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goldenbooksgirl's review
4.0
In Witch Girl, we meet Evangeline, a young apprentice to her haunt huntress grandmother who is unsure as to whether or not she has inherited the family talent, and follow them as they leave their Louisiana swamp and travel to a manor in New Orleans, where they have been summoned to solve a strange and seemingly magical problem. The manor was really creepy, with some very suspicious characters lurking around it, and I loved watching Evangeline attempt to solve the mystery that meets them there. As well as this mystery, I really enjoyed learning about Evangeline`s past, and there were some reveals that I hadn`t expected. Evangeline was a very likeable heroine and I loved that she mainly rejected her grandmother`s ideals that she should be more ladylike and serene, even though she was desperate to win her respect as a haunt huntress, and I truly wanted her to succeed in becoming a fully-fledged haunt huntress. My very favourite thing about the book, though, was the worldbuilding- the concept of being a haunt huntress was interesting and well explained, and I loved seeing a variety of different creatures they need to defeat who all had distinctive characteristics too, especially the rougarous. While this was an excellent, self-contained story, I`d love to see more of the world and Evangeline in further Witch Girl books. 4.5/5
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