Review: There are possibilities for Grumpy Old Men too!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 13, 2012
A Nomadic Witch (A Modern Witch Series: Book 4)Another entertaining story about Nova Scotia based witches village with witches of every stripe from wee born babies to matronly great grandmothers with a couple of things in common, love for each other and nourishment and training for the newly hatched and developing witches and a tie to writing computer code and integrating it with magic making new spells and augmenting the old magic.  This story features a grumpy old man (Marcus) who is wracked with guilt from an incident suffered as a five year old when his older twin brother (Evan) was separated from him while they were on the beach when the Mists called to him and he left to Astro-travel, never to return.  Marcus's life changes drastically when his forty year missing brother finds a way to communicate and send a small baby with Red Hair and Violet eyes into his life to care for and guard from harm (another young Astro-traveler).  This life changing experience for Marcus involves the whole community including the young and evolving healers like Lizzie and his Irish old magic aunt, Moira along with all the men in the community who banded together to make and publish a fathering manual that teaches a new father about the mechanics of caring for an infant.  When the wifes and mothers got a hold of a copy, they enjoyed commentary to know end, laughing at the images their significant others used to convey the necessary messages.  In the end, the witches persistence and love won out.  They relieved Marcus of four decades of guilt and self blame and after using a young witches insight into the nature of the Mists, were able to bring back Morgan and Kenna from an astratravel episode and establish a Protocall where the young susceptible witch babies were safeguarded and the fear of the Mists waned while their place in their world of magic was acknowledged.  As always, Debora Geary shows how love and community brings together the group and heals the injured.  For Deborah, Love and Family are the root cause and best solution!  Enjoy the shared comfort of living in a loving group with the stories of the witches in Deborah's world!