Review of Beating Death: Witch Hunters

[Anita Khumalo]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Beating Death: Witch Hunters" by Sean O’Banion.]

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3 out of 5 stars

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In Beating Death: Witch Hunters by Sean O’Banion, off the bat, the author advises that there will be a lot of spelling errors, so I am bracing myself for the worst.
Jolie Schraeder is an attorney and a witch, using her powers to protect humanity from itself. However, she is unaware that a powerful witch hunter is hunting her. The witch hunter pursuing her and her fellow witches is a psychic vampire who seeks to feed on them for ultimate power.
This appears to be a continuation of the character’s story in Beating Death: Doorways to the Universe, but focuses more on the witches involved. Sean can physically fly and has a special ability that prevents him from dying even if he falls from an extreme height. He goes through a recap of his history, his gifts, and what has happened so far in the first few pages before we dive into the story. Robert O’Banion joins the witches to put an end to the evil that was trying to rise again in the city. Even the devil himself, who is referred to as Scratch, warns them against this evil —a great power that could be residing within Robert—and that power is instilling a fear within him that moves him to act. The book depicts the Pagan religion, so it may not be easy for someone who is either not of that religion or is against it. However, if you are someone who generally doesn’t care about something like that, then this book could be something you enjoy. A downside to the story is that it is repetitive. There are fetishes depicted in this book that some people would not enjoy reading about, like Coprophilia (watching others defecate), and polyamory.
I rate this book a 3 out of 5 because although there is a lot of action in this story that can capture your attention, like the serial killing witch hunters, it becomes really hard to get into the juicy parts of the story with the story going back and forth from what happened in the past to the present moment and then it jumps right back into another flashback before it moves to a different character in the book completely. It felt like you, as the reader, were constantly in limbo.

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Beating Death: Witch Hunters
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