Book Review: Spell Cat by Tara Lain (in electronic formats)

Spell Cat
by Tara Lain (available only as an eBook and eAudiobook via Hoopla)

This is the first book in the Aloysius Tales trilogy featuring the ancient and powerful cat familiar Aloysius – who seems to be more aware than one would normally expect in a cat.

We encounter conspiracies, political intrigue, magical skirmishes, the Russian mob, romance, and LIES. With all this going on history professor Killian Barth, secretly a witch, is the Witch Master for his tribe and must marry a witch. But of course, he’s fallen in love with the new quantum physics professor, Blaine Genneau – a human male.

In this universe witches are unknown to the regular population, so Killian’s first problem is convincing the logical physics guy that he really is a witch. Then we deal with the rest of the intrigue and problems, assisted by a handful of witch students in Killian and Blaine’s classes.

I admit, I suspected a specific solution might be the resolution and I turned out right in that matter, but getting there was still fun and interesting. Each book in this trilogy includes a male/male romance along with the intrigue and witchery.

There are two additional books, at this time, in this series with the final book focusing on the mysterious Aloysius and how he came to be.

[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Winter Oranges, by Marie Sexton. A young man has been hiding inside a snow globe for years and cannot escape.]

[ official Spell Cat information on the official Tara Lain web site ]

Recommended by Charlotte M.
Bennett Martin Public Library

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