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A review by wazbar
The Witches of Wenshar by Barbara Hambly
adventurous
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
5.0
It's kind of funny to me there's a like half page disclaimer at the beggining about how the author means no offense to wiccans when the whole character of kaletha is a like caricature of a white wiccan. She sucks in a way that is fun for the book.
This is basically a magical whodunnit, and a surprisingly good one. The characters are all well-defined (perhaps too stereotypically, but there are a lot of them).
Sun Wolf and Starhawk continue to be a good pair, and they're convincingly comfortable partners for each other. I was concerned there'd be a contrived conflict but their relationship is a source of strength for them and that's neat, to me. They do a little bit of exploring the legitimate evil that sun wolf has done as a mercenary. It's fairly unflinching, but it does not go very far; I'm curious whether this will be a thread in the next book as well.
This is basically a magical whodunnit, and a surprisingly good one. The characters are all well-defined (perhaps too stereotypically, but there are a lot of them).
Sun Wolf and Starhawk continue to be a good pair, and they're convincingly comfortable partners for each other. I was concerned there'd be a contrived conflict but their relationship is a source of strength for them and that's neat, to me. They do a little bit of exploring the legitimate evil that sun wolf has done as a mercenary. It's fairly unflinching, but it does not go very far; I'm curious whether this will be a thread in the next book as well.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse