A review by pacey1927
Hallowed Circle by Linda Robertson

4.0

I looked forward to this book ever since I read the first book "Viscious Circle" on a whim. The supporting characters drew me in immediately, especially werewolf, band-leader Johnny. I also loved that Persephone took in orphaned Beverly and her elderly and sharp tongued grandmother. "Hallowed Circle" was another great installment. Persephone is running for the high priestess or coven leader, mostly as a favor to a friend and she has no desire to win. She just wants to make sure the coven doesn't get another horrible leader. The book really felt like it read in three parts to me. The first part showed her day to day life with Grandma and Beverly. More so, it focused on her growing relationship with Johnny. The second part of the book was the grit of the story, the competition for coven leader. Here we are introduced to a handful of new characters, including the Elderenne who has some kind of connection to vampire Menessos, and Hunter, the snooty, know it all who is Seph's biggest competition. The tests the girls go through are all interesting in their own right and I really enjoyed seeing what happened, especially when the power went out and bodies start being discovered. However, this was a long stretch of the book where we don't see are supporting characters, and I kind of missed them there. I think they really add a lot to this series. The final part of the book resolves some of the threads from the first two parts. Johnny and Seph have to figure out what is going on with them, the coven leader is named and there is an interesting conflict at the end which sets up a great plot for future stories. I really enjoyed this book. Linda Robertson writes a well crafted story and her characters are definitely the life force behind it. I saw a lot of similarities between the first book and other Urban Fantasy series out there but in this second book Robertson proves her series is unique. I will definitely be continuing on with this series.