Can Marcus find his way through the pain to love and healing? And can the witching community finally learn to keep their astral travelers safe?
A Nomadic Witch is book four of the top-rated A Modern Witch series. Light contemporary fantasy with a good dose of humor, a little romance, and characters you won't want to leave.
Comment: This is the 4th book in the Modern Witch series, which follows a family/community of witches as they go on with their lives and share things with one another.
In this story, Marcus becomes the protagonist because although he has a reputation for being lonely and unfriendly, he is still part of the family and everyone loves him anyway. He is completely surprised, though, when a baby is left on his doorstep and everyone starts acting as if he should take care of the child. Baby Morgan seems to be a "gift" sent by his deceased brother Evan, who died when he was only a child, but how did this come to be? And when it seems Morgan is also an astral voyager like even was, which was why he died, Marcus is even more worried he can't be the right person to help Morgan... but can he resist her?
As I've said before, I've loved the first book because the mix of cozy elements and a heroine who was new to the witch world and a secondary romance that felt both magical and destined were perfectly done, for my taste. Even though I could see the "issues" about the novel's execution, the combination of all those things felt practically perfect for me. The second and third ones, however, weren't as dazzling nor addictive, but the familiarity with the characters compensated.
Now, this fourth book is centered on Marcus, someone who has the fame of being an introvert and sometimes even rude, and I was curious to see him finally dealing with the guilt he has carried since his brother died, although it wasn't his fault. The baby element was interesting,provided some cute and funny scenes, but I kind of wish the author had also inserted a romance here. Not that he needed a woman to take care of the baby of course, lots of family around to help, but I assumed him being the focus would include romance too.
Well, I feel a little sad and disappointed this these sequels haven't given me the same feeling I had with the first book. That one somehow worked out so perfectly.... now, the community is there, the sense of help, family, caring, all those cozy and sweet emotions are as greatly used as before but the little things, the surprising new things heroine Lauren had to face in book #1 just don't exist anymore, and now all the characters seem too much alike, think the same things and there is no novelty in how they react to surprises and challenges. Everyone is perfect.
I didn't mind this before, true, because in the first book that perfection still included relatable feelings, but now I'm struggling to enjoy the repetitiveness. Perhaps, if this story also included a romance Marcus didn't expect, would make things more interesting, more vibrant. I can understand the focus on his personal healing and in helping a baby and all that, but this story was, for the most part, a little too boring. I do feel bad saying this, because I still like the idea of such close people/family, but... in terms of plot, after 3 books, perhaps this 4th one could have introduced new situations.
Considering that most of the novel was a little uneventful, when a situation closer to the end, related to Marcus' guilt and his need to move on becomes possible, it was quite the emotional surprise and it offered an interesting view on closure. I liked it that the characters could learn something new and that this might help everyone in the community in the future, but it happened quite quickly and too close to the end... it made the rest of the story feel like it dragged.
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