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#BookReview – “A Witch’s Dream” by Victoria Danann

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Blurb

Elora Laiken broke Sir Storm’s heart when she chose his best friend. Now the handsome vampire hunter wants nothing to do with love or even women for that matter. Litha Brandywine is a witch who has other ideas. Like Storm, she works for The Order of the Black Swan and is known as the best tracker on earth. When he arrives at headquarters in Edinburgh, where Litha is currently assigned, she falls hard enough to be up for a test of wills. Though LItha might be perfect for Storm, he’s hardened his heart and is determined that he won’t be taking any chances on romance.

When B Team arrives in Edinburgh, the afterglow of an elftale wedding ends abruptly when Sir Kay’s fiancé, Katrina, is kidnapped by a demon with a grudge. While the tracker, Litha, searches for the missing girl with Storm assigned as her escort, other members of B Team are tasked with bringing in a stray werewolf causing havoc in London and finding him a suitable new home. 

Review

In the second book in the Knights of the Black Swan series, Engel Storm doesn’t know how to act around Elora and Ram, his fellow B Team members. They work together at The Order of the Black Swan—a military-type paranormal agency that fights supernatural creatures to protect the human public—and serve together on the elite B Team along with their buddy Kay. Storm believes he’s in love with Elora, but she chose Ram instead a few months earlier. Now it’s time for Elora and Ram’s wedding, and Storm is the best man. Though B Team typically works in the New York area, they temporarily transfer to Edinburgh for assignment. Storm meets an unusual woman there, but he’s so distraught over losing Elora, he cannot see Litha for the wonderful person she is.

Litha Brandywine falls in love with Storm at first sight. Even though they share the same hopes for the future, he refuses to give her chance. She’s a powerful witch with secrets she’s determined to keep hidden, but everything changes when she trades herself for the captive in a hostage situation. Though she and Storm are separated, all her questions about her abilities are finally answered.

Storm and Litha are interesting characters. Since he was often rude and mean to Litha (he’s still healing from a broken heart), there wasn’t much romance between them until the end of the story.

The book is supposed to be Storm and Litha’s love story, but a big chunk of the book focused on Elora and Ram, and a smaller chunk on Kay and his fiancée Katrina. While I enjoyed those scenes, I would’ve preferred more one-on-one time with Storm and Litha.

Baka the now-cured vampire and Deliverance the demon were my favorite characters. There’s definitely something going on between Baka and Heaven, an employee for The Order. Deliverance is one yummy incubus who’s not as bad as he first seems.

As with the previous book, there are multiple subplots going on with multiple characters. The POV shifts were all over the place. The scenery and character descriptions were extremely detailed and verbose. I enjoyed the world building and the depth of B Team’s friendship, so I’m looking forward to reading the next book.

3 Stars

If you’ve read this book, I’d love to know what you think of it. Please comment below.