Consecrated Ground, Virginia Black
Consecrated Ground, Virginia Black
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Consecrated Ground

Author: Virginia Black

Series: Joan of Crows

Narrator: Trei Taylor

Unabridged: 8 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/21/2024


Synopsis

Consecrated Ground is a multiracial lesbian paranormal tour de force that will leave you wary of the shadows and absolutely breathless.

Like her father before her, Joan Matthews is a witch. For generations, their family of binder witches has protected Calvert, Oregon from vampires by strengthening the land with spellcraft. Pushing back against tradition, Joan defied her father and left town to become a war witch, one who fights the monsters hand-to-hand. But when her father dies, Joan returns to find her hometown assailed by a vampire lord's endless attacks—and the answers lie with the one woman who chose a rival over Joan.

Leigh Phan once believed her heart was safe and her future was set. When Joan left town, Leigh's choices led to ruin and unintended consequences. Now Leigh harbors a dark secret forcing her to live a moment-to-moment existence. Her only hope of survival lies in trusting the war witch who left her behind.

Now it's up to Joan to fight for a town she left behind, while Leigh faces a destiny she never imagined was possible. With Calvert on the brink of total destruction, Joan and Leigh join forces and face inconvenient truths in order to save their town—and each other.

About Virginia Black

Virginia Black (she/her) likes strong whiskey, loud music, and writing, though not necessarily in that order. When not penning dark speculative fiction, she is almost always reading. Born in California-where even the green is brown-Virginia escaped to the green grass and rain showers of the Pacific Northwest. She lives with her wife of twenty years and their savagely witty teenage daughter.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Della B on January 10, 2023

Eight years after she had left her hometown of Calvert, Joan Matthews arrives home to find everything has changed, drastically. Many homes and businesses are boarded up, vampires have blockaded all exits from town and her ex girlfriend is living in her family home. Joan is returning from her witch w......more

Goodreads review by Jude in the Stars on August 07, 2024

Edit: August 7th, 2024, audiobook review I loved this book so much when I first read it last year that I was super excited to get to listen to it. All the more so as Trei Taylor is a new narrator to me. Despite the voices being rather indistinguishable in dialogues, which required me to focus even ha......more

Goodreads review by JulesGP on May 09, 2023

Joan is coming home to her small town. Like many tiny burgs where the young people have left, the place has gone to seed. In addition, the paranormal world rules, vampires warring against witches and the average person suffering in the midst. Poverty, drug addiction, and gruesome violence are part o......more

Goodreads review by Lady Olenna on January 09, 2024

5 Stars Charmed + Buffy + Wynonna Earp. All their essence in one book? What else can a supernatural nerd ask for? I couldn’t help myself but finish this book in one go! I felt like an addict wanting to get my fix, I needed to know, I HAD to know how it ended! I loved that the characters were imperfec......more

Goodreads review by Rachel’s Sapphfic Reviews on November 14, 2023

Witches. Vampires. Magic. Oh my god this book! And I don’t even have time to write a long review but the highlights are: The writing is outstanding. The story phenomenal. The characters divine. In parts I forgot to breathe. I need more, so much more. IT IS AWESOMELY AMAZING.......more