Gray Witch by Hailey Edwards [Review]

Gray Witch (Black Hat Bureau #5) by Hailey Edwards
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: July 11, 2022

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

Hailey Edwards
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Famous monsters are resurrecting across Mississippi, each one recreating their own gruesome deaths through new victims. Every time Rue pins down one horror legend, another appears with its own bloodthirsty agenda. The summoners raising these vengeful spirits save their best for last, a cruel gift that shatters Rue. But she’s not the only one whose heart gets broken.

Once her father realizes what the summoners have done, who they’ve awakened, there is nowhere they can hide where he can’t find them. After this final betrayal, there are no limits on how far he’s willing to go to bring down Black Hat, the director, and anyone else who gets in his way.

Including his own daughter.

Thoughts on Gray Witch: Things are complicated in Rue's world. But then, when haven't they been? I mean, she's had her world implode and had to completely ditch her previous lifestyle and go on the run and she had to find a balance in herself that she absolutely didn't think she had AND THEN Clay and Asa dropped into everything and she started this gloriously awkward mating dace with Asa. I mean, that's a lot. While some things have smoothed themselves out with time (her feelings for Asa and her ability to somewhat express those feelings are a start, amirite?!?!), the rest of it just keeps tangling up further.

Like her parentals. And the stuff her grandfather did to ensure his legacy. And the fact she (well, they as a group, really) can't trust anyone in the Bureau because everyone is a little suspect.

Yeah. There's a lot going on. But Rue's finding her balance. She has family who isn't actively attempting to destroy her bit by bit. Some of it is blood (or...close enough, I guess) and some of that family is found, but they're all her chosen people (and demons!) and that's what's important.

To say that the case she ends up on is a little messed up is downplaying things a touch. Between resurrected bad guys and Asa's dad doing what he's doing (gross, btw), Rue's dealing with a multitude of things. And she's about to take on more. A LOT more.

I am VERY excited to see where this road takes us.