Best of the Hex
As much as I loathe writing reviews on iPhones, Wicked Moon Rising is more than worth the effort. This book makes the entire series a requirement to be read.
If you haven’t read any of the Hex Files books, briefly they are a love story between a witch (Dani) Pizzeria owner/police Detective and her boss police captain Vampire (Matthew) and her overlapping friendship with her Werewolf (Grey) in Wicked, a suburb of New York City.
All is well in Wicked, as things go, until Dani asks to read the Hex Files, something held secret, and apparently involved in the murders of Dani’s previous boyfriend, a guy who turns out to have been a bad guy, much to her dismay, resulting in a sabbatical from the WPD while she figures out the good guys from the bad guys.
We meet Dani in book one, opening day of her Pizzeria with the help of her family of parents and brothers, but this is book four so that’s all the backstory you’re getting from me. Throughout books one through three we have met and built the histories of these characters and learned bits about the Hex Files, with things in Wicked looking more ominous as we go along.
***** SPOILERS *****
Of the four books, Wicked Moon Rising certainly has the fastest pace. Dani is attacked in her spell-protected apartment by a spell that doesn’t behave the way it should. Just as she is beginning to realize she doesn’t have her usual control over the events occurring in her apartment, Grey, in wolf form, comes to her rescue.
Someone bit the neck of a lovely young werewolf, liberating her body of its blood supply. The problem? Wicked has only one registered vampire in town, Dani’s beloved boss, Matthew King. The tension in Wicked heats up like the Deep South in the 1860’s.
The werewolves of Wicked want revenge for the loss of their young one, and Matthew is found flayed alive in his own bed, more dead than alive. A typical werewolf attack injury.
The attacks continue, involving the people Dani holds near and dear to her heart, the only problem is, the town’s registered vampire is now in a coma, and while the werewolves would love revenge, none have any evidence against them.
This book is written with skill and precision giving the reader details into the lives of the characters and life in Wicked that this reader has been craving since I first cracked the first book into these wonderful mysteries. Some questions are answered while more plot developments are left for the continuation of the series that I cannot wait (if I may be allowed) to sink my teeth into.
This, in my opinion, is the best of the Hex books so far, and if the author continues on this path, I’ll be first in line fo buy each book to follow. I am so impressed that this author, rather than losing ideas to write about, only seems to become more inspired with each book and seems eager to write again. All I can say is, please, keep them coming!
(My only compensation for writing this review was the joy in reading this book.)