#64 White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton

This urban fantasy deals with Adam on the trail of a dark warlock who he is believes is his dad.  His older estranged brother Bobby calls him begging for help with his wife, Annie has been possessed by something that has taken out the mortal magic users in Denver. When Adam was younger and struggling to deal with magic Bobby had him committed until his 18^th birthday.  Adam has always blamed his brother for this but Annie has always been nice to Adam so he goes to help on her behalf.  When Adam gets there things are very complicated very quickly. The guardians of the magical towers in the area know about what has attacked and killed people and they want Adam to take care of it and they will help him. 

So much of this book gives you background on Adam and how that affects everything happening in the story. It isn’t a happy story since there is so much grief in Adam’s life as a child that comes up in all his adult encounters with his family.  Hopefully in the next book things will be a bit better for Adam, he does get a boyfriend and makes peace with his past in this one even as it has him traveling to see his great aunt at the end of the book.

 

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley