The Source (Witching Savannah bk 2)

Synopsis      

Graceful trees and historic buildings fill Savannah, Georgia, but beneath the city's Southern splendor, its supernatural roots run deep. The members of local witch families grace the society pages...when they're not secretly protecting their magical work from dark forces.

Savannah resident Mercy Taylor may now be in control of the South's most powerful family of witches, but she's struggling to master her newfound magic. Pregnant with her first child and still reeling from a heartbreaking betrayal, she just wants to be able to use her supernatural abilities without accidentally destroying dishes or blasting the doors off buildings.

But when Mercy's long-presumed-dead mother suddenly returns, begging Mercy to keep her presence under wraps, the witch wonders how many secrets her family is hiding...and who she can really trust. And when the danger around her intensifies to deadly levels, Mercy knows she must discover the truth behind her family's magic—before it destroys her.

Review

What I will say from the outset this book is definitely an improvement from the first one. It feels like a more well rounded book, the story seems stronger & it's more entertaining. As the story unfolds, Mercy is pregnant and the anchor of the line in Savannah, but the other anchors are not happy about the fact. We see her mother Emily returning even though she was supposed to have died in childbirth, but she isn’t what Mercy had dreamed of. Throughout the twists and turns of the book I, along with Mercy end up wondering who to believe, which I think is what the author intended. Meanwhile Mercy’s main focus is to find her sister, and she asks Mother Jilo for help.

I really like the character of Mother Jilo, and it’s a neat way of portraying her speaking as the third person about herself. She is seen as a tough character but there is also a kinder softer side where Mercy is contained and this gives her character more depth. I must say though that Mercy is’nt as annoying as some of the main female characters in books I’ve read lately, and the author added another layer to her character, when her mothering instincts come to fore.

There were better twists and turns in this book, which kept you guessing as to who where good or evil characters, and some very imaginative secrets about Mercy and her family which are revealed throughout the book.  The background of the book, Savannah Georgia is a great base for the story as the witches vie for power and the upper hand, I really like books based in the south of America, as there’s always that hint of darkness and a hidden world there. Also the author pulled in different folk lore into the story, you have a Golum from jewish Lore, the Fae from Ireland and the Hoodoo from the deep south of America, which I think were a brilliant addition.

All that said, what I would say is read book one The Line and don’t let it put you off the next book. Stick with it and read this book, it’s well worth it. If you like darkness and grit in the books you read then this series isn’t for you, but if you like or are ready for a book that is easy to read, doesn’t tax the brain too much, then I would recommend it.

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