Rebel Witch Audiobook Review

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Rebel Witch: A New Immortals Universe Novel (House of Magic Book 1) by Ariel Hunter
Narrator: Elle Sonali
on April 17th 2020
Length: 6 hours 59 minutes
Genres: Fantasy & Magic, New Adult, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 316
Format: Audiobook
Source: Provided for review through Audiobook Blast/Boom
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There’s only one thing you really need to know about the world I come from:
the witch council is as archaic and backwards in their ways as they are powerful.

So when they arrange for me to marry the most powerful warlock in the world so I can give them magic babies, I do what any sensible twenty-four-year old would do.

I run.
Or at least I try to.

Turns out, when push comes to shove, they’re willing to bargain on the whole marriage thing.

To keep my life the way I like it, I just have to do one little thing: claim my powers.

Easier said than done when the unruly power awakened inside of me is a magic that shouldn’t exist.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, my Mystic meant to guide me through the change is the very warlock I was supposed to marry.

Now I’m faced with another bargain, and this time there’s no getting out of it.

Train with Callan and learn how to control my magic, or face the Council’s wrath.

One of these things is sure to end in my demise.
The other? I give it a fifty-fifty shot.

 Julie’s Review:

I love Urban Fantasy, it is definitely my favorite genre. I love the genre because it is action-packed, full of interesting worlds and characters, and is typically a quick read. I like short fun books. Lately that’s all the effort I can put into reading, so I love a great romp through magical worlds.

Urban Witch is the first I read from this author, and I’m already a fan. It was short (the audiobook was just under 7 hours) and built up just enough interest in this world for me that I might be adding the rest of the series to my endless TBR list. Thank you Goodreads for keeping track for me.

I liked the heroine Marnie right away. She’s spunky, and super into independence.  I like a strong female lead. Unfortunately, she’s a witch. And in her world, she is promised to Callan as an arranged marriage, and she has to do what she’s told. Ew.

She tries to get out, she does. She even makes a deal to finally get the chance to leave once she does the ceremony accepts her powers. But that was too good of an offer to be true – and most likely a set up from her mom. She turns out to be one powerful and off-the-charts witch. These kind of powers are unheard of in their world. So, well, oops, you can’t leave now lady sorry. Now she has to learn to master her abilities because she’s kind of a scary thing.

So her fiance becomes her mentor, and there are definitely sparks between them. Yet, due to the forced arrangement, she pushes him away. Marnie is so stubborn about the whole not having control of her life thing. There are some smexy moments between them despite Marnie’s reluctance to accept her feelings. Callan is pretty much a sweet guy wanting this girl he’s really into and agreed to marry, to be into him. And as her mentor/teacher, he goes above and beyond in protecting her from herself.

They discover just how powerful she is, what she’s capable of with zero training. She gets herself in a hell of a bind to save a friend, but the potential of her being something amazing cannot be denied.

The book is a great start to a series but also short. I would have liked a bit more explanation into the magical world, into their customs, some more background of the relationships between characters. But I feel this will come in future books as we continue to get a taste of the world.

The audio was great! It was my first audio narrated by Elle Sonali and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ll have to look up some other books she narrated.

 

 

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