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Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson #11) Patricia Briggs Published: May 7, 2019 (Ace) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: While review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books in the series. If you haven’t started yet, check out VBC’s review of Moon Called. In a... 
American Witch (American Witch #1) Thea Harrison Published: Apr. 29, 2019 (Teddy Harrison LLC) Purchase: Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Molly Sullivan has devoted her entire adult life to her husband and his career, but his latest affair is more than she can take. Leaving him will finally allow her to... 
Deadly Rising (Booke of the Hidden #2) Jeri Westerson Published: Oct. 23, 2018 (Everafter Platinum) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free it will reference events from the first book, Booke of the Hidden. After discovering an ancient magical... 
The Wicked Deep Shea Ernshaw Published: March 6, 2018 (Simon Pulse) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Beth Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars 17-year-old Penny has never really fit in. She’s not part of the “cool” crowd, and she lives with her mother on an island just off the town of Sparrow. Her mother used to read tea... 
The Price Guide to the Occult Leslye Walton Published: March 13, 2018 (Candlewick) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Generations ago, Rona Blackburn landed on Anathema Island and was henceforth shunned by the original eight settlers. When Rona finds herself pregnant, the settlers’... 
Murder, Magic, and What We Wore Kelly Jones Published: Sept. 19, 2017 (Knopf Books for Young Readers) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Beth Rating (out of 5): 3 stars Annis Whitworth’s father is dead. Her mother has been gone for years, and her father traveled a lot. It is on one of these trips that he dies under... 
How to Hang a Witch (How to Hang a Witch #1) Adriana Mather Published: July 23, 2016 (Knopf Books for Young Readers) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Beth Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Samantha (Sam) Mather is moving to Salem, Massachusetts. Not willingly, mind you. Her father is in a coma, and her stepmother insist they sell their home in New York to be able to pay... 
Wicked Kiss (Realm Enforcers #4) Rebecca Zanetti Published: July 4, 2017 (Kensington) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will reference previous events in the series. After the condemnation of his brothers Kellach and Daire, and their... 
Blood Kissed (Lizzy Grace #1) Keri Arthur Published: May 9, 2017 (Keri Arthur) Purchase: Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Lizzie Grace is the black sheep of a blueblood witch family. She fled her family and the witch establishment at sixteen after her younger sister’s death. Most of the time she denies having any magic abilities at all, claiming to simply... 
Firewalker (Worldwalker #2) Josephine Angelini Published: Sept. 1, 2015 (Feiwel & Friends) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jenn Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will reference the previous book. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Trial by Fire. Starting off where book one ended,... 
