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The Library, the Witch, and the Warder (Washington Warders Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Mindy Klasky (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 126 ratings
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"Consistently entertaining, heartfelt, and downright funny - and with quality writing!" — Amazon Reader CB

If the witches don't get him, the werewolves will.

Fired from his job protecting the witches of Washington DC, David is now treading water at Hecate's Court, trying to redeem his reputation and put his life back together.

His father says David has disgraced the family name. His new boss is a tyrant. And his best friend—a wolf shifter—is dragging him onto the front lines of an all-out supernatural war.

Just when David thinks he’ll never catch a break, he's summoned back to warder status, protecting an infuriating witch who has the strongest powers he's ever seen.

Can one man juggle work, warfare, and warding Jane Madison?

Magical Washington includes The Washington Witches Series, the Washington Vampires Series, the Washington Warders, and the Washington Medical: Vampire Ward Series:

Girl's Guide to Witchcraft
Sorcery and the Single Girl
Magic and the Modern Girl
Capital Magic
Single Witch's Survival Guide
Joy of Witchcraft
"Dreaming of a Witch Christmas"
"Nice Witches Don't Swear"

Fright Court
Law and Murder
“Stake Me Out to the Ball Game”

The Library, the Witch, and the Warder

The Witch Doctor Is In
Fae's Anatomy
The Lady Doctor is a Vamp

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Other Magical Washington books include:
The Washington Witches Series
Girl's Guide to WitchcraftSorcery and the Single GirlMagic and the Modern GirlCapitol MagicSingle Witch's Survival GuideJoy of Witchcraft"Dreaming of a Witch Christmas""Nice Witches Don't Swear"
The Washington Vampires Series
Fright CourtCapitol MagicLaw and Murder"Stake Me Out to the Ball Game"
The Washington Medical: Vampire Ward Series
The Witch Doctor Is In

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B079J6LH2T
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Book View Cafe (March 20, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 20, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1238 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1611387248
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 126 ratings

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USA Today bestselling author Mindy Klasky learned to read when her parents shoved a book in her hands and told her she could travel anywhere in the world through stories. She never forgot that advice. Mindy's travels took her through multiple careers—from litigator to librarian to full-time writer. Mindy's travels have also taken her through various literary genres for readers of all ages—from traditional fantasy to paranormal chick-lit to category romance, from middle-grade to young adult to adult. In her spare time, Mindy knits, quilts, and tries to tame her to-be-read shelf.

Mindy's Books:

WASHINGTON WITCHES

Girl's Guide to Witchcraft

Sorcery and the Single Girl

Magic and the Modern Girl

Single Witch's Survival Guide

Joy of Witchcraft

Dreaming of a Witch Christmas

Nice Witches Don't Swear

Capitol Magic

WASHINGTON VAMPIRES

Fright Court

Law and Murder

High Stakes Trial

Stake Me Out to the Ball Game

Capitol Magic

WASHINGTON MEDICAL: VAMPIRE WARD

The Witch Doctor Is In

Fae's Anatomy

The Lady Doctor is a Vamp

WASHINGTON WARDERS

The Library, the Witch, and the Warder

AS YOU WISH

Wishful Thinking

Act One, Wish One

Wishing in the Wings

Wish Upon a Star

GLASSWRIGHTS

The Glasswrights' Apprentice

The Glasswrights' Progress

The Glasswrights' Journeyman

The Glasswrights' Test

The Glasswrights' Master

KEARA'S RAVEN

Keara's Raven: Escape

Keara's Raven: Betrayal

DIAMOND BRIDES

Perfect Pitch

Catching Hell

Reaching First

Second Thoughts

Third Degree

Stopping Short

From Left Field

Center Stage

Always Right

HARMONY SPRINGS

Harmony Christmas

Harmony Hearts

Harmony Hero

MISCELLANEOUS

The Daddy Dance

The Mogul's Maybe Marriage

Season of Sacrifice

The Rational Writer: A to Z

The Rational Writer: Nuts and Bolts

Eight Kisses (editor)

Nevertheless She Persisted (editor)

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PoppyBlossom
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read!
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2021
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Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better, I read The Library, The Witch, and The Warder and discover this one was the cherry on top of the icing! I find myself missing the characters and the adventures now. I need more!
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ScubaJen
4.0 out of 5 stars Both sides of the story.
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2018
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Really enjoyed the book and how it worked so well with the first book in the series, explaining what David was up to during the story. Liked hearing or reading both sides.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2018
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Loved it!! I absolutely LOVE when authors write a series from another character's POV. You can read this as a stand alone or you can read it right along with the Jane Madison series. David Montrose is one of my favorite characters in that series so I'm SOO EXCITED that Mindy Klasky has created this series. I cannot wait to read the rest!
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BayIsland Gal
5.0 out of 5 stars Great and Fun Read
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2018
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I read the first book in this series as part of a free download of several authors. I enjoyed that book, the story, characters, and writing style. I liked it so much i looked for more books in this series and wasn’t disappointed. I will be buying more books in this series.
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3.0 out of 5 stars ... have read other books by Mindy Klasky and thoroughly enjoyed them. In particular
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2018
I have read other books by Mindy Klasky and thoroughly enjoyed them. In particular, I enjoyed the Jane Madison series. The repartee between Jane and her familiar, Neko, was always a delight to read and usually filled with light humor, as were the events and antics the books presented. I also enjoyed reading about her warder, David Montrose, though he never was a standout figure in the books. Thus, I figured this book would be just as enjoyable, while presenting a closer look at who David Montrose was and where he had come from.

However, almost as soon as I began reading, I knew I would not enjoy it as much. In this book, the author brings in many of the strange creatures so many other paranormal genre books revolve around: shape shifters, salamanders, water sprites. I read Mindy Klasky’s books because I enjoyed the light heartedness about them, which was missing in from this one. Instead, this was a story about a fired warder who tried gallantly to make things right for others as well as for himself, who brooded a lot about the past, the present and the future, and who also tried to help his boyhood friend Connor, a shape shifter, solve a problem. There was little of the light repartee between Neko and Jane. In fact, there was little of Jane or Neko in the book. Because one of the main thrusts of the book involves a paranormal war, which David gets sucked right into, there is little humor or light heartedness in the book—wars do not easily/generally usually generate that much humor on their own. Instead, the book tends to be somewhat dark and gloomy and would, in my opinion, have been a better read with my light heartedness or humor. In his book, we learn David has been fired from his job as warder and reduced to a menial clerk job working for the boss from hell who torments him regularly and spies on everything he does, all of which leave David at wit’s end. Jane is a newly discovered witch, who is just learning how to be a witch and what her lack of knowledge/understanding her powers can and cannot do, while David tries desperately to help her learn from mistakes and become a witch in good standing. At the same time, he becomes intimately involved in the paranormal war among the other paranormal figures in the book. Not at all like the other books.

I still find Jane and her familiar a solid basis for a story, as well as an interesting and joy to read about. Likewise, I knew it was important to provide some solid back story on her warder David. However, I did not see the need for the gloomy and dark, in my opinion, paranormal war, and left me wishing for more of the easy story and banter of the other books. Because of this, I am not sure whether I will like more of this new series. I think I will give it another try, hoping for an easier lighter read. As for the writing, the author can write well. Her characters are well-done, descriptions are good and the plot, though dark, is good enough. The book does flow rather unevenly, sometimes fast and furious, sometimes dragging, which would have been improved. I received this from Library Thing to read and review.
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Kris Anderson, The Avid Reader
4.0 out of 5 stars The first novel in Washington Warders series. Go back to when David met Jane and see things from his perspective
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2018
The Library, the Witch and the Warder by Mindy Klasky is the beginning of the Washington Warders series. David Montrose is a warder who has been sidelined courtesy of Haylee James, a witch who did not appreciate David’s by-the-book approach (he likes to follow the rules). For the past three years, he has been working under Norville Pitt as a file clerk. Unfortunately, David made the mistake of pointing out an error his boss made in the hearing of some court officials which resulted in an audit of Pitt’s paperwork. Pitt is a vindictive man who delights in torturing David with unnecessary work and excessive criticism (a petty, nasty little man). A friend reminds David that he needs to be bonded to a witch before Samhain or will be stuck working for the court (Norville Pitt) for another year. Late one night he gets a summons from an artifact that he had catalogued. He arrives to find that Jane Madison has opened the Medieval Compendium and awakened a familiar (on a full-moon night). David finds her entrancing, powerful and unaware of how to work magic. Could Jane be the witch for David? Would he be the right warder for Jane? David is about to fall into bed when his best friend and shifter, Connor Hold calls with an emergency. An important artifact belong to the Washington Pack has been stolen, and Connor needs David’s assistance in retrieving it. David needs to tread carefully, or he could find himself in the middle of a war. David is in for a busy time with his duties as a clerk for Hecate’s Court, helping Connor, keeping an eye on Jane and, mostly importantly, keeping Norville Pitt away from Jane. Will David be found worthy on Samhain by Goddess Hecate to be Jane’s warder? Come along for a magical journey in The Library, the Witch and the Warder.

The Library, the Witch and the Warder is David’s story (takes us back to when David met Jane). We get to see his side of events as well as meet his friends, family and enemies (versus Jane Madison’s story in Girl’s Guide to Witchcraft). I found the story to be well-written with entertaining characters (Aidan O’Rourke, Connor Hold, Neko, Linda Hudson). The pace varied throughout at the book. I found it a little slow during the first half of the book, and I was happy to see it pick up later in the story. I did miss the humor that is normally present in Mindy Klasky’s books. We get glimpses of it periodically (mostly in the scenes with Jane and Neko), but I think the book needed a little more (I am probably shocking some of you with this statement). It was interesting to find out more about David Montrose and see how his attitude/behavior changed. I cannot believe everything he had going on at the time he met Jane. You do not have to read the Jane Madison Series, before indulging in The Library, the Witch and the Warder. However, the Jane Madison Series will have you entranced from the first page to the last with many laugh-out-loud moments. My rating for The Library, the Witch and the Warder is 4 out of 5 stars (I liked it).

*I voluntarily read an advanced copy of this book. The comments and opinions expressed are strictly my own.
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Christina G
5.0 out of 5 stars The Other Side of the Story
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2018
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Loved it! I love getting to hear the other side of the story and reading this was like coming back to an old friend. I adored the Jane Madison books and I have a feeling I’m going to enjoy these as well.
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Magickal Me
5.0 out of 5 stars Love Klasky!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2018
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Great characters, great stories. I can read these books again and again!! Can’t wait to read the next one on my list!
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diana.goodview
5.0 out of 5 stars Magic story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2021
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A bit of fantasy to get away from real life. I Read it over two days. two days. I think a follow-up to the first book in the series. I recommend it if you want some escapism. Don’t take it seriously.
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Yvonne Mcintosh
5.0 out of 5 stars Book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2018
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I had read the other books in the series and it was nice to read it from the waders point of view loved it
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