It Never Rains

Resident Witch #3

by Angelika Rust

Time is back on track. The horrors of the past have long turned into nothing but random nightmares.

No one has tried to kill Alice in more than three months.
Another half year and she'll be done with high school.
It's Christmas, too, and her mom is finally coming home.
Dreams can come true after all.

Guess what? So can nightmares.

258 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 28, 2017

About the author

Angelika Rust was born in Vienna in 1977. These days, she lives in Germany, with her husband, two children, a despotic couple of cats and a hyperactive dog. After having tried almost every possible job from pizza delivery girl to HR consultant, she now makes a living knowing a little English.
She doesn't know yet what she wants to be when she grows up, whenever that may be. In the meantime, she writes the occasional book.

Reviews

[Scott Butcher · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this one, lots of magic and action, lots of plot twists. Well written, looking forward to number 4.

[Adam Oster · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'll admit that magical realism has never been one of my go-to genres, but the Resident Witch series has managed to keep my interest all the same, probably due to Angelika Rust's engaging prose. However, something about this third book in the series has changed my feelings toward the genre in many ways. This book manages to allow magic to take a back seat to the realism as we watch the characters struggle with the real world implications of magic on their lives. Although the magic is at the forefront of all that is going on, it acts more as a plot device than a motivating factor and we get to see these characters as real people struggling with the real problems that can come about when people magically go missing or have ridiculous mood shifts due to the changing tides. While there is plenty of magical absurdity (something I consider the fun of the genre), this book appears to add the seriousness of the situation to the overall absurdity, which is something I can fully get behind.

[Sharon Stevenson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the third book in the Resident Witch series. Well, I hardly know what to say about this one without dropping spoilers, so this is gonna be a short review! The characters are awesome and it was great to get back to them. It's a slow to start kind of read, which felt a bit different from the first two books, but it really worked for the plot. It's suspenseful, and delivers a really powerful emotional punch. I'm still in shock from the way the story turned out. Overall this is an excellent read that I highly recommend, but do start with the first book.