Drawn to Salem by an ancient pull, four women arrive with no idea that fate has been waiting for them. Each carries a fragment of a forgotten bloodline, but it isn’t until they meet on their shared birthday that the truth is together, they are the key to rewriting history itself.
By the next blue moon, they must decide whether to embrace the power calling them or risk leaving the world shackled by the past.
Nexus is just the beginning and will be used as my Lead Magnet. It's a novella prequel that introduces the prophecy and the women bound to it. Four elemental novellettes will follow, each released slowly in the lead-up to the first full-length Witchy Women novel coming out on the blue moon in May 2026. Think of this as the doorway into a much bigger world! - from BookSirens.com
This eARC was provided by Booksirens.com and I giving an unbiased review.
There have not been many times I have come across an author that puts out an 'origination' story prequel novella/novel before there are at least a couple books into the series. I am guessing at the request of the readers, to know how the characters came to be/meet/have powers, but it is what it is.
That being said, I am leery of reading this upcoming series. The premise of the storyline drew me in, and this being a prequel origination, I thought it might actually make me want to get the next book. Not so in this case.
It is a novella. I know it is going to be short, and depending on how the author feels, there may be too much room to write (without getting into their main storyline) or too little to include all they want to, so they have to "trim" corners. That is sort of how I felt about this one. Things started off well, explaining how these four women all happened to be in the same city at the same time. Then things went kaput for me.
The writing style seemed rushed in trying to get as much main details into this story, and the conversations felt like they were written in a hurry. How the characters all conveniently find out about this ancestral heritage/connection and the whole idea of being to have/use magic as just accepted way too easily. By the end of the book, they all have powers, they realize they are related in some shape or form, and again, conveniently, their powers tend to match their lifestyle/employment. Well, that one makes sense.
Overall, I felt the idea was wonderful, and I am still a bit curious about how they will be using their powers, against whom/what. It might be enough for me to check out the first book when it is released. Otherwise, I felt the writing was too quickly undertaken, with no depth to characters, background information, and the 'hidden' purpose behind why now of all times they have come together. I think young adults would enjoy this better than I will, as it seems to be written more to that genre.
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