Review: Oooh, witchy woman...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2014
Alex Trujillo is tall, dark and handsome but when he kisses Angela McAllister she knows he’s not the man of her dreams…literally. That’s a bit of a problem because Angela is expected to choose a consort during her 21st year and her family is beginning to get a little worried that none of the men who’ve come her way have ignited the special spark she is supposed to feel when she meets the man meant to be by her side.It’s not that Angela isn’t trying—after all, Alex is the 44th near-total stranger she’s kissed in hopes of feeling that elusive bond—and she’s all too well aware of what’s at stake. For she is the designated “prima” of her clan of witches, and that’s not a position for a woman without a soulmate. There are men she could “settle” for, and some of them are good guys, but Angela is holding out for the real thing. And she knows “the one” is out there because she’s been dreaming of him for five years. She never quite sees his face in her dreams, but she remembers his eyes, the cloudy green of moss agates.Darkangel is the first book in Christine Pope’s new contemporary paranormal romance series, and it lays out a complex world where witch clans vie for dominance and struggle for power by summoning dark forces and using old-fashioned treachery and guile. Angela’s a sympathetic heroine whose relationships with her family, her best friend, and the men in her life are believable and real. Real, too, is the sense of danger that Pope conjures up when Angela and her family find themselves crossing paths with a powerful warlock from a rival clan—a clan that has its own evil agenda.There’s a “teaser” for the book’s sequel at the back of Darkangel and readers will find themselves wanting to read it right away to find out what comes next as the magical maneuvering and machinations are taken to the next level.