Return Of The Light

by Maggie Shayne

[Kim Deister]

Dori Stewart seemingly has it all: a great job, great friends, and no small celebrity in the Pagan community. But, despite all that, Dori feels unsettled, feeling that something was going to change all that for her. And it did all change for her when she walked into her office to find that her publishing company in which she was a rising star had been sold,... to a ultra-conservative publisher with no need for someone like her. Suddenly, Dori found herself with nothing, and having to completely start over.

I bought this novella to read as part of the Holiday Reading Challenge and I am so glad I did. I love a book that deals with the subjects of magic and paganism with complete accuracy! Dori's struggles with her life and her faltering faith was one I could identify with, making her entirely relatable as a character. She is a woman who has had everything she thought she ever wanted, and still felt lonely at heart. She loses everything she thought was important to her and it has caused her faith to falter, too. She is a woman struggling with her sense of self and identity and feeling lost in the process. The entire story spoke to me and my only wish is that the story had been a full-length novel!