Book: A Witch's Guide To Freeing A Minotaur by Vivian Quest
Reviewed by NIN freak
Rating: 4.5/5
This is a great book. Fun and playful at times, then serious at others. Escaping bad home life, found family, overcoming fears and more.
Ava is a witch whose powers have dwindled due to her mental state. Her mother sends her away to her great-aunt Basira’s estate, to become a first witch. When Ava gets there and reads her great-aunt’s Will, it becomes clear why her mother is pushing her towards this goal. She hears something in the backyard the first night, which stops her contemplation of falling off balconies.
I swing my legs back over the side of the railing and stand on the balcony again.
Death can wait. Something in the maze needs to be discovered first.
The next day she meets Kal, a Minotaur, when he threatens to kill her. Basira trapped him to the grounds with a spell, he thought Ava’s death would break it. If it didn’t break when Basira died, why then would killing Ava work? Being a male, I don’t think he thought that through all the way. The two of them make an agreement to break the spell holding him.
Along the way her magic strengthens and she makes friends with a ex-thief, a dragon and an orc. She helps people and gets her confidence back. They both find what they need in the end.
It is a perfect cozy romance novel. Thoroughly enjoyed it. It hit the Goldilocks zone for spice in the story as well.