This trilogy takes you into another world. Whike the first book is the best one, you still have to read the entire trilogy to experience all the magic this story has to offer. The books start out slow, but become hard to put down once you get into them.

Adam Montgomery, at age three, was kidnapped by a powerful witch and branded. However, the witch was after his sister and when she realized her mistake, she locked Adam in a metal box to be disposed later. But Adam escaped. Unfortunately, his mother, who was then pregnant with his sister, was captured along with his father. The witch murdered them both; the mother disposed of later after she had the baby.

Adam spends the rest of his life recovering from his ordeal and then decides to do something about it. He intends to do away with the witch, find his sister, and find out what happened to his parents.

With the help of a powerful clairvoyant, Adam hires Darci T. Monroe, a girl of, seemingly, no consequence with an air of innocence and naivety about her. But she isn't what she seems, for Darci has a very powerful psychic ability that will help Adam get rid of the witch and unravel the mystery to his parents' deaths.

I'm not sure I liked this book. The plot line was a bit far-fetched and not very believable. However, Darci is a fun character and it's hard not to like her. But there is a childishness about her that can grate on your nerves.

I'm a big fan of Ms Deveraux and despite this how weak this story is it won't dampen my enthusiasm for her works.

An enjoyable easy read.
the highlight of this book is Darci. What a wacky, fun, and unusual character.
Her adversarial relationship with Adam, is a bit Hepburn/Tracy like. We know they are attracted to each other right away. But it takes a bit of sparring before they realize it.
Paranormal aspects in this novel are at times lighthearted and at times frightening.
There are some seriously dark themes, kidnapping, torture, but they are written about in such a way, they don't get too dark.
She would have leaned into the horror genre if she placed to much focus in that direction.
The ending seems a bit rushed.
All in all a good read.