The third novel in her Element Witches series, Anya Bast brings us another great story with Witch Heart.
With the immense powers of an earth witch, Claire isn’t destined to be a demon’s handmaiden. Yet this has been her fate since she was six, when her warlock mother brought her to Eudae. Now at thirty-one, she’s about to discover her true power—and how far others are willing to go to take it away…
As the third novel of a fourth novel series, I’m not sure where this one is suppose to lead us. The first two novels deal with the Duskoff warlocks, the witches enemies, but this time around, they don’t make any appearance. From Witch Fire and Witch Blood, we know they are cooking something up, at least, I thought they were, but it doesn’t seem like this novel furthered that idea. I guess where my confusion is coming from is that whenever I think of a limited number series (i.e. a series only have four novels), I generally think that they all have the same overlying plot arc with their each individual storylines and plot devices. I really didn’t see that here. If there is one, then I’ll have to wait until Witch Fury (June 2, 2009) is released to find out.
You know what, let me start over. This time around, we’re dealing with our ladies man witch, Adam, who also happens to be another fire witch (remember Jack from Witch Fire). At this point in the story, we’ve seen all the various types of witches, but now Bast has thrown us a new twist with her heroeine Claire. A witch who has been living with the demons for the past 25 years, she’s had her powers tinkered with by her “protector” demon. Now she’s a witch with all the elements, plus a little extra that she doesn’t exactly wants (because eveyrone else wants it). The idea of a witch having all the elements was fantastic because why not. You would think the Duskoff clan would have already tried this since all they craved is more power. But I digress…
The romance in Witch Heart is also a clever twist. How often does the main emotional baggage come from the MAN who still loves his dead wife? Probably a lot more often if I read contemporary romance novels, but you really don’t see that kind of pysch in a male urban fantasy/paranormal romance character. They are always these bigh tough macho men that’s it was really refreshing to read about the man going through the process of accepting a new relationship compared to the female.
As for the plot…I liked it. It kept me interested and it kept me reading, which for me has been a chore lately. The action kept moving and it seemed that all the events were there. The heros fought as hard as they could and sometimes they won and sometimes they didn’t. It seemed like a realistic fight to me and I enjoy those more than the ones that go off the wall.
Overall, I have to say that Anya Bast hasn’t let me down with a story yet. Witch Heart continues a great series that is only going to get better when Witch Fury comes out this summer and I am going to be sad to see it end.
Read Order:
Witch Fire
Witch Blood
Witch Heart
Witch Fury (June 2, 2009)
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I’m really looking forward to this series! I just scored Witch Fire and the first Keri Arthur at the UBS last Sunday… woo hoo!