The Hiding by Alethea Lyons

Harper is a witch living in York with her foster sister Grace, who just happens to be the daughter of the infamous De Santos family. Taken in by the family of demon hunters when she was found wandering with no memory of the first twelve years of her life, she has been taught to fear all supernaturals, including herself. A murder of a man will change all of that, though, for Harper to save both the Supernaturals and the mortals of York she will have to embrace who she is. With just a touch found family towards the end. 

This was an absolutely wonderful book about finding your own power and embracing who you truly are to be able to have the strength to fight for those who do not. Harper is an absolutely wonderful and relatable character. She truly never makes any illogical decisions throughout the book, which was honestly refreshing. Not to mention, the book opens with her tripping, which ya know is essentially how I start every day. Unfortunately, it's never in front of a hot nurse, which is a damn shame. 

The rest of the cast of characters are amazing as well, Heresy is my new favorite demon, spirit thing behind Calcifer for sure, and while Grace comes across as this hardass Harper clearly means the world to her and I loved that dynamic. It's definitely a bit reminiscent of Sam and Dean, but ya know a *healthy* relationship. 

I think what I liked the most about this, though, is how heavily it leans into the Church's roll in anything supernatural. I think a lot of authors that write this sort of speculative fiction have a tendency to forget that the Church would be on the front lines against the forces of evil and yeah I don't see them playing nice with their secular government equivalents either. 

Overall, this was just a lot of fun to read. I loved Harper from page one, and I can't wait to read book two!


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