Half Sick of Shadows is a gripping fifth installment in the Blanchard Witches series. Demitra Blanchard faces her new role as matriarch, burdened by recent tragedies and tasked with guiding her fractured family toward a fragile new normal. The aftermath of the House of Duquesne looms large, as Trix and Echo continue their shapeshift into their late sister's image to carry and protect her unborn children. Meanwhile, Yasmine and Seth, lost to the family, wreak havoc on humanity as vampires—leaving their children to suffer with betrayal and loss. And two new threats emerge as a dangerous time-jumping assassin threatens to erase the Blanchard lineage forever, and a national news correspondent closes in on the family's secrets after too many events have gone unexplained. The Blanchards must band together to protect themselves, their history, and their legacy from outside forces posed to take them down. But there are forces to watch inside the family as well, when Salem begins to question whether it is time to reveal the truth of their magical existence to a world they've quietly protected for generations.