefly in chapter 8, she called him a “A slimy weasel called Red who wanted steal my magic.”
Thank you, Blood Heir reminds me of how much I enjoyed Magic Bites. Especially those laugh out loud moments that sneak in out of nowhere. You guys have perfected it. Thank you again for sharing your world with us.
Reading the last interaction with Derek and Julie/Aurelia (I thought I was going crazy for a bit, but Magic Gifts had an Aurellia), I felt an echo from Magic Bleeds with the communication issues between Kate and Curran. Plus the fact that Curran/Derek wanted to keep an eye on Kate/Julie to keep her out of trouble. But not the same because… Derek was satisfied with his relationship with Julie “as a great team” and Julie wasn’t whereas both Kate and Curran had been discontent.
Also, I’d lost track of how old Julie was when the Battle for Atlanta happened, so now I have a better sense!
Excited to see what happens next – like who has Derek been eating or whose faith has he created, whether Ascanio will grow up a bit, who Marten is, a face-to-face with Kate and Curran, Julie taking out Moloch’s other eye…
Spoiler…
Question for the BDH, thoughts on Derek’s power:
A silver werewolf thrust himself between us. Power boiled out of him, hungry and ancient, so potent it took my breath away.
-I’m picturing in-world, both the Shepherd in KD 6 (thank you to the Horde Mate who first brought this up! I forgot your name though ????) and Elara’s being who also possesses her body have a similar description, of ancient history and power. Could they be the same sort of being, and so also Derek has consumed a similar being to account for all his newness and title of Shepherd of Wolves? Rather than being a First. I also like the theory posed by another Horde mate that maybe he also made a bargain, such as was made by the Firsts long ago…
Ohhh, I like the Shepherd idea! If he had consumed/made a deal with such an ancient being, it would make sense that he now has a more or less official title ^^
After reading Blood Heir I’m convinced Cardigan by Taylor Swift was written for Julie and Derek ????
The book was so good. I NEED more ????
I just listened to “Let Me Be the One” by Def Leppard. While I was listening, I though of Julie in the bath with the metal rose in the vase before Derek visits her. 😀
Okay YES. I just listened to this song and I can totally picture it ????????
This satisfied my every wish except for the part where the book dared to END and I’m going to have to wait MONTHS and MONTHS to find out the next bit.
Also, for those debating about Julie and Derek’s actions eight years ago: 1) they both had a lot of baggage and growing to do, 2) both of them kept waiting for the other one to make the first move, and 3) how is it that Julie has totally forgotten how wolves handle the mating thing? Wolves appreciate subtlety in the mating dance and therefore Julie should stop looking for a replica of K&Cs mating dance.
+1
I do love the honesty in the conversations between couples are in all Ilona Andrews books. Real talk, real feelings. The scene where Derek and Julie finally discuss what went wrong is my favorite—the start of building something real between two adults.
I’m just so happy right now.
Holy crap. Ilona Andrews, you’re the only author I pre-order blind…thank you so so so much for this!!! I adore this book and getting to see Julie as an adult is just. It’s perfect. I also love how it gives us insight into some of the other characters. Siena, Christopher, Nick Feldman, Hugh—as an uncle!!!!! I just love this so much. Thank you.
I can’t stand the stories of Ascanio rescuing the kids over and over again and Sophia just throwing shade at him. Too hilarious!
… Also, clearly looks like Sophia is adopted because she’s so much older than the kids whose ages we know. Can’t wait to hear her backstory….
It reminded me of the times Kate had to rescue Ascanio from his crazy stunts when he was younger. Hmmm…I wonder who would bring that up in the Pack? I could hear someone say “I remember when you were younger, and Kate had to save you from a) dying (remember Hugh’s siege on the Order), and b) from your own stupidity.”
When you think about it, it’s kind of weird that Ascanio is rescuing them over and over again, but then he’s such a poor beta, right?
Sophia is definitely adopted! “Albinism in shapeshifters didn’t exist.” She had to be infected with Lyc-V.
No. Christopher is an Albino… Sophia has been conceived by highly illegal magic with genes both from Christopher and Barabas. But who was the surrogate mother?
Hello Norbert,
Christopher is not an Albino. Hope this helps 🙂
Also, we only have Julie’s word/authority to go by that the /only/ way for her existence is that highly illegal practice. Maybe she isn’t the most knowledgeable/reliable narrator here ????
I agree. I also think something weird is going on there and it’ll be much more complicated than that, but for now it is the most likely possibility. 🙂 I can see her dying and them saving her with Lyc-V.
I would LOVE to play computer game based on Julia’s book! Probably some Open World RPG Adventure mixed with a bit of Assassin’s Creed and the Witcher?
Also I absolutely adore the changes since the version originally published on this blog. Characters seems to be more… them? But more adult them? I mean, I can see the old Derek in the new one now, although the new Derek reminds me Connor somehow. I still didn’t figure out why. xD
I hope it’ll be huge success, so we will be able to see another Julia’s book in “upcoming releases” list soon!
It was great as always. It was fun. No disappointment here. 🙂
Just finished for the first time. It was well worth the wait, and like any great series, leaves me hungry for more! So many cliffhangers! You guys are wonderful and terrible at the same time. I will wait as patiently as I can for the next one. Thank you both.
It was amazing – as always – and I just NEED a sequel.
I loved the book so much! I’m on leave this week and at a riverside resort with my friends, told everyone not to bother me till I was done.
*spoilers*
I love that he ate the Sphinx’s heart and saw the future that’s set on stone now, hehe. I have a feeling the future he saw involves her.
Also, there’s no one better and more qualified that Derek to lead the pack.
Can’t wait for the next book to come out so we can see how this will play out.
Thank you both for the wonderful books you gift us with!
Anxiously waited for the book. Inhaled it. Now anxiously waiting for the next one. When do we get it?!?
Julie ❤ Derek ❤ Julie & Derek together again ❤ Conlan ❤ Saiman ❤ Wonderful hijinks ❤
Soooooooo many unsolved questions that cannot be left hanging!!!
I’m probably being blind (or possibly haven’t reached that part in the book yet) but what colour is Tulip? The stable hand at the Order comments that Tulip’s a lovely colour, but I didn’t remember the colour being described. Can anyone enlighten me?
By the way, what a wonderful surprise to find Blood Heir on my Kindle. I’m in bed ill at the moment, and had completely lost track of the date, hence the total surprise. Now I have Blood Heir to cheer me up, which will no doubt do me the world of good. And then get to read it again later when my brain is operational LOL
I don’t think it says what color Tulip is but I think Tulip is related to Bucky, Hugh’s horse who is also “Unicorn” and Bucky is white/silver/luminescent? He glows at night. And he’s carnivorous, often being found after he’s escaped his enclosure at night with blood on his chin.
Damn this was good. I loved the book. What I loved even more that this smells like it will be the first of some more – no pressure, but this did lift my spirits and makes 2021 not seem like the worst thing yet.
Oh, I am so curious what Derek saw when he bit into the heart at the end… *-*
woooooww! what a book!!
thank you thank you thank you!
it was really a light in the dark!
when is the second coming???
Oh no! I knew this would happen… I already need the next one ????
I guess that’s why we’re the BDH ????
Thank you for going back where you weren’t quite ready to venture to give us this gift!
I enjoyed it immensely and all through the book I “saw” Julie as that beautiful woman in the blue dress.
Why did Zahar’s eyes widen when Derek paid Julie the money for the sandwich?
this is an hint to tel the reader that Zahar know exactly who julie is to derek
Yes I was wondering that too!
Also when he interupted their barh conversation, what was he offering to translate? Did he think Julie didn’t speak English?
No, he was trying to translate the emotional miscommunications & assumptions, rather than the exact words ????
Aaaaargh it was superb! And it kills me that I will have to wait for so long for another book ( which I pray will happen).
I wonder what will hapen with Marten, what’s the deal with her parents? Could she be related to shinar bloodline, or shapeshifter we know?
What will happen to Douglas?
And how the heck did Derek get his magic?So far his religious roots theory seems to be the best.
I will be in a state of emotional book withdrawal for the next few weeks. But it was worth it!
Thank you so much for this book. Love it ❤️ like I love all your books, but it’s near the top of my all-time favorites. I have to leave a little room at the top for the sequels ????.
Happy, so very happy ????
Thank you team Andrew ????
*Andrews
I’m going to sound like Nick, there’s one thing that didn’t quite sit well with me in the book, it’s how Julie/Aurelia is like now.
Like Nick said, she sounded brainwashed. I know she loves her adopted family dearly (especially Erra) and is very proud of them, but for some unknown reason she comes off as brainwashed by Roland/Erra to me…
Aurelia now doesn’t act like Julie I have grown to know (I know that’s the point and there is indeed bits of Julie hidden deep inside Aurelia), what I’m talking about is how she’s shackled down by all the responsibility and duty. The Julie I came to know in previous books is stubborn, headstrong, insecure (so craving for a home) with sassy mouth, she might wish for more magic power but she is still a carefree girl. Now she’s shackled down with the responsibility and to act like an heir all the time. That doesn’t feel like her and together with her constant brainwashing like monologue (I like my family very much, they love me a lot, Erra is building a great kingdom etc etc), it feels like she’s trying to brainwash herself into believing she should be the heir. It feels more like a repayment of gratitude for them taking care of her. She feels so stiff.
Just like how I couldn’t imagine Derek taking the beastlord role, neither could I visualize Julie becoming an heir for Erra new kingdom. Both of them won’t feel happy in those roles and they certainly don’t look like they are happy now. (Unlike Ascaio who will thrive in happiness). Maybe it’s just me overthinking, maybe with all the clocking ticking changing Kate’s fate business, Julie of course doesn’t look happy. I’m sure the authors will persuade me in the upcoming books (finger crossed to having a continuation, you can’t leave us with a cliffhanger!)
Thank you authors for this great intro back to the world readers like! And a Julie and Derek story!!
Well… I think it is Nick, who sounds brainwashed, as he refuses to even consider that present system is not perfect and I learn a lot about that absence of critical thinking in the context of unwritten rules we were born and raise into in my Economy for environmentalists class, but that debate would probably turn into unpleasant one, so let’s just skip it. 😀
Yeah, Ascanio would be happy, which is probably why he is not good leader material. In this book I mean. He cares more about his own ambition than about the well being of his people – and one of them almost died. Good rulers are usually those, who doesn’t want to rule. They don’t have to be happy to be the best for these positions. It’s their feeling of responsibility for others that makes them perfectly fit for it, not their job aspiration. Curran wasn’t happy as a beastlord either.
I think both of them sound a little brainwashed, like, who sounds so confident all the time? When I speak my mind, even about something I completely believe in, I know that nothing is perfect and there’s room for improvement, so I’m never fully confident in any plan. But maybe that’s my own insecurities speaking?
I believe neither Julie nor Derek will go back to the Shinar or Alaska but will end up finding a happy medium where they can both be content.
Yeah, but she doesn’t claim that The New Shinar is perfect. She even said that the old one wasn’t. She just said, in very calm, factual way, that the old system doesn’t work in present world and that there is need for a new one and that they are doing their best to make one, that will ensure the people are taken care of. Then she reacted to Nick’s accusation about bowing and gold, but otherwise she didn’t comment on how far they get in their effort.
That’s why I have tendency to be on her side. 🙂 Nick criticized The New Shinar (and not very constructive – I mean bowing is basically just regular greeting in some parts of the world), but he refused the criticism of old system. She’s at least open to debate.
+1!!
I actually think it does feel like her. Previously she was constrained bc she was “only” a human m-scanner, but wanted to be stronger and more powerful like Kate. Which now she is. But unlike Kate, she relished the role of being a Herald, being important, having a specific role and being in thick of things. This is just a more grown-up version of that. Being a heir, also continues to solidifies to her that she is actually family and continues the line… So, I think once everything is over, she will go back to LA.
Satisfying on every level and the only hard part my handle on my impatience for more! Thank you for your perseverance in the face of all the difficulties you face! Without your stubborn persistence, we would be without this bright spot in our tough daily trudge!
Enjoyed all glimpses of old friends and hope for more… But like many others, I hope for more of all! why did Klaus come to look for Maud? How will Sebatian North help them find their parents? What is the sneaky rat bastard(AKA Connors disgraced non-cousin) up to? What is Victoria up to? How is Hugh doing(Put down that cow??) What is New Shinar like? Jim and Dali? they have kids now? How’d that work?…. Was Hugh’s intervention enough?…
So many bits calling for resolution 🙂
I can’t wait!!
Thank you for all your worlds and all the lovely friends you’ve given us!
I devoured this book in about 6 hours. I really, really tried to take my time and savour it…but it was too good!! I LOVED it to bits!
Julie and Derek are still who they’ve always been at their core, but now they have layers and layers of power and mystery surrounding them. Particularly Derek – I’m so intrigued as to what happened to him. Their interactions sparked off the page, and I can’t wait for more – especially after the semi-ominous ‘be careful what you wish for’ and whatever he saw in his vision…
The new characters are all fantastic, and the Big Bad is suitably big and scary. I thought I would miss Kate and Curren, but their legacy was present all throughout this book – they still felt like a major part of it.
This new chapter in the Kate Daniel’s world is all around amazing. I don’t know how you guys do it!
THANK YOU!
I loved every moment of this book and I hope it becomes a series. So many moments left me wanting more and it’s fascinating to see how the Shinar family works .Hugh is Uncle Hugh and so is Nick.Nick and Desandra ??? Nick finding out was hilarious and I don’t know where he got his conspiracy hat but his theory was intense and overkill .
I loved the Derek scenes and was giddy when I realized he knew the whole time . Namtur was a treat and I look forward to seeing the new Marten.
More Sophie and Conlan and defnitely more Derek and Julie. Ascanio better wake up quickly. His scenes with Derek also made me wonder about YuFong.
Erra in a tank top cracked me up and I want scenes between Erra and Damien.
Just more of everything.
What is Sienna keeping from Julie and what’s this about Julie ascending? Now I am worried that’s where it’s all leading to forcing the old and new characters to assemble again?
I am too! I wonder if she already hid something from Julie or if she knows she will in the future that will hurt Julie.
Hello Ilona, your novels, the blog, really all of your work has been a real source of joy in a sometimes depressing world. I think there are two reasons for that: you write really well (lit major here,) and your heroes see what’s evil
in their world and they do something about it. It inspires me! Thank you! May your knitting bring joy and peace! Dawn
+1!! And if not the actual knitting part, then may your sorting bring you equal if not more measures of joy!!
Such an amazing read! You guys are tooo good!!! I have so many questions about Derek but hope the next book will clarify it 😛 Hope you guys are getting some well deserved relaxing time 🙂
Urgent.
https://ilona-andrews.com/technomancer/
I found this. Can someone please tell me WHAT THIS IS? Is there MORE? I couldn’t find a date on it either. What am I missing?
Sorry this is completely off topic ????
OMG, what is this!?!?!?!? ????
I don’t recognize the world O.O
Thanks for the link – maybe someone else if the BDH can help?
Technomancer is from a series of snippets Ilona posted of “failed” stories. These were stories that just did not make the cut to be written and some of the ideas were used in other stories.
What Linda said. Ilona posted them to blog wondering how we would react to them. Well…the BDH never fails. Everyone fell for them. 🙂
Whoops, forgot the “the” between to and blog.
So… There’s no more. Sigh.
Here is the original post from 2018 referenced by Linda
https://ilona-andrews.com/2018/the-trunk-is-open/
Thank you so much for the link. I’ll read these. Even though they are not complete.
Darn it!
Happy Book Birthday! I absolutely loved this book (not unusual since you guys are my favourite author) Obviously you are going to have to write another book since you left this one so cliffhangerey (not a real word but English is a fluid, ever evolving, language).
Do you think you could have it done by the end of February? No pressure, but it’s my birthday and a new Ilona Andrew’s book would be a marvellous present 🙂
Thank you, Thank you, loved it, so now I guess you will have to eventually write a sequel ;0) I specially liked that King of Fire and the other snipet was included at the end, it ties everything together and we dont have to go somewhere else to find. I will patiently await new books in ALL your series (NOT!) Sigh…
I just wanted to say thank you for this book. Yesterday my mom tested positive for Covid and I was able to take a break from reality with your book. Thank you
I’ve read all of your books and this is by far my favorite.
Loved it! Love it! Love it! Ready for the next chapter❤️
Thank you so much for this book. It was exactly the happy thought I needed.
Thank you so much. For this book, for its heart. For a fun launch party last night. Your work really does sustain us and I am so grateful.
Such a delight! Thank you to the Ilona Andrews team. So much to be enjoyed here. I hope it sells really well and you all are able to write more in this world.
I really loved it. Thanks for a great read!!
I loved it so much! It was great to re-enter Atlanta and I am incredibly curious to found out all the changes that have happened in the past eight years. And OMG! Saiman’s reappearance just blew me away! And I just want to smack Derek and Ascenio for being such jerks! And a baby sister for Julie and Conlan!?! She won’t be spoiled at all. ????
I just finished. I loved this book and I read it much too fast. Please write more. I need to know what happens next and I need more of Julie. Thank you so much for writing this.
as one of the fan who can’t let it go, thank you so much for the dedication
I love the kate daniels serie, and even if it make me sad I understand that a serie has to end.
So thank you to keep the KD universe alive with Hugh (who I learn to like) and now Julie (who I love from the beginning)
I love the book and I can’t wait for the sequel
I am so happy this is out. I look forward to your books every time I see one on the horizon. I may have stayed up quite late reading this last night and am paying the price today, but it is a price I am willing to pay. Thank you for writing!
Now…when is the next Innkeeper book coming out? ????❤️
Just posted my 5-star review on Amazon. Considering how quickly this book was written to make the January ’21 release date, I’m truly impressed that I didn’t guess the big reveal was Saiman before Derek identified his scent. (I did think the beggar was more than he appeared to be, because he made me think of another beggar-who-isn’t in a Jacqueline Carey novel, not from anything sloppy in this story.) And I really loved the extra bit about the Order’s leadership and their perspectives–it takes skill to have one snippet orient newbies to the Kate Daniels universe while simultaneously offering plenty of new material and laughs to regular fans. Hope that Blood Heir gets enough high reviews and sales that House Andrews will write more of Julie’s story. Thank you!
When Derek says “I was a pallbearer” I had the aching notion that Pastor Haywood was still alive. Learning that it was Saiman felt like another instance of the Frost Giant’s treachery.
I loved Blood Heir!!! It was so good I stayed up half the night to finish it because I couldn’t stop. I had to know what happened next. Thank you so much for writing this book and releasing it. I can only hope that Julie will get some more books because I am dying to know what will happen next!
“Okay. I hear you. Be careful what you wish for, princess.”
Oh man! At first this made me sad because it seemed he was saying fine, I will leave you alone. But then I realized he was saying that he accepts the challenge of fighting for her and courting her like she had hoped!!! (At least I hope this is where it’s going)
Also, the scene with Julie getting out of the tub naked while he stares is so much better knowing he knew it was her! I wanted to high five Julie for the boldness. ????????????
An excellent book, and well worth the wait. Thank you 🙂
Thank you so much for this book! I hope it’s sells like crazy so that y’all will write more of Julie and her adventures. This book was everything I was hoping for and more. Thank you so very very much.
So , first of all THANK YOU Ilona Andrews, words can’t describe how much I needed this…I work approx 12 hours give or take and always go to sleep and wake up thinking of work. It was such a breath of fresh air to read this book and think of something else even if it was for a few hours.
Now , unto the book , heads up ,spoilers follow.
I have been trying to figure out what Derek is now..so he is not a First or a God , but Great Uncle did refer to him as “Shepherd of the Wolves” so maybe he is on to something?? There is the silver poisoning healing that Derek performed so maybe this is an ability connected to this whole shepherd deal? Finaly I think one of the wolves accompanying him at some point called Derek Alpha. But isn’t Derek supposed to be the Beta of Ice Fury? So there is definately a lot going on with clan fury that what we know. Maybe Derek is no longer a part of the clan anymore and some of the members he was closest to followed him and they formed their own little clan? I will definately re-read the book to see if maybe there are other clues that I missed…
Thoughts?
Loved the book! Started re-reading it again.
I have a a few of Qs:
1) Will we get a novella of what Derek was up-to and what happened to him pre-Blood Heir? Or will this be covered in the 2nd book?
2) Does anyone know why Knight Stella Davis didn’t get sick when she poked the corpse?
3) Is Sophia adopted?
sophia is implied to be adopted yes. Because Lyc-V cures albinism, which means that albino shapeshifters are not born, they have to be infected later.
I don’t know if this comment will get read but I wanted to thank you. I’m currently suffering from c19 and pneumonia caused by it. I’m in a lot of pain from the coughing and don’t have a lot of energy. This book meant so much to me. It gave me something good and happy to look forward to while 2021 has started out really poorly for me.
Thank you so much for writing this for us. The book was absolutely amazing and I plan to reread it a whole bunch of times.
I’m so sorry you are suffering and am hoping for a speedy and complete recovery for you. Best Wishes!
So sorry you caught it. Hope you have a quick recovery!
hope you feel better soon! <3
I like the revisions. Book is better now, thanks.
I loved it, loved it, loved it! Need more Julie/Aurelia and Derek/Darren! Please, please write more of their story ????
Thank you so much for bringing us back into the KD World
P.S. Is it weird that I tried to Google how many copies sold to figure out if its viable for more books to come?
I did the same thing, checking the state because I desperately want a second Julie book
stats (zombie fingers)
OMG, the book is so good! It’s pretty much everything I was hoping for; fun, dramatic, with the characters remaining true to their natures (I hate it when previous child/teen characters become completely different people as adults).
Things I had hoped for: 1) Saiman. Ever since I read his death scene, I thought, ‘nope, he totally planned that, he’s not noble or heroic enough to die in battle, but it sure is a perfect place to conveniently disappear’. Yay! 2) romantic bickering. I love it! 3) ‘guest’ appearances of favourite characters. It was awesome to see so many of my favs in the peripherals, I like knowing they’re still alive and kicking.
As for everyone who still doesn’t get why Derrek took the beta position; think really hard about the fact that Julie is tied to New Shinar. What’s one of the biggest possible threats to it? Ice Fury. Now, how would someone trained by Jim, Kate, and Curran diffuse that danger?
Also, could everyone please stop throwing Ascanio under the bus? We got a lot of information about what others think he’s up to, but nothing directly from the guy himself. We don’t actually know his thoughts and motivations, or even his actual goals. I really hope we get to find out, though!
I love this KS!!! All of it!!! But the one that was most illustrious: your theory about his reasons to go to ice fury! Love it!! All on board all of this!! (Maybe a little overkill on the exclamation marks ????)
+10000
Thank you, thank you, thank you for Blood Heir! I love the world of Kate Daniels and all the mythologies contained therein. Thank you especially for the monster in Chapter 12! Living in that neck of the woods, I never thought to see our local celebrity in one of your books. When I read that one word, I cackled like a loon. There might of been a “Whee” in between the head nodding and “Yep, yep, yep”‘s. Thank you for adding your own lore as well. I feel safer now having a plan in place in case I ever encounter one! Just awesome!
It was great book but it did not have a resolution in the end, which leads me to believe that this will not end up a stand alone novella. I am firmly on Team Derek and I loved the fact that he knew it was her the whole time. Honestly, the second she opens her mouth, you hear so many echos of Kate it’s not funny. Ascanio is an idiot if he didn’t know who she was. Thank you so much, keep ‘em coming!
Loved the book! Shipping Ascanio and Stella 🙂
When will you be able to let us know if the book did well enough for more installments? Asking as someone that bought the eBook and paperback to drive up those numbers – LOL!! It was FANTASTIC!
Blood Heir is just a gift. Beginning to end I absolutely adored it and did not wanna put it down. The final scene between Julie and Derek? Oh. My. I need more. So much more. But also, I’m content. Because it was so much more than snippet of their lives and the lives of all our other favourites in the world. Pure bliss. Diving back in to start a second read 😉
Thanks again for a great book. Question:
Derek offers a medic to Julie, in the tub after the fire, and offers a good medmage to Dougie, after the hodag fight. Is he offering his own services or Doolittle or the medmage Curran used to call for Kate after they separated from the pack or someone else?
Soooo good. FANTASTIC!! Finished and immediately read it again. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world. You have already made 2021 a better year.
I just finished and am in a happy coma. Thank you soooo much for bringing this story to life and for bring back our beloved KD world. You two are the absolute best.
I like that happy coma, perfect description on that feeling when getting emerced in the book
About Derek… I am beginning to realise that maybe all of us are wrong about him. He didn’t make a deal with an Elder being or devour god’s. I think he was born with his unique ‘gifts’ unconnected to anything we know so far.He was so obsessed with control throughout his life that he wouldn’t allow whatever it was to manifest, never realising that loupism was never an issue. But his magic finally started breaking free, or leaking, which might have made him leave; he says to Julie ‘i left Atlanta because I had to figure out what I was’. He says ‘what’ not ‘who I was’. I am so looking forward to the next book. I bet the Author lords have a wild card up their sleeve with Derek…. Brilliant!
I like this possibility!
i just can’t. its read. ill re read it many more times and now I must wait…i hope sales were glorious so we can have more. Thank you so much.
Also, in the Epilogue, Julie has beer with Roland which he provides. I thought the trick was to never drink or eat anything in that realm otherwise Roland could escape. Has something changed? Or am I mistaken?
I think if you drink or eat that means that Roland could keep her in the realm if he wished not that he has to. It is unlikely he would do that at this moment maybe before he unleashes his plan to leave the realm. Hurting Julie would not go well for him though
1) What about Cutting Edge? If Kate and Curran are not in Atlanta but on the Coast and not dealing with the Guild what do they do in their free time? Yes, I know they are loving parents but they both need something to keep them busy. A bored Curran and Kate would quickly find something to do….the world would tremble.
2) What happened to Ascanio? He and Derek always had issues from their first meeting. I understand that but they worked together to protect and support Kate. Ascanio did well in Ketucky. There is being ambitious and then losing all sight of what matters. I feel like Kate needs to have another conversation with him like she did in her office. I mean Ascanio is smarter than this and the shady business deal must have been bad for Derek to feel he must step in. Ascanio cares about the shifter kids not just as a job I am sure. He is redeemable just not good for Julie (Team Derek)
3) It was mentioned during the minotaur/ loup buffalo that Eduardo was the herd leader? I thought he and George left the pack with Curran and Kate?
4)List of things I want to know: Sophia and how that happened. Erra and the “person or thing” she thought she lost that led her to despair. I know New Shinar sees Kate as a princess, does that mean Curran is her Consort because that would be funny, is Conlan a prince? What exactly happened with Derek meet with Jim at the Keep. What Derek saw in the vision after eating the sphinx heart.
Does Curran know that Derek is Beta of Ice Fury…now at least? Does Derek call Curran and Kate to keep up with them? Most importantly when is Derek going to actually do the wolf mate stuff like he promised/alluded to…i.e. “Becareful what you ask for Princess”?
5) The book was awesome!! I had to start rereading for the millionth time all of the Kate Daniels world including Hugh. There is no other option I must reread the entire series and reread (again) Blood Heir.
I can’t imagine a scenario where Jim would *not* tell Curran that Derek was in town.
After all, Derek doesn’t have the keep-away instructions, Julie does.
The question is whether or not he will spill the beans on Julie. They didn’t get around to the secret keeping conversation after the identity confirmation.
But Derek is pretty intuitive…
This is a great book! Thank you!
I actually had a similar thought. I do think that Derek still has a big part to play in Atlanta. I also believe that Julie and Derek will end up together in the end.
Between not dealing well with this round of COVID lockdown, politics and having a long series of migraines (and maybe reading burnout from doing nothing but reading for months on end), I had not read a book in over a month! I generally read about a book a day.
Well I picked up Blood Heir and read it in a day! So good, so good, so good! I was blown away. Thank you so much for writing this book and self publishing it to get it out to the BDH. You are both awesome. None of my other favorite authors enticed me back into reading…Thank you for giving me a book I HAD to read and getting me back to reading ????. Now, of course, I want more Julie and Derek!
On my re-read and it’s like a different book knowing Derek knew all along! I think Julie is missing the mating signs as 1) Derek was about to jump over the couch to attach Saimon when he asked if Julie had a type abs 2) the sandwich!
along with all the flirting and breaking inside her house… hehe
Does the mating signs include taking food? I am fuzzy about all this because it was so long since I read the books. ????
Giving, cooking, serving and recieving? I don’t think ‘taking’ as much.
I reread it. Julie says that when a shifter takes food from someone it is because they see that person as weak. She believed he was rubbing her nose in it.
I only have one question: who was Hugh shouting at while on the phone with Julie????
(Ok, I lied. I have lots of questions. And I want sequels. And Spin-offs. And spin-off-spin-offs… )
Thank you, House Andrews!
His kid, who, according to House Andrews, was bench pressing a cow at the time.
Just finished reading blood heir. It was so good, and I’m already crazing the next bit of Julie’s story….I know that there are other books that you guys have commitments for (all of which I’m also craving). But I really really really hope that you’ll both want to revisit the continuation of blood heir.
Absolutely brilliant
Omg, that’s like a mind twisting knot of dates to me, like a maths puzzle that I can’t figure out. But I’m really interested in the answer. If you do get the answer, and it’s confirmed, would there be a way to make a pictorial timeline up for this including all of the key historical dates in the KD universe?
Very cool
I’d love to see that! I’m itching to draw the timeline with colors for each book based on Allison’s investigation.
Having said that, I have to add that unless it’s relevant to the plot I usually disregard inconsistencies. I mean, I text my sister everything I find because I can’t help myself, but I don’t really care if in Nevada’s book Dave Madero’s aegis is blond at first and a redhead ten paragraphs later. She’s never mentioned again and it doesn’t affect the plot (I’m only using this as an example because it’s fresh in my mind, I haven’t read all of KD since Iron and Magic).
Start to finish, 10 hours. Now I’m starting again and reading it more slowly and thinking, “Oh no! Now you have four different story lines where I want to see what comes next.” And realize that you can’t possibly write fast enough to satisfy me. And even if you could, the books wouldn’t be as good if you just slammed them out.
Love the book – waiting now for the next one. 😉 Thank you very much for not listening to the Julie-haters a few years ago and making us happy with this story. It’s a nice start into the new year regarding urban fantasy.
But maybe you can clear something up for me:
A part I found a bit confusing: in the end, when Derek finally “tells” Julie he’s known all along: She says: “Stop! Derek!” … and then gets all flustered as if she gave something away. But: both, she and Derek were there when Robert recounts the situation with the injured bouda to Ascanio and he does mention that “Derek Gaunt said ‘hi’ ….” and then asks D him if he would like to visit the Beast Lord as Gaunt or Argent. Which means: Julie was there when his full name was reveiled. She would have put those things together – I mean, it’s obvious. So: why does she thinks she reveals something suddenly? Is it the tone of her voice? Because it can’t be that she knows he is Derek Gaunt – even if she didn’t know him before – Robert said it.
Or do I miss something here? Is my logic somehow mistaken? Is it a stressful situation? And yes, it’s a good way for Derek to finally announce that he knows ..
Anyway: congrats on yet another very successful book and I will continue to contribute to your kindle success. 😉
This is a total guess, but I think it was partially the way she said it and used Derek instead of Darren, because if he was introduced as Darren Argent first that might be what an actual stranger would still fall back on for a name. And it was kind of an accumulation of all the little things she gave away. I think it was like the final piece of the puzzle to have her call him that in a very Julie reprimanding Derek way and not a stranger telling this guy she barely knows to back up. Again I could be wrong.
I think that while she overheard Robert call him both names, she was introduced to him in this book as Darren. Calling out his name as Derek reveals a more familiar relationship & possibly gives her identity away. Of course, we quickly find out he knew her all along because of how she rides a horse (swoon)
Remember that at this point when Derek is given the choice to go to the Beast Lord as Gaunt or Argen, Julie still belives that Derek doesnt know who she is.
It was probably the way she said it. She probably said it in the same way as before they separated.
In the book, she doesn’t actually say his name. Every time they’ve spoken to each other, they’ve be skipped the pleasantries. Even when they introduced each other, they never repeated each others name. So, at the end of the book, it’s the first time she says his name. Almost like acknowledging him for the first time. And like someone said below. Derek is more intimate if he introduced himself as Darren to her, to say hey call me this new name not the old one. Derek seems a lot more intimate because of that. Additionally, she doesn’t get flustered bc she gave “away” something, she gets flustered because he’s not backing away from her and leans closer to her.
I just wanted to say that I loved the book. I read it in a single sitting yesterday. It felt like coming home to see friends that I hadn’t seen in a while. Everyone was a little older, but it was still great to see them. I can’t wait for the next one.
When snippets were put out on the website, I seem to recall a scene where Aurelia and Darren saw Kate and Curran in a marketplace. Did I miss this in the book?
Thank you Ilona and Gordon, love your stories.
They said at one point they had to cut and rewrite some stuff after it was decided to make a book out of the free snippets. So I’m going to guess that was cut from the final book.
That was probably something they cut out to make it less fan-servic-y
I think the snippet is going to show up in the next book because the absolute isolation of Kate from Julie is a main plot point. Derek aiding Julie to defeat Moloch will require lots of sneaking around. One of my favorite part of the previews was Julie asking for a wolf and getting Derek, but I welcomed Conlan’s role as mischief-maker for the Honeycomb.
I also think that Moloch is forcing Sienna to communicate a non-existant future because once together the FAMILY (Kate and Julie and Curran and Erra and Hugh and Elara and George and Eduardo (and kids) and the packs (Ice Fury is welcome to help) and the Guild) can defeat anything!
I really liked it. I encourage all of the BDH to give it 5 star reviews on Amazon so that new readers will buy it and maybe we will get more more more. I’m looking forward to purchasing and listening to the Audible version.
I like all of your writing so I’m just going to encourage you to write what you like. I’ll buy it and read it.
Many people have posted some beautiful and thoughtful theories. I just popped in to say that I still think Derek’s magic is mint green because of moon magic!
I feel a little bit like that aliens meme guy right now but I’m going with moon magic until someone proves me wrong!
(Also, moon magic is just really fun to say.)
oh interesting ! i think it is mentionned in the book that Derek has trouble with the moon at some point ? so i think this might not be that far off…
+1!! ???? Moon-Magic!! Now im imagining the moon having bonded with Derek during his season of hell after his dad went loup, but maybe Derek wasn’t yet able to recognize or access his connection with the moon until he matured enough ????, or maybe until he was sufficiently lonely after connecting so deeply with Julie that he released his deep connection with Curran & Kate, then his Julie bond was ripped so deeply apart. Enter Moon!
Holy hell! I can’t handle the slow burn! I need Julie & Derek together NOW! It was such a good book, completely part of the KD world, but new & different. My extreme wish would be to get some chapters from Derek’s POV, like we had with Curran (hint hint Gordon). That said, I don’t mean to be greedy, so thank you for this book and I’ll patiently wait for the next Hidden Legacy book and the next Hugh Dambry book and whatever else you want to throw our way. Now to go back and re-read Magic Stars.
Blood Heir was fantastic! the serial was already very good but this final version is WAY better (which i had no doubt it would be)! Iloved everything about it and i cannot wait for more !!!
SPOILER ALERT !
– i loved all the conlan and julie scenes! Yay for the lennarts siblings
– YAY for Curran and kate to have a little girl !
-I have no words for how good all the scenes with Derek and Julie were!!! there was so much tension and things unsaid and even when they talked… so much need to be unpacked between those two. All the flirting made me giggle, especially when derek asked her if she wanted to see him dress lol
“be careful what you wish for, princess” was definitely a promise !Julie told him a minute before what she wanted and Derek is so going to deliver ! (already does a bit in the book too), it is going to be so much fun !
But i wonder how Derek is going to come back… he needs to leave atlanta and Julie cannot leave… that should be interesting.
and is he sure to get himself involved in julie’s fight with Moloch.
WHAT DID HE SAW AT THE END ???!
-I’m kind of worried about what sienna said… My theory is that she saw something important, something that will impact Julie in a big way and didn’t tell her on purpore. Either something will happen to Erra and new shinar (sienna tells julie not to leave the city which i found very interesting…Sienna might not want julie to interfere with smething outside atlanta…), or something will happen to derek or something might happen to Conlan… (him investigating on Moloch might get him into trouble).
Either way i think this thing will break julie’s heart.
-didn’t expect Saiman to be alive !!! that was a shock but such on brand for him lol
– No clue what might have happened to derek… but he said he had to figure out WHAT he was… so something might have happened while he was in atlanta or it was already in him soemhow… cannot wait to know more!
i hope he doesn’t become beastlord tho.. i like that he made a place for himself with a totally different pack .
– I think we might see the evolution of Ascanio if the series continue because this is going to be interesting. and the loup manacles story OMG lol
– and last thought, could sienna’s vision change because Derek saw a true and confirmed future ? i found interesting the nuance between a true vision and sienna’s power.
oh and of course, i loved julie so much! Such a compelling new narrator to the series and character to follow ! i loved her close relationship to hugh, Erra, etc.
Namtur was fun too !
I like your wonders & theories!!
I have a theory about Derek’s power. This is a spoiler from Magic Stars, that came out years ago.
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In that book he was knows as the Grey
Wolf. At the end of the book he killed a star. Maybe it took time for the Magic to manifest and transform him.
Just an idea.
Ooohhh good theory. I forgot about that ????
Brilliant theory. I love it. I have long suspected Derek consumed elemental magic, which we know from Julie’s short story is white, but didn’t know how or when. He ripped the star’s heart with his claws. Maybe it took the flare to kick in? There was a flare about the time Derek left.
I Googled how to make mint green. “Mix equal parts of two primary colors — blue (human) and yellow (wolf) — to get green. Then add white (an element like a star)to lighten the green until it is a pale, cool minty tint.”
But how does the whole Shepherd of the Wolves fit in. Did some old power pass on the title during the Magic Breaks overseas trip?
Made me also think how he was trying to right wrongs in Atlanta and people started exercising faith in him? Silver wouldn’t make it minty but maybe contribute to it being metallic?
In Magic Stars, there was a seen where Julie kept telling him he is not all wolf, he was human too. I wonder if, unknowingly, she cast a spell? I also wonder, because Derek, according to this book, always felt different. He always did not feel like everyone else. He was trying to figure out how he fit.
Additionally, the star consumed magic. I wonder if he is consuming magic slowly and it is making him more and more powerful. A Shepard is a human. Maybe he is a Shepard because he is both human and wolf. I think many of the shifters were born into it.
It seems most people who are transformed from human go loup, and he was able to fight that off.
*le sigh*
Thankyouthankyouthankyou
Now I just have to refrain from nagging about what happens next. I can do that. Surely.
Very good Julie voice. And I liked the Night Rider reference. 🙂
“Namtur, you geriatric desert snake.”
LOL Loved that. And a potential love interest for Erra?? So excited for the next book ;D
Hi,
Thanks so much for this book that you wrote to give the first responder readers a ray of light.
I am curious about Marten! She has some special magic…
I am sad for Ghastek and his partner/gf, forget her name, who apparently still have not been able to have kids 🙁
Love having Saiman back, I lifted my book into the air when I saw him on the page
Derek is going to have to lift his game to pull Julie out of their friend zone rut. Good for Julie to step out of the bath in front of him. Have they both forsaken all others all this time? (That is a long dry spell.)
I was hoping Hugh could white knight into Atlanta to medmage the young hero boy in the hospital who had a stroke.
Wow, Conlan is mesmerizing!
I can’t remember which legends of which unicorns that were meat eaters, only the Hier could warrant such a warhorse. It cool how KD books are the amesome rollercoaster that we love.
The shadhaver? Persian. IA have used them before in the djinn book
I had to stop myself from screeching like a banshee when Derek revealed he knew she was Julie all along lol
Brilliant as always! I hope being #7 on Kindle means enough people loved it to get at least one more book! (Or at least some online snippets or chapters of how everything turns out!)
I need to know what happens! Hands down my favorite authors, can’t wait for Ruby Fever!
Sofia: has it been addressed here or elsewhere by the authorlords what illegal biological shenanigans Barnabas and Christopher DID to ‘get’ her?
I think it’s not part of the canon(?) yet.
Did anyone notice Derek being called Alpha and why is that since he has been said to be Beta of Ice Fury? Thank you House Andrews for this new book. I work in mental health and have been there in person daily and it hasn’t been easy seeing how hard Covid has been. Distractions like Blood Heir help.
I wonder if the duality consists of say, if Curran had let everyone know ahead of time that he was choosing Jim as his replacement, Jim would both be Clan Cat Alpha but also The Pack Beta? Maybe because in Ice Fury the Alpha doesn’t want to really deal with the day-to-day, he’s more willing to say “Beta speaks for me, so bring all your day-to-day bs to him, & I’ll deal with the executions and challengers directly” but otherwise Derek is the Alpha of his smaller squad… ?
well House Andrews, now you’ve done it. The BDH, myself included, need another book in this series (calls it a series optimistically ). This was fantastic.
Blood Heir was wonderful. I am so looking forward to the next book with Julie. But to be honest, I look forward to anything and everything House Andrews writes. I especially love the humor.. for example.. hiding in the bathroom from Curran isn’t hiding it is evasive maneuvers.. ripper cushions rather than repercussions.. and Knight Ryder.. where is Kit? my age is showing!!!
Just wonderful and I hope you are having a wonderful week basking in the praise for Blood Heir. It is well deserved!
And the description of the kid’s “adventures” had me LOL.
So, my beloved husband turned 53 yesterday and as we we were getting ready for bed, I had an ‘OMG’ moment. ” My new book came out and I forget til now!
Anyhow, I just finished reading it and love it! I read the chapters as you were posting them here and “Blood Heir” is excellent. I look forward to reading more from your creative world.
Thank you so much!!! The book was amazing, Aurelia/Julie was amazing and Derek was aaahhhh, I want to know more about him, he’s even more interesting, the great uncle was one of the best characters (and surprises) for me hahaha, made me laugh so much, and I felt bad for Ascanio in the end, hope he gets his redemption arc. But for now thank you both so much, this book (and the idea of it) was what kept me going during last year, helped me get through a lot of hard stuff…
So once again thanks for this 🙂
I INHALED this book!! I tried so hard to slow down and savor it and yet I was awake until 2AM, barely able to keep my eyes open. It was so hard to put down! Was even reading between breaks while working from home (which is MUCH needed because teaching my Kindergartners through Zoom is so draining).
I loved all the subtle hints. Sprinkles of seemingly odd or irrelevant details that you realize at the end have meaning. My favorite thing about reading cleverly written books!
The plot was interesting and fresh! I love that there’s no shortage of bad guys that need ass-kicking, even after Kate’s books have concluded. From the sound of it, though, we will be seeing Moloch again. If there are more books, I can’t wait to see the rematch! Although my heart hurts knowing Julie still can’t go home. Every time she reminisced and thought about her family, it really made me sympathize with her.
Speaking of Julie… She’s grown so much! She’s always been capable and now she has so many new tricks up her sleeve. Clever, smart-mouthed, and powerful — my favorite characteristics in a heroine! And although I love this new Princess of Shinar version of her, I especially loved the hints of “old Julie” that came through. Her struggling with her identity felt very authentic to me! And I definitely think it’s something that will be explored further if there are more books.
I loved seeing all the old favorites again. And the new additions! Very curious about Sophia’s background… And the rest of the kids of course! Definitely want to see more of them!! So glad that Dougie survived and that Julie met Marten. The similarities between Julie/Marten and Kate/Julie were so interesting! It felt like Julie was “getting a taste of her own medicine” so to speak lol. I have to admit that while I’m curious about Marten’s father, I’m also a little hesitant about her bond with Namtur. For some reason, Namtur making himself Marten’s master left an odd feeling in my stomach. I’m sure more will happen with that if there are future books!
And of course, I have to talk about Julie/Derek!!! Every interaction between them was so satisfying. I had a feeling he knew who she was and when he confirmed it I literally put the book down and screamed under my breath. SO GOOD. Every minute detail was *chef’s kiss* excellent. The way she rides her horse? Why is that so sexy/romantic?? All the goading and teasing and tension lead to the perfect confrontation. It was a much-needed conversation! I’m confident this isn’t the last time they’ll see each other. If there are more books (and I sincerely hope there will be), I can’t wait to get some more Julie/Derek action!
“We were a good team!”
“I wanted to be a couple!”
*dead*
PERFECT!!!
Also, whatever vision Derek saw definitely pertained to Julie. Hope one day to know what it was!
Definitely rereading tonight!!!
+1 to all of this!! PreK teacher here salutes you in solidarity K teacher!!
+1!!! Love all my early ed teachers!!!!
Upon partially rereading, I’ve started thinking about other things. At first I thought Derek’s “be careful what you wish for” was his way of backing off. Now that I read more carefully, I’m realizing it’s just the opposite — he’s fully preparing for the ridiculous werewolf mating shenanigans and I CAN’T WAIT. I wonder if Julie will be as clueless as Kate was at first lol
And that got me thinking about their romantic lives. What are the chances Julie and Derek have been with other people during their 8 year separation? I’m deeply curious as to whether or not that will have any impact on their relationship.
I wish cloning was real. If it was, the 2nd pair could have been working on the sequel and I could read book 2 next month. As you can see, I am reasonable and would allow a month between publications.
There are so many aspects I love about this. Julie, details on what happened after the last Kate book, Saiman. Also have to wonder about Marten’s background; she has to have magic, but what type. And of course Derek, who knew who she was from the beginning. Loved it and will read again. Please, please share this book with all, so we get book 2.
For those interested in Dire Wolves:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/dire-wolves-arent-wolves-at-all-they-form-a-distinct-lineage-with-jackals/
Very cool!!
MWAHAHAHA.
Called it with a certain jotun. I knew when 1) we didn’t see him die and 2) he asked to be buried in unicorn lane, that wasn’t the last of Saiman.
I kept waiting for him to show this book.
Please take my money for the next 7 books in this series! XD
Me again… I was wondering if the changes in the Pack eventually results in Derek taking over as Beast Lord?
Happy Book day to you all! I devoured this book as well last night when I saw the purchase email.
I had forgotten that eating the heart gave you a glimpse of the future. Nice. I also laughed at Hugh dealing with his kid during the phone convo.
Can’t wait for more Julie/Aurelia books!
Hi. So I finished this book at 12 am last night and wasn’t able to sleep till 3 because the book was so good and I couldn’t stop thinking about all of it. Especially that bloody Julie Derek ending scene. It made my day, my week, my month. It compensated for the horrible horrible last year. I don’t think I have read a book I enjoyed this much in so long. And now I don’t know what to do.
While I am sure I will be able to move on (for a while at least) I, on my knees, beg you with utmost sincerity – Please don’t give up on the series. This is gold. It’s everything that I wanted. And so much more. You guys have done an amazing job.
And I think when I say this, I say this on the behalf of the enitre fandom that the potential of this book to be turned into a banger series is phenomenal. So please, give us more. Take your time. I know you are very busy but please give us something somewhere in the future.
Also, thank you so much. I have been going through a very rough time and this book really, really cheered me up. :))))
Oh, I second and third and fourth you!!
Is Saiman, Marten’s dad? I can’t stop thinking this!
I loved how Derek told her not to, when Julie threw the wall up. He so knew who she was, it was just like Kate and Curran. They truly are the product of the ones who raised them!
I didn’t get to be on the zooms and it sounds like they were great. Did anyone get any good tip pits from Gordon before Ilona made him stop talk? ????
I love your writing..be it in blog, (boxed )stories, snippets, daily life anecdotes, or your novel.. I simply love them all!
I loved everything except that it ended soo soon.. so many questions.. how did Derek ,Conlan,Marten enter in the house.. but also how Derek was able to breach her inner sanctum ????
I just want Kate and Julie to reunite.. so long overdue!
Tyvm to the both of you????????????????
p.s if it’s possible can you just reopen your box.. I’m in withdrawal ????
Soooooo good! I laughed aloud a lot! Thank you so much. I have a total book hangover and am REALLY hoping we get a lot more of Julie and Derrick!
“I could tell it was you by the way you rode your horse”, eh?
Move over, John Wayne. Someone’s got them brand new Mr. Smooth’s one-liners.
*spits out chewed tobacco*
I just finished Blood Heir.
It was definitely fun to read. ????. Thank you so much for doing it. Now, I just have to work on not going mad from impatience waiting to see how long it will take Derek to realize he’s an idiot. LOL
Blood Heir was great!! I definitely want to see more books in this series.
As sad as I was that you guys didn’t finish the book as an online novel because I wanted it then, I really must say that Blood Heir is a far superior work to what was online. The core of the story is still there, but details have been tightened and streamlined… whatever words describe this. This is just better. I know Ryder would have seen editing too but I’m glad Blood Heir is the result of everything that happened.
Thanks for publishing and I very much look forwards to Blood Line and Blood Empress :p EDIT: YES, THIS IS BOB JOKING AS BOBS ARE WANT TO DO ;)- MOD R
Wait. The names are decided? You’re kidding right?
Please always refer to the Release Schedule for official news on plans and titles. These are not confirmed works or names. Hope this helps 🙂
Lol. Ok, I need to chill. (Tries to breathe slowly)
As always many, many thanks for superlative writing. So glad I finished novel before reading the comments here otherwise I’d be scrambling to get to the end.
I finished reading the book ????????????
I did not want to finish reading the book ????????????
All that aside, I really loved the book. For me, the best part was Luther saying Julie thinks like Kate, ranking a close third behind Derek seeing the future, which is waaaaaay behind Derek knowing all along that it was Julie.
I lost the internal battle to wait for a print edition, but am oddly happy that I didn’t buy the print version……that way I didn’t realise till I finished the book that I had actually finished it…..
Oh yes…..and Saiman is alive!!
Loved it.
Le sigh. So nice to see everyone again.
Who else went on YouTube to search horse gaits? ????
I’m not familiar with horses and got curious enough when Aurelia/Julie bragged about Tulip’s gait.
Henlo, may I please have a second serving of kiddo Conlan and all his snark. It was extremely entertaining 😀
I also really enjoyed all the Erra/Hugh/Roland interactions. It’s a special kind of flavour I appreciate that Julie would be better-positioned to experience than Kate, so seeing a lot of that was really cool.
ALSO, SAIMAN IS ALIVE!!! WAT??!! I grinned from ear to ear. This is going to be entertaining.
Also, massive congratulations for writing this through COVID 19, which wouldn’t have been easy. I’m looking forward to the Derek-Ascanio man-off, though I’m putting money on Derek…
O. M. G. Derek is EVERYTHING. Julie is EVERYTHING. I cannot even. My ability to even has been severely compromised. I don’t care how long it takes, but please. Please write the next one. <3 <3 <3
An excellent story! Lovely to revisit old friends and reading the comments makes me smile at all the thoughts and suppositions.
Try not to burn out as the list of follow up books requested should keep you busy until your future grandchildren are adults. ????
I love how almost everyone in Julie’s old life figured who she was! And Derek ate the Sphinx’s heart. I need to know what he saw in that vision!!!
I’m interested to read more about Sophia’s origins. What did Christopher/Barabas do that was so forbidden to result in an albino shapeshifter? Also, she’s what? Three years older than Conlan? Wasn’t Christopher still raving mad at the time she was supposed to be born? Also she’s been absent from all the KD novels when she was a toddler…
Most likely they adopted her. That’s all ????
I’d bet she’s another derek-type case, some loup bit her when she was very young, and her albinism survived her initial shift
Maybe she was bitten, but because the Pack had Christopher & his Panacea, she wasn’t lost to loupism?
The whole thing with Julie not being able to go home… Other than being a plot point, was it a covid thing? Did it just happen or was it on purpose? Because it felt achingly relevant right now… I started having that odd sensation right below my sternum that you get when you miss something very much.
Hugging myself and the world at large, and you, specifically for and with this aching wonder…
???? hug you right back!
About Derek: (apologies if someone else has proposed this already – I don’t have the attention span to check all the comments 🙂
When Derek’s father went loup, he was just a kid. The only way for him to defeat his father was to make a deal with …someone… for the strength to do so. I think he swore service to some sort of divine power. In Magic Stars, the letavitsa says “you belong to someone else” – at first I thought that meant Julie but now I think it’s his goddess (because he has to be willing to die for a woman to resist the power). Derek left Atlanta to find out what he was – I think he became a sort of warrior monk for whoever he swore to and this gives him divine powers that manifest as part of his shapeshifter abilities which is why his colour is mint green. Well, it’s a theory anyway.
So long as he wasn’t sworn to celibacy lifelong, I’m on board with this possibility!!
Loved it. Want more!
Ends with a cliff hanger -ish. So I’m hoping it will be announced officially that this will be a series. I love the Kate Daniels universe and feel this spin off is very intriguing
Outstanding!!!
Thank you for the book and especially the dedication!
We are a spoiled bunch but it’s your own fault for being such amazing authors. ????
So many threads and unknowns… can’t wait to see what you do with it all!
Can anyone tell me what are metal bulls? (“…who took his sustenance from infants burned alive in the fires of his forges and metal bulls.”)
This book was soooooo good! Thank you House Andrews for an amazing installment in the Kate Daniels World. I really hope you keep writing Aurelia Ryder books. Julie and Derek are the cutest, and I have been on this ship for so long. I loved it all, especially every single interaction between Derek and Julie. I am giddy as I write this.
I’m so happy with Blood Heir. I’m trying to read it slowly to savor every moment. I hope you’ll write more about Julie.
Got it, read it, loved it, reading it again.
Thank you House Andrews! I hope you’re inspired to bring Aurelia Ryder back again.
Thank you! I really enjoyed the story. I hope it was fun enough to write and sells well enough that you write more. 🙂
Love the story about Julie. Please write a sequel. I love your story telling. You are a wonderful writer.
Thank you for a delightful read! It was really great to see Julie all grown up, wonderful to see Julie and Derek together again and Stella and Marten are great character additions to the story. I was also happy to see Luther, he always cracks me up.
Absolutely loved it. Please continue to write!
Just dropping by to tell you how much I enjoyed the book! Kate Daniels series helped me through the first lockdown (I re-read it all, first book to last, including short stories and free stuff online, plus Hugh book as well). I deliberately stayed away from Ryder online after the first chapter, because I wanted to read it whole. And I did, could not put the book down until 3 AM, no regrets. I loved it and I’m looking forward to your next book!
That said, can I ask a question?
May be it is because before Blood Heir I re-read a Tais Afinskaya by Ivan Efremov, but I felt a hint of Efremov’s aesthetic ideas in one place in Blood Heir: “many features that we considered beautiful were simply signs of health and beneficial adaptations”. Did you liked Tais book in your youth too?
Mint green= green + white? I remember in Magic Stars that white was something like nature-based magic. My guess is Derek’s leveling up is not divine.
Love the slow burn. Magic Stars convinced me Derek knew he belonged to her, but she was just too young to dwell on it. I can’t believe these two otherwise unusually competent bada***es spent years passive-aggressively waiting for the other to reach out first. I’m mad at both of them for not using their words, but I guess emotional vulnerability isn’t their style, lol. For all that, I’m impressed she admitted she loved him for five years. That’s the bravery I’m looking for.
I love the trademark House Andrews plot of intrigue, adventure, and colorful characters. And I honestly LOVE LOVE LOVE Dougie. He was selfless and brave for a little boy with a horrible childhood, even trying to protect an adult at his own safety. I’m so invested in him and he was barely in the book.
Thanks House Andrews!
huh… when you put it like that, it does seem out of character yes
I LOVED THE BOOK, as expected, since i love all of your books, Blood Heir was so much fun, plot made sense, great banter and epic fights and also:
-The children’s shenanigans, will Bea be as good with guns as Andrea i wonder
-Karma for spoiled brat Ascanio (also Andrea and Raphael setting Ascanio’s sights upon the Beast Lord throne to thwart him from setting his sights upon their own seats made me LOL)
-Wondering who Marten’s father is because clearly, Magic™
-Stella never getting sick, which signals magical heritage? i think?
-Namtur is VERY fun
-Derek’s magic signature color and healing magic making people here go HMMM, the theories written here are fun
-Sienna’s confusing apology??? im so curious what she was alluding to
-YESSSSS to expanding the Daniels-Lennart family
Last but not least i wish we could get more Barabas/Christopher and Roman related stuff since they’re my favourite men in the series (sorry to Curran and Derek) but that’s unrelated…
Loved the book (not so much going into work with zero sleep). I can’t wait to read more! One thing has been super bugging me though….I thought Kate left Ascanio in a good place. He was funny and seemed to really start to care and become a good person. Then this book he’s a power hungry jerk who tries to buy everyone off! I used to cheer for him now I hope he never becomes the beast lord! On a different note what was the illegal means which Barabas had a child? They hadn’t mentioned invitro being illegal in any of the other books or gene splicing so I’m left wondering what it was?
But man this series (i hope) is off to a great start!
That kinda hit me as odd too. It’s clear Marten is special, so perhaps her escape couldn’t have prevented with another bodyguard.
But it’s weird that a client offered $20,000 grand/week for protection, and Barabas said, “here’s my 14 year old daughter, she can handle it.” Then daughter lost Marten twice, and it became clear that the only reasons Sophia has avoided grievous injury herself is because she’s a shifter and Asciano keeps saving her against her will. Marten “appears” like she lacks a shifter’s invulnerability and Sophia’s past is hilarious precisely because her judgment is terrible. What was Barabas thinking?!? What kind of business is he running?
I’m going to chalk this up to the quirky funny anecdote allowed in a writer’s world and try not to think out about having to replace Barabas if he worked for me.
Anyone else imagining Conlan & the Gang’s adventures as a web comic in the style of Muppet Babies? No? Just me?
LOL. More adventures of the “special challenge” type would be most welcome. I can see the illustrations of taking down the minotaur now. Maybe they could start being restricted to the 500 acre woods with wards to alert their parents when extreme situations arise. Christopher flying to the rescue, Eduardo charging thru thickets of thorns, the Book Club crushing the bad guys. Marten would fit right in. Dougie’s powers would be discovered – protectiveness is powerful. Oh boy. We NEED some graphic novels!!!!
This book made me so happy. Thank you.
The world is familiar, but I feel the way I did after I read the first KD. SO MANY QUESTIONS.
Unfortunately this time I can’t just put all 10 books on hold at the library then read them all in rapid succession ????
Thank you for another wonderful adventure, House Andrews.
I loved it. I loved it so much. I’m sick and the lumber-jack folks (I don’t know what you call those people. Tree taker downers?) showed up to take down two trees. It was loud. I was got so involved in the story, I was able to block it out. Thank-you. I’m re-reading today.
I already left a comment. I guess this is a p.s. I want Julie’s house. The real one.
Wonderful book and sooo happy we have a Julie book. It is an fantastic addition to the KD world. I’ll always be grateful for you work. I re-read every series you have. Thank y’all!
I’ve waited ever so patiently for This book to come out. Kudos for weathering the COVID mess to deliver the happiness! And it was. But consumed far too quickly I’m afraid! I’ve been on a KD world bender for sooo long… Thank you, thank you – you never fail to deliver thoughtful, exciting and definitely riveting material for me to effortlessly sink into! I don’t know the plans for the AR series but you’ve certainly started in an epic way! Not to rush you…. but “please sir, I want some more.” ???? while I wait I will re-listen(3rd time) to the series from the beginning! It never grows old!
Hope to see more of Hugh and Elara’s story too… AFTER Julie’s!
I skimmed the comments so I apologize if anyone has previously made the same observation and I missed it. But at the end of the book Derek reveals that he has a fourth form. There’s the human form, the wolf form, the warrior form, and at the end of the book he turns into a jackass.
I write this as a man who has recently celebrated his forty-sixth anniversary, and who has loved his wife for even longer than that.
I have never typed this before… But I LOL’d.
Thank you, I needed the laugh.
I snorted. You really had my mind whirling like, a fourth form?? How did I miss this??
And I totally agree!! I wanted that last conversation to go… differently. But on the bright side, it just leaves heaps of potential for future books!
Agreed! Derek wanted things to stay just the same, what a putz!
“Putz”; I used this word once, and a kind Jewish woman let me know it basically Yiddish for ” dirty penis.” I suppose dirty could be a synonym for diseased?
Ha! Really Putz is just like calling someone a dick. Implying that that is what that person is lead by…not brains.
I was excited– yes, he was kind of an ass, but look what he said at the end — “I hear you. Be careful what you wish for, Princess.” How could that mean anything but, “you wanted a werewolf courtship? Well, you’ll GET a werewolf courtship.” And I for one am excited. I think I’ll be permanently bouncing in my seat till the next book comes out in however many years (at least, I hope it does.) I’ve wanted Derek and Julie to get their HEA since Julie was old enough for me to think about it.
☝???? Same! I’m also v interested to know what Derek saw when he bit the heart. Because methinks it has to do with him and Julie.
Also, I’m wondering about the timing of it, b/c Sienna said she saw the vision of Kate’s daughter just after midnight—so I wonder if that was around the time Derek bit into the heart, seeing a true future that couldn’t be changed, thereby solidifying a future with a baby sister in it for Julie.
So like, the Universe is saying that to save the world and for there to be babies, Derek and Julie have to be together. (If this is the only J&D book I get, I’m rolling with this theory ????)
Me toooooo! Loved the book as I knew I would. The author lords never fail to deliver :-> Of course I devoured it and definitely want more. Meantime I know we also have Ruby Fever and Iron Covenant 2 to look forward to in the near future. Then there’s Innkeeper and Ryder to come so it’s ALL GOOD.
You made me chortle with this comment, as you are so right. I wanted to hit him on the back of the head with a rolled up newspaper.
Ha! You got me going there for a second being like, “when was this fourth form discussed?!”
Honestly, I don’t think he was being a jackass! I think he has been hurting and in love with Julie for almost a decade, and really, both of them are being a bit dense about their connection. Derek knew he couldn’t have an actual relationship with Julie because of their ages at the time, so the only thing he could do was settle for them being “a good team”. Julie was right, too. She had to go.
I really feel for both of them. They’re both right, and they both needed answers. Hopefully in the next book (????????????????) we get to see Derek make good on his “threats” ????
+1
+1
I thought, if I get my wish and the two come together there wont be another book about them. Since they didn’t things are looking promising for at least one followup book.
Big props to the gentleman married for a long time. It doesn’t get better than that.
Thank you.
I agree here. Derek says something to the effect of Julie not even giving it a chance. But she makes a good point about not seeing a way out of her being “a kid”. They both needed to grow.
I’m reminded of this poorly paraphrase idea.
If you love someone set them free. If they come back to you they were yours. If they don’t it was never meant to be.
The journey of their coming back to one another is going to be so much fun to read.
Aha, I disagree ! I think Derek’s behaviour is legitimate given the situation. And so is Julie’s !
So to me, responsibility for this mess is split evenly between the two. No one is fully blameless, and they’ve both been hurt a lot by the situation.
That’s why we love those characters so much, they ring true and human. Can’t wait for them to get together, the tension between them drives me nuts.
You made me snort. Brilliant comment.
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That was funny! I also laughed out loud. Thank you!
Loved the book. Thanks guys ????
I loved the ending. It’s a perfect example of why series were invented. The main issue was resolved. There are compelling story arcs to come. I don’t mind waiting for the next part of the saga. Of course I’d like more right away. But the writers have to write …..
i agree!
I agree! This was such a great beginning to a another part of a world I was already so invested in! I just hope it isn’t too long between books- hint, hint.
I simply wanted to say thank you for another amazing book.
Your books always are a real gem and appreciated greatly.
As always I loved reading about Julie and Derek immensely and I am so curious to see what could happen next.
Fingers are crossed to read a looot more about those two. ❤️
By the way books like yours are the reason why I started reading in english.
Waiting to read a translation of those would simply take too long.
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OMG!!! I already read it twice!!! Loved it! Love you guys! Gimmy more gimmy!!!
😀
Thank you. I want you to know for the first time in a long time I paced myself. Yes, I read the end first. Some things don’t change. Then, I read slowly. In thirds, over three days! I never do that. I am an Ilona Andrews book gobbler. It was agonizing to read slowly but I know there is not much coming around from you soon. There were so many things that I loved. Happy New Year to you, to all of us.
I just need you to know that “book gobbler” is my new favorite thing and I am the same
A book gobbler sounds so much better than a book addict, which is what I call myself. I may have to steal that!
Thank you, House Andrews, for another wonderful story. I can’t tell you how nice it was to revisit some of my favorite characters. Each is so brilliantly rendered. Looking forward to this book has been a bright spot, and it was definitely worth waiting for.
I did the same thing. Read ending first, then read in thirds very, very slowly. It was agonizing making it last as long as I did.
Thank you House Andrews! You’re my favorite Authors !
Thank you so much, wonderful authors! This book was exactly what I needed for an escape during these crazy times. Thank you so much for continuing to make such wonderful stories for us.
Thank you for the blessing that is your writing. Love the start of Julie’s story, please ???? with a double helping of please write more. The hours away from COVID reality were a balm to my psyche.
Loved it!! So so excited to see Derek do some werewolf-type courting ???? Thank you as always for sharing your wonderfully fun stories!
Oh my god, werewolf-style courting, yes please!!
Did I just crush this book out in one sitting… yes. Do I have to go back and reread the whole thing now that I know that Derek knew THE WHOLE TIME. Yes. Am I okay? Debatable.
Yes!! What she said!
Just finished the book!!!!! Amazing desperate to know when next is due!!! Excited at prospect of another mini Kate, also worried about the possible wrong doing and Derek oh Derek why are you being an ass?!
OMG. This was AWESOME. I read as slowly as i could, forcing myself to also do my home-based business. still done too soon and rereading.
What a fun peek into the lives of all my favorite characters, and a wonderfully written story. You did it again with another wonderful book! Thank you.
First of all, I loved loved loved the book. I have been waiting for it since the online serial stopped (I really like that she doesn’t call Kate and Curran “Mom and Dad” anymore. I thought it was a bit weird).
I love the Aurelia/Julie-Hugh bond and I’m so looking forward to exploring that further. Also an Erra-Hugh relationship sounds quite intriguing! She’s kind of his aunt, isn’t she?
Conlan and Aurelia are so cute together! The cooking scene feels so homey ????
Speaking of little boys, it would actually break my heart if Dougie doesn’t make it. He has to survive. He did the right things, he protected the right people. He deserves a decent life.
The little girl signing up for assassin’s school? That was absolutely incredible and funny af.
I don’t believe Ascanio is gunning for the beast lord seat. It’s been mentioned too many times and the way he’s described as going about it seems very crude to me. Combine that with the repeated comments about how the pack isn’t working like it used to anymore and it all points to there being much more going on there.
Can Derek become beast lord if he’s formally left the pack? Can he just change his mind?
Saiman being the beggar is absolutely hilarious and ironic and I love it.
Why did zahar call Derek alpha?
How did Derek change so much? Does it have to do with him being affected more by shape shifter stuff than others?(moonlight etc.) I was thinking, what if that never had anything to do with living with a loup father for so long. What if the reason for that sensitivity is what he went looking for? What if that’s the reason for all the upgrades?
Also, THAT CLIFFHANGER!!! I loooooooved it so much I keep rereading it. I can’t wait for the mating rituals in the next book.
I assume Derek is eating the Divine Beasts heart and has done so before (like Curran) so he is becoming a part God. Which would explain his magic.
If the other pack has a similar structure to the Atlanta Pack, Derek is probably alpha of the Wolves as well as Beta overall. Though Zahar may not shift into a wolf, he could have been born into that clan from mixed parentage or adopted somehow.
Apologies if this was answered elsewhere but when will the audiobook be available?
The audiobook is finished but it is now sitting in the mighty hands of Audible and that currently is a black hole.
So the answer is “it will be available when it is available”. Go ask Audible but remember that is a “black hole”. Do you really want to sit on the edge of that event horizon?
Hello Isabelle,
We estimate the audiobook will be available roughly 3-4 weeks post release day. ???? I hope this helps.
Absolutely loved this book! Thank you again for writing it. Now I’m going to finish my re-read of Magic Stars and re-read Blood Heir again KNOWING that Derek knew the whole time!!! Squeeeeee!
OMG. I just finished the book….PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE write another one.
I always like to read reviews at Amazon especially the 4, 3, 2 and 1 star ones.
People can be so dumb. They want everything wrapped up in one novel, but life is not like that, it is messy and what is a novel? It is a slice of life, therefore messy and full of loose ends.
This was utter perfection! I devoured it and am now feeling bereft. Maybe I will have to read it again right away. And Derek just walked away.
Are Derek and Julie EVER going to be a couple? I do wanted at least a kiss!
I mean, this is a very standard format for Ilona Andrews. The first book sets the stage but nothing happens until the second book. They always give the characters time to get to know each other. The only real exceptions to this are Iron and Magic (which has a good reason for an accelerated relationship) and the Edge series (where really each book is focused on different characters and relationships).
So, yeah, dont worry. Things will definitely progress between those two!
That was my thought exactly. I remember Nevada actually used the “That’s right. Keep walking” line in HL 1 after her big blowout with Connor.
Thank you so much for this AWESOME book!!!! Please, please, please continue this series!!!!
Loved the book and I’m living for the speculation in all these comments. Thank you so much!
I agree with the other commentators in regards to Dougie. Can he please survive and have a good life? Please, pretty please with cherry on top. I know life doesn’t work out that way, but I want it to. Saiman is still a bleep. Good to know.
I know! I’m pulling for the poor kid. I’m hoping Julie takes him in too.
Not sure if this has been mentioned but Barabas and Christopher have a daughter!! I hope we get more information about their family because I love it so far and am intrigued. Do Kate and Curran have a daughter?
No. So far they only have Conlan. But according to the book they have the potential to have a daughter, if Julie can defeat Moloch and change their future.
I know. I’m kind of hoping for a Barabas and Christopher snippet where Christopher brings him flowers and then they look at each other and think how amazing and cute the other one is. For some reason I just ADORE Christopher and Barabas so any piece of their HEA sounds amazing.
Julie was gone for 8 years and their daughter is 14? I’m confused.
It is mentioned in the final? KD book, that they were thinking of adopting. Kids can be adopted at any age.
This book was fantastic!! I was up all night with a feverish 17 month old, so she cuddled on my lap and I read Blood Heir! And, spoilerish request…
…please please please could we have a Derek POV someday of when he saw Julie riding into Atlanta and knew it was her?
I can’t help it, I’m greedy! I so love the POVs and snips and extra epilogues and everything. You guys spoil us with your incredible world building and I just want to climb in and live there. Thank you so much!
Oh, I’d punch my sibling for a Derek POV of seeing Julie again. (just joking. kinda)
Same. And I’m not kidding.
+1
Show of hands for the people who WOULDN’T punch their sib for a Derek POV…..Especially the brother who won’t read the authorlords!
I don’t really need bribes to punch my brother but it it gets a Derek POV count me in. LOL
I would love that POV, the bath tub scene, and when they fight the hodag. I loved him engaging in conversation wither her. It felt like he was doing it for 2 reasons: 1. to find out what she was up to, and 2. he genuinely missed her and this was the first time she wasn’t pushing him away and actively talking to him like she used to.
But, yeah. I’m dying to know what went though his head when he first saw her.
Omg the bathtub scene! What was running through his mind!?!?
Same!
OMG Yes Please!!! I’d love a Derek POV story
I agree. I’d love to see Derek’s POV for Blood Heir.
Punch a sibling, get punched by a sibling, doesn’t matter. Name your bribe.
Yes, yes, yes! Derek POV….and please include the vision he saw of the future that has been seen and is now certain. Loved the book. It was definitely worth the wait. When I love a book, I spend days afterwards flipping through my favorite parts…like a pinball. I haven’t completed my page flipping yet.
I know you have warned that Hugh and Elara’s second book is grim, but I have been waiting so long. Question: are Elara and Hugh the aunt and uncle who guard Julie and Erra during Julie’s coma?
♥️ yes!!! That would be amazing!
I would love some Derek point of view.
+1000
Yes yes yes please Gordon, do derrek’s pov of the first time he saw julie again in 8 years!
I bet it was epic. All werewolf snarl, angst and longing ????
Oh my gosh, YES! I would also love to read Derek’s POV of that moment. I will punch whomever you aim me at for that!
When will the audio book come out?
Hello Melody,
While BLOOD HEIR has already been recorded, the files have to be approved and processed by Audible before they can appear on their site. Due to the large volume of audio books, Audible has been taking longer than usual to process the files. We expect the audio to be available within 3-4 weeks of the release. ????
Oh my. what a wonderful read. It was so good to be back in my favorite post-apocalyptic world. Thank you so very much House Andrews.
There are so many parts of this book that were absolutely wonderful. The information on Ascanio isn’t a big suprise. But…..I seem to remember when Julie was infected with lyc-v. Ascanio locked himself and Julie into the loop cage at Cutting Edge, His body had been majorly broken, but he got them both inside for protection. He had honor, so it’s hard to believe he’s lost it completely.
I absolutely loved the Knight Rider reference. I know my age is showing but I actually watched that show (1982), lol. The minute I read that, I heard the theme song and saw the car with the red light running back and forth. Huh, back then the closest we came to electronics like cell phones was walkie-talkies. ???? The idea of a talking car that could drive itself (especially capable of independent thought) was sci-fi.
There is so much in this book to love. I an definitely with everyone who is hoping for more. to hold myself over I’ve started the KD series from the beginning. Thank you again. For me 2021 looks to be about as wonderful (not) as 2020. Spending part of it with book friends sounds like a plan.
I thought the stories of Ascanio protecting Conlan and Sophia’s little gang of kids showed his better side.
Definitely – along with the more adult POV that what they were doing WAS dangerous! 🙂
Blood Heir is pretty dang perfect. I loved that Derek knew Julie from the way she rode her horse. I wondered how that would be explained, and that makes so much sense!! Also, I didn’t really think Derek was being too much of an ass. I mean, he was hurt. He thought Julie had just left him behind. But I loved how he said at the end “I hear you. Be careful what you wish for.” Because he’s obviously going to go all in on the shapeshifter courtship stuff!! At least that’s how I read it. And I am so HERE FOR IT!! I can’t wait for the audiobook now. ????????????????????????
Me too!!! And I agree with you. I don’t think he was too much of an ass either. She did leave him without even a note or a goodbye and they seemed like each other’s best friend there at the end of the series (or at least they’re not hanging out with anyone else like they were with each other that we saw). I’d be hurting like hell too if I was close to someone like that and they did that to me. They both f*cked up IMO and need to be apologizing. Both had valid points, but both also hurt the other. It’s fantastic writing all around.
Oh yes
I keep thinking “what we have here is a failure to communicate”
Julie at 18 being afraid to talk to Derek because it might change her plans to leave and grow — I get it. (Though Dang it, leave a note!! Julie Mistake #1)
Derek being hurt by Julie’s decision – I get it.
I assume this is why he sought help/counsel from our poor departed Pastor Haywood. And ultimately decided he needed to leave Atlanta to get away from his feelings for Julie. But not letting anyone know where he was going or how to contact him? Derek mistake #1
Let’s say Julie matures a bit. Maybe 3 years after leaving, she realizes she had expectations of Derek but he couldn’t read her mind. Maybe she realized she might have misunderstood. She wouldn’t have even had a way to reach out to him at that point.
And we know that 4 years in, she confronted Moloch – and had her 9 month healing coma. And her focus shifted to protecting her family.
His focus presumably was proving himself and moving up the ranks in Alaska.
So…the questions for me are – should she have revealed herself as Julie to him immediately? Should he have revealed he recognized her?
She assumes he didn’t recognize her. I wonder if she was afraid he would think she was lying if she told him. I would have liked to have seen that thought process. We see her mentally freak out about seeing him again, but not really make a conscious effort to lie to him.
And he doesn’t lie to her until she introduces herself as Aurelia and he responds with Darren. In fact, he makes a couple of comments that hint at their history (“your life will be blissfully free of me, just how you like it”).
I don’t really understand why he goes along with the ruse, truth be told. Especially given the level of hurt/anger he shows in unguarded moments.
I am guessing that both of them are again failing to communicate, compounded by hurt that has grown over the years.
I find myself wishing that Julie has used the freeze power word just to have a chance to hold him. I mean, she still loves him – he still loves her – they are just in their own way!
I am also curious why his color changed. And what he saw in the future.
Hopefully we will get another book to find out!!
LOVED IT! Thank you for all your hard work during crazy covid time – this book really is a joy to read!
Loved the book! It’s been over 5 years(been busy with life) since I read one of your books, and soooo glad I’m back.
OMG, I loved it. I love the parallels of Derek waiting for Julie/Aurelia to wake up just like she waited for him in Magic Stars. I would kill for a Derek POV on first seeing her and when she locked him in the blood ward! I love both of the power-ups and how much they have grown as characters! Honestly, Julie annoyed me in KD but I get that she was a teenager, and well, teenagers are annoying idiots lol. Her new character still has the same fight she always had, but now it’s tempered with time and experience. She always was a badass strong girl but now she has the temperament to really be a princess. And omg the literal power power-up for Julie is amazing. I really wonder what her power level would be compared to Kate now.
Derek has also grown so much! I see the bits of Curran in him but also his past personality as well. I love how he has taken responsibility for a large group. Lowkey wonder if he gained some mage type ability or divinity to do magic as he has shown. I love that he has powered up to match Julie. He really did always have the potential to be a great leader if he decided to do it. I want to knock him on the head though at the end of the book haha. Makes sense that he has to break the memory she has of him to start a new foundation but still. I absolutely can’t wait for the next one when Julie (hopefully) makes him pay a bit for that. Oh, it would be so satisfying to see him get a taste of his own medicine. Can you only imagine his reaction if there was a guy who came in that was worthy of her and he got worried? More like when Curran was jealous of Siaman but with someone that he should actually be worried about. Oh, it would be amazing.
I know (hope) Ascanio will be redeemed but boo on his behavior.
I respectfully disagree.
Not in favour of any type of love triangle that would distract from Julie’s awesome adventures (with Derek please!).
Loved it! I think he told her to be careful what she wished for because he was going to give her the shapeshifter courting she wanted and I am here for it! I also want a Derek POV. Loved all the relationships old and new. So intrigued to delve deeper into everything. So much good. Great job!
I also would love his point of view. If you read Magic Stars, that whole book was his point of view.
Love the way Conlon is”growing”! Thank you for this whole universe. I could say so much.
Ok. I haven’t read through all the comments so forgive me if it’s been discussed. Anyone else wonder about Marten’s origin? Like how she appeared at Julie’s house completely dry in the middle of a rainstorm? Or how her dad shows up occasionally and performs magic tricks? What’s all that about?
Is blue the color of divinity or a witch? In the book Julie saw her as blue when she made the deal the uncle.
Blue is for humans.
She has human magic but probably one of a kind type.
Like Julie being a sensate.
I wonder if she is Hermes child God of theives, fast travel, and mischeif. It would explain a lot.
Thank you so so much Ilona Andrews – you guys ROCK!!! I love your writing, the humour, the details…just everything! So engaging and awesome! I love the Derek/Julie story, would be so stoked to get some Derek POV too, aaaaannnddd – can’t wait for the next installment!! Desperate for more…. (bug eyes anticipation) 😀
Thank you, your book and the blog has kept me going on dark days alone, especially since I lost my job.
Please can Saiman now we know he’s alive have a plot twist of his life by falling in love, something I imagine as a loner myself would be a total shock to his system and be very funny to read/watch develop as I am sure he would be a disaster at admitting feelings, I know I am.
He would piss off the love of his life so much that they would kill him long before they ever thought to kiss him
OK so if it’s been addressed prior then I apologise (and I’m sure it has been) but did Ilona misdirect us?!!! She clearly said there would be no shenanigans between Julie and Derek bc Derek sees Julie as a sister and with his family history there’s no way he’d go there, even though she knew there was lots of us who were voting that they’d totally go there. So did she intentionally misdirect us or did I read that passage at the end wrong?! And I hope I didn’t cause I love a fictional alphahole (but not a literal one).
During the KD series Julie was too young for their age gap so I can see HA saying there would be no shenanigans. However, Julie is 26 now, they have been apart 8 years with adult life experiences and time to grow into who they are – so let the shenanigans begin ????
If you read Magic Stars, it shows Derek struggling because he had feelings for her and knowing that she was too young.
Such a good book! Though I really would have liked knowing whether Dougie fully recovered. Since the Methodist healing only worked on believers, I wish the shifters’ medmage had been called in.
You left so many tantalizing unanswered questions. When might we expect the next Ryder book?
This book has launched so many other narrative possibilities – I’d love to read about the time gap from when Derek left town to his return all silver and extra-special. Where has he been, what has he done, who are his crew?
I also wanted to say a giant thank you to the author-lords for this book. It’s been a difficult time, and this has been a much welcome escape from reality.
I agree with you! So many possibilities. I do wonder if House Andrews (they’ve mentioned previously that they are no longer comfortable being called Author Lords ????) ever writes these books for us, and then wonders about their sanity. I only say that because the BDH is insatiable and keeps pressing for more… (And I say this as a very loyal fan and member of the BDH since their first book was published.)
Apologies! How could I forget House Andrews is their preferred name! So Sorry. I am a loyal member of the BDH and would never intentionally displease the WONDERFUL writers who kindly share their worlds with us.
I finished it yesterday. It was wonderful. Thanks so much for such a great book.
I remember jeanine frost hit you because of the distinct lack of steamy scenes on the first two books. I imagine she’s hitting you again in her head since she can’t do it personally because pandemic. Love the book, thank you very much.
When Julie said to Derek, “Stop following me. Can’t you take a hint?”, and Derek answered, “Not this time,” that’s when I had the first inkling that he has known all the time who she is. Had to read everything twice so it seeps down my memory but I’ll have to read it again. I’ll just wait for a few more hours because I just finished it yesterday.
Dear House Andrews,
I can’t believe it took until you explicitly wrote it for me to make the “Knight Ryder” connection. Is this the reason that Julie/Aurelia’s last name is Ryder? So those of us of a certain age could burst out laughing at that point? Or was it just a bonus?
Many thanks for that laugh. I needed it.
Best line so far:
“Can’t go to hell if you don’t believe in it.”
I’m reading slowly to make this yummy book last.
Thank you for Blood Heir. The Kate Daniels world is fascinating, and it’s great to have it continuing. Your books are wonderful in so many ways, I always look forward to a new release. Stay safe and keep writing!
I love this book and hope this is only the beginning for this series! More, more, more, please! I so enjoyed slipping back into this exciting and familiar world, and reconnecting with characters I love.
Big Mike is right, Derrick’s fourth form (jackass) sucks!
Thank you for all of your series. I enjoy reading each and everyone. The “worlds” the characters live in are amazing. The research must be exhausting.
During this crazy time it is nice to open a book, turn on the ereader and disappear.
Blood Heir was good and I loved seeing what was happening with everyone.
(Being a southern girl, I love all the locations that I know prior to the apocalypse)
It will be interesting to see how all the people we love in the KD world make it.
(Here is my plug for Hugh’s story)
Thanks again.
Love it! Love it Love it! Why I said it 3 times? Because I already re-read it twice 😉
The ending is good (because I know there will be at least another book, if not more, keeping my fingers crossed).
I laughed out loud when Sophia told Julie why she dislike Ascenio. Big karma time for Mr. Ferrero’s to pay back his deeds when he was younger. LOL!!
Thank you for the book – it was amazing! Definitely a very bright spot in the midst of a trying year. I have read all the comments, but my question is (and I’ve been wondering this for years), but: what happened to Naheema? I really don’t want her to have been punished/killed by Roland for getting the cart, but we never see her again…
Loved the book. Please may we have more. There are way too many unanswered questions but that’s how IA rolls.
Ilona and Gordon- you scored a Bull’s Eye with the book, in other words it was PERFECT. Thank you!
Oh happy sigh ????. What an absolute pleasure to be diving back into Kate Daniel’s world. Thank you for that gift.
This book was AMAZING!!!! I legit teared up when Derek finally fessed up that he knew it was Julie the entire time. It was like hugging an old friend. PLEASE write another one! There were so many cliff hangers! I know it doesn’t happen overnight but please write more! I am so happy! Thank you!
House Andrews is amazing. Thank you!!! ???? it was so good!!! It dawned on me that Derek got into Julie’s house and ate her food so maybe it’s a bit of the mating dance backwards because he was mad at her? Also what did he see when he ate the heart??? What is Sienna going to do to hurt Julie??? Kate has another baby????I can’t handle it. So good!!! Thank you!!!
Totally guessing, but I think Sienna is going to tell her she can’t be with Derrick, or something similar. Maybe that Julie has to choose between saving Kate and following her heart?
???? ooo yea
Sienna has to keep Julie and Derek apart for Kate to survive and only shares her vision with Derek so he doesn’t pursue Aurelia. Aurelia has to belive Derek doesn’t want her and her heart breaks (his too ????) over his rejection. What she does with her heartbreak is the defining moment – to give in to Moloch’s desire for her to be by his side or overcoming the pull of him in despair to secure the lives of the people of Atlanta and Kate
Also…
I so want Aurelia to take in Dougie like Kate took her in.
Marten thought Conlan was cute!
I cried at the end when Julie laid out her feelings for Derek and he didn’t reciprocate. She always knew his potential and he didn’t want Julie Olsen, but NOW Aurelia Ryder is pretty enough for him ???? She told him she always loved him knowing he’d leave her again, so nothing to lose?. So proud of her♡
… and, Adele’s song “Rolling in the Deep” played in my head during Julie and Derek’s whole end scene
I really hope this is not where the story goes.
I bet what sh that she steers her wrong to get an ultimate good out come but Derek gets hurt by it somehow or takes up the Beast Lord mantle and she had to decide be tween Atlanta an CA
I stayed up late to finish Blood Heir on the day it was released. You did an amazing job and this book had so so many parts that I loved. If you had released 10 books in this series already I would be binge reading right now instead of typing this.
Definitely excited to see where this series goes. So many fun new characters or characters that have been reintroduced. Excellent work.
+1
I loved it so much! To be honest, I was never a big fan of Julie and Derek as a couple, but this book changed it! I strongly believe that him warning her about her wishes will involve some “ridiculous werewolf mating thing”.
How does one court a Princess of Shinar? I mean with Erra’s Blood Brother on the scene I assume he will demand a specific level of courtship.
Okay your comment makes sense.
I was so confused by it that why did he say that. She didn’t make any wish. Instead of responding, he just abruptly ended it by a weird statement that be careful what you wish for.
Thank you for putting it into perspective.
Can’t wait to see it all unfold! ????
Please keep this going! It’s awesome how you started this book with everything happening during the pandemic.
I loved the chapters, but this was so much better. With the Innkeeper series and Blood Heir, you can see the progression between first draft and the polished, completed book. I was pro Derek and the emotional quotient at the end was so surprising, satisfying and frustrating at the same time. He knew who she was by the way she sat a horse. That her leaving had such a devastating effect on him yet not enough for him to find her and resolve things. I know I shouldn’t ask for more, but as the TV announcer would say, inquiring minds have to know and the BDH, we are not just inquiring we are addicts.
Speaking of addictions, I just reread Clean Sweep as I have talked my cousin into trying out your world and he bought it. Innkeeper and Hidden Legacy have been my go to series for comfort during this past year. When Sean and Dina go to Bahar Char, you describe 2 men walking down the street with just a teeny, tiny bit of dialog. Is that Jack and George?
I also took note that Klaus recruited George. And now he’s checking in with Maud. His story, the missing parents or just making sure that he’s invited to the wedding? Also on my wish list, a snippet with a POV from the ex in-laws on seeing a boot leg copy of the wedding invite? Also, at some point in time, Helen is going to come into her own, and their chagrin at not being able to take credit for being her grandparents. Insert puppy dog eyes here or the imperious look on your cat demanding attention NOW, you stupid human. Whichever works best.
Your books are like potato chips, no one can eat just one. Now I can’t wait for Ruby Fever. I want a Casita in the compound. In the meantime, back to Gertrude Hunt.
+1
Re Ascanio… I don’t think he’d really LIKE being Beastlord, to be honest. If he hates having to haul the kids home again and again and again and AGAIN, from stupid kid tricks, how much more would he have to do that for all the Pack members? It would be a thousand times worse. I suspect he’ll pull his head out of his ass at some point when he realizes this, and find a more rewarding thing to do with his life. Hey, he could go into partnership with Saiman…
By the way, the patience and faithfulness with which he DOES handle the kids suggests he’s not a complete loss by any means. Just got to get over his fixation on being a Big Cheese.
It was there!
Oops, meant to put that to another comment
+10000 agree
I have a feeling Ascanio must be greatly affected by Julie and Derek’s departure. Even long before that, when he got re-recruited to the Bouda clan by Raphael (in which it drove Kate to drinking a little not long after that and Kate also had a brief heart-to-heart talk with Derek about the future), I feel like Ascanio might feel abandoned by Kate, Derek, and the group he was familiar with.
To be honest, up until now, I’m still unreconciled about that event. Or maybe because I don’t know how Ascanio’s thoughts during that time and it always leaves me with an uncomfortable feeling.
About Ascanio aiming for Beast Lord position? I’m biased, so seeing the formerly mischievous kid embracing the road of scheming involving money to seize power truly saddens me. He seems desperate to achieve/prove something by trying to be the Beastlord (if he really does go for that position). The way I see it, his ambition is either out of desperation or out of pain.. I warn you all, I’m very biased towards Ascanio and somehow I always have a soft spot for him. But also maybe, he is truly all greed (which, again, will make me extremely sad for him).
I very much look forward to see how things will turn out in the next book(s). Julie-Derek, Ascanio, Conlan, Desandra-Nick, even I want to get a glimpse of the current life in the ‘exclusive’ Daniels-Lennart gated community.
Last but not least, my inner Ascanio-fans wants to leave a message: Authors, please save Ascanio or let him fimd solutions from whatever he is struggling with!
I have always enjoyed Ascanio. Yes he has a smart mouth and sure none of the kids are happy with him right now, but at his core he is a good person. He is loyal to a fault, that’s why he never stopped doing jobs for Kate when she called, and why he didn’t go after Hugh when he saw him in Kentucky. He was a protector then when he carried Julie on broken legs and locked hem both in the loup cage and now he is constantly saving the kids from themselves going as far as killing a loup alone then bringing them home. Plus, he has Raphael and Andrea as role models and they are good people. The scene when he talks to Kate & Curran after the Leslie incident is a pivotal moment in his life and I think it really defines who he is as a person, and even why he is climbing the ladder of the packs hierarchy, even if he is going about it the wrong way. Sure he doesn’t want to be seen as weak, but he also puts himself between other people and danger.
I hadn’t really thought about it before, but I agree with you that he probably does feel abandoned by Julie, Kate, and Derek. Sure he fought with Derek every chance he got, but it always kind or reminded me of a sibling rivalry. I know it has been 8 years and I think Ascanio & Julie are around the same physical age, but before he came to the pack he was being raised in some kind of cult & you know that would make anyone slightly off (can’t think of a good word for all that would do to a person), so I always se/ think of him as younger than Derek & Julie, but really he is in the middle (age wise), right?
Regardless, I think he is a good person at heart, and if there are further books in this series I hope we get to see that from him. Also I love his snark & quick wit even when it lands him in hot water.
Loved this book as I love all the Kate Daniel’s universe novels. Waiting patiently to see how this
story continues, pretty please?
Itching to know if something happened to make the prophet witch turn Possibility and kind of hinted?
I just realized one of my comments was deleted. I apologize if my question or comments were rude. I love your stories and your writing has elevated my expectations to the degree that I enjoy over-analyzing things. I love your stories, and I think Julie and Derek are among your most emotionally relatable characters. Unrequited love mixed with history, trust, and companionship? I didn’t know I needed this. I faint.
I look forward to reading more from you over the years, I hope.
Oh wow, the scene with the flaming tiger pit was great! Extremely terrifying. Running across burning spikes? And if you fall, you’re basically impaled on a barbecue? Gives me chills just thinking about it.
I’m surprised Julie ever abandoned her axes. I thought her “can make a hole in anything” rational was pretty solid. Guess that’s the classic education from her aunt.
Somehow I thought this was a stand-alone novel. But no, it ends in the middle. Which means there will be more! Yay!
Right? “Can make a hole in anything” makes great sense.
I have a deep and fervent wish that within the next 48 hours Julie will come home to a dozen metal roses on her table with a gourmet ham sandwich and cold ice tea.
I would also be okay with waiting for Julie and Derek to hook-up until book 3 if it meant an entire book of courtship. I would love an entire book of dates where the last 8 or even 6 years were slowly revealed so the Darren and Aurelia get to know each other.
Obviously defeat Moloch & save the Lennart is the goal but I’ve been longing for courtship since Magic Stars.
I do wonder id Derek saw her rose in the bathtub scene. It was “half hidden” under her shirt and not mentioned again.
Part of me sees his taking the rose as part of “werewolf courting” – and her not understanding. It is one of the few things that might actually get her to lose her cool with him – I think she would cry asking for it back.
Doubtful. Derrick said. Be careful what you wish for so I think it would be like a dead wild pig on her table still steaming with the bood dripping on her floors
I loved the bath scene ! Derek breaking in because he’s worried sick for Julie, finding her asleep in the bath and deciding to watch over her. ♥️
And then Julie, to shut him up, stands up in a glorious movement of water drops and flower petals.
Beautifully written scene.
On a side note, I wanted to share my admiration for the authors for writing this book admist a pandemic. Having the energy to be so creative and focused in such difficult times is pure talent. A big thank you 🙂
I don’t know if I just missed it but when Derek pulls out the 20 I don’t remember in the book there being the talk about the sandwich price he just pulls out the money randomly in the book. I remember reading it when it was online but can’t find it in the book. Was this just an ops and slip up or did I miss it.
You missed it. Julie charges him 20 for taking the food. “You chose to eat here. You should have asked prices in advance.” Page 190 on my Kindle
I don’t have the kindle version. I have the book. I still can’t fine it in there…..
It suddenly occurred to me, with Iron Magic #2+, there’s opportunity to read more about all the characters in intervening years!!! I’m hopeful this includes some of the conversations leading up to High & Elara watching over Julie & Erra & the retinue! Also conversations with Kate as they prepare to leave Atlanta…. oh so many clues we could follow!!
Can anyone tell me why are Derek and Ascanio hating on each other so much??
I always thought them to have a brotherly bond with the constant bickering but always having each other’s back.
Ascanio threw himself at the wendingo to borrow McBroody more time. They acted as a team whenever with Kate.
I don’t want to think that they were never friends 🙁
I am bummed about Ascanio v Derek, too. I guess what I want is more aspirational than reflective of life. The devolution is halfway explained in Ch.14. After getting the lowdown from Nick, Aurelia/Julie mentally sums it up: “Derek embarrassed Ascanio and then left before Ascanio could get a rematch. No matter what Ascanio did, his crew would always wonder if Derek was the better shapeshifter.” So, there may be healing in the future, but Ascanio’s ambition seems to have consumed much of his soul. He’s a semi-sociopath. He will have to work hard to change, which I guess he might, if he finds himself alone.
Ok, this is fantastic! Finally, after reading several times over, I was inspired to watch episode 1 of knight rider ????, I had no idea how many connections there’d be with HA’s story! The new face, the backstory, the new purpose! So good!
Did anyone notice how Derek smiled after ate the sphinx heart? I assume that since he had just told her “be careful what you wish for”that he had seen the future when he consumed the Sphinx blood.
Moloch had planned to eat the Sphinx in order to see the future right?
Yes! I caught that on the second run through. Ridiculous wolf courtship incoming! Excellent!!!
This book was amazing! In reference to someone else’s comment about Ascanio acting dishonorably, one of House Andrews’ many strengths is their ability to write complicated and realistic characters. Ascanio is a high voltage guy. He got a little too goal focused and then Derek pushed him over the emotional edge and he made mistakes. It could happen to any of us, lol!
Dang! I just realized that I missed the significance of his eating the heart!
So awesome! So happy that there may be more. I want more misadventures from the Conlan gang. The Ascanio major faux-paw was just delightful. And as always Go Team Derek!
Thank you!!! The book was everything I needed. And I can’t wait for more Ryder!!!
Your books have made me smile and laugh out loud many times. It was wonderful to see this continue in your new book about Julie and to see how she has changed since she left Kate and Curran. Hopefully there will be a series of books for Julie and Derek. I am waiting for Hugh’s book to come out, it is good to know he found peace, acceptance, and happiness in his new life already but it would be nice to know what it took for him to get him to that point. Thank you for the work you have done to create these characters and this magic world for us to escape too.
What is the deal with that Marten kid! I look forward to getting those details.
I loved this book.
I am wondering too! Definitely more than we currently know!
Thank you for the story. When it started it was a bright spot in a dark time. Now things are dark again despite the vaccine and its release is another bright spot amid the worry
Thanks
I finished the book late Tuesday night and haven’t stopped thinking about it.
Yesterday, while queuing to get off the train as it pulled into the stop for my complex I was just letting my mind drift aimlessly. Which means that I was standing there and a passing thought shocked me so much that in the dead of silence I ending up yelling out “OMG Derek ate the heart!!!”.
Friends, I hid in my office all day long expecting a visit from medical services.
Thank you for a wonderful book House Andrews. Reading it has been the high point of these last few months, even if I end up requiring a pysch evaluation!
But really what is tulip? It’s making me crazy. Unicorn alicorn what mystereous beastie is this wonderful creature.
Right! She had a phantom horn and I imagined she flew a short distance over the rubble when fleeing Derek . Also, when Aurelia fought the ma’avir at the VA hospital she told Tulip if she didn’t make it, to go to her (Tulip’s) mother! What !?!
I think Julie got a descendant of Hugh’s horse, Bucky. Tulip’s mother is a delicious mystery 🙂
Tulip reminds me a lot of Hugh’s stallion, Bucky, including the occasional ‘shimmering air’ that looks like a horn on their foreheads. I’m thinking that Tulip and Bucky are unicorns, which would explain why Bucky loves those crazy scary woods and never trips in them at a near gallop.
Perhaps Bucky sired Tulip?
I think Tulip is a shadhavar, aka Persian unicorn which is referenced in Magic Shifts. They are described as carnivorous unicorns with long teeth and are kinda aggressive. I love the idea of Julie bonding with one for her loyal steed!
Thank you so much for the book! I loved every second of it – except the way Saiman survived. I imagined him coming back to live because of the constant flow of magic in Unicorn Lane and him being part God. Him faking his death was disappointing -but in character. (And I felt so smart for figuring it out…)
And thank you so much, unknown ICU nurse, for writing that email. Knowing that the book was coming helped me through December.
Was anyone else surprised by the “untitelt iron and magic 2” or was it just me? So looking forward to it.
Also wondering who “Sebastian North” might be. And why the arbitrator is visiting Maude…
Is it possible that the baby in Seinna’s vision in the end is not Kate’s but Julie and Derek’s? Derek ate the heart and saw/wished a future.. tht future must include Julie. He loves her desperately. Love love the characters and the plot build up. You guys come up with the most awesome mythology characters and weave dazzling stories! Thank you for this. We all needed a Kate daniel universe book so badly and you guys delivered a bomb package!!
I’m wondering this same thing!
And how nice would it be if Sienna’s wronging is simply that she told Julie it was her sister, not her future daughter. Of course, allowing Julie and Derek plenty of time to become and enjoy being a couple first. ????
Good point. Wouldn’t it be nice if Sienna’s “wronging” Julie was that she lied about the toddler’s parentage, and therefore the wronging is now over and done with, and not quite so ominous?
I’ve been wondering about Sienna’s ‘wronging’ of Julie as well. I think it might be keeping Julie in Atlanta without telling her the true reason.
After showing Julie the vision, Sienna told Julie, “This is your sister,” so the tiny toddler is Kate and Curran’s. As for what Derek saw post monster heart consumption, I am also eager (x10) to find out.
Best reveal for me; Jim and Dali have kids!
Did we know this already? I thought Dali was still working on Jim to allow high-risk arcane surgery with Hugh.
The next Iron and Magic book should happen before Blood Heir, so there is time for Jim and Dali to get kids (and as I’m mostly wrong predicting developments in the books they probably adopt because Jim does not want Dali to go through the pain of Hugh fixing the problem)
Having to do a reread of all the other Kate books as I got thru this in one day hell not even a full day haha. Live your work please don’t take too long with the next one xxx
I was so waiting for the “Knight Ryder” pun – it was perfect that it was Ghastek….
I’m wondering about, “If one day I wrong you, Julie, will you forgive me? […] A promise is a promise,” from Ch.18. Is the “promise” referring to one the Oracle/Sienna had previously made to another person/entity/god that we don’t know about yet? Or, is the “promise” definitely referring to Julie saying that she’d forgive Sienna? Am I being too literal?
I wondered that same thing, and whether it was left intentionally ambiguous
I loved the repetition of, “It was perfectly safe.”
I suspect Sienna will tell Kate something false about Aurelia/Julie, probably with the goal of chopping off contact between them (and making Kate all the safer). It could be as simple as telling Kate that Aurelia/Julie is dead.
Good twist except that Kate would never rest until she found out and avenged her kids death.
Thank you for this book!!
Best scene for me:
Silence stretched.
“Julie?”
“Yes?”
Nick Feldman opened his mouth…
Thaaaaaaank you!
Thank you! I liked reading it, and I love the kate-daniels world that you have created. I hope to read more about her adventures. I wish I had something clever to say, but I’m just happy. Thank you.
I loved Blood Heir so much! Thank you! A light in this pandemic darkness. I hope there are at least two more books in this series, and can see much more of where this could go.
Its …..around……here somewhere…I just..had it….
Ahh, yes….I knew this yellow pill would come in handy someday!!????
Loved it so much. Thank you. My spirits are lifted ❤️
I love this story. Y’all always live up and exceed your hype. I’ve already reread it twice after reading it all in one sitting. Thanks so much for taking the time during these difficult times to provide a bright spot. Y’all are heros!!!
I want to thank you for Marten’s new name. Everytime I read Mouse, I thought of Harry Dresden’s dog.
I am also muttering at Julie for not scanning her and finding out what is going on. And Deira is a great name, a kingdom in the north of England–is she some sort of fae? Dry hair in a rainstorm, breaking into Julie’s house at will, eating huge quantities of food…reminds me a little of some goblins.
One of the joys of your books is seeing how your careful editing makes a decent book, like the snippets online, so much better. One of the other joys, of course, is anticipating how all the clues work out. Sienna betraying Julie? What did Jim do to Ascanio? Erra and Namtur finally getting a clue? And Derek warning Julie to be careful what she wishes for….oh, my. Yes, I know you have Contracts. Yes, you need to write the other books you promised. But I will cheerfully look forward to the next Blood Heir book.
+1
Thank you for the amazing book, and all the amazing books you have written. You are so greatly appreciated by so many, and I am happy to be lucky enough to include myself in that number. Take care.
Really appreciate the gift this book truly is…escape antidote to 2020 stressors! Thank you so much for your brilliant captivating writing!
I thought a clue to Derek ‘knowing it was her’ was when he changed from wolf to human right in front of her when she first saw him and ran away. She was cornered by the group of new wolves but, if there is an element of vulnerability during a shift, he wouldn’t be have left himself exposed to a stranger.
Initially, I thought this was a standalone-Julie book and was thrilled when the book ended and there were unresolved issues…and I pray it’s a trilogy as originally planned. That would be amazing.
Oooh I felt like he knew when he broke into her sanctuary and his priority was to offer her a medmage. He cared too much for him not to have known it was her.
Quite a different feeling from the bathtub confrontation in the serial – in the serial I wasn’t sure whether he knew at that point.
Then there were several points after that where his interactions with her took on double meaning for me. Calling Ascanio and idiot when Ascanio told Julie she was just a human and should get out of the way etc
No clue how Derek could have identified Julie, until I read his answer at the end, which was pretty damn perfect. *swoon*
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
I remember reading the Ryder posts. I had been really feeling down all Spring and Summer. Reading helped as did family’s love.
I strongly believe that writers as artists should have absolute control over what they wish to work on. Still… to have possibility to read a Julie story just so warmed me in 2020 and still does as a full fledged book in 2021!
So Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
I just finished the book and I am just – HAPPY. The read was such an amazing experience. Like coming home after a long trip.
THANK YOU.
I just finished it and I loved it! I love the whole series and at a tough time to have Julie and derek story continue. Well I teared up a few times .
Really enjoyable, thank you so much. Bit confused by age of Sophia? Conlan was born before she was??? Speed grown?!
I knew it! I knew Saiman was alive! Son of Loki the trickster, he’d never die off side! He’s my favourite pervert!????
I wish the book had had a bit more meat, but it was still a very tasty little morsel. Sometimes Julie/Aurelia’s “voice” was too much like Kate but they are family. I’d love to see more Roman, he likes tough blondes – it would be hilariously awkward, uncomfortable and funny. Thanks as always.
Waited until the weekend so I could have an uninterrupted block of time to read. Just finished at 1am and I’m so happy with this book. Thank you! ????
I bought thebbook for my kindle and read it all in one night. I simply could not put the book away. At the same time I dreaded finishing the book because it left me wanting so much more and I hope you’ll continue this book series soon.
I am thankfull that this book is part of the Kate Daniels World it is like going back and meeting old friends that you dearly missed. Thank you so much for this book. I love it!
Great read as always. Love the (for me) cliff hanger of wondering what true vision Derek saw when he ate the Sphinx heart. Waiting and wondering is fun. Kudos to my favorite authors for another awesome book.
I loved the book. I knew I was going to love it though as you guys never disappoint. I can’t wait for whichever story you decide will come next because I’m excited to keep reading them all. Thanks for another great book.
I’ve read this book for like the 8th time now ???? and I had a thought! I read over the prophecy again, and “devour the queen who doesn’t rule and sever bloodline reborn” . . .
Does anyone else think this might maybe fit Julie as a descriptor, too? Kate’s bloodline has already been passed on to Conlan. If Moloch wanted to sever a bloodline, he’s a little late to the party with Shinar’s.
But Julie is queen material—and her bloodline is technically Koorghan, and they’re a critically endangered species.
To stoop to wild conjecture here, maybe this is how Sienna “wrongs” Julie? By manipulating the prophecy to mean Julie instead of Kate?
I am wondering about Sophia, hoping I have the name right. Christophers and Barabas. She is older 8 yrs. So they must have adopted her after Julie left Atlanta. Also, Julie mentioned that she is an albino and lyc v would have gotten rid of any albinoism, so Christopher and Barabas did something highly illegal. Then the topic was dropped. I am just curious as to what it was. Thoughts.
Of course there are other curiosities in the book that wont be answered until future books but this one seemed to hang there.
Is it possible that Barabas gave his Lyc-V to their adopted child? That would be pretty much guaranteed to be illegal… but I can see the “dad, I want to be like you” bit.
Thank you for the effort and time it must take to be so specific and precise in your writing. You are helping people globally, live through a bunch of crap. Much respect.
Thank you so much for a bright spot in this year of pandemic. Especially since the week it came out I really really really needed a good book. Like everybody else, very much rooting for more and a conclusion to Moloch, the Derek/Julie romance arc, etc. but seriously, just thank you. This book was a joy.
Am I recalling correctly?
It was made known to us that anyone who spends significant time in Kate’s presence would gain some magical power(s) over time, the amount of time and extent of the physical closeness all being variables as to how much magical power could be garnered.
After Curran, I’d say Julie and Derek are both next on the list for amount of time spent with Kate.
Although not likely the only source considering the time he’s been away from Atlanta, perhaps some of Derek’s new magical power has been derived from his time with Kate back in the day.
And having shared Kate’s blood in additional to having spent a lot of time with her (and Erra and Roland, if being in their presence is similar – is it a Shinar family trait?), I wonder if Julie also has the capacity to radiate magic.
I am happy to wait and see!
Just finished reading it and it made me so happy. Your stories are so rich with conflict and characters and possibilities for further books.
Thank you so much. Please take care of yourselves.
Thank you for the book. My favorite line: “Knight Ryder.” ???????????????? I totally needed that laugh.
Thank you for all your books. I have them all. I frequently reread them.
Anyone else wondering about Roland drinking Beer (Corona 😉 with Julie in the pocket dimension? In Magic Triumphs, Kate was advised by Roland not to accept any food or drink from Neig while there…
Yes, but then I remembered that he also said that it was temporary. He told Kate that if she ate or drank in his realm she could be anchored for a short time.
Thank you for another lovely book. Finished it within a few days. We’re on a budget but I preordered it as soon as I knew it was up haha! Hubby was fine with that 😀
I loved being able to see from Julie’s POV and I find it interesting because she’s like Kate in so many ways (of course! lol) but also her own person. Kind of sad we didn’t get to see some of our other favorite characters (for obvious/death reasons) LOL but I’m super looking forward to when the next book comes out…I sincerely hope there is a next book……please please please 🙂
I can’t wait to learn more about Aurelia as I know its not over yet.
No back to relistening to all my Kate Daniels series in audiobook again 😀 Up to book 10 again but stopped to read Blood Heir lol 🙂
thank you thank you 🙂
I can’t wait until i get paid friday! i’m so excited! Literally just read the Kate Daniels series again for the 7th time!
I hope we see many many more in the Kate Daniels World.
Loved the book but I had a couple of questions. If Aurelia can see through her eagle’s eyes, why does she go to Nick’s house in person? When she meets Derek for the first time and recounts his history, why, at location 1900 on kindle does it say “everyone became infected within months, and at location 1907 does it say that Jim thought Derek would go loup and wanted to kill him? Was he or was he not infected?
He was infected and that’s why he smelled like a loup when they found him and how everything affects him stronger than other wolves. However, he wasn’t acting like exactly a loup when they found him (with the whole burning house, killing dad, in shock), so Jim was saying that he was eventually going to start acting like a loup once he came to & they should kill him.
Who bought the paper version of the book and are they different then the Kindle version. I have the paper and I can’t the sean where Derek eats the food he just pulls money out randomly….someone said it was in the Kindle.
Hello BreAnns,
I have sent an email regarding this, could you please check if I’m stuck in your Spam folder? Thank you!
Thank you very much.
I have read Blood Heir twice now and have enjoyed it both times. I do want another volume since you didn’t finish with Derek and we need closure with him.
Plus since he ate the sphinx’s heart will he have the visions to see what happens to Kate? I am so glad that Luther, Robert, etc showed up. I just have never cared much about Ascanio. He gets tiresome and glad that he got taken down a notch by Robert. While I read Blood Heir I was also re-reading Magic Burns to refresh my memory about Julie. I always liked her and glad she got her own series. Let’s keep up with them.
Loved it, can’t wait for sequel. I think I might end up loving Julie more than Kate! Derek! I adore him. I think he might actually let himself be in love with Julie finally!
I can’t wait! When is this going to be released on Audible?
Hello Terri,
While BLOOD HEIR has already been recorded, the files have to be approved and processed by Audible before they can appear on their site. Due to the large volume of audio books, Audible has been taking longer than usual to process the files. We expect the audio to be available within 3-4 weeks of the release. ????
I don’t know if this has been mentioned, when Julie was climbing the telephone pole at the Honeycomb & Derek showed up. She described him wearing khaki work pants & a green henley. but when Derek is taking off his clothes to fight the hodag, he’s described as taking off his jeans. And then later described wearing jeans again when the hodag’s spit landed on them. I thought it was a bit confusing, since I didn’t think jeans were the same as khaki’s. I’m also not sure why I paid attention so much to what Derek was wearing. ????
Is Julie’s backstory of the replacement eye published elsewhere?
Hello Wedge,
The King of Fire fragment which deals with Moloch’s eye is in the Extras at the end of Blood Heir. It can also be found here https://ilona-andrews.com/2018/the-king-of-fire/
I hope this helps ????
Thank you Ilona Andrews for another great read. I’m so glad you succumbed to fan requests for Julie’s story. I did not know how much I missed your Atlanta until I read Blood Heir. It was great to be back.
If we’re voting Yay or Nay on future Dananu/Aurelia stories, I vote Yus!!
I just finished Blood Heir. I am an X-ray tech, and like the lady you talked about in your acknowledgments, I love to escape into your books! The real world is a little too real these days. I’ve read ALL of your books. Many times. A huge fan.
Kate and crew are an all time favorite. I was terribly sad to think there would be no new adventures. Blood Heir was absolutely marvelous!!!! Keeping things fresh and new and seeing old friends, you two have once again done a stellar job. I’m hoping for many more!
Thank you so much for all the tales, this one in particular.
Sincerely,
Robyn
Thank you so much for your amazing efforts. The book was so, so good.
I can only guess what it took you to write something on demand and with so much fan pressure all the while coping with family issues you shared and with the altogether hard and weird year.
It is so hard to tap into your creative space when life keeps kicking you and yet you did.
I do hope you feel the inspiration to write more books in the series. But even if you don’t, this glimpse in the KD universe and all the possible storylines for Julie and Derek (and the rest), were amazing and felt true. Felt right.
Why didn’t Julie get uncle Hugh to heal Dougie?
Loved Blood Heir! Thank you so much!
Loved it! I know you are busy, but really hope there will be more!!
After reading a third time I have a question:-
I do not understand why Julie leaves the house to spy on Nick and Desandra (it leads to the encounter with Derek, so it’s fine, but why does she leave?)
She can see through Turgans eyes in the safety of her house. She knows where Desandra lives, so there is no need to follow her. It’s night and dangerous outside, she risks to be caught, and I found no reason for her to leave.
Any ideas anyone?
There is a range limit for Aurelia seeing through the eagle’s eyes :). I hope this helps
It does. I was wondering about this too.
First I thought do, but then I reread and she knows about Desandra being at Nick’s house through Turgans eyes.
Maybe it’s to strenuous? But it helps, that I am not the only one to wonder.
Posted to soon:
Thank you for your inside information. I just accept,that she has good reasons. ????
I don’t know that I can realistically add anything more to what others have said. However, a huge THANK YOU is always in order. Your relationship with your readers and our relationship with you and the characters you create is absolutely priceless. I always perk up when I see a new blog post in my Facebook feed or my inbox.
Blood Heir was absolutely fantastic and I will read it again and again like I have all your other books.
Cheers to you!
What’s up with the barrels in the background?
I am rereading entire KD series. In “Magic Breaks” Desandra’s son is repeatedly reported as being a potential monster. In conversations with Desandra, Kate,
and Robert (with Derek and Ascanio with in ear shot) on their way to Jardin Desandra talks about how she wants to be alpha because one of her sons could become a monster and she wants to make sure he is not discriminated against. When Jennifer talks to Kate about why Kate should kick Desandra out of the pack, Jennifer references the monster potential again (p.g. 199). Other than Kate’s internal monologue no one says Lamassu. I mention this because Julie does not seem to know about the Lamassu potential and the private conversation between Nick and Desandra when they speculate how Ascanio might know is that Boudha Alphas told him. It seems that even if the details were not known widely the potential of one of the sons being a monster was known in the pack or at least pack council. So maybe no one betrayed Desandra. I did not like the idea of Andrea, Raphael, or Ascanio using her son as a vulnerability. That is not who they are.
I finally got to read Blood Heir. Being from Northern Wisconsin, about 45 minutes west of Rhinelander, I just loved the section about the Hodag. You had the history and the beast down. Thanks for the shout out from you Northern Wisconsin Fans. Loved the book.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I actually had to wait 6 days before I could read this because of work. That’s a huge deal for me – my wife actually gifted me reading Magic Breaks the morning of our wedding while she set things up because she knew how much I wanted to read it and it had JUST come out!
Loved the new book – really hope it becomes a series. Thank you for all your amazing books and writing and blog. My wife, mother, and I all devour your books.
thank you. thank you. thank you.
its been year impossible. its not over. next steps are getting hi risk people vaccinated
serialized ryder helped me get thru part one
heroines are the people that say, “oh hell I’LL do it.”
be encouraged
Oh, does anyone have any theories as to how Conlan and Marten manage to get into her house despite the security? With Conlan, I can take it on blind faith that if anyone can figure out a way in, it would be him. Marten, though, is another story.
Late to the party here, but just wanted to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for bringing back Saiman. I grieved for him more than I should have.
When is the audiobook going to be available on Audible?????
Hello Gwen
While BLOOD HEIR has already been recorded, the files have to be approved and processed by Audible before they can appear on their site. Due to the large volume of audio books, Audible has been taking longer than usual to process the files. We expect the audio to be available within 3-4 weeks of the ebook release. ????
I love the book so much! Thank you for writing a happy story during a pandemic. Love you guys!
I loved it! I’m so happy that I learn english as a second language and now I get to read your books at the realese.
I’m so excited to read more about this next generation and all the troubles they are up to. Conlan, Sophie and the others sounds so much fun. I want to know more.
Just to be back in this world it fells so good. I can’t wait for more!
That ending… no matter how I look at it, Derek was definitely not saying what Julie thought he was saying.
So….Derek ate the heart of the beast and caught a glimpse of the future.
There was something else that caught my eye but I need to re-read it because I forgot what it was!
Here:s what caught my eye: Sophia references “pine marten” on first meeting Marten, even though pine martens have not been been mentioned in that meeting, and it would be very easy to hear “Marten” as “Martin”. Granted that a shifter might think of pine martens in connection with Clan Nimble, this still intrigues me. Either Sophia or Marten is more than she seems, and it might be both.
That first “pine marten” should be plural “pine martens”.
Help… since English is not my language… could someone explain to me why in the following sentence is says for „themselves „ and not for „itself“,,
“It could be. It could also be a naturally occurring pocket of deep magic or a crafted realm, something a powerful being made for themselves.” “He isn’t that powerful,” Derek said.
My guess is: that a realm is more than one. It would contain subjects and other beings so it becomes plural, them instead of it?
I could be wrong but that is where I went with it.
I believe the rule applied here is “use the pronoun they for a being of unknown gender”.
Of course Saiman himself could be considered gender non-binary…
This is a great story. I have been a fan of the Kate Daniels books, and despite myself I have read the side stories that come up, something I rarely do.
This is also the reason that I try not to read trilogies and sagas…you always have to wait for the next book… and I’m always so excited by the book I just finished I want to jump right into the next one.
There are certainly some twists and turns in this one, can’t wait to see what’s next.
Thank you for a great read!
Finally gave in and read this and loved it as I expected. And, as always, just wish I had more books to read.
I have to admit, I loved the parallels between this and the first Kate Daniels book. Murder investigation, encountering a pesky/intriguing shifter, having to deal with Ghastek and Saiman, working with the Order sort of. It all really emphasized the differences and I loved that. Kate was so alone, and Julie/Aurelia is not because Kate created a family from many of her former enemies and it’s somehow oddly perfect.
I cannot wait for the next one and to hear more about Hugh’s intervening time. Just based on the yelling phone call, it sounds great.