public class Tags
    {
        public Tags()
        {
            BlogPostsJoinTags = new HashSet<BlogPostsJoinTags>();
        }

        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }

        public virtual ICollection<BlogPostsJoinTags> BlogPostsJoinTags { get; set; }
    }

    public class BlogPostsJoinTags
    {
        public virtual BlogPosts BlogPost { get; set; }
        public int BlogPostId { get; set; }

        public virtual Tags Tag { get; set; }
        public int TagId { get; set; }
    }

    public class BlogPosts
    {
        public BlogPosts()
        {
            BlogPostsJoinTags = new HashSet<BlogPostsJoinTags>();
        }

        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Title { get; set; }
        public string Body { get; set; }

        public virtual ICollection<BlogPostsJoinTags> BlogPostsJoinTags { get; set; }
    }

    public class MyDBDataContext : DbContext
    {
        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
        {
            optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(@"Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=testdb2;Integrated Security = true");
        }

        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            modelBuilder.Entity<BlogPosts>(entity =>
            {
                entity.Property(e => e.Title)
                    .IsRequired()
                    .HasMaxLength(450);
            });

            modelBuilder.Entity<Tags>(entity =>
            {
                entity.Property(e => e.Name)
                    .IsRequired()
                    .HasMaxLength(450);
            });

            modelBuilder.Entity<BlogPostsJoinTags>(entity =>
            {
                entity.HasKey(e => new { e.TagId, e.BlogPostId })
                    .HasName("PK_dbo.BlogPostsJoinTags");

                entity.HasIndex(e => e.BlogPostId)
                    .HasName("IX_BlogPostId");

                entity.HasIndex(e => e.TagId)
                    .HasName("IX_TagId");

                entity.HasOne(d => d.BlogPost)
                    .WithMany(p => p.BlogPostsJoinTags)
                    .HasForeignKey(d => d.BlogPostId)
                    .HasConstraintName("FK_dbo.BlogPostsJoinTags_dbo.BlogPosts_BlogPostId");

                entity.HasOne(d => d.Tag)
                    .WithMany(p => p.BlogPostsJoinTags)
                    .HasForeignKey(d => d.TagId)
                    .HasConstraintName("FK_dbo.BlogPostsJoinTags_dbo.Tags_TagId");
            });
        }

        public virtual DbSet<BlogPosts> BlogPosts { get; set; }
        public virtual DbSet<BlogPostsJoinTags> BlogPostsJoinTags { get; set; }
        public virtual DbSet<Tags> Tags { get; set; }
    }

    public class Tags
    {
        public Tags()
        {
            BlogPostsJoinTags = new HashSet<BlogPostsJoinTags>();
        }

        public int Id { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [MaxLength(450)]
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [InverseProperty("Tag")]
        public virtual ICollection<BlogPostsJoinTags> BlogPostsJoinTags { get; set; }
    }

    public class BlogPostsJoinTags
    {
        [ForeignKey("BlogPostId")]
        [InverseProperty("BlogPostsJoinTags")]
        public virtual BlogPosts BlogPost { get; set; }
        public int BlogPostId { get; set; }

        [ForeignKey("TagId")]
        [InverseProperty("BlogPostsJoinTags")]
        public virtual Tags Tag { get; set; }
        public int TagId { get; set; }
    }

    public class BlogPosts
    {
        public BlogPosts()
        {
            BlogPostsJoinTags = new HashSet<BlogPostsJoinTags>();
        }

        public int Id { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [MaxLength(450)]
        public string Title { get; set; }

        public string Body { get; set; }

        [InverseProperty("BlogPost")]
        public virtual ICollection<BlogPostsJoinTags> BlogPostsJoinTags { get; set; }
    }

    public class MyDBDataContext : DbContext
    {
        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
        {
            optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(@"Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=testdb2;Integrated Security = true");
        }

        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            modelBuilder.Entity<BlogPostsJoinTags>(entity =>
            {
                entity.HasKey(e => new { e.TagId, e.BlogPostId })
                    .HasName("PK_dbo.BlogPostsJoinTags");

                entity.HasIndex(e => e.BlogPostId)
                    .HasName("IX_BlogPostId");

                entity.HasIndex(e => e.TagId)
                    .HasName("IX_TagId");
            });
        }

        public virtual DbSet<BlogPosts> BlogPosts { get; set; }
        public virtual DbSet<BlogPostsJoinTags> BlogPostsJoinTags { get; set; }
        public virtual DbSet<Tags> Tags { get; set; }
    }

 var post = new BlogPosts { ... };
context.BlogPosts.Add(post);

var tag = new Tags { ... };
context.Tags.Add(tag);

var postTag = new BlogPostsJoinTags { Tag = tag, BlogPost = post };
context.PostsTags.Add(postTag);

context.SaveChanges();

            BlogPosts post1 = this.BlogPosts
                  .Include(blogPosts => blogPosts.BlogPostsJoinTags)
                    .ThenInclude(joinTags => joinTags.Tag)
                  .First(blogPosts => blogPosts.Id == 1);
            IEnumerable<Tags> post1Tags = post1.BlogPostsJoinTags.Select(x => x.Tag);