The concept for this book is actually quite good, and I liked the side characters and the plots and sub-plots and everything but somehow it fell a little short for me. I liked Braden's humour, that sometimes showed up, but other than that, I thought his personality fell a little flat, as in I didn't really think that he had one. I'm sorry to say that most of the time it was hard to even think of him as a guy, because he acted just like a teenage girl (although not a cringey one) for most of the book. I could just pretend that he was a girl and nothing would have seemed off at all. ( )

This book was fantastic. It was fast paced, interesting, not "soaperish" at all. It was really hard to put down. I cant wait to read the next book. Why they don't have this in my library is beyond me? ( )

This book was fantastic. It was fast paced, interesting, not "soaperish" at all. It was really hard to put down. I cant wait to read the next book. Why they don't have this in my library is beyond me? ( )

This book was fantastic. It was fast paced, interesting, not "soaperish" at all. It was really hard to put down. I cant wait to read the next book. Why they don't have this in my library is beyond me? ( )

Witch Eyes is Scott Tracey's debut paranormal fantasy. After having a shocking vision that foretells of his uncle's death, Braden leaves Montana for Belle Dam, Washington. There he is trust into a decades long feud between two magical factions and a mystery that goes back to the founding of the town.

Braden's magic is tied up in his eyes. He has "witch eyes" as he calls them. When he removes his dark glasses, he can see the world for what it really is, including memories of the past, ghosts, lingering magic and active spells. Like Cassel, in Holly Black's Curse Worker Series, the blow back is a bitch. For Braden, it means debilitating migraines.

Braden has to quickly make decisions and pick his allies. As he doesn't know who is on which side of the quarrel, he draws up a very unusual set of friends. In there, too, he begins a potentially volatile relationship with a man who may very well betray him.

Although Braden is gay, his sexual orientation isn't the big ISSUE of the book. Nor does he like to be called "boy." Nor is he effeminate in any way. He is, instead, a well rounded, interesting lead character.

My only minor complaints with the book are the slow beginning and the strange segues. To show Braden's magic in action, the book opens on a training scene. It would have been better to jump right to him being on the bus and fill in the details of the vision later. Next, there are the weird jumps between scenes that don't always have enough of a segue to explain how Braden got from scene A to scene B. These, though, are minor problems in an otherwise great read. ( )