Title: Witch of the Wolves
Author: Kaylee Archer
Published: September 30, 2025
Format: e-ARC
My Rating: 4 stars/5
Synopsis: Cordelia Levine comes from a long line of powerful witches. She’s been flying under the radar in the human world, focused on strengthening her magic. She loves working at her aunt’s apothecary in London, secretly serving supernaturals.
Until the truth about her family is revealed.
She always assumed her enhanced sense of smell came from her French perfumer father. But when Bishop Daniels abducts Cordelia at the request of her father, the Alpha, Cordelia learns she’s a lycan–sharing both witch and werewolf traits. She’s brought to Trevelyan, the pack estate, under the guise of protection from foreign threats who want to use her to continue their bloodline.
She quickly learns that to keep her from being sold off to another pack, her father intends to give Cordelia as a mate to Bishop. His second in command and the future Alpha.
Cordelia refuses to accept this as her fate. She can’t rely on her magic alone to escape and when she learns Bishop plans to challenge her father’s power, she reluctantly begins to trust him. The cracks within the Pack become evident and something is bound to break. And Cordelia and her growing desire for the man who shouldn’t set her on fire are right at the center of it all.
My thoughts from the Vault
Disclaimer: I received an e-ARC of this book. I chose to review it and this in no way impacts my opinion of it.
I was drawn to this novel because of the beautiful cover and the amazing sounding synopsis. As a huge lover of fantasy novels, I was excited to see the beginning of a new series which merges witches and werewolves. I absolutely love werewolf novels and was so excited to receive an e-ARC of this novel.
I really enjoyed this novel from the very first page. I loved Cordelia and found her to be a spunky, strong female main character. I enjoyed that she stood tall despite the situation she found herself in and didn’t simply sit back to await her fate. Bishop on the other hand, was everything I love in my weres. Strong, broody, possessive… I can understand why Cordelia might have found it hard to resist him.
While I did really enjoy this novel, I knocked off a star because I felt that the first spicy moment between Cordelia and Bishop was… inopportune. It felt dropped in solely for the sake of adding the spice that many readers crave and I feel the novel could have progressed wonderfully without that moment.
I really enjoyed the Victorian era vibes and felt it really added some extra charm to the story which it would have been lacking if it was based during present time.
Overall, I really enjoyed this novel and if you enjoy spice, witches, werewolves and the Victorian era, you will love this book.
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