Review: The Gauntlet

The Gauntlet by Karen Chance
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A very quick, but engaging read about an unlikely alliance between a powerful witch and a gentleman spy vampire.

Having taken AP English for more years than I care to remember, Christopher Marlowe (who greatly inspired William Shakespeare) is among the playwrights that haunted my dreams when in school. Having him here, re-imagined, after his "mysterious death" to be this cheeky gentleman spy vampire is both hilarious and ingenious (since he was considered a spy in reality).

However, the real star of this book for me is Gillian Urswick: Witch. Mother. Warrior. Taken by force with her young daughter and other covens by a magical order that wishes to eradicate those that refuse to bend to their will, Gillian is left with one choice: fight or die.

"Will you fight, girl, for what is your?"

And boy, does she!

There were shouts and curses from the guards who fell with the walls, and from the bewildered mages who suddenly found themselves at the center of a pile of spread-out rubble. But the witches were eerily silent, turning as one to look up at the tower for a long, drawn out moment. And then they gave an ancient battle cry that raised the hair on Gillian’s arms.
And charged as one.

This book was short, but so much fun and I'm already reading the next one.

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