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A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess: I can predict everything apparently

A Shadow Bright and Burning  by  Jessica Cluess               London is besieged by monstrous demons. They were brought to this world by a rouge witch and Magician almost ten years ago. Because of their actions, witches and magicians are forbidden from practicing magic. The punishment for using their magic is death. Henrietta Howel is sure she is a witch. She can burst into flames with a thought and seems incapable of being burned. As such, she lives in fear of Her Majesty’s sorcerers who sweep the land watching for illegal magic users. But when she’s caught using her magic to save a friend Henrietta isn’t sent to her death. Instead she’s hailed as the first female sorcerer in decades. Sent to London to train with the rest of the sorcerers Henrietta enters a dangerous world full of magic, demons and power struggles. Characters Henrietta: all in all she wasn’t bad. At least, when her actions had nothing to do with her various romantic entanglements. Basically, as

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