Book Review for Lightning in Her Hands by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

 Witch of Wild Things series #2

Lightning in Her Hands by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

Published:  October 15, 2024 by Berkley

Genre:  Romance, Magic

 

Taken from Goodreads:  Gifted—or cursed—with the power to influence the weather, one woman must embrace her wild heart in the next electric romance from the author of Witch of Wild Things.

Teal Flores is desperate for two things—control over her gift of weather, and a date to her ex’s wedding. The first isn’t possible until she finds her long-lost mother, but the second has a very handsome last-ditch solution: Carter Velasquez.

Carter needs Teal too. His chance at receiving an inheritance is dependent on him being married by age thirty (blame his traditional Cuban grandmother), so who better to pose as his wife than Teal? But fake marriage and cohabitation prove tricky when mutual attraction charges the atmosphere—quite literally for Teal, whose volatile emotions cause lightning strikes.

Together, Teal and Carter embark on a quest to find her mother and the answers she’s searching for. But along the way, they’ll discover something even better: a love that can weather any storm.

My Thoughts:  I was not sure about this book.  I picked it up a couple times and could not quite open it up and start reading it.  I have finally picked it up and read it… actually, I devoured it.   I enjoyed all of it.   The family dynamics, the witchy characters, and the romantic relationship.   The time was just right for me to read this book and I am so glad I did not wait any longer.

Teal (what a cool name) is a fun character… and she is a character.   She has witch powers, and the weather changes with her emotions.  I felt for her, she had quite a bit of insecurity and could not work past it.   She carried grief for things that had happened but were not actually her fault.   Her relationship with Carter was full of history and drama.   There were bridges to be mended and feelings to be dealt with.  It was perfect that they did not forgive and forget, instead they worked it out and became exactly what they both wanted.

Lightning in Her Hands is a unique and entertaining book.  I am looking forward to more in this series.  I have not read any other books in this series but I definitely would like to read book 1 and am looking forward to others in this series. 

Thank you Berkley for a copy of the book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

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Meet Raquel Vasquez Gilliland:  Raquel Vasquez Gilliland is a Mexican American poet, novelist, and painter. She received an MFA in poetry from the University of Alaska, Anchorage in 2017. She’s most inspired by fog and seeds and the lineages of all things. When not writing, Raquel tells stories to her plants and they tell her stories back. She lives in Tennessee with her beloved family and mountains. Raquel has published two books of poetry. Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything is her first novel.