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A couple weeks before Triss turns 18 her life is forever changed. Her mother has gone missing and those around here believe she is dead. But Triss believes she may still be alive and in trouble.

The day of her mother’s memorial Triss gets locked in the cooler at her mom's flower shop and that is when she witnesses for the first time Black Magic. Believing her mother's disappearance and the Black Magic are related, she knows she has to find her before it is too late. But will the growing feelings she is experiencing with Logan get in the way of finding her? Or will his knowledge of Black Magic be the help she needs to find her mother and bring her home?

I am a huge fan of Bolton’s other work, The watcher’s Trilogy. So when I saw she was writing a new series I knew I had to read it. Yes I will miss Ana and Athen, but I have a feeling I will love Triss and Logan just as much. Bolton has a way of giving us characters you can’t help but fall in love with and feel emotionally attached to. And the relationship between these two develops at a much slower pace than what I was used to in The Watcher's Trilogy. I liked that too. But at times I wanted to slap a little sense into Triss and tell her to see a good thing when it's right in front of you.

Again, as I have stated in a previous review, I am not a huge witch storyline fan. But with this being a book written by Bolton I had to give it a try. So glad I did too. I thought it was all so very interesting. Lonely Souls was an intriguing story that leaves us with more questions unanswered than answered in the end. Is her mom still alive; and if so where is she? What role does her father, the man who left her when she was just a baby, play in the disappearance? And should Triss give herself wholly to Logan without the guilt? I am really looking forward to book 2 so we can see more of the story unfold and hopefully get some answers.