Starlight Witch

Starlight Hollow #4

by Yasmine Galenorn

Elphyra must juggle the two men she loves, as she attempts to discover whether her father was murdered, or whether he actually took his own life. More info TBA

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Romance

174 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 30, 2024

About the author

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New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance, and is the author of over 80 books & numerous series, including the Wild Hunt Series, the Moonshadow Bay Series, the Fury Unbound Series, the Otherworld Series, the Bewitching Bedlam Series, and more. She wrote for trad publishers for 20 years until she went indie in 2016.

She’s also written nonfiction metaphysical books. She is the 2011 Career Achievement Award Winner in Urban Fantasy, given by RT Magazine. Yasmine has been in the Craft since 1980, is a shamanic witch and High Priestess. She describes her life as a blend of teacups and tattoos. She lives in Kirkland, WA, with her husband Samwise and their cats. Yasmine can be reached via her web site at Galenorn.com. Sign up for her newsletter at: http://galenorn.com/newsletter/

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Reviews

[Bahar · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love yasmine's world building, writing style etc. buuuut I hate when author's change the main love interest mid way, the have to marrige thing and the marrige is the world's biggest the most important unchangeable thing, the somehow everybody have to marry all of the sudden thing sooo much that I dont think I will read any of Yasmine's book for a while......And lets be honest I hate when heroine don't chose whom I emotionally invested.

[Karen Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good final book

I liked that most all of the lose threads of the series were sown up. I didn’t have a favorite ending planned so I wasn’t disappointed other than the series ending. I enjoy the characters and would have liked a couple more books. Don’t read this stand alone. Start at the beginning.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love Yasmine’s Writing

I just finished Starlight Witch (Starlight Hollow Book 4) and it was another of Yasmine’s great stories and written soooo well. Grab her books for a great read!

[Heather Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book! I love reading Yasmine’s books. She has such great worlds and characters. I wish it was longer, but I will wait for the next.

[Victoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent read and good end to the series, save for one more novella coming hopefully soon. The whole series is well written and I enjoyed reading a shorter series.

[Sophie Cramer · Rating 5 out of 5]

A 5 start read. Wanna know why? Read the book!

[Jennifer Daniels · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it

Another home run. I love the world and the characters that has been created in this series. Excellent at its best!!!

[Agnieszka · Rating 1 out of 5]

How can one book destroy the whole series?? That's how! Suddenly an interesting, nontraditional woman becomes a boring white picket fence Stepford wife. Awful!

[Kristy Marquez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Let me say first that I loved this book, but I had a few issues with it. They are my issues, I don't expect to always like or agree with an authors choice, in this case, I unfortunately felt that the story did some of its characters wrong. I know life isn't fair, but I do not read fantasy romance for the fairness of it all. As the final book in this series, it should have wrapped up all the issues and given the reader the HEA was what the story appeared to be hinting towards at the beginning. (Spoilers at the bottom)

Ok now that I got that out of the way. As always Galenorn tells a fascinating story that winds and weaves you through the ups and downs of these fantastic characters. I will miss Fancypants the Dragonette the most. Elphyra is one strong lady to have endured all she has endured both the series begins and since book one, Starlight Hollow. She is amazing. Her family and circle of friends are wonderful characters too. I really love Grams and May. It is always wonderful to see women supporting women, no matter if their choices align or not.

Spoilers:
Oh wow she did Faron wrong. I was so sure she was leading up to a thrupple, which Galenorn has written about before, that it was truly disappointing that Faron ends up married against his will, and then he suggests taking Elphyra on as a mistress. No!!! I was so mad. I even would have been ok if he had regained his memory and they had decided together that their relationship was not going to work. But having the choice taken away from him and Kyle (his brother) turn into such a jerk was so disappointing. I love Bran and I'm glad they ended up together, that is beside the point. It's like she started off with the idea of a thrupple and then changed her mind or was deterred from writing about one and had to change the story. Ugh! But even though all that I could have lived with him being married off and then either never regaining his memory and living HEA or regaining his memory and speaking to Elphyra for closure. Where she really did him wrong was by having him suggest the affair. It made him sleazy again, after all the work she did to make him a good guy instead of the ass you meet at the beginning of book one.

Ok, rant over. If you read that, I will also add that I still rated this book a 4 star because the overall story was still great, one smallish issue with its ending was not enough to deter that.