A review by libra17
Codename: Night Witch by Cary Caffrey

5.0

I pretty much devoured The Girls from Alcyone series; the cliffhanger at the end of The Machines of Bellatrix was only tolerable because I started reading when the first three books were already out. As a third installment, I very much liked Codename: Night Witch. It was an entertaining read, if not a particularly complex one. The whole of The Girls from Alcyone series is pretty much a victory ride in the same way that Marvel's Avengers movies are: even if there are some low points, the reader always knows that the protagonists winning is a foregone conclusion. It is not always a story model that I am appreciative of - and had I been in a different mood I might be leaving a very different review - but in this case I did like it. I think one of my favorite things about Codename: Night Witch was actually the character of Suko and her devotion to Sigrid. Their relationship is not the focus of The Girls from Alcyone series, but I think it is a piece of the background that helps to make the world that the books are set in. I also appreciated that Codename: Night Witch does not end off on an extreme cliffhanger like The Machines of Bellatrix did. The story is clearly not complete (only those who didn't read the last few chapters could have possibly missed all the statements about the 'real war only just starting'), but all the immediate issues raised in the plot of Codename: Night Witch have been dealt with. All in all, I like this book, I like this series, and I look forward to reading the next installment when it comes out. (Although, based on the commentary and questions on this page, I really hope it doesn't take two years.)