To enter to win a copy of Circle of the Moon, simply email KRL at by replacing the with a period, and with the subject line “circle' or comment on this article. There is wry humor, mild levels of snarkiness, cross-pollination with Hunter’s characters and events from her Jane Yellowrock series, and passages setting a breakneck pace that may cause you to forget to breathe.Ĭircle of the Moon is intricate, convoluted, and it’s worth the reading. The delights of Hunter’s book include Nell’s attempts to master popular idioms, her near-Sherlockian deductive reasoning, and her slowly-developing relationship with a team member. It seems to be developing a will and personality of its own. Then, there’s the vampire tree spreading from the church compound into Nell’s Soulwood forest, the result of a day Nell needed urgent healing. Bringing the house into the twenty-first century and legal matters cost money, and Nell doesn’t have a lot of it. Nell’s focus is split by the presence of Mud, her sister, of whom Nell is trying to become guardian, taking her away from their church and helping her deal with some growing paranormal powers. Blood magic is afoot, and Nell feels traces of vampires in the ground near the circles when she makes contact. Witch circles with dead animals in them are showing up in the area, making Rick, the team leader, black out and turn leopard. Nell, raised in a polygamous sect in Kentucky (some men want her as a plural wife to get the land she owns, and others want her burned as a witch), is working for the Psy Law Enforcement Division, on a team with werefolk, a witch, an empath, and a computer hacker.

Circle of the moon by faith hunter