SuitabookBlood of the witch
Tommy Donbavand
- Reading
- Read together if helpful, pausing to check how the child feels about the blood-based fantasy and the attacking creatures; you can slow down or stop at any point.
- Themes
- Manipulation and its consequences: Sir Otto cuts off Resus’s household blood supply in an attempt to force Luke to return a powerful book; Alston’s attempt to get blood inadvertently provokes the rats. These actions create the central danger, but the overview does not show how the story judges either character or resolves responsibility.
- Worth knowing
- Blood is central to the fantasy premise: it is collected from cuts, grazes and nosebleeds, then supplied to vampire residents. A swarm of vampire rodents attacks residents.