Review: Waking The Witch {Women of The Otherworld, #11} by Kelley Armstrong

 

 

 

 

 

“The orphaned daughter of a sorcerer and a half-demon, Savannah is a terrifyingly powerful young witch who has never been able to resist the chance to throw her magical weight around. But at 21 she knows she needs to grow up and prove to her guardians, Paige and Lucas, that she can be a responsible member of their supernatural detective agency. So she jumps at the chance to fly solo, investigating the mysterious deaths of three young women in a nearby factory town as a favor to one of the agency's associates. At first glance, the murders look garden-variety human, but on closer inspection signs point to otherworldly stakes.
Soon Savannah is in over her head. She's run off the road and nearly killed, haunted by a mystery stalker, and freaked out when the brother of one of the dead women is murdered when he tries to investigate the crime. To complicate things, something weird is happening to her powers. Pitted against shamans, demons, a voodoo-inflected cult and garden-variety goons, Savannah has to fight to ensure her first case isn't her last. And she also has to ask for help, perhaps the hardest lesson she's ever had to learn.”

 

From Goodreads.

• Publisher: Dutton Adult

• Release Date: July 27th, 2010

• My Copy: Kindle Version, personally bought.

• Pages: 400

• Genre: Urban Fantasy

• Series: Women Of The Otherworld / The Otherworld Series

• Genre: Urban Fantasy

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Waking the Witch (Women of the Otherworld, Book 11)

I am an unconditional, card holding fan of this series and Kelley Armstrong is no doubt an automatic buy for me. Of course, it’s not a perfect series and there are couple books that aren’t my favorites But, 11 books and 2 anthologies in, I have to say it is a pretty solid and awesome series in general.

We meet Savannah in the second book, Stolen, when she’s only 12 years old. For the following two books, Dime Store Magic & Industrial Magic, we get to know more about her through the eyes of her guardian, Paige, who takes her in after her mother’s murder.

Fast Forward almost 10 years and we get to Waking the Witch, where Savannah is now 21 years old and a young woman trying to prove that she’s capable of being a PI and part of Paige & Lucas’s Supernatural PI firm. Both her guardians are taking a much needed vacation when an associate of theirs comes knocking, in need of assistance in his latest case. Savannah jumps at the chance of taking her first solo case and that’s where her adventure begins.

I have always enjoyed Savannah as a secondary character and I was really afraid that I would not like her as much as the heroine, specially an adult now. It was definitely weird seeing her older, but at the same timt it was perfect. I love that this series spans through so many years and time doesn’t stop in each book, giving it a more realistic timeline that follows the span of time that all the books have been released in. I mean, The first book in the series, Bitten, was released in 2001, so 9 years later it makes total sense that Savannah has aged 9 years.

Savannah has always lived in the shadow of her Witch mother and Sorcerer father, daughter of two very powerful spellcasters and considered a freak from being born into two races that have been rivals for centuries. With her parents dead and relying solely on her guardians, she has being trying to prove to them and to herself that she is more than her mother and father’s reputation. Savannah is a study in contradictions, she is tough, stubborn, selfish and even mean at times, but she is also fun, smart, loyal, fiercely protective of those she cares about and able of extreme acts of compassion. It was absolutely amazing getting to know the woman that the little girl I used to know has become.

I really loved this book, much more than I thought I would. It was fast paced and the mystery kept me gripped to the story. I found myself trying to solve the case right along with Savannah and Adam, and having a lot fun in doing so.

I don’t want to give out any spoilers, but I’ll say that the whodunit resolution was such a surprise and very well made. I actually guessed a part of it, but some parts really caught me off guard. The ending left a killer cliffhanger that had me gasping out loud and making me wish it was an year from now already, I really need to get my hands on the next book!

All in all, Waking the Witch was a perfect addition to one of my favorite series ever! The romance was very mild, but I have hope for a Savannah & Adam paring, something I have kept my eye on since many books before. If you are a fan of the Women of the Otherworld series this is definitely a must read for you and the cameos and mentions of other characters of the series will get you missing them all.

If you haven’t read this series yet, I totally advise you to and not to worry, you can absolutely read Waking the Witch without feeling lost. The Women of The Otherworld series is a staple in the Urban Fantasy genre and this latest installment just makes it clear why. Fast paced action from start to finish that you will not want to put down.

   

 

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