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The Blake Curse Kindle Edition

by I. C. Camilleri (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Ben Blake, an eighteen year old British Intelligence agent brimming with gifts; intellectual genius, striking appearance, impeccable acting skills and a heightened sixth sense... gifts that all guarantee the success of his first undercover assignment. He effortlessly infiltrates university life in Cambridge and befriends Cathy, the daughter of billionaire Edward Carter, one of the most influential and politically secure titans of the time.

Samantha Black, known as the elusive and exquisitely petite Sam. She rises from the ashes and battles her dark legacy. Her cryptic past and deep secrets become firmly intertwined with Ben’s investigations, shredding his carefully thought out plan to bits.

Jake Snell, the young rugged Earl of Yorkley, the enigma, the rogue full of vices....but possessing abundant resourcefulness, creativity and determination. He is Ben’s only lifeline in this treacherous game.

The Blake Curse is all about heartrending choices, fast pace suspense and that faith in the thread of human goodness.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00817PEV4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pneuma Springs Publishing (March 28, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 28, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1713 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 271 pages

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**THE BLAKE LEGACY II: TILL DEATH DO US PART**

OUT AUG 21st 2016

Camilleri's first novel, The Blake Curse was published in March 2012. A year later it was nominated for The People's Book Prize UK, a national competition voted for by the public. After a three month vote The Blake Curse became one of the three finalists in the Summer 2013 Collection.

Her next three books, The Blake Soul, The Blake Mistake and The Blake Legacy were published in 2013 and 2015. **Each book in the Blake series could be read as a stand-alone (read and enjoyed in any order.) Suggested chronological order of reading;

THE BLAKE SOUL (a prequel)

THE BLAKE CURSE

THE BLAKE MISTAKE

THE BLAKE LEGACY: A FRACTURE IN TIME

THE BLAKE LEGACY II: TILL DEATH DO US PART (out Oct 2016)

The Blake books are supernatural thrillers with a dash of romance. That thread of moral fibre is weaved inside each novel:

-The sanctity of human life is highlighted in The Blake Soul

-The susceptible young mind lost to alcohol and drugs features in The Blake Curse

-The detrimental effect of childhood psychological trauma is depicted in The Blake Mistake.

-The Blake Legacy: A Fracture in Time deals with peer pressure, intimidation and that desperate search for an exquisite type of pure love, a love untainted by monetary gains or sexual intentions, a love for the sake of love itself.

Other books by IC Camilleri:

WEEK OF LIES, a revenge thriller/romance published in 2014.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICCamilleri

email: camilleriic@gmail.com

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Gregor Collins

Pleasantly satisfied by a completely diff't genre than I'm used to

Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2012

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Stumbled on this book from a re-tweet, and I've been officially "YA adult Horror Book" de-virginized. I honestly have nothing to compare it to--haven't even remotely touched any of the "Twilight" stuff--but there's a really intriguing "slow burn" to the writing that around every corner feels ready to burst into flames, and Camilleri's maturity as a writer allows for a real-feeling romance behind all the "teenage" fantasy stuff. Not knowing anything about the genre I figured it was all sap and no substance. If it IS, well, this book stays grounded in reality and humanity enough for me to have stayed with Ben and Josh and felt like I was reading about real people, not just brooding hunks and their psychic powers. Thanks for the introduction!

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George Angus

Chilling, With a Great Premise

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2013

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From the first page, I was hooked by this great story. The author has a tremendous sense of pace and the book rarely slows long enough to take a deep breath. It's a love story intertwined with a touch of the paranormal spiced with a bit of espionage. Tough to throw all of those things together but in this book, it's done seamlessly and makes for a great story.

I developed a strong sense of ownership for the characters which is key to my personal enjoyment of a book.

I'm glad I downloaded The Blake Curse and I hope you get the book and enjoy it as much as I have.

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George Knox

Enjoy a Mixture of Action, Mystery, Drugs, Politics, Romance and the Paranormal

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2013

After reading Blake Soul, a book I rated a very good read, Blake Curse showed me where Isabella Camelleri started the story of the Blake family’s remarkable prescient abilities. Ben Blake, the young, extraordinarily gifted son changes the future but naturally creates a new future with new problems for himself and others. Blake Curse is a mixture of action, mystery, drugs, politics, romance and the paranormal in which Camilleri has created a fast-paced psychological thriller that will keep you involved with the complex interactions of her characters. I highly recommend everyone enjoy her inventiveness and ride along with prescient Ben as well as libidinous Cathy, disturbed Jake and the exquisite Sam.

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49shadestoo many

3 stars for the whole Blake series

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2014

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I really loved this book (at least I think it was this one) so I straight away bought the rest of the series and made the mistake of reading them consecutively. Not a good idea. They were all pretty much the same, just different generations of characters. Even though the main characters in every book was male, they were somewhat diminished by their dominating, willful and contrary female partners. Would have given any one of this series more stars if I had read it alone.

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2014

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Ben and Sam have never met, but Ben has know Sam his whole life. Ben is gifted as is his father. Able to see see things to come. Sam is Ben's future wife. Events keep getting in Ben way of being with Sam. With group help and a mystery solved they come together making a better future for his family and friends.

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Ginger

Awesome series

Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2017

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Loved all the books in this series. Another good author that follow. Great characters. Couldn’t put the books down at night

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2013

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Loved the way the author describes the 6th sense in 2 of the characters. Better to follow the trilogy in sequence-the Blake soul 1st then the Blake curse....I'm still reading the blake mistake :-)

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Merry Gantley

Intense Read

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2015

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I have read both books about the Blake family and their reveting adventures. Difficult to put down, I hope to read more.

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Kare

An Amazing Read!

Reviewed in Canada on December 13, 2014

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The Blake Curse is an amazing read! This novel has an original, complex, multiple layered storyline, but the author effortlessly writes in such a brilliant way that they all come together, seamlessly, as one. There is a lot of exciting suspenseful action through out this thriller, and I happily kept reading to find out how it was resolved. There are also great characters, all of whom have unique and love-able qualities. I really want to talk about specific areas I loved, but I cannot, as I do not wish to leave 'Plot Spoilers'! You will have to read it, and find out, trust me, it's well worth it!
This is the first of three books that are based on the Blake family, and the first two can be read in any order, but the third, The Blake Mistake, should be read last. After reading The Blake Curse, I went and bought, then read the second and third books, The Blake Soul and The Blake Mistake, knowing that they too would be an excellent way to spend time reading and I was not disappointed. I also read another of the authors' books, Week of Lies, as I love the authors' style and unique stories. I recommend reading all of I C Camilleri's novels.

Ajoobacats

The only book to get 5 stars in 2 years

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2012

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I don't normally give 5 stars to a book, but the plot was amazing and the pace impeccable. Ben Blake is an 18 year old prodigy who works for British Intelligence. He has a law degree, a filmstar father and the ability to see the future of those who matter to him.

He sees his brother falling to his death and intervenes, allowing him a chance meeting with Sam, someone he has been seeing in his dreams since he was 12. He walks away from her but his boss assigns him a case 12 months later, in which he is to work undercover to bring a drug cartel down, when he encounters Sam again. His cover as a medical student puts him at the centre of troubled childhood relationships and he has to appear to be someone he's not while he's falling in love with his soulmate.

With much suspense and twists and turns the story unfolds intriguingly. I did love this book but a few things did irritate me. The use of the term scholastic to describe the academic term was tedious to read repeatedly and I couldn't imagine anyone using the term in everyday language so frequently. During anatomy whilst being taught about the brain and cranial nerves, the practical class was dissecting the upper limb, which is what is done in first year not second year of the old curriculum. Also no other subjects had as much emphasis as anatomy. Despite the intelligence of the people involved contraception was a problem on more than one occasion for medical students? Some things didn't seem plausible, but the concept and pace were outstanding and detracted from these pet peeves.

Everything seemed to be addressed and tied up but there will be a sequel looking at Jake and how he deals with his childhood issues, i cannot wait to revisit these characters again in future.

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Rea200289

A rollercoaster read...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2012

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Brilliant and bizarre, The Blake Curse really seemed to get under my skin. I read it in one sitting. I'm unbelievably enraptured with this book for no apparent reason - it's full of love and espionage and sex and treacherousness and it's exciting and it's all wrapped up in a neat little book shaped parcel that has me so wound up I will guiltlessly use the word and repeatedly in a sentence that should be a list with commas instead!

The Blake Curse is quite unlike anything I have read before, and it's quite unlike most things I'd consciously choose to read. But I am unbelievably glad I did choose to read it. Much as I have read brilliant books, enjoyable books, books that had me turning pages hungrily, but this one was different. I feel as though I was literally chasing the story through the pages like a starving person would chase a pizza delivery boy with a mountain of pizzas.

I don't want to give too much away in this review, you really ought to read it and find out for yourself. The characters are deep and multidimensional; each one seems to have many secrets and hidden layers that peel back one by one like an onion until you are completely submerged and understand exactly what is at the core of them. The story itself takes that many bizarre twists and turns that it keeps you on the edge of your seat, each new avenue it heads up completely unanticipated and unimaginable before it happens. At half way through, I had no idea how it would end (and I confess if I had been reading a real book rather than the kindle version, I'd have been tempted to peek at the ending. I lie, I wouldn't have been tempted - I'd have done it for sure.)

I was a little confused to find the expletives ***'d out; the novel contains quite a few graphic and horrific scenes or ideas involving sex, physical abuse of both children and adults or rape scenarios. It seems out of character to the novel to do this, but fortunately it didn't detract anything from the narrative. Also at times, the language could go from being very descriptive and sophisticated to quite simplistic, but only for a sentence or two; the effect is a little jarring.

However the story itself is a wonderful narrative, and the ending is very fitting - I won't say anything about it, because apparently, according to the protagonist, Ben, nothing is written in stone that cannot be changed!

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scribbler

Familial intrigue at its best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2012

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I thought this book was going to be a feminine journey into inter familial romance. I was wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and read it voraciously. It is certainly a familial saga, but with more darkness than the usual for this genre, and (in my experience), far better executed, and nice to see one not set in the ubiquitous large East or West coast cities of America. The plot is familial, and intrigue and secret based, hidden difficult truths are suggested, but one must not give too much away, other than to say the resolution is deft, and leaves sequels inevitable. Sequels which I would certainly buy, incidentally. But the true quality of this book, is its comfortable written style, descriptive yet not overly so, and characters which are hinted at, then constructed in layers by actions and drama, rather than merely narrative. All in all a clever first class, and original delivery of a recognized genre.

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plumdelice

A teen read with sex

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 13, 2012

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The story line is good, but the writing is simplistic, with some odd phrases and words in places. I thought maybe English is not the author's first language, but I may well be wrong. It's a lightweight read and I felt the book would have been better for a teenage audience, provided some of the sex was left out. Not that there are any erotic scenes, just more references than one would expect for teens. The editing and proof reading are rather poor, which has further let the book down. I got rather fed up with it around two thirds of the way through, but persevered to the end; I rarely give up on a book. It does have a happy ending!
I did like some of the characters and will probably read the sequel at some point, so maybe I've been a bit harsh. If you like an easy read then you will probably like it. I prefer a bit more depth to my reading.

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