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The Bone Coven Chronicles #2
Witch's Storm
Darkness threatens to destroy the world. And it’s lurking within myself.
As a new Enforcer for the Bone Coven, my mission is to protect the world from supernatural assaults. So, when several blood mages end up dead, I join forces with my sexy half-warlock, half-vampire partner in order to track down the killer. But as the investigation drags on, the body count continues to rise.
To make matters worse, demons who are immune to my coven’s spells are prowling the city streets hunting for prey. Their strength is growing, and they have their sights set on destroying the veil.
Now, there’s only one way to stop the killer and banish the demons back into their realm. I must finally give into the dark magic that simmers deep within me, threatening to destroy my soul.
But will the world survive if I do?
As a new Enforcer for the Bone Coven, my mission is to protect the world from supernatural assaults. So, when several blood mages end up dead, I join forces with my sexy half-warlock, half-vampire partner in order to track down the killer. But as the investigation drags on, the body count continues to rise.
To make matters worse, demons who are immune to my coven’s spells are prowling the city streets hunting for prey. Their strength is growing, and they have their sights set on destroying the veil.
Now, there’s only one way to stop the killer and banish the demons back into their realm. I must finally give into the dark magic that simmers deep within me, threatening to destroy my soul.
But will the world survive if I do?
306 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 9, 2017
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Jenna Wolfhart
57 books1,547 followersJenna Wolfhart spends her days dreaming up stories about swoony fae kings and rugged blacksmiths. When she's not writing, she loves to do CrossFit competitions, rewatch Game of Thrones, collect Taylor Swift vinyls, and drink far too much coffee.
Jenna has always had a passion for writing, books, and publishing. Previously, she worked for an academic publisher in New York and then completed her PhD in Librarianship, focusing on young adult fiction.
Jenna now lives in England with her husband and her two dogs.
Jenna has always had a passion for writing, books, and publishing. Previously, she worked for an academic publisher in New York and then completed her PhD in Librarianship, focusing on young adult fiction.
Jenna now lives in England with her husband and her two dogs.
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Witch’s Storm is the second book of Jenna Wolfhart's, The Bone Coven Chronicles, which was published July 9th 2017. It follows Witch's Curse (review link below), published May 31st 2017, and precedes Witch's Blade due out in August; creating an impressive release schedule between books. According to Amazon's Jenna Wolfhart Page (see below link) the first two books constitute the current extent of Jenna's library. Some of the series's frequently used book shelf tags via Goodreads includes: Urban Fantasy; Vampires; and Demons. Interestingly, however, neither Witches nor Witchcraft made it into the top handful. Witch's Storm's word length is 68,878 words (229 pages). It's bold blurb heading reads, Darkness threatens to destroy the world. And it's lurking within myself.
Author Page - https://www.amazon.com/Jenna-Wolfhart...
Review - https://www.amazon.com.au/review/R2K7...
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INTRODUCTION - THE STORY:
Word of Zoe's ascension to the Enforcer rank of the Bone Coven has spread like wild fire. Her local watering hole and place of employment, the Blue Moon Tavern, now buzzes with talk of her efforts regarding rogue Enforcers and open conflict threatening the treaties. It's a miniature reflection of the wider social climate, where brokered treaties and interracial conflict threatens to out the supernatural world. The Bone Coven is of course waning after the decimation in its ranks. Thankfully for Zoe there's one pickup, the marked coven status that has since replaced the "fair-game-blood-bag" status of her best friend Laura, who had in ignorance coaxed danger, is one less thing to worry about. Arisen as a secondary benefit from Laura's help with the spell to reverse her grandmother's curse was the saving grace as it precipitated her mark, providing protection from the heightened and addictive quality of her blood.
Demons soon start appearing in characteristics which reflect age old situations indicative of a current increasingly apocalyptic threat to the veil separating realms. The initial development could've been passed off as merely overactive human imaginations had the claims come from someone unknown to Zoe, or to someone other than her. Even then her previous fraudulent behaviours place doubts on her willingness to investigate. She'd only recently been the primary cause creating "demonic evidence" in order to raise tithes which kept her and her grandmother in secure accommodation and with food in their bellies; albeit poor ones at that. The one actual case that had panned out involved far more reliable claims by coming from the respective fae.
When Zoe visits Juno, the new confidante of her close friend Nathan, about Juno's dog repeatedly upsetting the clientele at the tavern because of the haunting quality of her dog's howling, Juno requests the assistance that'll spark off the beginning of the upcoming jeopardy to the veil. When interviewed with Dorian in tow, Juno's testimony and appearance are recognised for what they are: classic indicators of recently being in the presence of demons. Gruesome murders had also started occurring in the manner that points to a serial killer. The first victim, like her BFF Laura, is a young female blood mage. Dorian, is the sexy hybrid work partner who at one stage was her accuser and supervisor in the investigation to clear her of recent murder charges.
Zoe's conscience regarding the killing of Vincent, which she was implicit in, is eating away at her. Whether or not she'd needed to act as she had in killing him is irrespective of the hurt it now causes her soul; which appears to care little for the meaning of justified aggression in self or other defense. Complicating the outcomes of her involvement, she's solely attributed use of her Shadow Magic as the causal link instead of attributing it to any of the external or situational contexts of choice she faced moments before using her dagger to end his life. Knowing how conscionable her morality is, Dorian knows she'll face being in the position where her Bone Magic, her fighting ability, and the capabilities of her combatant are insufficient to the task again. As much as he cares for the anguish she puts herself through, he still pushes her to redefine her opinion and willingness to use her shadow magic, knowing that failure to do so could end her life in any number of occasions that'll possibly be a frequent occurrence in the vocation she's chosen to pursue, say nothing of consequences of not acting for other bystanders or even himself.
Zoe allows herself to misconstrue Dorian's push during their training, even though in brief glimpses when it's viewed rationally she can see the sense of his stance, and it has therefore become a potential wedge to be driven between them if she can't give any ground. Being a hybrid with part of his soul characterised as darkness makes him particularly well suited to get through to her in the way her grandmother had also recently done, despite her capacity to see him in ways that aren't shaped by that same darkness. Stubbornly, she still only sees the choice as a decision that'll corrupt her soul.
Zoe's shadow powers may destroy her soul but death will do the same, especially if demons or other dark practitioners she'll face as an Enforcer are the causal link in that chain. In her inexperience and youth, she fails to heed the obvious example staring her in the face. Zoe concurrently handicaps both herself and her partner. This is never more important than when hers and Dorian's combined Bone Magic fails, and when the resulting situations lead to the only conclusion being a return of the supernatural war: when demons roamed freely and were immune to conventional wisdom.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
OPINION:
It's apparent that despite years of wisdom, our heroes and heroines are forgetting what should easily be remembered: regardless of either who summoned or controls them, demons first and foremost have their own agenda. So whilst having cut the head off the proverbial snake, a.k.a. the rogue Enforcer Vincent, anything involving demons is guaranteed to be a hydra. Vincent might've been the felled head, or merely a part of the body, but ultimately it's redundant. Regardless of the specifics of what has come to pass, the hydra that seeks to break the veil wide open remains, and it's foolish to have thought Vincent's plans were guaranteed to have perished with him! It just goes to show that even the experts can fail their own covenants. In the classroom knowledge rules, but in the playground even the teachers sometimes get caught up in the playing.
For the budding new Enforcer purpose continues to redefine her previous shapeless and directionless life. Zoe's life up until just recently was a matter of only existing; not of truly living. As with the rules and features of her life, that is they are undergoing a metamorphosis, the rules of the world around her are changing as well. On the one hand exists all the knowledge and experience perceived as gospel, whilst more accurately on the other hand is the fact that rules are malleable and forever liquid. Ursurpers and coupes in the political world of the covens and races expose the prior rules having given way to misdirection and revelation about the power of political authorities who control knowledge, often in the manner that reifies their position, the manner of how corruption runs so deep as to see one bad apple giving way to the next. This is a factor of systems that outgrow the people who run them in order to prevent their abolition, and is a very real aspect of real life organisation.
The furtherance of the path of fate for Zoe as it mimics closely that of the revelations of the prior environment of the storyline that preceded the current one, is a nice expansion denoting the symbiotic relationship of what we were already beginning to realise as it moves forward to become concurrent of her own. The intensity of the suspenseful and action borne sequences required to manifest those changes are an appreciated dimension of the new story. The climate of the external world to Zoe's own internal one, mimics these changes with concordance, so that the reader and the central figure move forward together at the same time.
This has been reflected poorly in a number of critical reviews by other readers, wherein I disagree with the alleged simplicity and predictability stated by those respective readers. It's important that central figures and the environment of the plot move together, with neither outgrowing the other. Often stories can make huge leaps in either plot or character development, leaving you to wonder about the interim. In addition, the storyline on the whole leads to erroneous assumptions in at least as many instances as it does correct ones, with some escaping your observations altogether; which is in my opinion all that you can ask for from a mystery. The way events are duplicitous and a mix of coincidence bestows Zoe's role in those events as a matter of fate and questions quite successfully. In as much as I'm sure a round of Cluedo leads to premature, correct, and incorrect deductions, so too does the story; hell, isn't that part of the purpose of mysteries? I'd caution having faith in critical opinions that rely only on alleged unilateral ease of child's play in the mystery as the reason for their low rating, given that aspect is debatable.
The back-dialogue relationship between demons and vampires goes a certain way to explaining what is easily at least fifty-percent of demon-vampire lore throughout fantasy fiction literature, in the stakes of the grudges and chips-on-their-soldiers and general antagonism between the two races. Whilst it behooves me to say that neither is this outlined herein as though this suggestion is a given and nor is it a given reasoning when the particulars of this story expand to encompass the lore of other books. Indeed, whilst the antagonistic and seemingly age old grudge between demons and vampires are concerned, either is almost always belittling the other or considering them an inferior existence when compared to each other. So the usage of the situation as it stands in these books, well at least this most recent book in its suggestive manner, is a novel adaptation and construction worthy of noting.
Similarly, the division and distinction between two vampiric races, plus an unbounded which could be considered a third division continues to grow on me. It elicits aspects of my own imagination regarding what might be possible with a deal of thought in regards to other supernatural races throughout fantasy literature; even getting back to vampiric races you could consider a fourth being that of the rare but powerful dhampir. Having adapted elements of existing components usually taken for granted becomes novel and provocative the moment authors reconstruct them; for it is something we can be taught to consider ourselves. That this feature should be provocative enough to spur you into thinking further about how said processes can open the floodgates of other things taken for granted is thus another achievement. The way rune magic, especially the action of drawing it on the hand, or on inanimate objects, to then be combined with particular kinds of magic, could even be a reversal of that process; if for example, it were an adaptation of Cassandra Claire's modelling of Shadow Hunters.
I thoroughly enjoyed this addition and look forward to future consequences and directions of the series that has passed. Zoe and Dorian make a strong foundation and at least in Zoe's case in particular, she appears to still be operating at less than her full capacity; promising an expansion in the respective areas of future titles. Laura and her budding power, and I dare say even her budding relationship with a certain daywalker promises growth and a possible spin-off saga where she is central to the storyline is an intriguing concept. Young Nathan and his possible future storyline should he follow a recommended by Zoe could also potentially promise a spin-off, or perhaps more suitably a companion story. All up this makes the characters perfect constructions.
Pace, anticipation, action and content, intriguing people, events, and even the world, are all great features. The style and structure are enjoyable, tying off the key places often looked at by readers. The sexual tension between Zoe and Dorian, depending on intended audience is also a further promissory of future storylines. The only constructive feedback I can suggest isn't a deal-breaker because of compensation in the body of the story leading up to it, where nonetheless I do see the final battle as one sequence where increases in its dimensions could've been beneficial. Nonetheless, as I went with 5 stars on the prior novel, I'm leaning toward a 4.5 on this one. But as that's not specifically possible, I'm going to round that up to another 5 ☆☆☆☆☆ rating.
Witch’s Storm is the second book of Jenna Wolfhart's, The Bone Coven Chronicles, which was published July 9th 2017. It follows Witch's Curse (review link below), published May 31st 2017, and precedes Witch's Blade due out in August; creating an impressive release schedule between books. According to Amazon's Jenna Wolfhart Page (see below link) the first two books constitute the current extent of Jenna's library. Some of the series's frequently used book shelf tags via Goodreads includes: Urban Fantasy; Vampires; and Demons. Interestingly, however, neither Witches nor Witchcraft made it into the top handful. Witch's Storm's word length is 68,878 words (229 pages). It's bold blurb heading reads, Darkness threatens to destroy the world. And it's lurking within myself.
Author Page - https://www.amazon.com/Jenna-Wolfhart...
Review - https://www.amazon.com.au/review/R2K7...
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION - THE STORY:
Word of Zoe's ascension to the Enforcer rank of the Bone Coven has spread like wild fire. Her local watering hole and place of employment, the Blue Moon Tavern, now buzzes with talk of her efforts regarding rogue Enforcers and open conflict threatening the treaties. It's a miniature reflection of the wider social climate, where brokered treaties and interracial conflict threatens to out the supernatural world. The Bone Coven is of course waning after the decimation in its ranks. Thankfully for Zoe there's one pickup, the marked coven status that has since replaced the "fair-game-blood-bag" status of her best friend Laura, who had in ignorance coaxed danger, is one less thing to worry about. Arisen as a secondary benefit from Laura's help with the spell to reverse her grandmother's curse was the saving grace as it precipitated her mark, providing protection from the heightened and addictive quality of her blood.
Demons soon start appearing in characteristics which reflect age old situations indicative of a current increasingly apocalyptic threat to the veil separating realms. The initial development could've been passed off as merely overactive human imaginations had the claims come from someone unknown to Zoe, or to someone other than her. Even then her previous fraudulent behaviours place doubts on her willingness to investigate. She'd only recently been the primary cause creating "demonic evidence" in order to raise tithes which kept her and her grandmother in secure accommodation and with food in their bellies; albeit poor ones at that. The one actual case that had panned out involved far more reliable claims by coming from the respective fae.
When Zoe visits Juno, the new confidante of her close friend Nathan, about Juno's dog repeatedly upsetting the clientele at the tavern because of the haunting quality of her dog's howling, Juno requests the assistance that'll spark off the beginning of the upcoming jeopardy to the veil. When interviewed with Dorian in tow, Juno's testimony and appearance are recognised for what they are: classic indicators of recently being in the presence of demons. Gruesome murders had also started occurring in the manner that points to a serial killer. The first victim, like her BFF Laura, is a young female blood mage. Dorian, is the sexy hybrid work partner who at one stage was her accuser and supervisor in the investigation to clear her of recent murder charges.
Zoe's conscience regarding the killing of Vincent, which she was implicit in, is eating away at her. Whether or not she'd needed to act as she had in killing him is irrespective of the hurt it now causes her soul; which appears to care little for the meaning of justified aggression in self or other defense. Complicating the outcomes of her involvement, she's solely attributed use of her Shadow Magic as the causal link instead of attributing it to any of the external or situational contexts of choice she faced moments before using her dagger to end his life. Knowing how conscionable her morality is, Dorian knows she'll face being in the position where her Bone Magic, her fighting ability, and the capabilities of her combatant are insufficient to the task again. As much as he cares for the anguish she puts herself through, he still pushes her to redefine her opinion and willingness to use her shadow magic, knowing that failure to do so could end her life in any number of occasions that'll possibly be a frequent occurrence in the vocation she's chosen to pursue, say nothing of consequences of not acting for other bystanders or even himself.
Zoe allows herself to misconstrue Dorian's push during their training, even though in brief glimpses when it's viewed rationally she can see the sense of his stance, and it has therefore become a potential wedge to be driven between them if she can't give any ground. Being a hybrid with part of his soul characterised as darkness makes him particularly well suited to get through to her in the way her grandmother had also recently done, despite her capacity to see him in ways that aren't shaped by that same darkness. Stubbornly, she still only sees the choice as a decision that'll corrupt her soul.
Zoe's shadow powers may destroy her soul but death will do the same, especially if demons or other dark practitioners she'll face as an Enforcer are the causal link in that chain. In her inexperience and youth, she fails to heed the obvious example staring her in the face. Zoe concurrently handicaps both herself and her partner. This is never more important than when hers and Dorian's combined Bone Magic fails, and when the resulting situations lead to the only conclusion being a return of the supernatural war: when demons roamed freely and were immune to conventional wisdom.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
OPINION:
It's apparent that despite years of wisdom, our heroes and heroines are forgetting what should easily be remembered: regardless of either who summoned or controls them, demons first and foremost have their own agenda. So whilst having cut the head off the proverbial snake, a.k.a. the rogue Enforcer Vincent, anything involving demons is guaranteed to be a hydra. Vincent might've been the felled head, or merely a part of the body, but ultimately it's redundant. Regardless of the specifics of what has come to pass, the hydra that seeks to break the veil wide open remains, and it's foolish to have thought Vincent's plans were guaranteed to have perished with him! It just goes to show that even the experts can fail their own covenants. In the classroom knowledge rules, but in the playground even the teachers sometimes get caught up in the playing.
For the budding new Enforcer purpose continues to redefine her previous shapeless and directionless life. Zoe's life up until just recently was a matter of only existing; not of truly living. As with the rules and features of her life, that is they are undergoing a metamorphosis, the rules of the world around her are changing as well. On the one hand exists all the knowledge and experience perceived as gospel, whilst more accurately on the other hand is the fact that rules are malleable and forever liquid. Ursurpers and coupes in the political world of the covens and races expose the prior rules having given way to misdirection and revelation about the power of political authorities who control knowledge, often in the manner that reifies their position, the manner of how corruption runs so deep as to see one bad apple giving way to the next. This is a factor of systems that outgrow the people who run them in order to prevent their abolition, and is a very real aspect of real life organisation.
The furtherance of the path of fate for Zoe as it mimics closely that of the revelations of the prior environment of the storyline that preceded the current one, is a nice expansion denoting the symbiotic relationship of what we were already beginning to realise as it moves forward to become concurrent of her own. The intensity of the suspenseful and action borne sequences required to manifest those changes are an appreciated dimension of the new story. The climate of the external world to Zoe's own internal one, mimics these changes with concordance, so that the reader and the central figure move forward together at the same time.
This has been reflected poorly in a number of critical reviews by other readers, wherein I disagree with the alleged simplicity and predictability stated by those respective readers. It's important that central figures and the environment of the plot move together, with neither outgrowing the other. Often stories can make huge leaps in either plot or character development, leaving you to wonder about the interim. In addition, the storyline on the whole leads to erroneous assumptions in at least as many instances as it does correct ones, with some escaping your observations altogether; which is in my opinion all that you can ask for from a mystery. The way events are duplicitous and a mix of coincidence bestows Zoe's role in those events as a matter of fate and questions quite successfully. In as much as I'm sure a round of Cluedo leads to premature, correct, and incorrect deductions, so too does the story; hell, isn't that part of the purpose of mysteries? I'd caution having faith in critical opinions that rely only on alleged unilateral ease of child's play in the mystery as the reason for their low rating, given that aspect is debatable.
The back-dialogue relationship between demons and vampires goes a certain way to explaining what is easily at least fifty-percent of demon-vampire lore throughout fantasy fiction literature, in the stakes of the grudges and chips-on-their-soldiers and general antagonism between the two races. Whilst it behooves me to say that neither is this outlined herein as though this suggestion is a given and nor is it a given reasoning when the particulars of this story expand to encompass the lore of other books. Indeed, whilst the antagonistic and seemingly age old grudge between demons and vampires are concerned, either is almost always belittling the other or considering them an inferior existence when compared to each other. So the usage of the situation as it stands in these books, well at least this most recent book in its suggestive manner, is a novel adaptation and construction worthy of noting.
Similarly, the division and distinction between two vampiric races, plus an unbounded which could be considered a third division continues to grow on me. It elicits aspects of my own imagination regarding what might be possible with a deal of thought in regards to other supernatural races throughout fantasy literature; even getting back to vampiric races you could consider a fourth being that of the rare but powerful dhampir. Having adapted elements of existing components usually taken for granted becomes novel and provocative the moment authors reconstruct them; for it is something we can be taught to consider ourselves. That this feature should be provocative enough to spur you into thinking further about how said processes can open the floodgates of other things taken for granted is thus another achievement. The way rune magic, especially the action of drawing it on the hand, or on inanimate objects, to then be combined with particular kinds of magic, could even be a reversal of that process; if for example, it were an adaptation of Cassandra Claire's modelling of Shadow Hunters.
I thoroughly enjoyed this addition and look forward to future consequences and directions of the series that has passed. Zoe and Dorian make a strong foundation and at least in Zoe's case in particular, she appears to still be operating at less than her full capacity; promising an expansion in the respective areas of future titles. Laura and her budding power, and I dare say even her budding relationship with a certain daywalker promises growth and a possible spin-off saga where she is central to the storyline is an intriguing concept. Young Nathan and his possible future storyline should he follow a recommended by Zoe could also potentially promise a spin-off, or perhaps more suitably a companion story. All up this makes the characters perfect constructions.
Pace, anticipation, action and content, intriguing people, events, and even the world, are all great features. The style and structure are enjoyable, tying off the key places often looked at by readers. The sexual tension between Zoe and Dorian, depending on intended audience is also a further promissory of future storylines. The only constructive feedback I can suggest isn't a deal-breaker because of compensation in the body of the story leading up to it, where nonetheless I do see the final battle as one sequence where increases in its dimensions could've been beneficial. Nonetheless, as I went with 5 stars on the prior novel, I'm leaning toward a 4.5 on this one. But as that's not specifically possible, I'm going to round that up to another 5 ☆☆☆☆☆ rating.
November 13, 2017
Not for me
Sadly I just could not get in with the second book in this series. I found the protagonist Zoe whiny, rude, idiotic and just downright unlikable. The other characters, Dorian, Laura, Nathan, Grams etc are interesting but Zoe just really made me want to give her a good shake.
Sadly I just could not get in with the second book in this series. I found the protagonist Zoe whiny, rude, idiotic and just downright unlikable. The other characters, Dorian, Laura, Nathan, Grams etc are interesting but Zoe just really made me want to give her a good shake.
April 30, 2018
This dragged for me. I thought book 1 was ok to average and therefore thought book 2 would really spark more interest. Unfortunately, it worse and I became even more disinterested in all of the characters especially Zoe. They rarely use their powers in a magical sense until they are confronted with demons.
March 30, 2025
Interesting plot and dynamic between diffrent species like witches vamps and werewolves ect but writing and plot was kinda mid. Honestly just kept going through the series cause someone had a good review about the kind of romance but even that was mid at best and took an insufferable amount of time to actually get to the romance which would have been fine if it was slow burn but it wasn't even slow burn it was just the mc going "wow he's hot wait no he isn't and he's rude. Wait did he just flirt? No no he wouldn't flirt with me and I don't like him like that he's just objectively hot and I haven't had those needs met in forever! Im just going to keep lying to myself and shoving any and all feelings about him down and act like i hate him" Just denying herself over and over and on his end just little barely there hints and waits for her to make first move. Their relationship when they finally make it has no substance either. Honestly the romance between the bestie and her vamp gf was more interesting than the main pair and it was barely shown (both forbiden romance wise and because of the dynamics of the clans and species and the politics of said relationship, plus just better romance and connection all around) . The mc honestly sucked. It somehow was a carbon copy of every fantasy female main character but stripped to its basics. Low key felt like she didn't even have a personality. I tried so hard to enjoy the series and kept hoping it would get better, I read all 4 books. But it just didn't.
Also for some reason everand displays the series out of order. Probably not the authors fault though, just figured I would mention it.
Tldr: dynamic between different species/clans was interesting but writing and characters was boring af. Romance also BORING
Also for some reason everand displays the series out of order. Probably not the authors fault though, just figured I would mention it.
Tldr: dynamic between different species/clans was interesting but writing and characters was boring af. Romance also BORING
October 13, 2025
3.0
Grab your grimoire and light a candle, this storm brews slower than expected, but the magic still simmers beneath the surface.
Following the spellbinding start of Witch’s Curse, I swooped into Witch’s Storm with high hopes and protective charms at the ready. The familiar coven returns, with Zoey still wielding her sass and spells like a seasoned witch on a mission. Piper Goodeve continues to enchant with her narration, keeping the supernatural vibes alive even when the plot starts to lag.
This second installment feels more like a cloudy night than a lightning strike. The pacing drags in places, and while the stakes are high, the tension doesn’t always crackle the way I’d hoped. The world remains rich with witches, vampires, and demons, and the introduction of werewolves, but the story’s momentum falters, leaving me craving more bite and less buildup.
Romance? Still as thin as a vampire’s shadow at noon. The chemistry between Zoey and Dorian flickers, but the flame never quite catches. No spice, no swoon, just a slow simmer that I’m hoping boils over in future books.
That said, I’m not ready to banish this series to the underworld just yet. The characters have cast their charm, and I’m invested enough to see where the next spell takes us.
If you’re already bewitched by book one, Witch’s Storm is worth the listen, just temper your expectations and keep your broomstick handy for the slower stretches.
Here’s hoping book three conjures a stronger potion.
Grab your grimoire and light a candle, this storm brews slower than expected, but the magic still simmers beneath the surface.
Following the spellbinding start of Witch’s Curse, I swooped into Witch’s Storm with high hopes and protective charms at the ready. The familiar coven returns, with Zoey still wielding her sass and spells like a seasoned witch on a mission. Piper Goodeve continues to enchant with her narration, keeping the supernatural vibes alive even when the plot starts to lag.
This second installment feels more like a cloudy night than a lightning strike. The pacing drags in places, and while the stakes are high, the tension doesn’t always crackle the way I’d hoped. The world remains rich with witches, vampires, and demons, and the introduction of werewolves, but the story’s momentum falters, leaving me craving more bite and less buildup.
Romance? Still as thin as a vampire’s shadow at noon. The chemistry between Zoey and Dorian flickers, but the flame never quite catches. No spice, no swoon, just a slow simmer that I’m hoping boils over in future books.
That said, I’m not ready to banish this series to the underworld just yet. The characters have cast their charm, and I’m invested enough to see where the next spell takes us.
If you’re already bewitched by book one, Witch’s Storm is worth the listen, just temper your expectations and keep your broomstick handy for the slower stretches.
Here’s hoping book three conjures a stronger potion.
July 16, 2017
I read the first book in this series, and I really liked it. And, as I’ve noticed lately as I’ve read a lot of the second books in a series, this book follows the trend of being even better than the first one. The qualities I noticed in the first one are present in this one: well-written, great plot, and great characters. In this installment, the author really expanded these qualities and made an even better book. I really like Dorian and Zoe together and can’t wait for more. There was another point in this book just like in the first book where I wanted to slap one of the characters: Dorian didn’t trust Zoe and by this point she had earned his trust. As I said in my first review, I just moved on. LOL! I do admit I’d have liked to learn more about Zoe’s grandmother, but maybe we’ll see more of her in future books. I am becoming a huge fan of this series and can’t wait to see what’s going to happen next. Highly recommend! Thanks to the author for the e-book which I reviewed voluntarily.
August 20, 2017
Witch's Storm is a much better installment than the first book in the series - even though I quite enjoyed that one too. It seems less like it was cut short, is a bit more involved and the characters contained within the pages are beginning to grow and change. One of the things I like best about these two books thus far (other than the awesome Leory Jenkins reference in the first one) is how real the people in it seem. Their reactions aren't those of mythical heroes or one dimensional good guys/bad guys, they're the reactions of real people. People who can be confused, love, hate, be stubborn, be stupid, be brilliant and that, to me, deserves a full five stars. I have no doubt the next book will be even better than the first two.
October 6, 2017
Another enjoyable murder-mystery laced offering from Jenna Wolfhart.
These books are fast-paced and hard to put down. The alternate reality of a postwar supernatural world populated by bureaucratic covens, vampire factions, werewolf packs and demons is built upon further with this second volume. There is still a lot we don't know about Zoe's world, and much that she herself does not know! I'm hoping that this is intentional on Jenna's part, and that she will continue to lift the curtain a bit more each time in future installments.
Book 3 was supposed to be released in August, but seems to have been delayed. Hopefully not for too much longer, since Witch's Storm ends on a cliffhanger.
These books are fast-paced and hard to put down. The alternate reality of a postwar supernatural world populated by bureaucratic covens, vampire factions, werewolf packs and demons is built upon further with this second volume. There is still a lot we don't know about Zoe's world, and much that she herself does not know! I'm hoping that this is intentional on Jenna's part, and that she will continue to lift the curtain a bit more each time in future installments.
Book 3 was supposed to be released in August, but seems to have been delayed. Hopefully not for too much longer, since Witch's Storm ends on a cliffhanger.
July 17, 2017
A great second book in the series and I definitely preferred this more than the first book. I feel like the writer has got into her stride with this book and the writing and story is a lot more smoother. The storyline is a lot clearer in this book and the characters have more depth. I'm glad that Laura has a bigger part to play in this book and I also felt that we got to learn a bit more about Dorian, although there are still many secrets left to uncover about him. I also liked the was his and Zoe's relationship progressed in this book.
Overall it was an enjoyable read and I'm looking forward to reading the next one in the series.
Overall it was an enjoyable read and I'm looking forward to reading the next one in the series.
March 19, 2018
Book Review
Humor:
Dry AF
Chuckled a bit✔
Hilarious
LOL/Side-eyed by strangers
Pace:
Snail
Turtle✔
Horse
Rocket
Romance:
Frigid
Luke Warm✔
Sizzling
3rd Degree Burns
Character Depth:
Spilled cup of water✔
Puddles
Lakes
Oceans
Audio Narration:
Monotone
A for Effort
Believable✔
Oscar Worthy Performance
Humor:
Dry AF
Chuckled a bit✔
Hilarious
LOL/Side-eyed by strangers
Pace:
Snail
Turtle✔
Horse
Rocket
Romance:
Frigid
Luke Warm✔
Sizzling
3rd Degree Burns
Character Depth:
Spilled cup of water✔
Puddles
Lakes
Oceans
Audio Narration:
Monotone
A for Effort
Believable✔
Oscar Worthy Performance
December 6, 2019
Book 2 of 4
Well, this book took me on a different direction than I thought it would. But it was definitely in a good direction I enjoyed as I follow the story and we had to discover each piece of the puzzle before it all came together in the end. I also enjoyed that even though this is not the end of the series we still got a decent end to the book that doesn’t leave you hanging and it was a happy one at that.
Well, this book took me on a different direction than I thought it would. But it was definitely in a good direction I enjoyed as I follow the story and we had to discover each piece of the puzzle before it all came together in the end. I also enjoyed that even though this is not the end of the series we still got a decent end to the book that doesn’t leave you hanging and it was a happy one at that.
July 31, 2025
The storyline is good, but there are issues that are hard to not think about. Dorian is 100 years old but doesn't know how the vampires helped in the war? When Zoe & Dorian were watching the videos about the victims, they were so slow to point out the common denomination. Also, are there no books about their paranormal history? There is a lot of repetitiveness as well. The characters & world are good, though; just too many questions like this keep popping up in my mind.
July 10, 2017
A fantastic addition to the series. Nothing is as it seems in this story and I loved trying to solve the mystery along with the characters.
I really enjoyed the growth and journey the characters took. It was fast-paced and hard to put down. I can't wait to see what happens next.
I voluntarily reviewed an arc from the author.
I really enjoyed the growth and journey the characters took. It was fast-paced and hard to put down. I can't wait to see what happens next.
I voluntarily reviewed an arc from the author.
July 12, 2017
Wonderful book 2
I loved this book!
There is definitely a Buffy vibe to this series but it's still uniquely it's own.
The plots and mysteries in this book are well thought out and keep you guessing while also showing you different parts of the world.
I loved it and can't wait for book 3!
I loved this book!
There is definitely a Buffy vibe to this series but it's still uniquely it's own.
The plots and mysteries in this book are well thought out and keep you guessing while also showing you different parts of the world.
I loved it and can't wait for book 3!
July 14, 2017
Great installment!
I really enjoyed this book maybe even more than the first one. I think the plot was a little predictable and I was figuring things out before the characters. But that didn't take away my enjoyment of the story. Looking forward to the next one which comes out in August. I really appreciate how quickly these books are coming out.
I really enjoyed this book maybe even more than the first one. I think the plot was a little predictable and I was figuring things out before the characters. But that didn't take away my enjoyment of the story. Looking forward to the next one which comes out in August. I really appreciate how quickly these books are coming out.
October 8, 2017
It was great. I loved that she finally broke down & told Dorian how she felt & he told her. Now I have to wait for Witche's Blade which was SUPPOSED to be out in August but evidently is not.
I liked that Nathan finally convinced Zoe to accept her Shadow Magic as part of her & that she could control it.
Zoe, Laura & Dorian make a good team.
I liked that Nathan finally convinced Zoe to accept her Shadow Magic as part of her & that she could control it.
Zoe, Laura & Dorian make a good team.
July 12, 2017
Zoe Rocks!!!
This book was better than the first. Here Zoe steps toward becoming more of what was revealed in the first story. This self actualization is the central theme as it spreads across more than just Zoe. A well written tale and worth time spent reading. Enjoy!!
This book was better than the first. Here Zoe steps toward becoming more of what was revealed in the first story. This self actualization is the central theme as it spreads across more than just Zoe. A well written tale and worth time spent reading. Enjoy!!
July 29, 2017
A great book
This continued the story of Zoe, stubborn witch and bartender. She is growing and maturing, which was nice and I enjoyed following the journey. Lauren is there a .or and I loved their friendship. I'm ready to finally get the full back story of Dorian now.
This continued the story of Zoe, stubborn witch and bartender. She is growing and maturing, which was nice and I enjoyed following the journey. Lauren is there a .or and I loved their friendship. I'm ready to finally get the full back story of Dorian now.
August 8, 2017
Supernatural war
There's a war brewing between covens, vampires and werewolves. Also demons are coming through a potal; they are the worst enemies. They must be killed before they infest this world. Great story. I recommend this book 2
There's a war brewing between covens, vampires and werewolves. Also demons are coming through a potal; they are the worst enemies. They must be killed before they infest this world. Great story. I recommend this book 2
January 19, 2018
Love this gem
I found this series while waiting for another book from a series and now I am hooked! The characters are all likable and the interaction of the supernatural species is well interesting. On to the next!
I found this series while waiting for another book from a series and now I am hooked! The characters are all likable and the interaction of the supernatural species is well interesting. On to the next!
September 29, 2023
Something is killing witches. Zoe & Dorian are tasked with finding out who or what is killing blood mages, but every lead they find seems to twist even further into chaos and bring no real answers.
Can they solve these murders before it’s too late? Will Zoe embrace her magic?
Can they solve these murders before it’s too late? Will Zoe embrace her magic?
July 13, 2017
Fangs for the memory!!
Another great read, great characters, great story roll on book 3!!!! Hope some and Dorian get married??!! Crosses fingers.. bite me
Another great read, great characters, great story roll on book 3!!!! Hope some and Dorian get married??!! Crosses fingers.. bite me
September 5, 2017
Love it!
I love Zoe Dorian and Laura! They make a great team! Can't wait to read book 3. I know its gonna be as good if not better!
I love Zoe Dorian and Laura! They make a great team! Can't wait to read book 3. I know its gonna be as good if not better!
December 30, 2017
Another good read
I enjoyed this book. The plot goes at a steady pace, the characterization is good, and I hope to enjoy the next book.
I enjoyed this book. The plot goes at a steady pace, the characterization is good, and I hope to enjoy the next book.
June 25, 2018
This one is a little darker. But still good to read at the beach during the day. Yes it's romantic as well.
July 4, 2018
I stopped reading this to go to the omnibus edition of this series. See my review of it all there.
October 7, 2018
Story is moving along
The Story is moving much faster now and the characters are much more interesting. The romance is a s!ow burner and better for it.
The Story is moving much faster now and the characters are much more interesting. The romance is a s!ow burner and better for it.
June 13, 2019
Good read
November 5, 2019
It was ok
It didn’t blow me away but it was an ok read, the characters were a little too predictable for my tastes
It didn’t blow me away but it was an ok read, the characters were a little too predictable for my tastes
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