BlackRock Preferred Partners SC TO-I Issuer tender offer statement

EXHIBIT (a)(5)(iii)

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Schedule TO - Tender Offer Statement (Securities Act File No. 333-173601) of our reports dated May 24, 2013 and May 25, 2012, relating to the financial statements and financial highlights of BlackRock Preferred Partners LLC (the “Fund”), appearing in the Annual Report on Form N-CSR of the Fund for the years ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012, respectively. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Financial Statements”.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 27, 2013