The Witchwood Boys Did Me Dirty

The Witchwood Boys Did Me Dirty is the third instalment in the Witchwood Boys series by C.M. Stunich.

This book delves deeper into the coven's efforts to banish the Hag Wytch back to the Witchwoods, whilst also dealing with the conflict of emotions they feel for each other. Compiled with the inclusion of her friendship group becoming a coven themselves, and the persistent threat of the internet, it feels as though Kate and her coven are finally getting somewhere.

This book was better for me in terms of character development and plot development. There were breakthroughs in Kate's relationship with each, individual witch and they finally come to terms with loving one another. The miscommunication trope is still featured, but not as heavily, which makes the interactions between our main characters easier to digest.

One of my criticisms of the last book was the lack of urgency to deal with the Hag Wytch, and thankfully that was resolved (sort of) in this book. We, as readers, were presented with new ways to potentially banish the Hag to the Witchwoods and of course, the coven were unsuccessful in their efforts. I appreciate the fact that the threat feels much bigger in this book, which forces the coven to act and move the plot along.

This series is still as smutty as ever, but now there is some actual substance behind the words and actions of the male witches. The interactions in the latter half of the book were sweet and came across as genuine and I hope the coven can move forward without constantly doubting their feelings.

The ending was the best part of the book and actually caught me by surprise! It's the prime definition of a cliffhanger but it finally exposes the grave consequence of not being able to put an end to the Hag Wytch earlier, and I hope we can see the resolution of this.

I believe the next book will be the fourth and final, so I will be tuning into the end of this turbulent series.