Order of Blood and Ruin: Available for Pre-Order

The final book in the Magic on Main Street trilogy, The Games of Enemies and Allies is available for preorder, and is releasing in a few days on April 5th! And for today's news I have the book description I get to share with you! (IMPORTANT: This description contains SPOILERS for the previous book in the series! If you haven’t started reading this series yet, you’ll want to skip reading this description!) What else is coming this week? There is not going to be a Spot It! tracker for this story because there aren't any new cameos to watch for. But I am definitely bringing back this game for future series as it was so much fun! I’ll also be publishing a new Book Spoilers blog post so you can discuss the book and all your theories with other Champions right here on the website. Or if you prefer, you can join the conversation on Discord or Facebook. And I am once again going to be offering a bonus short story when we get 100 honest reviews across Goodreads + Amazon for The Games of Enemies and Allies. Thank you in advance for every Champion who leaves a review on Goodreads or Amazon, I really appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts with other readers. 😍 The last two book releases reached the 100 threshold in record time, and I'm hoping we have a similar response this time because I am sooo excited for you to read this short story - it was a ton of fun for me to write.

Amazon.com  |  All other Amazon storesThey used to be enemies. Now they’re partners. I never imagined Considine Maledictus—one of the most powerful vampires alive—would go from ruling the streets at night to joining the supernatural task force just to become my partner, but here we are. Considine claims he “fancies” me. He also used to hide his identity and pose as my charming next-door neighbor, so forgive me if I don’t believe him. As bad as that is, my work life is worse. My slayer identity—kept a secret since a lone slayer is an easy target—has been leaked by a suspect from a previous case. This brings a new level of danger to my job, especially since the suspect is obviously holding a grudge against me. But I’m more worried about my city. Bad things are going down, and whatever is stirring in the shadows is more than I can handle alone. Can I trust Considine to watch my back when he used to be the biggest threat to my life? And why is it that despite everything that has happened, a part of me wonders if it’s possible for a slayer and vampire to be together…

Order of Blood and Ruin: How to Get Ready!

Let's get ready to rock and roll, Champions, as we are about 9 days away from the release of the Order of Blood and Ruin, the final book in the Magic on Main Street trilogy! Many of you have been reading each book as it is released but others have been waiting until all three books are out before you start. Since there's been a lot of fun games and short stories as part of this series, I want to make sure all of you are "in the know" for all the fun stuff, so please enjoy this handy checklist!

Before you start the series (or book 3):

1. I highly recommend you read the Hall of Blood & Mercy trilogy first if you have time. The Magic on Main Street trilogy is almost a direct sequel to the Hall of Blood and Mercy series and you will better catch the cameos and other references if you have recently read the Hall of Blood and Mercy series.

2. Read the prequel short story: A Vampire Visit. In this story Killian (from Hall of Blood and Mercy) introduces you to the main hero of Magic on Main Street, and you quickly learn a lot more important facts about Killian Drake!

3. Play a round of Old Maid and Go Fish. I know this sounds crazy but if you are familiar with the rules it will make some scenes in the books make more sense!

4. Review the Magiford Series timeline so you understand how this new series fits with the other trilogies. Click here for the timeline.

5. I have more suggestions for how to prepare for the new series, including a cool ASMR video I found, on this blog post.

Get the books:

Book 1: Amazon.com | All other Amazon stores Book 2: Amazon.com | All other Amazon stores Pre-order Book 3: Amazon.com  |  All other Amazon stores

Book 1 Goodies:

1. Spot it! Cameo tracker (Hard Version): For this series we introduce a new game where you can use the tracking page provided in this blog post to catch each cameo you find from another Magiford series. This is the version of the tracker that only includes an image hint and doesn't list the name of the character or place.

2. Spot it! Cameo tracker (Easy version): This version of the Cameo tracker includes the image hint + the name of the character/place so you can use it for hints if you get stuck.

3. Read the bonus short story: Family Bonding  This bonus short story is a prequel to the series so it doesn't spoil any events from the books, but it gives you a closer look at Jade's background and the relationship she has with her family.

Book 2 Goodies:

1. Spot it! Cameo tracker (Hard Version): There is a new tracking page for all the new cameos found in this book (any character or place that appeared in book # 1 doesn't appear on the book # 2 tracking page). Once again this is the hard version of the tracker so it only includes an image hint.

2. Spot it! Cameo tracker (Easy Version): This is the version of the cameo tracker for book # 2 that includes the image hint + the name of the character/place.

3. Read the bonus short story: Annoyed Eminence  This bonus short story features some of the most popular Drake vampires but it also has massive spoilers for book # 2!

Book 3 Goodies:

1. Make your own book reading smoothie! The main character Jade eats a lot of smoothies so if you want to make one to enjoy while you are reading you can check out this Smoothie blog post for my personal tips, or see the recipes I list on my Magiford Recipes Pinterest board.

2. We aren't doing a Spot it! cameo tracker for book # 3 because there aren't any new cameos to watch out for, but you will continue to see characters + places from the first two books appear again!

3. There will be a new bonus short story released on this blog once The Order of Blood and Ruin reaches 100 reviews across Goodreads + Amazon. I can't wait to share this new short with you - you get to see a lot more characters other than Jade + Considine! The last thing to do to prepare for the new release? Get lots of sleep! This third book is looong, so if you're planning to read late into the night, start fortifying yourself now! And that's everything, Champions. Consider yourselves ready for The Order of Blood and Ruin!
   

Magic on Main Street Smoothies!

Everyone loved the blog post with Greyson's Hot Chocolate Recipe from the Pack of Dawn and Destiny series, so I wanted to do something similar for smoothies since those are Jade's beverage of choice in the Magic on Main street series.

I don't have a specific recipe to share but instead I'm going to share some of my top tips with you! If you weren't aware, I've had a lot of teeth procedures from 2021-2024 and all of them required me to go on a liquid/very soft foods only diet afterwards. Because of this I explored a lot of different smoothie options and the smoothies Jade makes in the Magic on Main Street series are based on my own personal testing. (It's also why Jade has a lot of veggie/fruit smoothies instead of dessert smoothies. I ate copious amounts of ice cream and popsicles during my liquid diets, so for my smoothies I focused on trying to get fruits, veggies, and protein. I used a lot of yogurt and peanut butter.) Tip # 1: Make sure you have the right equipment. You need a really good blender if you are going to make smoothies - make sure your blender is capable of crushing ice even if you aren't going to use ice cubes (see next tip). I eventually upgraded to a Ninja Fit Blender which I don't love enough to say I'm a "super fan" but it does do a better job of crushing up the frozen stuff compared to the regular blender I was using before. A wooden spoon with a long handle is also great if you need to dig around in the blender (the spinach is the biggest culprit of this). Tip # 2: Use frozen cucumbers or carrots instead of ice cubes. I don't like watery smoothies, so instead of using ice cubes I cut cucumbers into slices and put them side by side in a baggie (like cookie dough on a baking sheet) and froze them. The reason why you have to put them flat and side by side is so they don't stick together - otherwise you will end up with a giant blob of frozen cucumbers and you would need an industrial blender to break up. I used cucumbers as my based because they don't have a super strong flavor on their own. Special note: You can also freeze carrots and use them instead of cucumbers! To save time, buy shredded carrots and toss them in the freezer, but make sure you blend them well in the smoothie  as the first step, or you'll have gritty bits like Jade occasionally had. Neither cucumbers or carrots will give your smoothie a very strong flavor, which is why I usually chose to make a base with one of these two veggies. Though if you use a lot of these for your base, and a lot of spinach, it will feel like you're eating an iced salad, sooooo keep that in mind. Tip # 3: Use whatever other frozen ingredients you can instead of fresh ingredients. Similar to tip # 2, to avoid having to use ice I would use frozen fruit whenever possible instead of fresh fruit because it meant I didn't have to use ice, and most frozen items shatter so they pulverize better than fresh items (fresh items tend to mush). You don't have to buy them frozen either, I cut up so many bananas and froze them flat just like the cucumber slices so they would blend up well. Special note: The amount of fruit you use directly impacts how delicious your smoothie is! The more fruit you use, the sweeter and more delicious your smoothie will be! Tip # 4: Spinach doesn't change the flavor much but it will probably change the color to green (which turns an unappetizing gray when frozen).  I love spinach and I added a LOT of spinach to my smoothies but yeah, just a word of warning that combining spinach with most fruits is going to make your smoothie grey or brown-grey if you freeze it after making it, and even if you don't freeze it, it will turn bright green. This situation happens to Jade in the Magic on Main Street series since like me she was trying to pack spinach into her smoothies. Tip # 5: Frozen pineapple + sweetened condensed milk = a Dole Whip dupe! When I was sick of my veggie packed smoothies and I didn't want ice cream, I'd treat myself to a homemade version of the famous Disney Land/Disney World treat, a dole whip! The internet has hundreds of recipes that you can use for reference, but after a lot of experimenting I found the magic ingredients are FROZEN pineapple (it must be frozen!!) and sweetened condensed milk, so watch for recipes that contain those two specific ingredients!

Kitty's basic smoothie process:

1. Start with the frozen cucumbers or carrots and pulverize/blend--it becomes powdery, like veggie snow.

2. Add fruit as desired and blend (some ideas of what I've used: bananas, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, and avocados (but not all at the same time!))

3. Add some milk so you can mix the ingredients--since I didn't ever use ice which waters the smoothie down, my smoothies would be THICK, which some blenders might not be able to handle, so you might need to add milk throughout the process.

4. Add spinach

5. Add other desired ingredients (examples: peanut butter, maple syrup/sugar, chocolate chips, or Greek yogurt)

6. Blend and add additional milk to make it less thick if needed.

7. If sad, make a Dole Whip Dupe. ;) There you go, Champions! This has been, "Kitty's Guide to Not Starve While on a Liquid Diet If You're Sick of Soup." If you have a smoothie recipe and you'd like to share it, post it in the comments down below! Until next week, thanks for reading!