Black Arts White Craft
Hailey Edwards
Overall: 5/5
Plot and themes: 4/5
Characters: 5/5
Writing style: 5/5
Attention-grabbing: 5/5
Black Arts White Craft is the second book in the Black Hat Bureau series narrated from the perspective of Rue, a reformed Black Witch. Black Witches in this universe feed off the powers of others. They eat hearts and they're stronger for it. White Witches pull magic from themselves and though they are weaker, they tend to live lives much less determined by their urges. Rue is the child of both and could have gone either way. After a fifty year stint as a Black Witch, circumstances forced her to the White side where she gained a ward and a new life. Her old life is once again encroaching and despite her desire to stay away from it, she might have to reveal things better kept secret.
The first book I was like desperate for romance and thought that the protagonists were keeping such a far distance from one another. This one was a lot more on the romance side of things so I'm pretty satisfied with where that's going. But these books are so freaking short that we only got a teaspoon of the backstory that was hinted at with the epilogue of the first book. I think the little plot twist about her heritage was fun and unexpected, definitely drove it all towards more of a Hailey Edwards book.
I'm really excited for the third book in this series, I think that there's a ton of potential and that I can't wait to actually meet her grandfather and his father and have a super fun and quirky family gathering. I also think that the magic is super unique and weird and has lots of room to grow. There's really no way it could go wrong.
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