Actually, what this should be called is what I have read. It wouldn’t make much sense to give my opinion on something I haven’t experienced in the fullest. I also wouldn’t necessarily consider this a review, just one point of view out of many.
Witch Fury is the fourth and final installment in the Elemental Witches series. In this one, earth witch Theo has liberated several kidnapped witches and a suspected warlock, Serafina. Serafina had only recently learned about her power as fire witch upon her kidnapping and must now rely on the coven, and the dark, mysterious and brooding Theo, to teach her about her new life. She also needs their protection from a demon who is harboring not even remotely pure thoughts about her. I don’t want to give away much more of the plot because ultimately I want you to read it yourself. That is the goal right? Going to the store, holding the book in your hands and imagine sitting down and giving up some of your time to read about the exploits of others. I wouldn’t want to ruin the experience by blabbing too much about it here.
I have read all of the series and what I like about what Anya has done is make each book separate. And not just in a ‘stand on its own’ way either. Sometimes in a series the author repetes a story line in each book, but just changes the character’s name. The situation they find themselves in maybe different, but the relationship between the main couple is the same as the previous book and the one before that. In this series, each hero and herione have their own issues, so I am actually compelled to read the entire story and not skip every fourth word. There are some bits of predicabilty, but it’s managable because you know that in a romance, even if the hero is being a bit mentally slow on the uptake, he will catch a clue at some point because there must be a happily ever after.
What I also enjoyed about the book was that the world they lived in was painted in vivid and precise detail that enabled me to create a mental picture that I was easily able to carry from not only scene to scene, but book to book as well. If you are looking for some carnage, there are some action scenes that aren’t too difficult to follow. But is does kind of sag in the middle as most books tend to do. Thankfully the action picked up when it needed to and I felt like I wanted to finish the book because I liked it and not because I was just trying to get through it.
There are some rather descriptive sex scenes sprinkled throughout, and I call them sex scenes because love doesn’t enter the picture until later on. This one does run along a darker edge then the others, but having read other works by Anya Bast, I know it was not as explicit as it could have been. There is a lot of description during foreplay and even during the act itself, however when it comes to the all out climactic climax, it kind of peters out, literally. If a writer spends a page on foreplay where they describe exaclty how her nipples tasted, and then when the all consuming, earth shattering, orgasm approaches, and I’m given something along the lines of, he pushed inside her with a groan and collapsed, throughly spent, I feel slightly cheated. My sister calls sex scenes “the plot killing parts of the story” and to a point she is right. I like them because it can bring the couple closer together or drive them apart. If you are dragging me into their bedroom, give me something to make it worth the time spent away from the rest of the story. And if the story is only about sex, then it really better be worth my time.
Will I ever read Witch Fury again? I don’t think so, but I did enjoy it. If you are looking for a good magic story where elements of real and fantasy are woven together, I would definately recommend the entire series. You do not have to start with Witch Fire (the first one) but it does enrich the rest of the series. There is a short story about Micah that takes place after this one that I did not know about until I went on her sight. It was a pleasent surprise that I wish could have been a longer novel. But something is better than nothing.
If you have read this book, let me know what you thought.
Looks interesting, going to order this for my fiance – she just finished the twilight series.