A particularly conniving and sneaky entity has been called forth beckoned through a ritual that badly misfired, by a lonely, driven sorcerer. Positively magical! Roxanne Mathis, a witch and paranormal investigator, is the voice in this outstanding tale. The combination of the supernatural and other cultures makes for interesting reading, and I keep wanting to look up all of these other forms of practice for extra reading. Roxie has a clear, straightforward narrative voice, and she's very easy to root for. I read it in a matter of days! Sonya writes in such a way that it's nigh-on impossible to put her books down, and her world-building is incredible - it feels both painfully real, and delightfully otherworldly at the same time. There is little in the way of religion here, as Roxie forges a strong bond with the natural world, and she's such a positive, normal character that I couldn't help but like her.Īfter reading some of Sonya's Friday flashes on her blog, thought I'd give Mojo Queen a go. Roxie chooses to use it to help people, by clearing houses of unwanted spirits, rather than using her power for personal gain.

I think a lot of books related to witchcraft could suffer in the wake of movies like The Craft, or TV shows like Buffy, and it's nice that the female protagonist is granted power of her own, to do with as she will. He doesn't save the day, just lends a hand when she needs it. Even though Blake is by turns an arrogant so-and-so and a dangerous man, he's also Very Sexy and the type of hero someone as strong as Roxie needs. Roxie is a strong and independent heroine, with a taste for the blues and a capable streak that made me warm to her pretty much instantaneously, and Daniel is one of the coolest vampires I've come across in a very long time. I don't normally read paranormal romance but these books are closer to urban fantasy, and there's enough of the cool energy-blasting and ghost busting to make me rather keen for the next instalment, Hoodoo Woman. She's both frustrated and tempted by Blake the Sexy Sorceror, a devillish young man with a penchant for chaos magic. Often aided and abetted by her ancestor, vampire Daniel, Roxie spends Mojo Queen doing battle with a demon summoned into a young woman.

Mojo Queen is both about paranormal investigator Roxanne Mathis, who just so happens to be a practicing witch.

Mojo Queen by Sonya Clark