Review: Welcome back, Syd!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 28, 2014
To borrow a Syd-ism, OH. MY. SWEARWORD.I "met" Sydlynn Hayle, star of The Hayle Coven Novels series, two years and twenty books (plus a couple of related trilogies) ago.  I've ridden the roller coaster that is her life, fallen in love and had my heart broken right beside her.  She and her coven have become my favorite fictional family and I am thrilled to say that Syd and Co. are back and better than ever in The Outcast, book one of The Hayle Coven Destinies.The Outcast picks up about eight years after the events of the first series and our darling Syd is all grown up but still kicking some major tail.  While slightly darker in tone than previous books, we still get all the wit and wry observations that Syd is known for.  This book made me laugh, cry, gasp in shock, and cheer...sometimes all in the same chapter!Now, on to the details: She's already saved the world a time or two, but now the stakes are even higher.  For those of you that have read The Hayle Coven Novels, you'll see some familiar faces, both friendly and most definitely NOT friendly.  The last several years have been fairly quiet for Syd (at least by normal standards) but as you'll soon find out, that was just the quiet before the storm.  An old enemy is rearing his ugly head and life as Syd knows it is about to change drastically.  The question is, is she strong enough to protect not only her own family, but all the other North American witches too?