This boook was a hot mess. The female lead is lacking common sense, though she's supposedly some uber-powerful super sekrit witch oracle. This is the first in a series, and Alex (Alexander) Kelley (yes, that's the female lead) has no idea she's a witch and has powers or what happened when her mother was murdered. I didn't liike it!

I didn't really enjoy this book. I was confused most of the time and by the time I finished the book I didn't really know if the characters were witches, or vampires, or other supernatural creatures. It also jumped around a lot and lacked explaination.

A blood bound contract is a definite, and intricate way to enter a genre, and that is exactly what Bennet does with this novel. Encapsulating the best parts of both the Fantasy and Supernatural genres, the novel contains all that is required to flourish, and it definitely did.

I couldn't get into this book at all I didn't finished it's I didn't like the characters and found it's boring.

This held a lot of premise. It intrigued me. However, I only found it okay.

Alex returns to New York, 21 years after her mother's murder, and her own disappearance. Alex remembers things differently, and is thrust into a world that was only hinted about to her as a child.

After being attacked, and then assaulted, she is under the protection of Greer. Only he, and his people are able to keep Alex safe while they try and find her amulet. The one that was her mother's and is more important than Alex ever realized. Half the time, I can't stand Alex and her naive, close-minded attitude. And then the connection between her and Greer. He expects her to just know things, even as she continues to make stupid decisions. I wanted to scream at him sometimes. The side characters worked well. Especially Leda & Thomas.

The pace of the book was good. It didn't feel as though it was dragging on. There was just enough mystery to it to keep me engaged in what was going on. I am curious enough to seek out the second in the trilogy. Just not curious enough to make it a high priority on my TBR/ARC stack.

If you are into things like; the Fae, Wolves, Magic, and the "chosen one" type tropes, this could be a good read for you.

I had a few problems with this book.

Firstly, and probably most pettily, I can't get behind a hero named Greer. It's a girl's name, and it made me feel stupid reading it in connection with what's supposed to be a sexy alpha male character.

Secondly, Alex (the heroine) passes out, faints, is knocked out, is drugged, whatever, multiple times. Like, more than reasonable. She spends the end of what feels like most chapters unconscious. It's part and parcel of her total lack of agency as she is dragged through her own story, but even from a medical point of view, that's too much!

Thirdly, every single featured male character wants, and attempts, to have sex with the heroine. It's a real cliche of the urban fantasy scene, and I was utterly bored by her seeming irresistableness. Unless there's substance behind it, this kind of insta-attraction is not my cup of tea. Also, some of this is assault, and some of it just borders on it, but some of it seems consensual, and the blurriness of this boundary is really uncomfortable.

Behind these issues is a fairly entertaining plot about discovering your magical heritage, but for me, it was spoilt badly by the total lack of characters I liked, and Alex's complete lack of agency and repeated suffering of abuse and manipulation. Not one for me.

This is a good book 1 for a new fantasy series, The Fitheach Trilogy. It is appropriate for older teen readers and adults. Alex is 21 and returning to New York City after her aunt moved her away after her mother died. Alex owns two items. A necklace her mother gave her days before she died and a lucky token given to her by "fairies" . It seems everyone in New York is after both. Greer Sinclair promises to help her solve her mother's murder and help her discover what is is. She is developing some very strange powers. This book was originally published in 2015.I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

I absolutely loved this book It wasn’t what I expected but I ended up loving it in the end. It was such a cute story. I would recommend this to another reader and I will most likely read this book again.
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This was an interesting concept. I liked the background. Saying that, this was a book that I cannot actually recommend. There were a lot of triggers for anybody has been abused. The main relationship was forced and never grew naturally. Actually I never rooted for any characters at all. I just have no real reason to continue the series. I sadly cannot recommend this book. Maybe it wasn't for me but I have read books with abuse and been fine but this book just did not allow for that. Sorry but it is a no for me.

Thank you to NetGalley for a free copy this is an honest review.

I received a copy from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book is addictive. I go sucked in almost immediately and finished it in a day. I love a good urban fantasy series. The characters are fantastic and I honestly think that each of them could have their own novels. I definitely want to know how everyone ends up. There's so much mystery about the main character, Alex's heritage, identity, what type of supernatural badass she is, and why everyone seems to want a piece of her. The story progresses along at the perfect pace but this book will leave you hanging so you literally need to have more.

I gave in and actually purchased the 2 other books in the series after finishing this one, because like I said, I'm addicted. I need answers and I am loving how certain relationships are evolving. I have a feeling that this is going to be one of those trilogy's where I'm going to be really sad when I finish reading it, so please seriously consider tying up some loose ends with the other amazing characters in this series. It will make me feel so much better!

I loved Crossroads of Bones so I was really excited to try reading something else by Luanne Bennett. This was not going to be that book.

It started well enough, but it became convoluted. I didn't know what was happening most of the time and did not care for the characters at all. The MC is a complete ditz and the men...oh boy. Very stereotypical alpha males and the damsel in distress constantly needing rescuing. Not a fan of the dominating sex persona. DNF for me.

There’s not enough plot and character development and way too much drugging, raping and non-consensual nudity in here. Hard pass.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I was not paid for this review.

At first, I liked the story, the protagonist comes to New York, a town she has lived in before but she hides that fact. After her mother’s murder, she moves away with her mothers best friend Ava. She feels watched in NYC but she is in the dark about her powers and what happened to her mom. She is supposed to be this powerful being but no one is interested in teaching her about her powers. It seems she allows herself to be dominated by a man. It became similar to other male dominateing type stories. I don’t like those and choose not to read them so I didn’t like this story much. I didn’t read Fifty Shades of Grey and I won’t read any of the rest of this series. It’s not for me. I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review.

I received a free copy of THE AMULET THIEF (The Fitheach Trilogy Book 1) by Luanne Bennett. Alex Kelley was born in New York, and she spent her first years there. Immediately following her mother’s murder, Alex was smuggled out of the city and abandoned to the foster system in the middle of America. Now grown, Alex returns to New York to solve her mother’s murder. Things get weird, and she’s repeatedly accosted by invisible assailants. Eventually, a mysterious man steps in and “saves” her. He takes her in, orders her around, refuses to tell her anything about what’s going on, and basically keeps her prisoner. Alex slowly gains information in dribs and drabs, and she shares some of the information with the reader. So, the reader remains even more confused than Alex is.

I had a couple of additional problems with this book. First, the writer avoided writing action scenes like it would not only crash her computer, but her car and her cell phone, too. A lot of attacks, battles, and significant events happened in the book, but Alex either looked away or blacked out. Later, she would wake up and “remember” what happened. Thus, the reader was only provided a mere summary of what would have been the exciting scenes of the book. Second, every time Alex was attacked by a male, he/they tried to rape her. There are many, many bad, violent, and terrible men in the world; most of them are not rapists.