Black Arts, White Craft by Hailey Edwards [Review]

Black Arts, White Craft (Black Hat Bureau #2) by Hailey Edwards
Format: ebook
Source: provided for review
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Date read: September 5, 2021

Black Hat Bureau
1. Black Hat, White Witch
2. Black Arts, White Craft - Kindle
3. Black Truth, White Lies
3.5. Black Soul, White Heart
4. Black Wings, Gray Skies
5. Gray Witch
6. Gray Tidings
7. Gray Court
8. Gray Seas
9. Gray Days
10. Gray Dawn

Hailey Edwards
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

After a black witch pitched a hissy fit in Hollis Apothecary, Rue got stuck cleaning up his mess. That was the easy part. Repairing the damage he inflicted on Camber and Arden? That makes Rue wish she could bring him back to life just to kill him again. Slower this time.

While Rue is setting her new life back to rights, Clay and Asa are off working a case, but it soon becomes clear that they’ll need her help to catch the vicious creature preying on locals in a small Tennessee town. She’s got her hands full at home, but Rue has no choice. She must report for duty to honor her agreement with the director. Or else.

What she discovers leads her deeper down the rabbit hole of Black Hat Bureau corruption and promises that, no matter how grim the past few weeks have been, the worst is yet to come.

Thoughts on Black Arts, White Craft: Oh, MAN, Rue and Asa's quick fall into this THING they have going on is magnificent! And there are REASONS behind it. Very tantalizing reasons. I am smitten. So smitten.

But this book is more than Rue and Asa making sexy eyes at one another. There's a dangerous case and everything. Called in to help the BHB on a dark magic case, things are, in fact, much more than they seem. Dark magic, reanimated corpses, whispers and secrets and a book that just won't stay where Rue puts it.

Plus, there's the thing between Rue and Asa. Clay's in big brother protective mode (sort of. He's actually a wee bit worried about both of them and what their budding relationship might uncover if certain rumors turn out to be true) and Colby's sort of getting the hang of her new abilities while watching R&A subtly do their mating dance thing. Heh. That part's kind of funny.

Anywho. Danger, betrayal, guilt, some intriguing cultural issue Asa has to deal with (his hair! BOY does Rue love his hair. Good thing she doesn't lose a hand every time she touches it), and more than a few secrets that are revealed. Do I adore how Rue, Colby, Clay, and Asa are finding a way to making themselves a family? INDEED I DO!