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Circle of Three #13
And It Harm None
Annie, Kate, and Cooper uncover what looks like a crime. When they lookmore closely, it is not. Knowing the Law of Three--that harm comes back to haunt--can they still help a friend in need without paying for it themselves?
240 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 8, 2002
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Isobel Bird
27 books102 followersThis is a pseudonym of Michael Thomas Ford.
Isobel Bird has been involved in the world of paganism and witchcraft for many years. She lives and dances beneath the moon somewhere in New England.
Isobel Bird has been involved in the world of paganism and witchcraft for many years. She lives and dances beneath the moon somewhere in New England.
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May 1, 2019
And It Harm None has Annie dealing with the changes in her life, Cooper confronting her mother, Kate facing off with an old frenemy, and all of them helping Sasha protect an old friend.
This was another uneven showing in the Circle of Three novels, enough that I suspect the author may have been stumbling a bit in these past few on where to go next until the initiation book. In this one, the store the girls frequent has been broken into and Sasha is under suspicion. When they confront her about it, however, she reveals the secret she's actually keeping: an old friend who is hiding out from a dangerous young man who wants to harm her.
The girls decide to do a ritual that will help the young man get his just desserts, but things don't go quite to plan.
Before, I've pointed out the weird uneven tone of the series. Most of them are pretty light and fluffy and the problems are never too serious... the first one is about a love spell making every boy in school nominate Kate for the queen of the Valentine's Day Dance; these are not exactly high-stakes books. Suddenly, though, the series threw in the Elizabeth Sanger storyline, wherein a fifteen-year-old girl is murdered and the girls must find her murderer. Yikes. As they sat on the internets, that escalated quickly.
Then the series goes back to light and fluffy - most of Kate's storylines are about boys and the deciding between thereof - and all of a sudden we have And It Harm None, which has assault, a potential murder, and even what I think was a veiled reference to sexual assault.
Previously I had complained that the consistency of how magic worked was uneven, but now, it's tone. While I actually like these darker storylines, it would make more sense if they gradually amped up in tone as the readers of the series grew with the characters; instead, it veers wildly between stakes so low that an ant could step over them and then suddenly some pretty high-drama stuff.
This was another uneven showing in the Circle of Three novels, enough that I suspect the author may have been stumbling a bit in these past few on where to go next until the initiation book. In this one, the store the girls frequent has been broken into and Sasha is under suspicion. When they confront her about it, however, she reveals the secret she's actually keeping: an old friend who is hiding out from a dangerous young man who wants to harm her.
The girls decide to do a ritual that will help the young man get his just desserts, but things don't go quite to plan.
Before, I've pointed out the weird uneven tone of the series. Most of them are pretty light and fluffy and the problems are never too serious... the first one is about a love spell making every boy in school nominate Kate for the queen of the Valentine's Day Dance; these are not exactly high-stakes books. Suddenly, though, the series threw in the Elizabeth Sanger storyline, wherein a fifteen-year-old girl is murdered and the girls must find her murderer. Yikes. As they sat on the internets, that escalated quickly.
Then the series goes back to light and fluffy - most of Kate's storylines are about boys and the deciding between thereof - and all of a sudden we have And It Harm None, which has assault, a potential murder, and even what I think was a veiled reference to sexual assault.
Previously I had complained that the consistency of how magic worked was uneven, but now, it's tone. While I actually like these darker storylines, it would make more sense if they gradually amped up in tone as the readers of the series grew with the characters; instead, it veers wildly between stakes so low that an ant could step over them and then suddenly some pretty high-drama stuff.
June 8, 2020
Better than the previous one storywise, although the plot is somewhat of a copycat of one of the first books where they also had to save a girl. Mallory is nice, she can stay. Although it seems a bit uncalled for to call for Kali, the demon slayer, to go after Ray. Maybe a bit much?
February 4, 2016
Kate, Annie and Cooper do a ritual on the beach. It's been a year that they have studied Wicca. They will be initiated in a few weeks.
Annie might have to move away. Kate and her enemy Sherrie have to do lab project together.
Cooper's mother is still drinking too much.
Crone's Circle bookstore is robbed and trashed. It's possible their friend Sasha is connected to the break-in.
Sasha takes the girls to meet Mallory, a runaway. She's the one that broke into the store. Mallory is trying to stay away from some guy.
Kate and Sasha find Mallory beaten by her brother Ray. They get Mallory out but Ray attacks again, and Kate hits him in the head with a rock.
Kate, Annie and Cooper decide to call Detective Stern,someone they had dealings with before.
The girls want to do a ritual to deal with Ray, but they don't want to use black magic so they decide to do a ritual calling on Kali to make sure Ray gets what's coming to him, his karmic payback.
Cooper gets her mother to go to a support group. Ray attacks Mallory while she's still in the hospital.
Mallory's brother comes to the hospital, and the police deal with Ray.
Perhaps more intense than some of the other books, but it's still quite good.
There's also some good stuff about how to use magic, and how to avoid abusing the magic. The author also has Cooper's mother beginning to work her way out of her alcoholism.
Annie might have to move away. Kate and her enemy Sherrie have to do lab project together.
Cooper's mother is still drinking too much.
Crone's Circle bookstore is robbed and trashed. It's possible their friend Sasha is connected to the break-in.
Sasha takes the girls to meet Mallory, a runaway. She's the one that broke into the store. Mallory is trying to stay away from some guy.
Kate and Sasha find Mallory beaten by her brother Ray. They get Mallory out but Ray attacks again, and Kate hits him in the head with a rock.
Kate, Annie and Cooper decide to call Detective Stern,someone they had dealings with before.
The girls want to do a ritual to deal with Ray, but they don't want to use black magic so they decide to do a ritual calling on Kali to make sure Ray gets what's coming to him, his karmic payback.
Cooper gets her mother to go to a support group. Ray attacks Mallory while she's still in the hospital.
Mallory's brother comes to the hospital, and the police deal with Ray.
Perhaps more intense than some of the other books, but it's still quite good.
There's also some good stuff about how to use magic, and how to avoid abusing the magic. The author also has Cooper's mother beginning to work her way out of her alcoholism.
November 17, 2014
I didn't find this as oddly addicting as Cate Tiernan's Book of Shadows books, but I did jump in part-way through this series due to the title's name. I like that she had some non-fiction tips in the back of the book for teens that might read this book. Overall a fluffy fun read with a serious case of using a Goddess as an ingredient, but with realistic teenaged characters.
January 4, 2014
The Crones circle bookshop gets broke into, Kate, Cooper and Annie think that Sasha is behind it they are only half right, Annie aunt tells her that after the wedding they will not be moving but her husband to be and his daughter will be moving there Annie is over the moon what more trouble can the foursome get up to in the next book. Another excellent read ******
September 6, 2012
Another great book, this one taught a very valuable lesson and also showed a side of Sasha we hadn't seen before. I was only sorry we weren't able to learn more about her past. Still, a very good book.
November 21, 2016
It's AN it harm none, not "and."
July 25, 2008
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