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Fritzi is a champion. After escaping the clutches of Dieter Kirch, the sadistic leader of the witch hunters, Fritzi and Otto have taken refuge among the witches of the Black Forest. Fritzi is finally ready to assume her place on the council as the coven's goddess-chosen champion. Plagued by distrust and self-doubt, Fritzi throws herself into her duty to serve the goddesses . . . until she uncovers a powerful secret that could mean the very undoing of magic itself.

Otto is a warrior. He swears himself to Fritzi as her bonded protector, certain the peaceful unity of a witch and hunter will heal the wounds he helped make. But as the horrifying plot that threatens the Black Forest's magic comes to light, Otto will have to face his both his past and what it means to bind himself to a magic he does not fully understand.

Shadows loom. Truths are revealed. And as dangers new and old arise, Fritzi and Otto must stand together against everything that threatens magic—even if the biggest threat might be the very bond they share.

Short and Sweet Review

After Fritzi and Otto escaped Dieter, they take refuge with the witches in the Black Forest. Fritzi focuses on being the best champion she can be to the goddess Holda. Otto is still a warrior at heart and he becomes bonded to Fritzi to be her protector. Otto and Fritzi thought the trouble was behind them but they have more challenges ahead that they have to face.

The Fate of Magic was a good book, looking back I gave the first book (The Night of the Witch) the same rating I’m giving this book 3 stars. I don’t think this book was better or worse. This book was a bit slower and took the time to focus on character relationships. I didn’t care for Otto and Fritzi I wish their relationship developed more but it felt more like lust. As I mentioned earlier it was a slower start so I was just waiting for something to happen and I think there was a lot of loose ends and things that weren’t completely explained. I did like that Dieter wasn’t completely gone and that our characters had to go on a journey to find these stones that Dieter was looking for. It was also nice that it felt like a race against time and we could feel the urgency for this quest to be completed as soon as possible.

Overall, this was a good sequel and ending to this duology. I do feel that the majority of this book was more character focused than focusing on the journey which took place towards the second half of the book. This was a good duology but it did fall flat in my opinion and with the second book I was hoping for more of a bang.