Reviews with content warning for Child abuse - Soul of a Witch

3.75⭐️
This was good!!

I liked that this felt to like it had a more formed plot that book 1 and 2 I also really enjoyed Everly as a character a little more than Juniper!

I wasn’t a fan of how insta-love this relationship felt. I never really understood WHY Callum so quickly worshiped and was so devoted to Everly. I also wasn’t super fond of a single certain plot element implemented towards the end. It seemed a little unnecessary and you could’ve still included that plot point in the epilogue but had it set for a few years out in the future.

Callum wasn’t my favorite book boyfriend but that’s just because he tended to lean more subby. That isn’t something that’ll affect my rating at all though it’s just not for me!

There was also some plot points like the trip to Hell that felt like they were there just to have Everly and Callum have sex which isn’t a problem but it felt very much like “we need to kill this god to save the world…let’s go to a magical spa and fuck all day.” Like…okay lol

Over all though this was lots of fun!! I enjoyed it a lot!

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mollieollie's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

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r1vana's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I was so excited for this series. The moment I heard of it, it immediately went into my tbr. But overall the series weren’t for me. I feel bad rating this lower, but maybe, due to the high expectations I had for the three books… they didn’t stick out to me.
As the previous ones, the first half of the book was well paced and I actually loved Callum more the the previous mmcs. Much more then Leon. But as the plot goes, the relationship between Callum and Everly seems lacking. With Callum, I was immediately connected with his character. The way his past trauma and the full devotion he has for Evelyn, 200+ years, was well written. But again, it got to long; felt dragging. Evelyn, on the other hand, I wasn’t connect to her at all. Which is unfortunate because she was most likable FMC from the whole series but in her own book, it wasn’t giving. She suddenly got out of character. I would never shame a woman and their sexual fantasy, but whenever she tries to dominant Callum, I find myself cringe. I would have expected Juniper, but definitely not Evelyn.

Some of my favourite passages:

"What's the harm?" he said. My eyes darted between his face and his offered hand. "If I wanted to kill you, I would do it here and now. The moment you stop fighting fate is the moment you accept death. Take command and choose your path."

I took his hand. "This is all madness."

“Then we'll be mad together."

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"Drenched in blood," he said softly. Like it was a prayer. "You're too beautiful. It's a sin. A curse. It's fucking poison." He inhaled sharply, deeply, such a massive breath it seemed physically impossible. "Dangerous woman, aren't you?"
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"Can I trust you?"

"Yes." He kept his teeth clenched as he spoke. “My loyalty is to you, and you alone. I relinquished fealty to Hell for you. I waited ... for so . .. fucking long ...”

“I’m not going to break you this time. But you broke me the moment I laid eyes on you."

"My beautiful thread of fate. My lady. My mistress.'

Evelyn’s grandma is an icon:

“You know how much magic is in her. Full-bloodedor not, we can't risk it."

“As you say, then."

“Wretched demon waited two thousand years for that woman and couldn't even keep it in his pants for forty-eight hours. Typical."

I did everything and anything I could to disappear, pursued no friendships, I offered no love. And yet, one glimpse of her, and I was broken. I was weak again, ach. ing. All the raw pain Id buried was clawing to the surface.

She didn't need magic to destroy me; she could do so with delicate caresses and kisses light as feathers. She could make me pour out my pain and then fill me with

more.

"I could not own you any more than one can own the ocean, or a storm, or a forest fire. Those are not things one owns; their beauty and power cannot be claimed in such a way.

But they can be chased. And they can be worshiped."

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

AAAAAAAAAA WHY IS IT OVERRRR.
I loved this book so so much it was amazing and the characters, omg the characters were EVERYTHING

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the_wistful_word_witch's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

If I had my pick, I'd choose Callum - soul of a warrior poet, body of a literal fallen angel. Treating his Lady Witch like she deserves. Setting unrealistic relationship goals with abandon. 😂

I think this was my fave of the series. You can really see Laroux's growth over the span of the different books.

I especially enjoyed the ending too cuz I'm a slut for a HEA. But don't worry! There's plenty of spice, kink, and god-killing before that!

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