Thursday, January 8, 2026

Bondwitch by Chelsey Ortega

        Prom night is supposed to be magical, it wasn’t the kind of magic Annamaria was ready for.

About Bondwitch: Eighteen-year-old Annamaria Lyons has never left her small hometown of Harrison, Wyoming. She has lived with her aunt, Trinity, since her parents died when she was two years old. Trinity has been a wonderful guardian with one exception—she won’t allow Annamaria out of the house after sunset. That is, until the night of senior prom. Annamaria’s long-lost sister arrives, bringing with her a world full of hidden family secrets and the supernatural.

Forced to flee her childhood home without a proper goodbye to her human life and first love, Annamaria immerses herself in the magical world. New friends and a new suitor challenge her original dreams for the future, and when she finds herself caught in the middle of a centuries-old conflict, Annamaria must decide to rise above it or give in to the darkness.

Our Review: For any new author, imagining a plot can be monumental. Putting it in a crisp, understandable story arc is difficult. Keeping the length to a reasonable limit is close to impossible. Author Ortega persevered in creating something that shows a young woman’s journey to finding her true self, and her true heritage. It is a story of family responsibility and devotion, how we triumph and how we sometimes fail. 

Based on a scale of 1-5, Bondwitch merits a 4.

Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Reviews

 

 

 

 

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