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Witch Kin Chronicles #2
An Arrogant Witch
Having magic doesn't guarantee a free ride in life. Especially for a half-blood witch.
Dara Martin has a Normal for a mother, so she'll never really be accepted by the Kin, and a formal education in magic is out of her reach. But when an evil sorcerer snatches her last link to her mother, she has to learn what she can do, and fast.
Lending her power to Willem, she unwittingly assists in bringing Krampus and other nasty Christmas spirits to life, and in doing so helps wreak havoc and bloodshed on her hometown. This is a dangerous game, and if the Kin find her print on the wreckage she risks having her magic painfully bound. Forever.
But only if she's caught.
Dara Martin has a Normal for a mother, so she'll never really be accepted by the Kin, and a formal education in magic is out of her reach. But when an evil sorcerer snatches her last link to her mother, she has to learn what she can do, and fast.
Lending her power to Willem, she unwittingly assists in bringing Krampus and other nasty Christmas spirits to life, and in doing so helps wreak havoc and bloodshed on her hometown. This is a dangerous game, and if the Kin find her print on the wreckage she risks having her magic painfully bound. Forever.
But only if she's caught.
280 pages, Paperback
Published November 22, 2020
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May 6, 2020
love this series
September 10, 2022
I read the ignorant witch earlier and felt it was a fairly decent read. It introduced a world where Dara lives in a world where some people have magic and some don't and the normals don't have any knowledge of any magic. The magical people have to be specially trained. She is a half blood so has no training and is not aware of most of the things and most of the rules and somehow muddles along, manages to find a cult of magicians trying dangerous things, free her friends brother and get the magical community to acknowledge that she has magic and so should be trained.
The Arrogant Witch is so so bad I feel like I don't even know where to start. Dara has realised she has powers in book 1. She is intoxicated with them. Thinks that she is special. She is lazy doesn't want to do anything and keeps thinking she can figure it out. For starters the background is she has to stucy to complete her semester, is weak in maths and needs to write an essay. The entire book she keeps skipping school, is planning to copy the maths test off someone and doesn't do any work on her essay is kind of like how the whole book is. Dara is a completely 1 dimensional character who has no perspective, doesn't think of anyone, doesn't do any work and keeps messing up things for everyone.
Hugh gives her books to read for her magic training. later Dara flips through them and says there are no pictures !! and dumps them. I was wondering if the author was trying to portray a 7 yr old or a 16 yr old. Which educational curriculum for 16,17 yr olds has books full of pictures.
Hugh has a conversation with her where he tells her that "She is arrogant and if her arrogance is not checked , she might have to face consequences". She hears the dialogue but doesn't listen and continues in the same manner.
The biggest plot hole I felt was the 'coin'. If the coin was so important to her why didn't she take it in part 1. Now in part 2 she is willing to commit any number of crimes to get the coin.
Book 2 is so far below book 1 that I for one am not continuing with the series
Willem
Hugh
The Arrogant Witch is so so bad I feel like I don't even know where to start. Dara has realised she has powers in book 1. She is intoxicated with them. Thinks that she is special. She is lazy doesn't want to do anything and keeps thinking she can figure it out. For starters the background is she has to stucy to complete her semester, is weak in maths and needs to write an essay. The entire book she keeps skipping school, is planning to copy the maths test off someone and doesn't do any work on her essay is kind of like how the whole book is. Dara is a completely 1 dimensional character who has no perspective, doesn't think of anyone, doesn't do any work and keeps messing up things for everyone.
Hugh gives her books to read for her magic training. later Dara flips through them and says there are no pictures !! and dumps them. I was wondering if the author was trying to portray a 7 yr old or a 16 yr old. Which educational curriculum for 16,17 yr olds has books full of pictures.
Hugh has a conversation with her where he tells her that "She is arrogant and if her arrogance is not checked , she might have to face consequences". She hears the dialogue but doesn't listen and continues in the same manner.
The biggest plot hole I felt was the 'coin'. If the coin was so important to her why didn't she take it in part 1. Now in part 2 she is willing to commit any number of crimes to get the coin.
Book 2 is so far below book 1 that I for one am not continuing with the series
Willem
Hugh
August 21, 2025
So blinded to herself
So Dara is a half witch and wants to be as strong as a full witch. She doesn't recognize her own arrogance. Because of that, she ends up with a sorcerer who was kicked out of his school for cheating. She believes him when he said he'd help her, and ends up in a big mess. She may be the main character in the book, but she's not a heroine.
So Dara is a half witch and wants to be as strong as a full witch. She doesn't recognize her own arrogance. Because of that, she ends up with a sorcerer who was kicked out of his school for cheating. She believes him when he said he'd help her, and ends up in a big mess. She may be the main character in the book, but she's not a heroine.
August 24, 2025
a difficult main character to like
She is a difficult main character to like as the title suggests. Consumed by jealousy and anger, looking for shortcuts in life, without having to put in the work, she is easily fooled and mislead. Hopefully the is building to a completely changed and wiser character
She is a difficult main character to like as the title suggests. Consumed by jealousy and anger, looking for shortcuts in life, without having to put in the work, she is easily fooled and mislead. Hopefully the is building to a completely changed and wiser character
September 28, 2025
fun read
Found this a fun read from start to finish. I really want to find out more about this world. I can’t wait to see what happens next
Found this a fun read from start to finish. I really want to find out more about this world. I can’t wait to see what happens next
May 22, 2026
Wasn't what I thought it would be. Started out like a spoiled teenager and that just isn't my cup of tea.
October 14, 2026
I'm surprised. Dara calls herself arrogant. I expected everyone else to say that while she disputed the name. Not a nice character
July 15, 2020
A fun escape
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