Review: Bad Witch Burning

Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Finished on August 5, 2021

Favorite Scene/Quote: "By the way, witches don't share."

4.5/5 rounded down

I wasn’t positive what to expect out of this book, but I won a digital eARC and figured that it would be interesting enough. The cover is beautiful, but it seemed like an awfully dark book, and I wasn’t sure I would enjoy it.
    
Katrell can write letters that allow people to speak to the dead. She does this to make money in order to pay the bills. A ghost warns her about using her powers, but then she discovers that she can bring the dead back to life. She realizes that she can make a lot more money by doing that and she proceeds to offer her new service to clients. There is a problem though: magic never comes without a price. Will Katrell be able to, or even want to, pay the price for this magic?

I thought this was a well-written book. It was interesting and able to hold my attention most of the time. It felt like there was a lot of description, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The description lent well to building an atmosphere as well as helping to develop Trell’s character and what drives her to do what she does.

The characters in this book are interesting. There are very few characters that feel honest and good. Not a bad thing, just an interesting thing. Even Trell wasn’t portrayed as this nice, great character. She was flawed and made bad decisions, but you could also understand where she was coming from. I loved the friendship between Will and Trell. The two were obviously close and more than willing to do whatever it takes to protect each other.

I did have a couple of issues with this book. My main thing is that things felt repetitive at times and dragging at others. It just felt like some information and actions kept happening. It just got a bit much and I found that I was willing to skip over some of the parts just because they seemed the same. It doesn’t happen a whole lot, but it was enough that I stopped caring about some of the plot points. Then there were the points where it just felt like nothing was happening for a while.

This was a pretty good book. An interesting concept with a nice payoff at the end. Solid character development too.

Bonus Favorite Quote: "You should really go to therapy after this is over."