Dyer Street Punk Witches by Phil Williams Series: Ordshaw #7
Published by Rumian Publishing on Sept. 12, 2022
Genres: Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Occult & Supernatural, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 315
Format: eBook
Source: ARC
Kit hung up her brass knuckles, but the shadows of her past always lingered. Now they’re back to claim her.
Kit “Fadulous” Hamley, magazine editor, activist and former punk rocker, is a well-known loudmouth in St Alphege’s. She works tirelessly to hold local authorities to account. Some say she’s making up for her criminal youth. Others spread rumours of witchcraft. Only a handful of people know how dark her secrets really are.
When an old friend warns Kit that a former rival has resurfaced, those secrets start to resurface. People have gone missing, with body parts and strange symbols left behind, and someone is stalking Kit. The gang she abandoned are scared stiff and her magic-wielding bandmates are long gone. Kit herself is a target, and if she can’t unravel exactly how this new feud connects with her past mistakes, it could kill her.
Decades older, a little wiser, and contrary as ever, Kit’s going to remind them all what a punk witch can do.
Get ready for a riotous ride into the seedy underbelly of St Alphege’s, where gang warfare and occult conspiracies tear ordinary lives apart. Dyer Street Punk Witches is a standalone urban fantasy thriller, packed with tough, subversive characters and tense twists – you won’t be able to put down.
What a fantastic return to Ordshaw! First order of business: Phil Williams (the author) cooked up some really great trading cards of some of the characters and generously sent one for me to share! Make sure to snag Chester’s card below my review.
Williams brings us back to Ordshaw, Dyer Street specifically, in his latest urban fantasy. Dyer Street Punk Witches is heavy on the crime thriller with plenty of magic of the witchy sort to liven things up.
This story whipped past me. I held on for dear life, much like Aaron, clutching at Kit’s coattails as she storms through life. Kit is well-meaning and passionate but often, it seems, she stumbles into trouble in spite of the good intentions. Dyer Street Punk Witches is a thrilling read that delivers all the nostalgia of punk rock, mosh-pits, witchy goodness, all wrapped up with the politics inherent to mob-activity and boundaries.
I can’t stress enough how much I love Williams’s thorough crafting of his characters. All of them are beautifully flawed, with their own challenges and agendas. Within the first few chapters I felt like I knew Aaron and Kit, though I can’t say I’d want to spend time with them. Much like Mads, I have no time to be wrapped up in nonsense. This also means I am guaranteed to get swept up because this read had me riveted!
I am curious to see where the series goes and to learn more about the big bad darkness that wants to destroy Ordshaw. Hopefully, we aren’t kept in suspense too long! If you haven’t had a chance to read Under Ordshaw, you can read |my review here|, I highly recommend it!
**Trigger warnings galore, after all it is a gritty punk proud, gangland sort of setting. Violence, Death, Anxiety/Panic Attacks just to name a few.
*I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Make sure to visit the others sharing their reviews! I will definitely be looking to collect the trading cards. Williams has shared a ton of them on his Twitter!