Review: After you've gobbled thru once- slow down and enjoy
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2012
First, to be very clear - I was given a gift of this book by the Debora Geary because I've reviewed other books for her too. But, I'm using the money I saved to buy copies for a friend or two. Debora Geary's previous books have been good enough that I will spend the money saved by spreading copies of her books."A Nomadic Witch" opens, and mainly plays out, with the Nova Scotia Witching community. There is a very odd visitor with a very odd message. Only the matriarch of the clan believes her and has the courage to deliver the message. Later that night a package arrives for Marcus. (Spoiler Alert: the pkg has a baby; but this has been pre-told by Ms. Geary herself on Facebook)  Marcus is the Witch who likes to appear as a curmudgeon, and maybe even a little frightening... Mostly it is outward trappings used to guard a huge inner heart that was devastated when he was five years old and a terrible tragedy occurred. The tragedy happened to the whole community, but mostly to Marcus -and with all his great power, even @ five, Marcus couldn't prevent the loss of his twin. Since then we have only seen Marcus in his curmudgeon personality, with occasional glimpses of the man underneath.By reading the other books and the occasional bits of information released by Ms. Geary. I thought I knew the beginning of this book. I should have known better. "A Nomadic Witch" starts with a plot twist. We've been constantly warned that this book would be a tear-jerker. Which lead me to think that the book would mean the loss of one of our, currently pregnant, witch-mothers. And thus, the loss of one of three greatly loved characters This fabulous plot twist took away my fears that the baby - who would end up with Marcus - was one we already knew about.I don't want to give any plot away here (more than I have). I just want to review the rest of the book. As usual, the characters are fully developed end come to life. You have enough back-story on each so that their actions make sense. This is helped by the book being part of a series. Through the four books; Ms Geary has time to flesh-out the people in the book. Ms. Geary says to make sure and read the series in order. I agree. Books two and three could stand alone without readingA Modern Witch (A Modern Witch Series: Book 1)- but with "Nomadic" you really need to have read the previous books. Because of the in-expensive price she has on her books, this is not a hardship. ReadA Hidden Witch (A Modern Witch Series: Book 2)andA Reckless Witchas well as "A Modern Witch.  Unfortunately, with a series you can't follow every character in every book, so don't be surprised if you're hoping to see more of someone and they aren't integral to this story.Ms Geary's story-telling skills are at the top of her game. The plot is good and fast and has many unexpected moments. A new skill of hers shows in this book. She has found a lot of catch-phrases that will stick with you for a long time. Like needing 'brain bleach' to get a thought out of your head. She has a lot of good word play.Although an indie author. Ms Geary does use a publishing service, so all her books are edited by professionals and "Nomadic" is clearly written with proper grammar, no mis-spellings or homonym problems. You get a lot of good writing for the price of a self-published author who might have a good story but poor skills. Ms Geary gets high marks on each.  She should be in the levels of Nora Roberts, Harlan Coben or Danielle Steele in the publishing world. We're fortunate she's not chosen to go there. So 'Nomadic" is a great value.The only downside I can think of, (and I hear she's working on it), is that there are no Audible editions of her books available. But, her readers have helped audition people to  'read' her books for the audio versions. So, hopefully, that won't be far behind. It would be particularly nice for Ms Geary's readers, because so many of her book characters knit. And she makes knitting sound so good that you want to start again, or learn, if you never have. So it would be nice to sit and knit AND listen to a fabulous story.If you read this, and her other published books, (she even has one for children) go to her website [...] and she keeps an up-dated list of books in the works, and expected publish dates. Unlike many writers that release one book every spring. Ms. Geary has a book coming every few months. Still not often enough.To end: "A Nomadic Witch" ends on a happy note. So, you will need an occasional tissue -like the rest of her books - but the end will be a surprise and happy and, of course, leave you wishing the next book was published already. I can find no reason to take any stars away from this review.