I believed the hype, blurbs, or NetGalley promotion and read The Nature of Witches sooner than I might have otherwise. The central character, Clara, is a witch with once-in-a-century powers, but with that power comes pain--not to Clara, but to those she loves: her parents, her best friend, and anyone else she lets in. Therefore, she's guarded--emotionally and with her magic. She's under pressure to get the latter in order because the effects of global climate change are becoming catastrophic. Other witches are unable to fight the storms without depleting themselves.

Clara's love interests: an old flame (Paige) and a new one (Sang) help Clara try to get past her paralysis. It's a fast enough read that I didn't mind so much that I didn't love the book, but like most of the people in Clara's community, I was a little bored with her internal struggle.