Daniel Kensington Author / Warlock 3

Just a thought, how about a visit to the old Blackwood stomping grounds during the European trip. Maybe there is some way to untangle Mel’s estrangement from her goddess. Or even an opportunity for a marking in the ancestral grove.

DaveWill

2025-08-16 14:34:05 +0000 UTC

As Gabriel said, draining all of a witch's mana gave him ALL of the mana they would ever have. Think of how Sam's wizard wizz potion took her from one practically size 0 resonant to three large resonants (after being split between with Noah). Now do that for each and every witch Gabriel drained. I assume his uncle's coven was among the independents, but a triple allure backed with that much mana would probably keep any witch caught by surprise or even many witches prepared for it from running. Do you keep your concentration on defending against the allure or magical attacks? Any lapse in both would be a death sentence. As for his other prey, I don't think it was strictly independents. It was mentioned that witches had been going missing since perhaps book 1, but no one knew why. I believe that was a foreshadowing of Gabriel more than the Patriarchy. If he was ever caught by someone other than Noah's mother, he made sure to clean them up as well.

rendterna

2025-08-10 18:31:59 +0000 UTC

So I'm guessing saving the Fielding sisters will have to wait for the next book. Fair enough, though it does make me wonder, how on earth did Gabriel manage to out gun an entire coven? Did no one survive to give the alarm, or was he preying exclusively on independents?

Rhys

2025-08-06 13:12:48 +0000 UTC

In the battle scene between the Cait Fae and Felicity, once Fíorghráin realized the geas was backfiring on him, he shouted “I withdraw the geas! ... I release you from —” The first half of that was probably enough to cancel the geas, though according to Felicity, the geas had begun to unravel when she realized that it was Fíorghráin who was the real threat to Morgan. Not that I think Felicity would object to having a geas to protect Morgan. She already believes she has a duty.

Tom

2025-08-04 11:48:31 +0000 UTC

So, is Felicity now forever bound to protect Morgan?

JimBo

2025-08-03 22:29:40 +0000 UTC

During the scene with Priscilla in the Sauna we are told that Cassian is from the Rhodope Mountains, which is on the Bulgaria side of the border with Greece. Assuming that is the case I can't help wondering if Magistra Cassian made the suggestion because she thinks the witch would be a good match for the Coven, or because of how well known that Sam likes 'boobs'. Could be a source of conflict with Rachel if that witch also likes girls.

Silent Monk

2025-08-02 18:48:21 +0000 UTC

Well, we did get to see Sam fight him, and the critical blow ( knee) too!

Eric Vandet

2025-07-31 14:09:50 +0000 UTC

Having just reread book one and two, in preparation for book three, I came across the scene where Noah asks Magistra Cassian for help on his special report for Magistra Hawke's class. Magistra Cassian hands Sam a photo stick of her cousin, with nice mountains, back in the old country. And now, Sam is arranging a trip to Bulgaria to interview a witch. What are the odds that they are one and the same?

Rick Krumholtz

2025-07-30 23:32:02 +0000 UTC

I want the audible version! I try not to buy books without audio and I WANT this series in my library. I've already read W1 and W2 several times, so, please, please, please get W3 in audible ASAP!

Stephen Metcalfe

2025-07-28 04:02:48 +0000 UTC

I'm wondering if Baba Yaga was another First Witch like Mel. Also the relative power between the two of them was a guess based on how long Sam had heard rumours of each of them. I would guess that the Family Fíorghráin stole Morgan from would be as far away as possible from the orphan system he hid her in. Assuming that the city Mel lives in is on the East Coast of America (okay is New York), maybe the West coast, maybe Europe. And guess where they're going to be spending part of their summer - Bulgaria. So it just might be that she was taken from a family that had Baba Yaga as its originator and the next books climax arc is based on this.

Silent Monk

2025-07-27 08:50:14 +0000 UTC

My guess for Morgan’s lineage is she descendant of the baba Yaga. She was mentioned early on in the first book as the only witch to rival or surpass Mel and if she has that much power I would bet she is still alive. I get the feeling that none of the current council families introduced so far have bloodlines that would meet the fae’s expectations of powerful enough to contain his goddess besides the Blackwood and we know it’s not her.

Bollywash

2025-07-27 06:40:01 +0000 UTC

Triple Allure, and the Morrigan attempt is important to the entire magical community even if only to let them know to keep an eye out for future attempts. Also, with how much the witch families throw a fit about Noah "stealing" one of their girls each time, imagine how much they will go after a different magical race for doing the same. The Gabriel situation is a mess. He did not seem to be part of the (council) Families, so dealing with him will probably end up being a bridge into the independents and ferals. No sense in them not being warned as well.

rendterna

2025-07-26 15:51:24 +0000 UTC

It's unclear if sound is included in Hindsight. I believe it is not, and I base that more on the conversation in the patriarchy's basement the magic net not absorbing sound than I am on sound never being included in previous uses of Hindsight. How well they can determine what spell was used based on the mana revealed is another matter. It being blocked without taking effect and Noah being a warlock, thus having his mana stripped of its affinity, are hopefully in Noah's favor. All they would know is some kind of magic was cast that targeted Gabriel but failed to do anything.

rendterna

2025-07-26 15:43:29 +0000 UTC

I can't see any reason why the council, once informed of what happened, wouldn't send an investigation team to check with hindsight and confirm the story. Which would require that they could hear the conversation / monologue from the past. Including Gabriel realising that Command was attempted to be used on him.

Silent Monk

2025-07-26 14:11:31 +0000 UTC

Maybe its just me but it seems that the existence of a sympsychophonos with double (triple?) Allure would be pretty damn important to know by ALL the witches (council, independents, outcasts). The plot to bring back the Morrigan much less so since it was thwarted and the instigator killed. Noah already feels guilty about Katrina. If / when Gabriel strikes again he truly will have to bear some of the responsibility for not warning everyone.

Silent Monk

2025-07-26 14:11:07 +0000 UTC

I guess that the first thing that has to happen is that they answer the phone. The second is whether you'd want to make such a deal with the Fieldings. I sure wouldn't make it with the Prescotts.

Silent Monk

2025-07-26 13:48:39 +0000 UTC

There is a comment about Lammastide when going over the demand for payment from the Winthorps, so I'm guessing that the invitation is actually from the Winthorps, or maybe the Hearsts. I can't see anyway it would be from the Prescotts, but I suppose there is a small chance its from the Blakes if Cassandra's Mom tries to rebuild bridges.

Silent Monk

2025-07-26 13:45:04 +0000 UTC

Sort along similar lines, I've made the raw text into my own e-pub, but added chapter descriptors to the Nav page to help me re-read my favourites. Called the chapter after the mainden's plea 'Monologuing' because it remined me so much of The Incredibles.

Silent Monk

2025-07-26 12:55:47 +0000 UTC

Book 4. “Warlock - The Summer of Love”

Robert Nugent

2025-07-24 19:34:44 +0000 UTC

Well just saying Noah was out and I'm pretty sure Morgan is shy enough that she stole the first one when no one even Noah could see it.

BetterSleepAwake

2025-07-24 18:29:07 +0000 UTC

Hold that thought, we need a scene with a hot Swedish zombie, were the team looks to Sam like she would go make out with this zombie too. PEAK.

BetterSleepAwake

2025-07-24 18:26:24 +0000 UTC

First couple pages, Sam wraps her arm around Noah- awkward sentence.

DaveWill

2025-07-24 04:28:32 +0000 UTC

It might also apply to the rules of being Morrigan. The fey are all about rules and crap, if she NEEDS the body to be empty, the fact that her one friend, didn't abandon her, isn't dead, and was actively by her side fighting to free her. Should have kept her safe. (At least if my thoughts on the fey and rules is right.). I would have much rather that the MC marked her, but so many authors seem stuck with the idea of 1 girl per book (Like relations and situationships are so neat and organized. /rolls eyes

Perversity

2025-07-23 13:34:24 +0000 UTC

Really really enjoyed the book. Not gonna lie, I'm going to keep laughing at the idea of Sam making out with a zombie. OMG HAHAHAHA Hilarious. At least she can add Zombies to the list of people who won't has sex with. LOL

Perversity

2025-07-23 13:31:00 +0000 UTC

I think that the final part is ok but does not add up to being great. Magic is based on will and Morrigan would have had a much stronger will to get Morgan. I really dont think that a quick, your in my coven, is enough, wouldn't a marking need to really solidify that. I think it could have been more of a challenge to Morrigan fighting off a marking than just some words.

Aaron Berube

2025-07-23 10:16:27 +0000 UTC

Great finish to the book. I really wanted to see the girls fight Z-Gabriel instead of being told about it. Would’ve been cool and a bit more climactic, but as I’m sure we’ll see him again, it’s prob fine.

Patrick St. Pierre

2025-07-23 05:27:44 +0000 UTC

Having run 2nd ed, 3.5 ed, 5ed games for years, if you could really make the argument and math that Felicity did I would give it to you! :-) ........ but be careful what you wish for... as I would surely use it against you at some point ;-)

Paul Boggs

2025-07-22 23:36:08 +0000 UTC

I’m still holding out hope that Noah will mark SOMEONE, Priscilla, Morgan, Brittany, Hannah, the last chapter.

DaveWill

2025-07-22 22:39:38 +0000 UTC

That's some low hanging fruit though. Just go on any Avatar forum and say that Zuko and Katara should have ended up together.

Michael Fannon

2025-07-22 18:04:30 +0000 UTC

Noah in the grove helping Cassandra was peak!

BetterSleepAwake

2025-07-22 16:01:15 +0000 UTC

Bread equals the Mother aspect?

Lokison

2025-07-22 13:25:57 +0000 UTC

While I agree with the first part, I can't agree that it is anyway at all related to Rachel. It was stated last book that the Archimagira could not officially endorse the union and would have to appear quite cross in order to protect them from her enemies even to the point of making her enemies look upon the Blackwoods favorably. The recompense for Rachel was also said to treat the Blackwood Family as equals and is more of a "let's pretend to be upset" agreement while offering to break their traditions to accommodate Noah's coven. Noah's kids are going to need to find witches in other Families to form their own covens, and the Archimagira commented on how Noah's approach both appeals to modern sensibilities and follows the old ways. Considering how Mel said she loved skulduggery and manipulation, this is probably her way of steering at least her Family away from the entrenched Family structure she has stated her distaste for and towards one better for the newer generations. From what we could see with Rachel's mother, her grandmother is probably not of the majority opinion. The agreement with the Blackwoods will likely help to change that as the other witches get to see and experience a different path.

rendterna

2025-07-22 12:56:44 +0000 UTC

Between Noah at Rachel's marking, and Noah at Cassandra's graduation ritual, we see huge growth in Noah as a warlock. At the binding, he shows up with no idea what he's expected to do except bind Rachel. For Cassandra's plea, he owned the whole thing: he consulted the experts (Mel and Magistra Cassian), he wrote the plea, he organized the ritual, and he conducted it himself. He owned the whole thing, even to the point of accepting that even if Cassandra ridiculed him for the whole thing, it was worth it to help her. Bit by bit, he's becoming a real warlock. Plenty of reason for Mel to be proud of him.

Tom

2025-07-22 02:06:55 +0000 UTC

Rereading again (damn good book) and there is something a bit off here. Why didn't Noah and Morgan kiss? Morgan has been carrying that torch for years. She deserves the kiss.

Michael Fannon

2025-07-22 00:37:37 +0000 UTC

Loved the shout out to Wesley and Buttercup in the Princess Bride - a nice twist on her dropping his head back onto the headboard.

Kmont54

2025-07-22 00:36:34 +0000 UTC

It shows how corrupted the witch families have become that they order their daughters to attempt to mark the feral Warlock for their family and then claim that the daughter was stolen when the marking does not have the expected outcome. There is nothing in the story about Rachael's mother giving her that order. Perhaps the recompense can be worked into an agreement that works for both families.

Mark

2025-07-22 00:01:37 +0000 UTC

I forgot to say but did anyone else's heart stop and think "no Mihai" when we didnt know if he was alive or dead. I honestly thought not the boyz.

BetterSleepAwake

2025-07-21 22:39:00 +0000 UTC

Loved the book Daniel!! Will be looking for the total package. I don't know about anyone else but it was encouraging to see so many plotlines left wide open. Which can only mean more good stories to come. I will be patiently waiting... err well maybe not patiently but I will be waiting.

david hughes

2025-07-21 22:38:12 +0000 UTC

Cassandra should’ve just pulled “You want consistency? I’m the fucking DM. That’s the only consistency you need”

BourbonDan

2025-07-21 22:37:03 +0000 UTC

I'm with Sam though the throat being crushed means he was already dead the other girl were kill stealing. No one likes a kser.

BetterSleepAwake

2025-07-21 21:51:48 +0000 UTC

Gods Dammit! You've got me dying for the fourth before you release this third book!!!!!!! Type faster! I'm running out of exclamation points!!! Uh, love your work, by the by. The girls going medieval on that bastard was great!

Ben Brown

2025-07-21 20:23:59 +0000 UTC

Now that we are waiting for the ARC version, it's time to list everything we have seen that needs to get done. Here's one thing. The list of witches' titles at the beginning of the book needs to be updated. Daniel should add "kentrox" and "adjutrix."

Tom

2025-07-21 15:53:23 +0000 UTC

Gabriel also went after his uncle’s coven, admitted to killing Noah’s mother, “her warlock, and, like, six of her sisters.” He also admitted that he killed any witch he bonded with, and that Noah’s mom had seen Gabriel with a witch who had disappeared and had raised the alarm. Gabriel may have also killed his own mother as well: “Let’s just say she said some things she came to regret.”

Yanai Siegel

2025-07-21 14:13:15 +0000 UTC

Loved the d&d game and being a mage player have had almost all those fireball arguments with my DM over the years, I will have to bring up the compressed area extra damage one!

John Kennedy

2025-07-21 11:42:23 +0000 UTC

Sorta did back on the prologue. Felicity smelled 2, first one was blood and iron and the second one is cedar and oak. I'm guessing the first is war or something related to it while the second is something related to insight or prophecy. Just guesses though. Definitely has to do with her inability to cook, love of making figures, and how she just knew what to get people for Christmas.

Michael Fannon

2025-07-21 10:59:06 +0000 UTC

I hope not, the few chapters of Goblin Gigs that he has on here, I at least didn't feel as drawn in as I did with Warlock.

Michael Chaney

2025-07-21 08:43:46 +0000 UTC

I think since she was so close to her birthday and getting access to her full power she technically under the Maiden. I'm not saying the Mother wouldn't be mad, just that, to me, the Mother is more an aspect of motherhood.

Michael Chaney

2025-07-21 08:25:58 +0000 UTC

Why did the Maiden reappear? Shouldn’t the Mother meet Noah?

mhaj58

2025-07-21 07:11:15 +0000 UTC

It seems to be the formula in all the books of the series. They are 90% slice of life then the last 10% is the conflict that has been simmering under the surface the whole time.

Grimmace

2025-07-21 06:47:06 +0000 UTC

To be fair, she wasn't rules lawyering until Cassandra tried to change yhe rules she set to injure players. Cassandra is the dm who gives every enemy silvery barbs because her players all took it.

Grimmace

2025-07-21 06:45:50 +0000 UTC

I'm loving Felicity using science degrees for DnD. She's teabagged in pvp, now going full pedantic in DnD. All she needs to do now is start a forum flame war and she completes the nerd trifecta.

Andy Likes Pancakes

2025-07-21 05:37:17 +0000 UTC

What about Hannah? She's graduated. When will Noah bite her?

John Fairfield

2025-07-21 05:26:07 +0000 UTC

Can you please disclose Morgan's resenants in this book

Scott Plude

2025-07-21 05:18:47 +0000 UTC

Click on the other one. The second one works.

rendterna

2025-07-21 05:10:34 +0000 UTC

The PDF seems to be empty.

Max

2025-07-21 05:04:23 +0000 UTC

I would never DM for felicity…what a rules lawyer…she is so “that one player”.

Nick Drake

2025-07-21 03:26:26 +0000 UTC

Great ending. I think you mentioned it earlier, but your last section of the book transitioned really quickly. It might just be me, but I think you may want to leave more clues that lead up to the events that happened at the end or create a more solid buildup. You kinda did the same thing in book 2, and I'd argue that it's not a pattern you want repeating in your next several books.

Mation Amalga

2025-07-21 03:17:16 +0000 UTC

I don't specifically remember details regarding when Morgan's graduation was, but it was said that Noah's birthday was only a few days after Willowmere's. And Morgan's "official" birthday is the day after Noah's. It could very well be that Morgan had school for a week longer than Noah, I am not sure on specifics regarding her mundane life.

rendterna

2025-07-21 02:53:28 +0000 UTC

The same way Noah was classified as a Lost One and made a Family Head: technicalities. He was supposedly dead, and thus the plans she was not allowed to interfere with had already ceased to be. Turns out he's not really dead, but those plans had already gone up in smoke, so his not-death is not really relevant anymore.

rendterna

2025-07-21 02:47:45 +0000 UTC

If he didnt really die how could Mel help them??? Well that didn't get my stress and blood pressure to sky rocket. Even knowing it was going to happen. I'm both happy and sad its not over. Both deaths would have been to easy to happen at once. The D&D game was a nice way to ease the book into a semblance ofnormality. Now Gabriel has a fae and the Blackwood after him.

Posiden 300

2025-07-21 02:26:12 +0000 UTC

Wasn't there a lot of foreshadowing that something was going to happen to Morgan close to her birthday? I think it started when they were followed in book 2. It was even said that Gabriel acting less creepy was itself suspicious, as if he was luring them into lowering their guards. Gabriel being obsessed with harming Noah, or even that they might be related? I don't think that was ever hinted at. Hopefully someone corrects me if I'm wrong.

rendterna

2025-07-21 02:25:59 +0000 UTC

Well, Rachel was in line to be the second to join the coven... But yes, she is in for quite an adventure. Between finding out that, yes, some warlocks DO still have Command, and dealing with injured kumpani and kidnapped witches is just another day that ends in 'y' for this coven. Does eloping count as kidnapping a witch, because we have an unbroken streak of 4:4 kidnappings to school vacations if we do. I'm counting Sam as eloping since she purposefully gave herself to Noah to escape instead of following her Family's demands. Either way, Sororix Prescott certainly considered her unlawfully taken away.

rendterna

2025-07-21 02:16:34 +0000 UTC

Great 3rd book, can't wait to start reading the 4th. I'm wondering if he's going to bind Morgan and Priscilla in the next book. Because its been one girl a book so far, and in my opinion you could bind Priscilla in the beginning of the book and Morgan near the end. Of course if Morgan has been waiting 3 or more years for Noah, she may not want to wait any longer to be with him.

Michael Chaney

2025-07-21 02:13:24 +0000 UTC

Great chapters. One question: I thought there was a couple weeks between Morgan graduating and turning 18, but she was at school when kidnapped, then turned 18 just a day or two later, possibly while school was still in session?

Parker Bond

2025-07-21 02:09:29 +0000 UTC

One complaint I have is that Noah didn’t have sex with Sam once in this volume. Sam’s date night was skipped over too

mhaj58

2025-07-21 02:03:43 +0000 UTC

Gabriel's maternal uncle is Noah's father. Noah's paternal aunt is Gabriel's mother. I think. I somehow got twisted around during Gabriel's convoluted rant about who he did and didn't kill that I was wondering why Gabriel was calling his half-brother his cousin until I went back and reread that part a few times. Edit: Noah's paternal aunt. Still messing it up...

rendterna

2025-07-21 01:54:39 +0000 UTC

I think she was limited to the area around the altar, but it was said she needed someone without kin. Gabriel knows his aunt and cousin still live. They hate his guts, but they live. They will be there for him. They will be there for him like how he promised to take care of Noah...

rendterna

2025-07-21 01:49:49 +0000 UTC

Hey, at least we get to see the conclusion of what Noah told Morgan the night she found out she was a witch. "If Gabriel hurt you, I'd do worse." Hannah already told him about a were rescue he can feed that monster to to further desecrate his corpse, and that sounds like it goes right up there with what the Maiden asked him to do. The big question I'm wondering now is this: Do weres like to eat live or dead prey more? It probably depends on if weres are only based on wolves or if they can be any animal. The fae was torn apart with pieces of him literally all over the place. How much worse will Gabriel's death be? Edit: Fixed "If Gabriel hurt you" quote...

rendterna

2025-07-21 01:44:33 +0000 UTC

We’re gonna need a separate genealogical chart to sort out who is related to whom. So Noah’s maternal uncle is Gabriel’s father? They’re first cousins? Unless the whole thing was bs.

Robert Nugent

2025-07-21 01:37:20 +0000 UTC

I don't think Morgan counts as a founder's legacy unless they find her parents before the next school year, so adding her to the coven probably won't give her enrollment to the school. It will let her stay at the cottage, and at least two of the possible initiatae they want to visit over the summer can help Cassandra tutor her on witch studies. Probably. I'm guessing Magistra Cassian's cousin has already graduated, but who knows what the age gap is with witches. Could be 2-3 years or it could be 200-300.

rendterna

2025-07-21 01:33:28 +0000 UTC

I would bet on Priscilla being the next sister added to the coven. She is in for a wild ride that she has just started to experience.

Mark

2025-07-21 01:30:47 +0000 UTC

I believe that I heard The Author say that he must turn his attention to Goblin Gigs next. The Author is boss of this world.

Mark

2025-07-21 01:29:09 +0000 UTC

Sorta a humorous aside... Sam making "Gabbie" jokes after so obviously washing her mouth out from Gabriel.

Daniel Sifrit

2025-07-21 01:22:47 +0000 UTC

It feels very sudden just going from clothes shopping and home renovations to suddenly saving the world in a warehouse confrontation. Maybe add some chapters or foreshadowing that build it up more? Otherwise, love the story as always.

Alex Galaitsis

2025-07-21 01:11:23 +0000 UTC

Methinks Gabriel would make an excellent Morrigan vessel. I wonder if she slithered down the zombie link.

Garden Variety Serpent

2025-07-21 01:04:31 +0000 UTC

Really enjoyed these chapters. The fights were somewhat short but I like that. I like short and satisfying over long and annoying.

Kyle

2025-07-21 01:04:13 +0000 UTC

Love the ending, I wanted more girls bound in the book but I also wanted Cassandra’s issues resolved before he added to the coven and that took the majority of the book so I’m okay with it. Can’t wait for the release and the start of book 4! Hoping for some more POV’s I want to see more from Priscilla’s perspective maybe when she learns from her mom she is going to be in Noah’s coven.

Bollywash

2025-07-21 01:02:54 +0000 UTC

Well, the number of dates future initiatae get is based on the number Priscilla gets, so she probably gets a few more dates but no one else gets bound before her. If I'm remembering correctly, she only got two this book. That does not sound like enough for us to see future initiatae before they fully join the coven, but I doubt it takes longer than next book for her to get bound. With next book starting with summer break, there will be plenty of time for dates if you ignore all the witch shit that Noah will inevitably be drawn into. Will that witch shit involve someone else being bound before Priscilla? You know what? I won't argue against that... Things have a tendency of happening to Noah and he comes out with another witch in hand. Many of us suspected Rachel would be the second to join the coven given the buildup including asking the archimagira and look how that turned out? Give Morgan some time. Noah hasn't built up a romantic relationship with her yet even if we have started to see that one will grow soon. I suspect someone else will join between her and Priscilla for that reason.

rendterna

2025-07-21 00:59:53 +0000 UTC

Motherfuckin’ Gabriel needs to mutherfuckin” die. And die hard with a vengeance. Now we’re stuck with his effing soap opera death. Grrrrrrrrr. Otherwise I loved the chapters and the whole damn book. More to come later.

Robert Nugent

2025-07-21 00:56:04 +0000 UTC

Question, will Morgan have to be part of the coven to attend Willomere next year since the wait is so long? Or will she be allowed to attend? Cassandra has graduated, Sam still has her time and Rachel. 3 to 4 years of tuition might be a little pricey even for the set up Mel gave them. Last question: When are you starting on 4 =)

Mick

2025-07-21 00:51:40 +0000 UTC

Glad to know that Gabriel is going to suffer the consequences. Here's to hoping we see how badly he is messed up the next time he tries to lash out at the Blackwoods! I wonder how failing to pay a debt to the fae compares to not keeping an oath... At least Noah gets to keep his word that if Gabriel hurt Morgan he'd do worse. I am very much looking forward to that! And he better suffer because trying to process through who he did and didn't kill because his crimes were exposed (but only to two people, because witch gossip spreads at the speed of frozen molasses?) was almost as bad as what he did to Morgan. Did no one else in his mother's coven try to attack him or something? Or are most witch families so fucked up that they just did not care if it wasn't a warlock that was killed? We've seen witch gossip spread so fast that only those two witches, Gabriel and Noah's mothers, knowing about such a terrible threat seems almost unrealistic. I don't know. I liked the fight, and I liked the fae's downfall due to the oath he himself demanded. Gabriel's backstory just felt like it came out of nowhere even if the idea of someone like him was already foreshadowed by the two onesies earlier. That and the Maiden saying the other warlocks are entitled pricks... Am I missing something that foreshadowed their relationship or even Gabriel's fascination with Noah? I only saw him focusing on Morgan. And it never sounded like he cared about Noah when they talked on the phone in book 1, either.

rendterna

2025-07-21 00:11:28 +0000 UTC

Loved loved loved it. Cannot wait to hold the whole book in one file!

Belikin

2025-07-20 23:40:29 +0000 UTC

Randomly, "[t]hey are on the road with a dire purpose" is just a wonderfully evocative phrase.

David M Hungerford III

2025-07-20 23:30:18 +0000 UTC

Amazing ending. Very interested to read the next book!

Nathan Blacklock

2025-07-20 23:02:50 +0000 UTC

He promised to be there for her when she turned 18. He was there.

Michael Fannon

2025-07-20 22:59:10 +0000 UTC

On one hand, I very much wanted the covenant to expand. On the other hand, at this rate we will get 13 of these books and I am 100% ok with that.

Michael Fannon

2025-07-20 22:58:30 +0000 UTC

We definitely got two Maiden chapters, but you are right, I don't remember a Mother chapter.

rendterna

2025-07-20 22:41:17 +0000 UTC

"Aside from Morgan having just come into her power and not even knowing how to shield herself, much less fight a being thousands of years old," Seems to be missing the rest of the paragraph there

Michael Fannon

2025-07-20 22:32:18 +0000 UTC

Agreed. A quasi cliffhanger is fine, but the blurb after the epilog of W1 promised no more cliffhangers IMO.

Martin Elzen

2025-07-20 22:23:19 +0000 UTC

Oh dont worry Morgan's still in there i bet money on it

BetterSleepAwake

2025-07-20 22:21:58 +0000 UTC

Thx for the Chapters, when will Morgan and percilla be bound? Next schoolyear or the beginning of the next book at least morgan

Julian Lachner

2025-07-20 22:18:39 +0000 UTC

So, I had expected 12 or 13 chapters for the war-for-Morgan but I'm glad that is done, Morgan's attitude is as sassy as ever, and now the Fieldings get tasked with finding Noah's ma in a witchly legit way.. Looking forward to bits of W4 soon, but I love what all has gone into W3!

Martin Elzen

2025-07-20 22:18:19 +0000 UTC

Awesome chapters! Terrible ending! On the last chapter,I guess book 4 is going to start with a party? We needed bondings

Ralph

2025-07-20 22:17:40 +0000 UTC

He could but with audio in mind it just takes so mich out of the flow of the book, and even so most of the time you know who is saying what

Julian Lachner

2025-07-20 22:17:37 +0000 UTC

Does Noah’s oath to be outside their foster home the day she ages out count as obsolete? Or are they going to go back at the start of the next book?

Apiris

2025-07-20 22:16:25 +0000 UTC

Great ending. Super excited for when this continues. Anyone have thoughts on Lammastide Conclave? I’m drawing a blank. Edit: Lammastide is a harvest type festival in the British isles.

Direwolf1618

2025-07-20 22:11:51 +0000 UTC

Copywrite issues...or Sam's sense of humor. Either work really

Kalrik

2025-07-20 22:09:41 +0000 UTC

This chapter was 🎥. Thank you DK.

BetterSleepAwake

2025-07-20 22:02:22 +0000 UTC

Did we not get the mother this book but the maiden twice? Or did I miss something?

Michael Fannon

2025-07-20 21:56:00 +0000 UTC

So pointing out the obvious here: easy way to get Brittany and Hannah is to make a deal similar to the one the Winthrops made. A warlock or trinitara witch of the Blackwood line will be bound to one of their family within a few decades. Noah's kids will need their own covens someday afterall, and a warlock or trinitara witch is worth a whole lot more than any onesees.

Michael Fannon

2025-07-20 21:42:05 +0000 UTC

Great story, thank you. The ending was not my cup of tea, But I am looking forward to the next book.

William Brown

2025-07-20 21:38:10 +0000 UTC

Love it. Was expecting a bit more of a battle over Morgan, but I did not see Gabriel being set up to be a big bad for the series. And really related to Noah. Man, what a twist. And sets up things for a much bigger universe. Also, thank you for ending it with a big teaser instead of a cliff of Morgan missing or something.

Michael Fannon

2025-07-20 21:34:57 +0000 UTC

Lammas Day? Around 1 August? Everyone gets together and bakes bread. Sounds tasty.

Richard Bamberg

2025-07-20 21:25:37 +0000 UTC

Great set of updates, especially seeing Felicity the rules lawyer.

Trevayne

2025-07-20 21:16:21 +0000 UTC

Wonderful upload. Looking forward to the edited release - and, of course, to the conclave. This universe is so much better than the one we currently occupy.

Donal O'Donoghue

2025-07-20 21:15:29 +0000 UTC

Jesus christ that escalated quickly

BetterSleepAwake

2025-07-20 21:06:04 +0000 UTC

Loved this. Super minor, but I couldn’t tell if ‘Zena’ is a mistake or an intentional misspelling of Xena

Apiris

2025-07-20 21:02:47 +0000 UTC

Great ending and thanks a lot for not ending at a cliffhanger

Haran Prana

2025-07-20 20:55:03 +0000 UTC

Holy moly what an ending, although I would appreciate it if you would add a blank says during some of the conversations. It can be difficult to know who’s saying what in the epilogue

mhaj58

2025-07-20 20:30:02 +0000 UTC

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Just a thought, how about a visit to the old Blackwood stomping grounds during the European trip. Maybe there is some way to untangle Mel’s estrangement from her goddess. Or even an opportunity for a marking in the ancestral grove.

So I'm guessing saving the Fielding sisters will have to wait for the next book. Fair enough, though it does make me wonder, how on earth did Gabriel manage to out gun an entire coven? Did no one survive to give the alarm, or was he preying exclusively on independents?

So, is Felicity now forever bound to protect Morgan?

Well, we did get to see Sam fight him, and the critical blow ( knee) too!

I want the audible version! I try not to buy books without audio and I WANT this series in my library. I've already read W1 and W2 several times, so, please, please, please get W3 in audible ASAP!

I guess that the first thing that has to happen is that they answer the phone. The second is whether you'd want to make such a deal with the Fieldings. I sure wouldn't make it with the Prescotts.

Sort along similar lines, I've made the raw text into my own e-pub, but added chapter descriptors to the Nav page to help me re-read my favourites. Called the chapter after the mainden's plea 'Monologuing' because it remined me so much of The Incredibles.

Book 4. “Warlock - The Summer of Love”

Well just saying Noah was out and I'm pretty sure Morgan is shy enough that she stole the first one when no one even Noah could see it.

Hold that thought, we need a scene with a hot Swedish zombie, were the team looks to Sam like she would go make out with this zombie too. PEAK.

First couple pages, Sam wraps her arm around Noah- awkward sentence.

Really really enjoyed the book. Not gonna lie, I'm going to keep laughing at the idea of Sam making out with a zombie. OMG HAHAHAHA Hilarious. At least she can add Zombies to the list of people who won't has sex with. LOL

Great finish to the book. I really wanted to see the girls fight Z-Gabriel instead of being told about it. Would’ve been cool and a bit more climactic, but as I’m sure we’ll see him again, it’s prob fine.

Having run 2nd ed, 3.5 ed, 5ed games for years, if you could really make the argument and math that Felicity did I would give it to you! :-) ........ but be careful what you wish for... as I would surely use it against you at some point ;-)

I’m still holding out hope that Noah will mark SOMEONE, Priscilla, Morgan, Brittany, Hannah, the last chapter.

That's some low hanging fruit though. Just go on any Avatar forum and say that Zuko and Katara should have ended up together.

Noah in the grove helping Cassandra was peak!

Bread equals the Mother aspect?

Rereading again (damn good book) and there is something a bit off here. Why didn't Noah and Morgan kiss? Morgan has been carrying that torch for years. She deserves the kiss.

Loved the shout out to Wesley and Buttercup in the Princess Bride - a nice twist on her dropping his head back onto the headboard.

I forgot to say but did anyone else's heart stop and think "no Mihai" when we didnt know if he was alive or dead. I honestly thought not the boyz.

Loved the book Daniel!! Will be looking for the total package. I don't know about anyone else but it was encouraging to see so many plotlines left wide open. Which can only mean more good stories to come. I will be patiently waiting... err well maybe not patiently but I will be waiting.

Cassandra should’ve just pulled “You want consistency? I’m the fucking DM. That’s the only consistency you need”

I'm with Sam though the throat being crushed means he was already dead the other girl were kill stealing. No one likes a kser.

Gods Dammit! You've got me dying for the fourth before you release this third book!!!!!!! Type faster! I'm running out of exclamation points!!! Uh, love your work, by the by. The girls going medieval on that bastard was great!

Now that we are waiting for the ARC version, it's time to list everything we have seen that needs to get done. Here's one thing. The list of witches' titles at the beginning of the book needs to be updated. Daniel should add "kentrox" and "adjutrix."

Loved the d&d game and being a mage player have had almost all those fireball arguments with my DM over the years, I will have to bring up the compressed area extra damage one!

I hope not, the few chapters of Goblin Gigs that he has on here, I at least didn't feel as drawn in as I did with Warlock.

I think since she was so close to her birthday and getting access to her full power she technically under the Maiden. I'm not saying the Mother wouldn't be mad, just that, to me, the Mother is more an aspect of motherhood.

Why did the Maiden reappear? Shouldn’t the Mother meet Noah?

It seems to be the formula in all the books of the series. They are 90% slice of life then the last 10% is the conflict that has been simmering under the surface the whole time.

To be fair, she wasn't rules lawyering until Cassandra tried to change yhe rules she set to injure players. Cassandra is the dm who gives every enemy silvery barbs because her players all took it.

I'm loving Felicity using science degrees for DnD. She's teabagged in pvp, now going full pedantic in DnD. All she needs to do now is start a forum flame war and she completes the nerd trifecta.

What about Hannah? She's graduated. When will Noah bite her?

Can you please disclose Morgan's resenants in this book

Click on the other one. The second one works.

The PDF seems to be empty.

I would never DM for felicity…what a rules lawyer…she is so “that one player”.

Great chapters. One question: I thought there was a couple weeks between Morgan graduating and turning 18, but she was at school when kidnapped, then turned 18 just a day or two later, possibly while school was still in session?

One complaint I have is that Noah didn’t have sex with Sam once in this volume. Sam’s date night was skipped over too

I think she was limited to the area around the altar, but it was said she needed someone without kin. Gabriel knows his aunt and cousin still live. They hate his guts, but they live. They will be there for him. They will be there for him like how he promised to take care of Noah...

We’re gonna need a separate genealogical chart to sort out who is related to whom. So Noah’s maternal uncle is Gabriel’s father? They’re first cousins? Unless the whole thing was bs.

I would bet on Priscilla being the next sister added to the coven. She is in for a wild ride that she has just started to experience.

I believe that I heard The Author say that he must turn his attention to Goblin Gigs next. The Author is boss of this world.

Sorta a humorous aside... Sam making "Gabbie" jokes after so obviously washing her mouth out from Gabriel.

It feels very sudden just going from clothes shopping and home renovations to suddenly saving the world in a warehouse confrontation. Maybe add some chapters or foreshadowing that build it up more? Otherwise, love the story as always.

Methinks Gabriel would make an excellent Morrigan vessel. I wonder if she slithered down the zombie link.

Really enjoyed these chapters. The fights were somewhat short but I like that. I like short and satisfying over long and annoying.

Motherfuckin’ Gabriel needs to mutherfuckin” die. And die hard with a vengeance. Now we’re stuck with his effing soap opera death. Grrrrrrrrr. Otherwise I loved the chapters and the whole damn book. More to come later.

Loved loved loved it. Cannot wait to hold the whole book in one file!

Randomly, "[t]hey are on the road with a dire purpose" is just a wonderfully evocative phrase.

Amazing ending. Very interested to read the next book!

He promised to be there for her when she turned 18. He was there.

On one hand, I very much wanted the covenant to expand. On the other hand, at this rate we will get 13 of these books and I am 100% ok with that.

We definitely got two Maiden chapters, but you are right, I don't remember a Mother chapter.

"Aside from Morgan having just come into her power and not even knowing how to shield herself, much less fight a being thousands of years old," Seems to be missing the rest of the paragraph there

Agreed. A quasi cliffhanger is fine, but the blurb after the epilog of W1 promised no more cliffhangers IMO.

Oh dont worry Morgan's still in there i bet money on it

Thx for the Chapters, when will Morgan and percilla be bound? Next schoolyear or the beginning of the next book at least morgan

So, I had expected 12 or 13 chapters for the war-for-Morgan but I'm glad that is done, Morgan's attitude is as sassy as ever, and now the Fieldings get tasked with finding Noah's ma in a witchly legit way.. Looking forward to bits of W4 soon, but I love what all has gone into W3!

Awesome chapters! Terrible ending! On the last chapter,I guess book 4 is going to start with a party? We needed bondings

He could but with audio in mind it just takes so mich out of the flow of the book, and even so most of the time you know who is saying what

Does Noah’s oath to be outside their foster home the day she ages out count as obsolete? Or are they going to go back at the start of the next book?

Great ending. Super excited for when this continues. Anyone have thoughts on Lammastide Conclave? I’m drawing a blank. Edit: Lammastide is a harvest type festival in the British isles.

Copywrite issues...or Sam's sense of humor. Either work really

This chapter was 🎥. Thank you DK.

Did we not get the mother this book but the maiden twice? Or did I miss something?

Great story, thank you. The ending was not my cup of tea, But I am looking forward to the next book.

Lammas Day? Around 1 August? Everyone gets together and bakes bread. Sounds tasty.

Great set of updates, especially seeing Felicity the rules lawyer.

Wonderful upload. Looking forward to the edited release - and, of course, to the conclave. This universe is so much better than the one we currently occupy.

Jesus christ that escalated quickly

Loved this. Super minor, but I couldn’t tell if ‘Zena’ is a mistake or an intentional misspelling of Xena

Great ending and thanks a lot for not ending at a cliffhanger

Holy moly what an ending, although I would appreciate it if you would add a blank says during some of the conversations. It can be difficult to know who’s saying what in the epilogue

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