I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving my review.


Sloane has discover that she is a witch now she reside in a small town of Old Denwick on Vancouver Island with her newly found family and coven. As she dives more into the magical world she learning to master her powers while trying to figure out who after them I love that Sloane as private investigator can see both sides of magical world with non magical and how both aren’t so different there are some twists with both world. I love the slow burn romance that has its own problems. I won’t give more details but there are answers but more questions and can’t wait for the next book.

I enjoyed this book, I didn’t realise it was part of a series however it explained everything that needed to be known.

The plot was good, I did struggle with the first half as it was a little slow but the second half I enjoyed more but overall it was a great story.

My only issue was why was les calling Cathy mother when she’s his wife, it didn’t make sense to me and was just odd.

Trigger warning- does have mentions of child abuse and sexual exploitation

Witches, magic, mystery on Vancouver Island
The Sloane West mysteries (this is part 2 of a series) excels at combining a mystery with a world which has an additional magical part kept secret from normal people (known as nogicals).
Sloane was hidden by her mother in NYC and didn‘t know that she is a witch until her early 30s. Now she lives in the small town of Od Denwick on Vancouver Island with her newly found family and coven. In „Lies are Forever“ we learned that their coven is under attack by „fallen“ magicals. This continues with some new and interesting insights into the magical world where not everything is at it seems.
I loved how Downer lets us participate in Sloane‘s own discovery of her powers and possibilities - not all is revealed yet! And Sloane as private investigator is again involved in the magical and nogical realm with interesting revelations and twists on both sides of the „curtain“. And nothing is easy because most things need to remain secret. There is a romantic subplot - a very slow, slow burn with a lot of pitfalls.
The writing is smooth and compelling, the (magical) world-building is well done.

PS: This is part 2 of the Sloane West-mystery series and you strongly suggest you read (or re-read) part 1 to have a better chance to understand what‘s happening.

I received an ARC via netgalley. The review is left voluntarily.