In this book she simply bored me, to the point of me beginning to despise her. In the first book, I disliked her, but she was tolerable. However I can't say the same for Annalise. I enjoyed immensely getting to know Gabriel in this book, and seeing him as a strong black witch, equal to Nathan, rather than the inferior fain who we met in Half Bad. Gorgeous, intelligent, strong and devoted to Nathan, I was immediately drawn to him.

As soon as I met him in the first book I fell in love with him. He was very compelling and intriguing, which must have been difficult to write, as it takes a skilled writer to make a murderer such a likable character.īut my personal favourite character had to be Gabriel. Watching his progress throughout the series so far has been fantastic, watching him grow up in the first book from a young boy, to a young man in the sequel, by far my favourite protagonist ever. Nathan is one of the most interesting protagonists I've ever read and it was fascinating to watch him embrace his Black Witch side as well as his Gift. With a trilogy about witches and magic it would have been very easy to centre the book on that, but Sally Green made it extremely realistic, gritty and relatable. The style of writing was particularly interesting and completely different from anything else I've ever read, but as peculiar as it was, I loved it as it showed a realistic stream of thoughts which proceeded from Nathan's mind.

It was interesting to see Nathan develop more, especially in his relationships between Gabriel, Marcus and Annalise. It went into a lot of detail, so for those who are squeamish, I would recommend skimming the thorough gore. It had a good plot, fantastic imagery and strong, powerful characters. When he joins up with a group of Black Witches who want to change things, he finds his loyalties tested and will be taken to the limits of his own powers and feelings. Nathan is still struggling to find Gabriel, work out a way to save Annalise and stay one step ahead of the hunters at the same time.

The beginning of Half Wild begins days after the end of Half Bad.

Half Bad by Sally Green