Midwinterblood - Hardcover

I loved this outstanding novel of love and sacrifice, which also has some fabulously 'Wicker Man' inspired moments"
"The outstanding title of Orion's new teen/ crossover Indigo imprint: a devastating love story across the ages with Sedgwick gothic touches and brooding atmosphere. (Fiona Noble THE BOOKSELLER)

This is a powerful book, rich in emotion and skilfully narrated, and without doubt many people will read it more than once in order to enjoy more fully the intricate mix of ideas and symbols it contains. It is a tour de force, and a thoroughly good read. (THE BOOKBAG)

Another tour-de-force from Mr Sedgwick (BART'S BOOKSHELF)

This book made me laugh, this book made me cry, this book made me want to purchase Sedgwick's entire backlist and race through it all in a matter of hours. I want to tell people about this book and see their reaction when they turn the final page, I want to read it again and again and enjoy it like I did the first time I read it. Honestly, this is a breathtaking book about sacrifice, identity and, most of all, love. Please read this book, it will leave your jaw on the floor, I promise. (WRITING FROM THE TUB)

Beautifully imagined, intricately and cleverly structured, this is a heart-wrenching and breathtaking love story with the hallmark Sedgwick gothic touches of atmosphere, blood-spilling and sacrifice. (LOVEREADING)

It is not often you read a book and want to go round hitting people over the head with it and saying READ THIS. And I'm sure it won't be necessary for me to do that as I think lots of people are going to read and fall in love with this book without me having to hit them. But that is just how I feel about this book - it is an epic, mythic amazing love story from a master craftsman (BOOKS, BONNETS AND FULL FRONTAL BLOGGING)

Marcus Sedgewick is a master craftsman, carefully building up the layers of tension like the layers of oil paint on the painting that inspired him, until you are captivated by this gripping story. Each section has its own unique voice, be it futuristic, spy thriller or Gothic vampire, chilling you to the bone and giving you goosebumps. Fans of Sedgewick will not be disappointed and this will certainly win over new followers. (DANDELIONGIRL01)

A fast and enjoyable read (SFX)

beautiful, haunting and unlike anything else I've read.. the novel as a whole is like an orchestral suite, with different movements all sharing a key theme and a set of motifs which flow through the whole... Sedgwick's prose is relatively sparse yet beautifully lyrical. (THOUGHTS FROM THE HEARTHFIRE)

Midwinterblood contains much that is riveting, strange and darkly enchanting. I read it in a single feverish sitting, late one evening, and drifted to sleep haunted by its vision of love and fate and history. (Anthony McGowan THE GUARDIAN)