“Some folks treated the past like an old friend. The memories warmed them with fondness for what was, and hope for what was to come. Not me. When I thought of long ago, my insides curdled, and I was left feeling sour and wasted.”
Jenny Schmidt is a young woman with old heartaches. A small town Texas girl with big city attitude, she just doesn’t fit in. Not that she has ever tried.
Life has pummeled her heart into one big, lonely callus. She has no siblings, both parents were dead by sixteen, and her last grandparent—and caretaker—was in the ground before she turned twenty-one. She’s the last living member of her immediate family. Or so she thinks…
“We found my ‘grandfather’ sitting at his dining room table. An entire scorched pot of coffee dangled from his shaky hand. His skin was the ashen gray shade of thunderclouds, not the rich mocha from the photo I’d seen. There were dark blue circles under each swollen red eye. A halo of white hair skirted his bald head, a crown of tangles and mats. Corpses had more life in them.”
Suddenly, instead of burying it with the dead, Jenny is forced to confront the past. Armed only with an ancient family journal, her rifle, and an Apache tomahawk, she must save her grandfather’s life and embrace her dangerous heritage. Or be devoured by it.
My Review:
Are you looking for a quick, fun read? This might just fit the bill for you.
Jenny lives in a small Texas town where she’s been alone for most of her life… or so she thinks! She finds her lone living relative, her grandfather, in a wheelchair and living alone. With only a tomahawk, her rifle and a journal filled with family secrets Jenny has to save her Grandfather from something, only she isn’t sure what.
E.J. Wesley shoves you into a world where things aren’t as they might seem and he does it with a wonderful protagonist named Jenny. She’s tough and filled with passion and doesn’t apologize for anything.
Now… don’t let these covers scare you away, you know I’m a sucker for a pretty cover, but these totally fit the story that Wesley tells. If you’re looking for a quick read filled with great imagination and a kick ass heroine definitely check this one out. 
After receiving an ancient tribal journal from her grandfather, Jenny is sent on a mission of discovery in an attempt to unravel clues to her family’s monster hunting past. The journey becomes more than academic when she is asked to confront a coven of dangerous witches who plan to cast an insidious spell on the plains of West Texas.
Witch’s Nocturne is the second of the Moonsongs Books, a series of paranormal-horror-action novelettes by author E.J. Wesley. These stories contain language and content better suited for mature readers.
Witch’s Nocturne is part 2 of the Moonsongs Book story. In Part 1 we’re introduced to Jenny and the strange world that she has been thrust into.
I didn’t read these two stories back to back but found that it was easy to jump right back into the story despite a short break between. In Witch’s Nocturne, with her trusty side-kick Marshal by her side, Jenny not only has to worry about how to pay the bills, but also unravel the clues about her family and the history of monster hunting.
We get new characters in this installment and not everyone is friendly!
I think that fans of paranormal, horror and fantasy will definitely enjoy the world that Wesley has written. For a story filled with action and very well done you’ll want to pick these short novelettes up. They are definitely different than my normal read and I really found myself enjoying the characters and story that Wesley has created.
About the author:
Born and raised in Oklahoma, E.J. grew up in a land of good earth and better people. He holds degrees in psychology and counseling, but prefers to spend his time in the heads of imaginary people to real ones. He writes and lives in South Texas, and loves to chat about movies, books, music, food, and family.
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1 Prize Package #1: Signed copy of Soul Screamers Vol. 1 by Rachel Vincent, Signed copy of Capital Hell by Alicia M. Long, signed copy of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, and Texas (Little Known Facts about Well Known Places (Package open to US addresses only) by Victor Dorff
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