Bruja (Alpha Girl, #4)

by Aileen Erin

Claudia de Santos has always looked out for every witch but herself. She fought from the shadows as her coven turned dark, and with a little help from her half-witch/half-Alpha werewolf cousin, Teresa McCaide, Claudia is doing everything she can to keeper friends and family in the light.

Now the coven has splintered into two factions: Luciana’s army of witches wielding dark magic, and Claudia’s few stragglers who fight with the wolves. War is coming, and it won’t be much of a battle if Claudia can’t find the spells to counteract Luciana’s demonic power. But Luciana strikes before they’re prepared, and Claudia’s twin brother pays the price. Suddenly, going to Peru in search of ancient Incan magic doesn’t seem so crazy.

Fighting evil will require a pure spirit, but her quest is full of temptations, including a handsome Peruvian guide with secrets of his own. Finding love is the last thing on Claudia’s ever-growing to-do list, but sometimes what you need has a way of seeking you out.

• ISBN10: 0990635252
• ISBN13: 9780990635253
• Publish Date: 11 May 2015
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Ink Monster
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 312
• Language: English

Reviews

[Angie]

As much as I enjoy the special school setting, it was exciting to get out of there and visit somewhere I’ve never been: Peru! In Bruja, we’re in Tessa’s cousin Claudia’s head as she heads to South America to find the long lost white mages. She needs their magic to help her coven as well as the wolves who have joined forces with them. Then when Luciana raises a demon and it bites her twin brother, it’s a race against the clock as Claudia flies out, hikes mountains, trudges through forest, and faces black mages all to find the magic and cure she needs.

I really liked Bruja! I couldn’t put it down! It’s not particularly fast paced and exciting, but it always held my interest. My only (minor) complaint is that everything felt too easy. Claudia is a very powerful witch, which is why she’s the one on this quest, so she can basically use magic to do whatever she needs done. She just says a few rhyming lines, and POOF, done. This took away some of the excitement, since you know it’s all going to work out. But I did like seeing what Claudia could do after just being told that she’s powerful for the last couple of books.

Of course, there is also a romance in Bruja. Claudia has actually been promised to this jerkwad, Matt, from another coven. There’s no love there at all, and he just wants her for her powers (much like her aunt). But when Claudia arrives in Peru, she’s immediately drawn to a sexy wolf named Lucas! I’m sure I don’t need to tell you what happens next.