Wicche Hunt
Seana Kelly
361 pages
NYLA
Published Apr 16, 2024
🐙🐙🐙🐙
This is the second book in the Arwyn Corey contemporary fantasy series, about a part witch (sorry, wicche) part sea fae artist with psychic powers from Monterey, California and her werewolf love interest. It’s a spin-off from the Sam Quinn series, and there’s crossover of characters, so it would be helpful but not essential to be familiar with those books, but you definitely need to have read Bewicched, the first one, to know who’s who.
Arwyn is nearly ready to open her eclectic art gallery and shop in the converted seaside cannery that Declan has been renovating for her. Unfortunately her evil aunt Calliope is still on the loose and targeting family members, so Arwyn finally agrees to join the Corey Council. Meanwhile Declan needs to sort out who’s in charge of his local pack once and for all. Then Dad decides to show up…
This kind of urban fantasy (the term doesn’t quite fit – coastal fantasy?) is my guilty pleasure/reward for getting up to date with my other reading/reviewing commitments and I’m actually enjoying this one even more than the main series, because they aren’t bogged down in vampire politics and the heroine is refreshingly competent and sensible. This was a highly readable romp, which nonetheless has some dark & violent moments. I liked the evolution of Arwyn’s complicated family dynamics as well as her fun interactions with the various creatures who are drawn to her – baby raccoons!! I hope we wrap up the Calliope storyline soon as the whole off-camera villain plot is getting dull. Looking forward to the next one.
Leave a Reply