A Witch Interrupted. How a gift from a Vampire turned this Witch’s life upside-down and inside-out.
This is the first book in the Wanda’s Witchery series and is a collaboration between HP Mallory and JR Rain. The book falls in the Paranormal Women’s Fiction genre. I first read this book in December 2020.
The story is set in the small town of Haven Hollow, somewhere in the USA. The town is home both to humans and myriad secretive magical folk. The town may seem familiar to some readers as it’s also the setting for the Poppy’s Potions series. If you haven’t read Gypsy Magic, you really should go and grab yourself a copy of that now.
Our main character is Wanda, who is a 140 year old Witch, which is roughly middle aged as far as Witches of her kind go. She leads a privileged and pampered life; fabulous home, money, expensive car, interfering Mother who also happens to be the High Priestess of their coven, irritating and arrogant Familiar. What more could a Witch want?
All of that changes when Wanda is involved in a car crash which should have sent her soul back to the universe to be reborn. Instead, she is rescued by a Vampire, who bestows upon her his Vampire’s Kiss in order to save her life.
Wanda is furious! A Vampire’s Kiss might gift an ordinary human with immortality but for a Witch, it’s more of a curse. She’s an outcast now. Gone are the home, money, expensive car and her place in her coven. Gone too are the magical skills she took for granted, replaced by a new and unpredictable magic.
In order to avoid her Mother imprisoning her in a remote cottage, Wanda sells what she can, throws her remaining belongings into her newly bought clapped out old car and heads to Haven Hollow with her Familiar to start life again as a Blood Witch.
As if all that wasn’t enough to contend with, Wanda quickly discovers that her Vampire rescuer is not only resident in the same small town but he has a new found obsession with her, which she does not reciprocate.
In Haven Hollow Wanda will have to learn to control her changed magic, live without privilege, accept other supernatural beings and magic users as part of daily life and find out what it is to trust others and belong to a diverse community.
Wanda is a feisty and relatable character and I found myself liking her more and more as I progressed through the book. There is crossover with this series and the Poppy’s Potions series and we see several familiar characters appearing throughout the story.
The story flows beautifully and is well written and engaging. I read it from end to end in one sitting. I’m looking forward to the next book set in Haven Hollow, whichever series it may be.
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