Book Review: “Psychic Times” on What Witches Want
Though “What Witches Want” is “Book Two of the Witchery Series,” you’ll have no problem jumping right in with this one. Just make sure you have no other plans for the day or night because you won’t want to stop reading once you start! The storyline centers on Savannah, a Wiccan Faery Witch, and her supportive female friends and new love interest. Conflict, in the form of Savannah’s ex-husband, Greer Monroe, keeps you on edge as he’s the worst kind of Psi-Vamp: he thrives on disharmony and only uses, or tries to use, his power absorptively. There are many Psi-Vamps who use their powers projectively in a positive manner as well, especially when they are aware of what they are, but Greer is not the good type. However, it makes for a better book that Greer is the bad type as Savannah is forced to learn techniques for combating his kind.
Besides skills in warding off unsavory characters, you’ll find that this novel is wonderful as far as being a reference book of sorts, too. Though it’s technically fiction being in the “Paranormal Romance” genre, there are many wonderful, mouth-watering and easy-to-make vegetarian recipes given throughout the natural course of events. Being a vegetarian myself, I particularly enjoyed that aspect. I got some great ideas for new meals to prepare!
“Fur”thermore, any cat owner can appreciate the “purr-fect” feline companions of Savannah and her friends that stand on their own as characters. Stamps even gives a practical, noninvasive remedy for a commonplace feline ailment: crusty eyes. Since I’m proudly owned by five furkids, I could really appreciate that as well, and it may save me quite a bit at their next checkup. So, What Witches Want really reads like an informative, yet interesting, reference book as well. Not to mention, you may be exposed for the first time to new concepts. It’s kind of a Faery Magick 101 Course coupled with Eclectic Wiccan teachings, with an emphasis on the Egyptian pantheon.
For those interested in what part of modern South Carolina culture is like, I’d strongly recommend reading this book for that aspect as well. It is set in Columbia, South Carolina, and the ambiance there is captured magnificently from the dialect to humidity to flowering azaleas, etc., so you won’t be Pixie-led about current South Carolina “Dixie-Witch” ways.
-G.L. Giles, Book Reviewer for Psychic Times
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