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Wicca #13-15
Sweep: Volume 5
Includes:
Book 13 - Reckoning
Book 14 - Full Circle
Book 15 - Night's Child
The final Sweep collection! Morgan Rowlands is a blood witch - the last of an unbroken line of ancient and powerful witches. Though her magick is strong and she has done things that others could never dream of, even she cannot begin to explain how different she truly is. And though her soulmate - her one true love - Hunter supports her, he can never understand what it is like. But there is another who knows, more than anyone else, just what Morgan is going through . . .
Book 13 - Reckoning
Book 14 - Full Circle
Book 15 - Night's Child
The final Sweep collection! Morgan Rowlands is a blood witch - the last of an unbroken line of ancient and powerful witches. Though her magick is strong and she has done things that others could never dream of, even she cannot begin to explain how different she truly is. And though her soulmate - her one true love - Hunter supports her, he can never understand what it is like. But there is another who knows, more than anyone else, just what Morgan is going through . . .
697 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2008
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About the author
Cate Tiernan
104 books3,811 followers"was born in New Orleans, LA, in 1961. New Orleans is one of the most interesting American cities, and it has an incredibly rich and exotic culture that had a profound influence on me. Kids in other cities have lemonade stands; we sold voodoo gris-gris and made wax dolls in the likenesses of our enemies. It's a very beautiful city, and the constant heat and humidity make gardens grow out of control. There's an air of lassitude there, a general acceptance of eccentic or flamboyant behavior--the heat simply makes people do crazy things.
I went to school in New York, and after school went back to New Orleans. Then I went back to New York (Manhattan) and got a job in publishing and started writing. My first book, a young, middle-grade chapter book, was published in 1990.
Living in Manhattan was incredible, even though I didn't have a lot of money. There was so much to do and see, and so many interesting people to watch. There was a lot of frenetic energy there, and sometimes that felt very wearing and hard to live with. After eight years I was ready for a change, and my husband and I moved back to New Orleans. (Are you seeing a pattern here?)
(While I was in NY, I helped edit "The Secret Circle" by L.J. Smith. I thought it was great.)
We stayed in New Orleans five years. By the time we had two small children we knew we had to find someplace safer to live. I was glad my children were born in New Orleans--I had been born there, and my father had, and his father had, and his father had and so on. There was something about the connection of generations of blood coming from one place that I found very primal and important.
Now I live in a cohousing community in Durham, NC. This is the most suburban place I've ever lived, and it's very different from living right in the middle of a city. For one thing, there aren't enough coffee shops. However, it's incredibly safe, and the community is very important to me. There are a lot of strong women here, and I find them inspiring.
Am I a witch? Well, no. Even Wicca is too organized a religion for me. I'm much more idiosyncratic and just need to do my own thing, which is kind of new-agey and pantheistic. It's not that I don't work or play well with others, but I need to decide for myself when I do a certain thing, and how I do it. However, I can really relate to Wicca, and I so appreciate its woman-centeredness and its essentially female identity. I love those aspects, among others.
I have several favorite writers. Barbara Hambly has been the biggest influence on how I describe magic. She's an incredibly imaginative and empathetic writer with a gift for creating a rich, sensual world. I love Barbara Pym, an English writer whose books came out mostly in the fifties. She was a master at describing the thousand tiny moments that make up a woman's day; how the seemingly small and inconsequential thing can suddenly take on a huge emotional importance. I greatly admire P.D. James. She's one of the very few writers who makes me actually look up words in the dictionary. She has a beautiful, precise, educated command of the language that leaves me in awe. I love Philip Larkin's poetry. I read a lot of nonfiction and also have some favorite romance writers. Before anyone groans, let me say that these women write really well about women trying to achieve emotional fulfillment, and that's kind of what we're all doing, right? I also just like reading about sex. Anyway, Jennifer Crusie, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, and early Linda Howard are my faves.
And then of course there's my dark side, but more on that later.
" -Source
Cate Tiernan is a pseudonym for Gabrielle Charbonnet
I went to school in New York, and after school went back to New Orleans. Then I went back to New York (Manhattan) and got a job in publishing and started writing. My first book, a young, middle-grade chapter book, was published in 1990.
Living in Manhattan was incredible, even though I didn't have a lot of money. There was so much to do and see, and so many interesting people to watch. There was a lot of frenetic energy there, and sometimes that felt very wearing and hard to live with. After eight years I was ready for a change, and my husband and I moved back to New Orleans. (Are you seeing a pattern here?)
(While I was in NY, I helped edit "The Secret Circle" by L.J. Smith. I thought it was great.)
We stayed in New Orleans five years. By the time we had two small children we knew we had to find someplace safer to live. I was glad my children were born in New Orleans--I had been born there, and my father had, and his father had, and his father had and so on. There was something about the connection of generations of blood coming from one place that I found very primal and important.
Now I live in a cohousing community in Durham, NC. This is the most suburban place I've ever lived, and it's very different from living right in the middle of a city. For one thing, there aren't enough coffee shops. However, it's incredibly safe, and the community is very important to me. There are a lot of strong women here, and I find them inspiring.
Am I a witch? Well, no. Even Wicca is too organized a religion for me. I'm much more idiosyncratic and just need to do my own thing, which is kind of new-agey and pantheistic. It's not that I don't work or play well with others, but I need to decide for myself when I do a certain thing, and how I do it. However, I can really relate to Wicca, and I so appreciate its woman-centeredness and its essentially female identity. I love those aspects, among others.
I have several favorite writers. Barbara Hambly has been the biggest influence on how I describe magic. She's an incredibly imaginative and empathetic writer with a gift for creating a rich, sensual world. I love Barbara Pym, an English writer whose books came out mostly in the fifties. She was a master at describing the thousand tiny moments that make up a woman's day; how the seemingly small and inconsequential thing can suddenly take on a huge emotional importance. I greatly admire P.D. James. She's one of the very few writers who makes me actually look up words in the dictionary. She has a beautiful, precise, educated command of the language that leaves me in awe. I love Philip Larkin's poetry. I read a lot of nonfiction and also have some favorite romance writers. Before anyone groans, let me say that these women write really well about women trying to achieve emotional fulfillment, and that's kind of what we're all doing, right? I also just like reading about sex. Anyway, Jennifer Crusie, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, and early Linda Howard are my faves.
And then of course there's my dark side, but more on that later.
" -Source
Cate Tiernan is a pseudonym for Gabrielle Charbonnet
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March 4, 2012
I have to say that the end of this sereis for me is a bit sad. I have grown to love Morgan and envy her strength and power. As for this volume, One of the books I could have done with out, the story of Alisa. However it, like the others, is well written and it's a nice story. I guess I have to say that sometimes it's nice to her more about some lesser charachters in your favorite books. When I started the last book, Night's Child, I was absolutly mad. I couldn't believe how it started and I almost quit. But, having gone this far, I couldn't, and from past expierence, I knew it had to get better. And, it did. The story keept getting better and better, and left me with a very happy ending. I'm so glad that I went on. Thank you Cate Tiernan for repringing Morgan's story. I had never heard of it before and I was attracted by the cover, simple but beautiful and mysterious. I look foward to re-reading them again sometime in the future.
December 26, 2013
Reckoning:
After bitching so much about having to listen to Alissa's story in a two way point of view we now have A WHOLE BOOK IN HER VIEW.
At first I thought, seriously… SERIOUSLY? I was so bored this entire book. I found myself CRAVING her to call Hunter or Morgan or just freaking ANYBODY related to the main plot.
The worst thing about this one was that sometimes the author dabs into supporting character's because they have a point to the main story. But guess what? In Night's Child when Morgan is all grown up - Alissa is basically never mentioned. So please tell me, what was the point of this story? No seriously, it was pointless. Like a filler to get to the main thing except it was a WHOLE book of it. If I had known beforehand then I wouldn't have read it. This is the book in this volume that made me give one of the best book series' I have grown to love as a favourite, to a mere 3.5 rating…
If you're looking for a story synopsis in this review, let me clear it up for you. Alissa is angry because she has a new mum who is actually quite nice and reasonable (Alissa compares her to a wicked witch stepmother! Like WTF - she constantly tries to talk sensitively with you and Alissa calls her a monster! What is wrong with this girl???)
Alissa then runs away to her birthmother's brother, who is gay, and proceeds to break into her grandmother's home and steal things with an accomplice. Her accomplice is her cousin's boyfriend who she basically gets in their and home wrecks everything and breaks up their relationship. After only like 3 days (yes this all happened in 3 days apparently) she goes home. And makes Hunter drives for like a 14 hour return trip to pick her up. Well done Alissa.
Full Circle:
This book also felt like a giant filler. Nothing really interesting happened and when it was time to reveal the big bad, I practically rolled my eyes. Selene is back and she's taken over a hawk.
Sadly at the moment Morgan and Selene started fighting as birds, my sister came in and asked what I was reading. Honestly I had no creative answer, "Well there are two hawks fighting with each other and it goes on for pages and pages" - she only stared at me as if I was insane. I felt myself silently agree.
Despite the boring Selene comeback, Hunter had the lamest side story one could pump out. Honestly Patrice deserved a lot more than what she got in the end. I mean she tried to KILL somebody and everybody is like "yes but she had a reason!"
For christ's sake is somebody tried to kill someone in real life then they would be tried for attempted murder and then jailed! Not get their powers "slightly" diced around and then everybody feels bad for them. Waste of time, waste of a book… waste of a build up to some sort of ending. Very flat and boring.
Night's Child:
OH MY GOD. Where to begin with this…. ARGH! Firstly we've had doses of the new "character narratives" over the past few volumes… but this narration brings a WHOLE NEW BALLPARK. Instead of the constant confusing first personal narrative that changes every book and chapter, this book COMPLETELY changes into a third person narrative. WHY? JUST WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? YOU CAN'T GO CHANGING FROM FIRST TO THIRD, FROM ONE CHARACTER IN FIRST NARRATIVE FOR 10 BOOKS THEN CHANGE TO ANOTHER!!! NO, JUST NO! STOP IT! PLEASE BE CONSISTENT! GIVE ME ONE REASON WHY THIS WAS NEEDED??
What I want to know is why on EARTH Morgan left Iona at that ancient site to go find Hunter like straight away? I know they were anxious to find Hunter quickly, but even Sky would have found a better plan than just to LEAVE the evil creature that started everything with all her powers intact and ready to follow them and enact out her plan!! So why would you just let her go? I mean they just left her thinking… oh yeah the New Charter will pick her up. LIKE THERE ARE SO MANY OBVIOUS OPTIONS! LIKE, TAKE HER WITH YOU. If Morgan is so freaking strong then what difference does it make if they take her with them to keep an eye on her and turn her into the New Charter later? This would mean they could easily FIND the island and take all those poor shipwrecked people that got pummelled later on on the island when all that rock fell… Just… some logic… PLEASE!
Not only did they just LEAVE Iona but they also just LEFT Lilith? Like even if she looks like a horrible wreck on the ground, YOU DON'T JUST LEAVE VILLAINS LYING ON THE FLOOR TO GATHER THEIR STRENGTH! If they had properly dealt with Lilith properly then the dark wave wouldn't have come right? My god!!! DUHH!
But the thing that bothered me most was the whole Moira being Hunter's daughter thing. Once again, Tiernan thinks we are dumb as rocks and couldn't spot that coming from a mile away. Like I could sense this the moment it moved into Moira's chapter. OF FREAKING COURSE. And conveniently Colm had to "die" right before they found out about Hunter… I mean come on. Can there be like any conflict there? I guess not.. everyone has to die miraculously so that Morgan can have a happy life without hurting anyone… Give me a break!
There was only ONE thing that surprised me in this book. And this was that Iona had managed to grasp Hunter's "true name". The obvious thing to do when someone has your true name and they are EVIL is to take them out of the picture, most likely in this scenario would be to strip her powers, but if worse comes to worse… kill her. Because no matter what… they can control you! If Morgan had killed Iona at the ancient castle place rather than later on in the island (and why the hell was she shocked when she saw she'd kill her… like DUH what did you think that spell would do when you said it?) it would have solved a lot of problems.
My last rant on this plot is why Moira was the one to tell everybody that Morgan should do a "tath meanma" with Hunter. They had like no other options, literally. Wouldn't this be the first thing Morgan thinks of? Hasn't she have supposed to be like all sage and crap now? Guess not. A 16 year old girl whose ready to shit her pants comes up with the master plan. Intelligence plus, Morgan.
WOW so much ranting… Gah… Well I'm glad this series is over now… sadly it was like a very sad dieting star and it didn't go out with a bang. More like a slow choking… I can't even describe how disappointing
After bitching so much about having to listen to Alissa's story in a two way point of view we now have A WHOLE BOOK IN HER VIEW.
At first I thought, seriously… SERIOUSLY? I was so bored this entire book. I found myself CRAVING her to call Hunter or Morgan or just freaking ANYBODY related to the main plot.
The worst thing about this one was that sometimes the author dabs into supporting character's because they have a point to the main story. But guess what? In Night's Child when Morgan is all grown up - Alissa is basically never mentioned. So please tell me, what was the point of this story? No seriously, it was pointless. Like a filler to get to the main thing except it was a WHOLE book of it. If I had known beforehand then I wouldn't have read it. This is the book in this volume that made me give one of the best book series' I have grown to love as a favourite, to a mere 3.5 rating…
If you're looking for a story synopsis in this review, let me clear it up for you. Alissa is angry because she has a new mum who is actually quite nice and reasonable (Alissa compares her to a wicked witch stepmother! Like WTF - she constantly tries to talk sensitively with you and Alissa calls her a monster! What is wrong with this girl???)
Alissa then runs away to her birthmother's brother, who is gay, and proceeds to break into her grandmother's home and steal things with an accomplice. Her accomplice is her cousin's boyfriend who she basically gets in their and home wrecks everything and breaks up their relationship. After only like 3 days (yes this all happened in 3 days apparently) she goes home. And makes Hunter drives for like a 14 hour return trip to pick her up. Well done Alissa.
Full Circle:
This book also felt like a giant filler. Nothing really interesting happened and when it was time to reveal the big bad, I practically rolled my eyes. Selene is back and she's taken over a hawk.
Sadly at the moment Morgan and Selene started fighting as birds, my sister came in and asked what I was reading. Honestly I had no creative answer, "Well there are two hawks fighting with each other and it goes on for pages and pages" - she only stared at me as if I was insane. I felt myself silently agree.
Despite the boring Selene comeback, Hunter had the lamest side story one could pump out. Honestly Patrice deserved a lot more than what she got in the end. I mean she tried to KILL somebody and everybody is like "yes but she had a reason!"
For christ's sake is somebody tried to kill someone in real life then they would be tried for attempted murder and then jailed! Not get their powers "slightly" diced around and then everybody feels bad for them. Waste of time, waste of a book… waste of a build up to some sort of ending. Very flat and boring.
Night's Child:
OH MY GOD. Where to begin with this…. ARGH! Firstly we've had doses of the new "character narratives" over the past few volumes… but this narration brings a WHOLE NEW BALLPARK. Instead of the constant confusing first personal narrative that changes every book and chapter, this book COMPLETELY changes into a third person narrative. WHY? JUST WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? YOU CAN'T GO CHANGING FROM FIRST TO THIRD, FROM ONE CHARACTER IN FIRST NARRATIVE FOR 10 BOOKS THEN CHANGE TO ANOTHER!!! NO, JUST NO! STOP IT! PLEASE BE CONSISTENT! GIVE ME ONE REASON WHY THIS WAS NEEDED??
What I want to know is why on EARTH Morgan left Iona at that ancient site to go find Hunter like straight away? I know they were anxious to find Hunter quickly, but even Sky would have found a better plan than just to LEAVE the evil creature that started everything with all her powers intact and ready to follow them and enact out her plan!! So why would you just let her go? I mean they just left her thinking… oh yeah the New Charter will pick her up. LIKE THERE ARE SO MANY OBVIOUS OPTIONS! LIKE, TAKE HER WITH YOU. If Morgan is so freaking strong then what difference does it make if they take her with them to keep an eye on her and turn her into the New Charter later? This would mean they could easily FIND the island and take all those poor shipwrecked people that got pummelled later on on the island when all that rock fell… Just… some logic… PLEASE!
Not only did they just LEAVE Iona but they also just LEFT Lilith? Like even if she looks like a horrible wreck on the ground, YOU DON'T JUST LEAVE VILLAINS LYING ON THE FLOOR TO GATHER THEIR STRENGTH! If they had properly dealt with Lilith properly then the dark wave wouldn't have come right? My god!!! DUHH!
But the thing that bothered me most was the whole Moira being Hunter's daughter thing. Once again, Tiernan thinks we are dumb as rocks and couldn't spot that coming from a mile away. Like I could sense this the moment it moved into Moira's chapter. OF FREAKING COURSE. And conveniently Colm had to "die" right before they found out about Hunter… I mean come on. Can there be like any conflict there? I guess not.. everyone has to die miraculously so that Morgan can have a happy life without hurting anyone… Give me a break!
There was only ONE thing that surprised me in this book. And this was that Iona had managed to grasp Hunter's "true name". The obvious thing to do when someone has your true name and they are EVIL is to take them out of the picture, most likely in this scenario would be to strip her powers, but if worse comes to worse… kill her. Because no matter what… they can control you! If Morgan had killed Iona at the ancient castle place rather than later on in the island (and why the hell was she shocked when she saw she'd kill her… like DUH what did you think that spell would do when you said it?) it would have solved a lot of problems.
My last rant on this plot is why Moira was the one to tell everybody that Morgan should do a "tath meanma" with Hunter. They had like no other options, literally. Wouldn't this be the first thing Morgan thinks of? Hasn't she have supposed to be like all sage and crap now? Guess not. A 16 year old girl whose ready to shit her pants comes up with the master plan. Intelligence plus, Morgan.
WOW so much ranting… Gah… Well I'm glad this series is over now… sadly it was like a very sad dieting star and it didn't go out with a bang. More like a slow choking… I can't even describe how disappointing
October 19, 2016
I loved this series when I first got into it. I loved Morgan- her struggles were engaging, her joy in her newfound powers and in the study of the Craft was relatable, and I really cared about what happened to her and her circle.
Now, in volume 5, I couldn't care less.
I think my biggest problem with this series has been that Morgan is just too powerful. It's like reading about Jesus Christ Superwitch. And, despite how incredibly powerful she is, she never loses. She went from being an engaging character to being a Mary Sue, and it turned me off. I also have issues with the way the magic is portrayed, but that's a different story (seriously though, a family matriarch and powerful priestess can't identify telekinesis? Really?).
The final book, Night's Child, should have been my favorite-- Hunter has consistently been my favorite character, even after I fell out of love with Morgan. I should have been incredibly engaged in the search for him, and worried about the consequences and stakes. Instead, I was bored; I knew that Morgan would get him back, and I knew she would save the day. There was no tension for me at all, because these sorts of grand gestures and enormous acts of magic have become routine in these books.
Basically, I read this last volume to finish out the series, but I really wish I hadn't bothered. And I hate that I feel that way, because this series could have been so much better if the ideas and concepts had just been more fully developed. If Cate Tiernan had really, deeply delved into the ethics of magic, if there had actually been stakes and losses, and if she had stopped focusing on Morgan the Christ and gotten back to how beautiful the magic was, I would have been a lot happier. Just because it's a YA novel doesn't mean you have to dumb it down for your audience.
Now, in volume 5, I couldn't care less.
I think my biggest problem with this series has been that Morgan is just too powerful. It's like reading about Jesus Christ Superwitch. And, despite how incredibly powerful she is, she never loses. She went from being an engaging character to being a Mary Sue, and it turned me off. I also have issues with the way the magic is portrayed, but that's a different story (seriously though, a family matriarch and powerful priestess can't identify telekinesis? Really?).
The final book, Night's Child, should have been my favorite-- Hunter has consistently been my favorite character, even after I fell out of love with Morgan. I should have been incredibly engaged in the search for him, and worried about the consequences and stakes. Instead, I was bored; I knew that Morgan would get him back, and I knew she would save the day. There was no tension for me at all, because these sorts of grand gestures and enormous acts of magic have become routine in these books.
Basically, I read this last volume to finish out the series, but I really wish I hadn't bothered. And I hate that I feel that way, because this series could have been so much better if the ideas and concepts had just been more fully developed. If Cate Tiernan had really, deeply delved into the ethics of magic, if there had actually been stakes and losses, and if she had stopped focusing on Morgan the Christ and gotten back to how beautiful the magic was, I would have been a lot happier. Just because it's a YA novel doesn't mean you have to dumb it down for your audience.
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April 5, 2021SWEEP V: Beloved. Soul Mates. Eternity.
Book 13: Reckoning
Book 14: Full Circle
Book 15: Night's Child
Book 13: Reckoning
Book 14: Full Circle
Book 15: Night's Child
December 3, 2020
Een hele fijne jeugdserie over wicca. Tijdens het verhaal over liefde, zoektocht leer je veel over natuurlijk wijzen van leven. Leest heel vlot en is moeilijk weg te leggen. Na Harry Potter is dit de tweede serie die ik al verschillende malen heb gelezen.
February 19, 2012
I loved this whole series. It had many twists and turn throughout the books. In a way I am happy to finish th series because now I now what happened to Morgan and her family but in a way its sad because you aren"t going on any more adventures with her or Hunter. Sometimes it is hard to find a really good ending to a series, but Cate Tiernan did a wonderful job. I loved ever one of these books!
April 11, 2012
Well this author definitely knows how to keep you reading and always wanting more. I am sorry to see this end as I so loved the main characters. However I do love how the storyline went and so surprised with it as well.
This is a definite series to read and I am glad that I have the whole series to go back to and reread.
This is a definite series to read and I am glad that I have the whole series to go back to and reread.
January 18, 2016
Reckoning ~ Pg. 25 "Sometimes illnesses are related to emotions, and when we release some of the bad ones, we can experience improved well-being." Night's Child ~ Pg. 113 "Every single person, every single day, had to choose goodness over and over again. Every person, every day, could take one of two paths. It was up to that person to choose well."
November 30, 2023
story 4,5/5
characters 4/5
writing 4/5
audio/paper Audio.
reread? Absolutely.
Recommend it? Yes.
Verhaal: 4,5/5
Karakters: 4/5
Schrijfstijl: 4/5
Papier/audio? Audio.
Herlezen: Zeker.
Aanrader? Ja.
characters 4/5
writing 4/5
audio/paper Audio.
reread? Absolutely.
Recommend it? Yes.
Verhaal: 4,5/5
Karakters: 4/5
Schrijfstijl: 4/5
Papier/audio? Audio.
Herlezen: Zeker.
Aanrader? Ja.
June 30, 2018
Finally finished this series. Overall I ended up enjoying more than I thought I would. This volume was my least favorite, though. I like Alisa but an entire book from her perspective was a bit much. Also, still not a fan of Hunter's POV and I'm not sure the one set 20 years into the future was necessary. An epilogue would've been fine. But I'm glad I finally finished this series, took me about 2 years (oops, totally my bad).
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February 6, 2022DNF
September 20, 2023
Love I wish there was more
May 7, 2020
The end if a nostalgic read!
March 11, 2025
Really nice. The first two books are in succession from the earlier series. The last book, #15 Night's Child, was moved about 15 years into the future. I'll be honest, as I started reading it, it threw me, the abruptness of it- suddenly being thrust into the future like that without her love and now she's a mom? wha?!?
Then I did a little research.
Ms. Tiernan's publisher was canceling the series, so I think she had 1 book to wrap up the ENTIRE series and the plotlines she'd already started to build for the next 3-4+ books. With that information, the last book made sense. And I appreciated her efforts to wrap up Morgan's story in the way that she did.
Then I did a little research.
Ms. Tiernan's publisher was canceling the series, so I think she had 1 book to wrap up the ENTIRE series and the plotlines she'd already started to build for the next 3-4+ books. With that information, the last book made sense. And I appreciated her efforts to wrap up Morgan's story in the way that she did.
January 12, 2015
I cant begin to tell you how sad I am that this series has come to a close. I have read other series that have as many books in them as this one and they have sometimes felt incredibly long winded and could easily have been several books shorter. But this series? I feel like I could read about Morgans world forever and it still wouldn't be enough.
In Reckoning we learn more about Alisa, her struggles at home, her struggles with her powers and her discovery of a whole other family that she nothing off. In many ways Alisa's is very much like Morgan, but there is a uniqueness to her that allows Tiernan to explore Alisa's story fully without feeling like she is drawing from Morgans story. Alisa has her own history to uncover, and while she may not be happy about being a blood witch she finds a way to come to terms with it.
In Full Circle Morgan comes up against a foe from her past, this time haunting her in her dreams. As is typical of the Morgan we have come to know and love she doesn't take this lying down. She finds the strength within her, with the help of her Wiccan friends, and fights back, emerging stronger than she was before.
Nights Child starts a few years after the events of Full Circle before jumping 15 years into Morgans story. We find Morgan working with some of the original members of her birth mothers coven Belwicket, members who had managed to flee the dark wave that had sought them out. This story is told from both Morgans point of view and that of her daughter Moira. Once again Morgan is faced with dark Magick being used against her and her coven, with the help of her daughter they must work out who is responsible. I'm not gonna lie, there was so many feels in this book that I cried many a time, both happy and sad tears. So bring tissues.
In Reckoning we learn more about Alisa, her struggles at home, her struggles with her powers and her discovery of a whole other family that she nothing off. In many ways Alisa's is very much like Morgan, but there is a uniqueness to her that allows Tiernan to explore Alisa's story fully without feeling like she is drawing from Morgans story. Alisa has her own history to uncover, and while she may not be happy about being a blood witch she finds a way to come to terms with it.
In Full Circle Morgan comes up against a foe from her past, this time haunting her in her dreams. As is typical of the Morgan we have come to know and love she doesn't take this lying down. She finds the strength within her, with the help of her Wiccan friends, and fights back, emerging stronger than she was before.
Nights Child starts a few years after the events of Full Circle before jumping 15 years into Morgans story. We find Morgan working with some of the original members of her birth mothers coven Belwicket, members who had managed to flee the dark wave that had sought them out. This story is told from both Morgans point of view and that of her daughter Moira. Once again Morgan is faced with dark Magick being used against her and her coven, with the help of her daughter they must work out who is responsible. I'm not gonna lie, there was so many feels in this book that I cried many a time, both happy and sad tears. So bring tissues.
April 29, 2014
I've enjoyed this series a lot. I became invested in this characters so much. I loved all of them, especially Morgan and Hunter. That being said, I'm very conflicted when it comes to this one, the last in the series. I think that she should have left it at Full Circle. The ending was good and everybody was happy. When I started Nights Child I almost threw the book away. I was so mad when I started reading the prologue but then I started feeling hopeful and then I was brutally let down again. Honestly I didn't finish reading this one at least not completely. And from what I saw in other reviews, well I didn't want to give it a chance because I heard it was just more of the same. A dark wave, a betrayal and just something very similar to Cal and His mother. So I just flipped to the end of the book and I really didn't feel like I missed much. I've never done this, but I just couldn't get through this book. I still got my happy ending and the book finished like how I thought it was supposed to but everything that happened in between wasn't needed in my opinion. Also you barely hear about the other characters that you have come to love. They are barely even mentioned. All I can say is I was really disappointed by the end of this amazing series. I gave it four stars because I really loved this series just not how it ended.
January 18, 2012
I love this series and am sad to see it come to an end. That being said what was with the last book? I wanted to chuck the book across the room after reading the prologue to the last book! Of course I love my book to much to throw them but still. It took me a few days to pick the book up again and after the first chapter had the urge to throw it again! Come on how much crap can one person take? Even super powerful witches deserve a break from evil! It was another few days before I could bring myself to continue reading the book and several more to actually finish it. While it did end well I wish there had been more written about the happy ever after that the characters so badly deserved. Like others I also wish we knew more about what happened to Alisa. Maybe there can be a spin off? A girl can dream right?
January 13, 2013
Great ending to a wonderful series. I have to admit I didn't know how I would feel when I found out about the ferry incident and all the sadness that followed, but the ending warmed my heart enough that I didn't walk away dissapointed. Although, I'm still not happy that Cate did what she did to Morgan and Hunter. I liked to see Morgan all grown up with a daughter of her own. It was all blanketed with real, raw sadness though. Overall, this was a great series filled with many lessons about family, love, and inner growth. I enjoyed it immensely.
September 21, 2013
My rating of this book is heavily skewed by Night Child, which I did not enjoy. My friend says Tiernan is a master of plot twists and indeed, that heavily contributed to why I disliked how she chose to wrap up the series. The other 2 books in the volume are good, but I didn't like the narrative path she chose. If you've made it this far in the series you should finish it, but I was incredibly frustrated the whole time reading Night's Child
February 25, 2012
HAppy for Morgan and Hunter.sad because it is over. although i expected alisa to be in the last story and so as the others. i just miss them i guess. i love this series. will definitely share this with my kids someday. thank u Cate Tiernan for this wonderful series. :)
July 7, 2012
I wish the book hadn't jumped so far in the future. It was also confusing sometimes to remember whose point of view each chapter was written from. Overall, I really enjoyed the series.
September 14, 2013
Much to my surprise Reckoning (book #13) is told from Alisa’s point of view. I was expecting some hybrid book (half Alisa and half Morgan) like last time but this book was all about Alisa. And, I really enjoyed it! Alisa Soto is such an interesting character. I could actually feel her displeasure about the idea that she was a witch, along with the shock and horror that came with the realization that the destructive telekinetic energy was coming from her. I could also feel the resentment pour out of her as we see her home life and her need to get out of that environment, even temporarily. I loved how the book briefly explored her mother’s hometown and her mother’s family members. My only complaint was that this book was too damn short! Why can’t the author write longer books?? I felt that Alisa and her mother’s family still had so much to tell and I wanted to see how her home life would be when she returned home. What happened with Charlie? The book felt more like a novella because we were only given a small snapshot into Alisa’s life. I felt that Alisa’s character was developed and well written. The conclusion of Reckoning left me yearning for more and sadly, I knew that with only one more book in the series, I would never find out anything more about Alisa’s life. The author had such a great character and it was too bad that we didn’t get the chance to explore how she was coping with her new witch heritage either sooner than we did or further down the line. It was like we only got to have a small snapshot of this really interesting character because the author ran out of things to write about for Morgan. What a shame. It’s too bad the author didn’t discover this opportunity sooner – it would have been great to have read more about Alisa’s life.
I found Full Circle (#14) very hard to get into. Chapter 1 is told from Morgan’s point of view, chapter 2 is Hunter, Chapter 3 is Morgan and the pattern continues throughout the entire book. Chapter 1 contained a strange dream by Morgan and in chapter 5, she had two strange dreams. The dreams are extremely descriptive and, to me, they feel too descriptive. It is so over the top that it’s just painful to read. I had to stop reading several times in the middle of Morgan’s dreams because the wordiness kept getting so tedious that it pulled me out of the story. I have to admit that I fell asleep while reading about Morgan’s dreams (twice) as I was reading in bed at 9:30pm (not very late, I know, so there should have been no excuse for falling asleep while reading unless the writing was dull). I am finding Hunter’s chapters a little more interesting but there really isn’t much going on in his life, besides Morgan, Practical Magick and Patrice.
There was a time problem in chapter 12 (page 125): Hunter stated that Patrice was starting her circle at five. Then, after Hunter made a note of the alleys, streets, escape routes, etc. he narrated: ‘By about quarter of seven I was in back of Willowbrook’s building.’ But then, on page 127, Hunter narrates: ‘Right at five, Patrice invoked the Goddess and the God…’ So, did hunter jet into the future and then quickly get back to the past or did the author/publisher incorrectly state the time Hunter got back to Willowbrook’s building? I’m guessing the latter but this is something so simple that it should have been picked up on right away.
I thought this part was unnecessary: Hunter is on the roof of the building, spying on the Patrice’s coven, using a periscope to spy on the coven meeting. Suddenly, a janitor appears out of nowhere and asks Hunter what he is doing. Why would a janitor be on the roof of the building? Why would this interaction be important? Hunter pretended he was the cable guy and the janitor accepted that comment and left. It added nothing to Hunter’s spying scene and it was an unnecessary scene that just seemed like it was added to bump up the word count.
I’m not exactly sure why Patrice’s dip into the dark side was added to this book. Yes, it gave us a little insight into Hunter’s world and his actions as a non-Seeker but it felt more like a side dish or an appetizer. It lasted a few chapters to fill the book but it really did not have a healthy contribution to the story.
I feel as though the author struggled with a plot for Full Circle. It feels like she had to add a bunch of stuff from the first book, some death dreams and other nonsense to try and create a sustainable ending. So far this book has contained nothing important. As of chapter 13 (page140), the story is not working and there are only 190 pages in this book. What could possibly happen in 50 pages that will make this book worthwhile? Fifty pages is not a lot of time to show us why we should continue reading this book, give the readers a great plot, give us the climax and then the ultimate ending of the series.
My prediction is that Full Circle will end with a whiff of excitement, fall flat on its face and then crawl limply away.
The ending of Full Circle was a bit sappy and I didn’t get the feeling as though anything that happened in this book was important. Things were thrown together to try to make a “full circle” but the book felt rushed and the short length added to that rushed feeling.
Night’s Child (book 15 – which I also heard is not really the 15th book but an extra book connected to the series) started off on a lousy note in the prologue. I’m surprised that the author took this route and ripped an important element out of the story. I was very angry with the author throughout the first half of the book and then partially angry at the author throughout the second half. While I wasn’t happy with the route she took to tell this story, I am very glad that the author wrote this book. It was over 100 pages longer than the other novels, thus allowing her to expand the storyline and go deeper into her characters (mainly Moira). The prologue was 19 pages (awfully long for a prologue) and then chapter one began with Moira. Chapter two was Morgan, chapter three was Moira and the pattern continued throughout the rest of the novel. Night’s Child was different from the other books because it was told from the third person point of view for each of Moira’s and Morgan’s chapters.
Probably, because of its length, more events were able to take place and draw me into the story. So much was happening and the problems just kept on coming that I could see them layering on top of each other and do what the other books had been unable to do: to have a real climax and a real conclusion to the story. The events were occurring one right after another and I kept frantically turning the pages to see how the characters were able to handle all of these sudden things, all to find another problem lurking in the shadows. I believe that this was her best book of the series because it had everything a great good should have. I also felt that the author’s writing had improved in this book and it seemed more mature.
I hated how predictable the book was.
To me, the book seemed mostly focused on Moira and it left me disappointed at parts. I would have loved to read more about Morgan and what she was going through.
Night’s Child does seem like a true conclusion to the Sweep saga and, for the most part, it ties the story up so it feels like a real conclusion.
I give Volume 5, 4 stars.
I give the entire Sweep series four stars.
I found Full Circle (#14) very hard to get into. Chapter 1 is told from Morgan’s point of view, chapter 2 is Hunter, Chapter 3 is Morgan and the pattern continues throughout the entire book. Chapter 1 contained a strange dream by Morgan and in chapter 5, she had two strange dreams. The dreams are extremely descriptive and, to me, they feel too descriptive. It is so over the top that it’s just painful to read. I had to stop reading several times in the middle of Morgan’s dreams because the wordiness kept getting so tedious that it pulled me out of the story. I have to admit that I fell asleep while reading about Morgan’s dreams (twice) as I was reading in bed at 9:30pm (not very late, I know, so there should have been no excuse for falling asleep while reading unless the writing was dull). I am finding Hunter’s chapters a little more interesting but there really isn’t much going on in his life, besides Morgan, Practical Magick and Patrice.
There was a time problem in chapter 12 (page 125): Hunter stated that Patrice was starting her circle at five. Then, after Hunter made a note of the alleys, streets, escape routes, etc. he narrated: ‘By about quarter of seven I was in back of Willowbrook’s building.’ But then, on page 127, Hunter narrates: ‘Right at five, Patrice invoked the Goddess and the God…’ So, did hunter jet into the future and then quickly get back to the past or did the author/publisher incorrectly state the time Hunter got back to Willowbrook’s building? I’m guessing the latter but this is something so simple that it should have been picked up on right away.
I thought this part was unnecessary: Hunter is on the roof of the building, spying on the Patrice’s coven, using a periscope to spy on the coven meeting. Suddenly, a janitor appears out of nowhere and asks Hunter what he is doing. Why would a janitor be on the roof of the building? Why would this interaction be important? Hunter pretended he was the cable guy and the janitor accepted that comment and left. It added nothing to Hunter’s spying scene and it was an unnecessary scene that just seemed like it was added to bump up the word count.
I’m not exactly sure why Patrice’s dip into the dark side was added to this book. Yes, it gave us a little insight into Hunter’s world and his actions as a non-Seeker but it felt more like a side dish or an appetizer. It lasted a few chapters to fill the book but it really did not have a healthy contribution to the story.
I feel as though the author struggled with a plot for Full Circle. It feels like she had to add a bunch of stuff from the first book, some death dreams and other nonsense to try and create a sustainable ending. So far this book has contained nothing important. As of chapter 13 (page140), the story is not working and there are only 190 pages in this book. What could possibly happen in 50 pages that will make this book worthwhile? Fifty pages is not a lot of time to show us why we should continue reading this book, give the readers a great plot, give us the climax and then the ultimate ending of the series.
My prediction is that Full Circle will end with a whiff of excitement, fall flat on its face and then crawl limply away.
The ending of Full Circle was a bit sappy and I didn’t get the feeling as though anything that happened in this book was important. Things were thrown together to try to make a “full circle” but the book felt rushed and the short length added to that rushed feeling.
Night’s Child (book 15 – which I also heard is not really the 15th book but an extra book connected to the series) started off on a lousy note in the prologue. I’m surprised that the author took this route and ripped an important element out of the story. I was very angry with the author throughout the first half of the book and then partially angry at the author throughout the second half. While I wasn’t happy with the route she took to tell this story, I am very glad that the author wrote this book. It was over 100 pages longer than the other novels, thus allowing her to expand the storyline and go deeper into her characters (mainly Moira). The prologue was 19 pages (awfully long for a prologue) and then chapter one began with Moira. Chapter two was Morgan, chapter three was Moira and the pattern continued throughout the rest of the novel. Night’s Child was different from the other books because it was told from the third person point of view for each of Moira’s and Morgan’s chapters.
Probably, because of its length, more events were able to take place and draw me into the story. So much was happening and the problems just kept on coming that I could see them layering on top of each other and do what the other books had been unable to do: to have a real climax and a real conclusion to the story. The events were occurring one right after another and I kept frantically turning the pages to see how the characters were able to handle all of these sudden things, all to find another problem lurking in the shadows. I believe that this was her best book of the series because it had everything a great good should have. I also felt that the author’s writing had improved in this book and it seemed more mature.
I hated how predictable the book was.
To me, the book seemed mostly focused on Moira and it left me disappointed at parts. I would have loved to read more about Morgan and what she was going through.
Night’s Child does seem like a true conclusion to the Sweep saga and, for the most part, it ties the story up so it feels like a real conclusion.
I give Volume 5, 4 stars.
I give the entire Sweep series four stars.
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November 11, 2016such a brilliant end to the series. I loved every book
July 24, 2020
Okay.. So..it took me several hours to pull myself together and typ this review. This book was just too much for me. Here it goes.
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Reckoning 4/5 : So this book was just about Alisa. I was surprised that I really liked this one because last time when it was all about Alisa I was just dying to finish it. So boring. BUT I really liked the fact that she found some of her family members. It warmed my heart that Sam welcomed her with such love and warmth. Also loved the parts with Charlie (even tho he cheated on Brigid with Alisa). I hated the fact that in the beginning almost everyone made her look like an idiot because “she has no power and she wouldn’t understand”. ESPECIALLY HER GRANDMA!!!!!! I was practically screaming at my book (at Alisa ofc) to tell them she has fucking powers!!! So yes, ofcourse, when they found out I was just like “FINNALLYYYY BITCHESS, LOOK AT MY GIRLL”. Took her ages. Okay to make my story short, because yeah Night Child, yes I enjoyed every bit. Only sad about the fact that we never got to know what happened between Charlie and Alisa after she got back. Or even her family(Aside from the fact that they kept in contact).
Full Circle 5/5: I enjoyed this book really much. Mostly because we got to read from both Morgans and Hunters perspective. Hunter just makes my heart skip a beat and then melt. He has once again proven that he loved Morgan beyond everything. But okay, in this book, Morgan has nightmares. BUT in the nightmares, she sees Cal, who says he loves her and bla bla but tries to kill her. BUT OOOOHHH PLOTTWISTTTT IT’S SELENE!! CAN I GET AN APPLAUSE? Cause I was NOT expecting that. Well done Cate, well done. So yeah, ofc, superwitch Morgan shapeshift in ofc A HAWK and kills Selene. This time for good! So the book ends with the fact that Morgan is heading off to Scotland for 8 weeks for a school to learn about Wicca. Hunter giving her a promise ring and saying they look out to their future. ALL GOOD!
Night’s Child 1/5: NO!!! NO NO NO. NOTHING IS FUCKING GOOD. I EXPECTED A WEDDING OR THAT KIND OF SHIT. HER TIME IN SCOTLAND OR SOMETHING BUT NO. Cate fucked EVERYTHING UP. So let me tell you quick what happens in the first 13 pages of the prologue: 4 years into the future, Hunter en Morgan are still together but barely because they live apart from each other. They see each other every few months and yeah Morgan wants to break up. (yes, wtf). She then breaks up with Hunter but he is willing to move back to her to stay together. He then proposes to her. Then they spend the night together and the next morning Hunter is leaving one last time for his job before moving back. He takes the ferry. And all of sudden, the ferry sinks and Hunter is dead, no body found. (what the actual fuck). And then the first chapter starts 14 FUCKING YEARS after Hunters death. Morgan had married someone else (he died six months ago) and she has a daughter Moira, who is 14 and who is btw HUNTERS DAUGHTER BECAUSE SHE WAS PREGNANT BEFORE SHE MARRIED WITH COLM ANS GUESS WHAT. NO ONE EVEN MORGAN DOESN’T KNOW SHE IS HUNTERS DAUGHTER. WHAT THE FUCK. So please tell me how to stay calm after such a good ending in the Full Circle book. I wanted to burn the whole series. Period. I cried during 80% of the time. PERIOD. Ok so I’m not going threw the whole book, cause I’ll burn it. But basically, Iona, Morgans half sister wanted to take revenge on Morgan because of Ciarans death. So, she made the ferry sink and sucked hunter into a dearc and put him on an island middle of nowhere with no powers FOR FORTEEN BLOODY YEARS. In the meantime strange things happen lately and Sky and Morgan find out that Hunter is alive, but barely. At the same time, Miora learns that Ciaran was her grandfather and both Miora and Morgan learned that Miora is actually Hunters daughter. Because Katrina, Morgans mother-in-law put a spell on Morgan when she was sick, thinking she is doing it for a good cause. EVEN COLM, MORGANS HUSBAND KNEW IT. Ofc to many drama bla bla. Morgan confronts Lilith and comes to know that Iona is behind everything. After finding Iona and almost killing her, she finds out Hunter is alive and where he is. Sky, Morgan and Miora then go to that island and save Hunter. (I was crying my heart out). Then Iona comes and says that Lilith summoned a dark wave to wipe out Belwicket. Morgan kills Iona and they all go back to home. Then Miona saves everyone from the dark wave, with the help of Hunter, Morgan, Sky and Ian. Lilith gets locked up and bye. They now can live happily ever after. And ofc after a year, Hunter, once again proposes to Morgan. She ofc, with Miona’s blessing, said yes. I HATED EVERYTHING OF IT. WHAT ABOUT A FEW CHAPTERS ABOUT HUNTER AND MORGAN BEING REUNITED AFTER 14 YEARS. CATE COULD HAVE AT LEAST GIVE US SOME OF THAT!!! I FUCKING MISS THAT PART. There was no “I missed u so fucking much”. NOTHING. It was just like, they found Hunter, they cried, and POOF a year later they’re a family and everything is good. Well, it’s not good enough for me. bye.
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Reckoning 4/5 : So this book was just about Alisa. I was surprised that I really liked this one because last time when it was all about Alisa I was just dying to finish it. So boring. BUT I really liked the fact that she found some of her family members. It warmed my heart that Sam welcomed her with such love and warmth. Also loved the parts with Charlie (even tho he cheated on Brigid with Alisa). I hated the fact that in the beginning almost everyone made her look like an idiot because “she has no power and she wouldn’t understand”. ESPECIALLY HER GRANDMA!!!!!! I was practically screaming at my book (at Alisa ofc) to tell them she has fucking powers!!! So yes, ofcourse, when they found out I was just like “FINNALLYYYY BITCHESS, LOOK AT MY GIRLL”. Took her ages. Okay to make my story short, because yeah Night Child, yes I enjoyed every bit. Only sad about the fact that we never got to know what happened between Charlie and Alisa after she got back. Or even her family(Aside from the fact that they kept in contact).
Full Circle 5/5: I enjoyed this book really much. Mostly because we got to read from both Morgans and Hunters perspective. Hunter just makes my heart skip a beat and then melt. He has once again proven that he loved Morgan beyond everything. But okay, in this book, Morgan has nightmares. BUT in the nightmares, she sees Cal, who says he loves her and bla bla but tries to kill her. BUT OOOOHHH PLOTTWISTTTT IT’S SELENE!! CAN I GET AN APPLAUSE? Cause I was NOT expecting that. Well done Cate, well done. So yeah, ofc, superwitch Morgan shapeshift in ofc A HAWK and kills Selene. This time for good! So the book ends with the fact that Morgan is heading off to Scotland for 8 weeks for a school to learn about Wicca. Hunter giving her a promise ring and saying they look out to their future. ALL GOOD!
Night’s Child 1/5: NO!!! NO NO NO. NOTHING IS FUCKING GOOD. I EXPECTED A WEDDING OR THAT KIND OF SHIT. HER TIME IN SCOTLAND OR SOMETHING BUT NO. Cate fucked EVERYTHING UP. So let me tell you quick what happens in the first 13 pages of the prologue: 4 years into the future, Hunter en Morgan are still together but barely because they live apart from each other. They see each other every few months and yeah Morgan wants to break up. (yes, wtf). She then breaks up with Hunter but he is willing to move back to her to stay together. He then proposes to her. Then they spend the night together and the next morning Hunter is leaving one last time for his job before moving back. He takes the ferry. And all of sudden, the ferry sinks and Hunter is dead, no body found. (what the actual fuck). And then the first chapter starts 14 FUCKING YEARS after Hunters death. Morgan had married someone else (he died six months ago) and she has a daughter Moira, who is 14 and who is btw HUNTERS DAUGHTER BECAUSE SHE WAS PREGNANT BEFORE SHE MARRIED WITH COLM ANS GUESS WHAT. NO ONE EVEN MORGAN DOESN’T KNOW SHE IS HUNTERS DAUGHTER. WHAT THE FUCK. So please tell me how to stay calm after such a good ending in the Full Circle book. I wanted to burn the whole series. Period. I cried during 80% of the time. PERIOD. Ok so I’m not going threw the whole book, cause I’ll burn it. But basically, Iona, Morgans half sister wanted to take revenge on Morgan because of Ciarans death. So, she made the ferry sink and sucked hunter into a dearc and put him on an island middle of nowhere with no powers FOR FORTEEN BLOODY YEARS. In the meantime strange things happen lately and Sky and Morgan find out that Hunter is alive, but barely. At the same time, Miora learns that Ciaran was her grandfather and both Miora and Morgan learned that Miora is actually Hunters daughter. Because Katrina, Morgans mother-in-law put a spell on Morgan when she was sick, thinking she is doing it for a good cause. EVEN COLM, MORGANS HUSBAND KNEW IT. Ofc to many drama bla bla. Morgan confronts Lilith and comes to know that Iona is behind everything. After finding Iona and almost killing her, she finds out Hunter is alive and where he is. Sky, Morgan and Miora then go to that island and save Hunter. (I was crying my heart out). Then Iona comes and says that Lilith summoned a dark wave to wipe out Belwicket. Morgan kills Iona and they all go back to home. Then Miona saves everyone from the dark wave, with the help of Hunter, Morgan, Sky and Ian. Lilith gets locked up and bye. They now can live happily ever after. And ofc after a year, Hunter, once again proposes to Morgan. She ofc, with Miona’s blessing, said yes. I HATED EVERYTHING OF IT. WHAT ABOUT A FEW CHAPTERS ABOUT HUNTER AND MORGAN BEING REUNITED AFTER 14 YEARS. CATE COULD HAVE AT LEAST GIVE US SOME OF THAT!!! I FUCKING MISS THAT PART. There was no “I missed u so fucking much”. NOTHING. It was just like, they found Hunter, they cried, and POOF a year later they’re a family and everything is good. Well, it’s not good enough for me. bye.
October 31, 2017
Overall I enjoyed this series quite a bit. I think it took me just a couple of weeks to read it in its entirety. The first half of the very first book "Book of Shadows" I started a year ago, and I couldn't get farther than the first chapter. Fast forward a year around Halloween, and I decided it was the perfect time to pick it up again, and I'm glad I did. Was each book fairly easy to guess where it was going? Yes. But I found that it didn't take away from the sheer enjoyment of it.
So, the first book of Volume 5, "Reckoning" is all about Alisa, which at first was super irritating, because I was so invested in Morgan and Hunters stories, but as the story progressed, I started to really enjoy seeing how Alisa was coming into her own with her family, and her interactions with them. But, the thing that was frustrating after finishing "Reckoning" and moving onto the next two books in Volume 5, was that we never really got to see where Alisas' life takes her. Like, once I was invested in her story, she just gets put on the back burner, and we never find out what happens to her.
"Full Circle" I think would have been a great finale to the whole series, if Cate hadn't added "Nights Child." I liked reading about the final showdowns between Morgan, Ciaran, and Selene, and having the answer to Cals random appearances through the books after his death answered, and it was fun to see Killian again.
The first two chapters of "Nights Child" were maddening. First, Morgan is about to break up with Hunter, then he proposes, and then he freaking dies?! I was livid when I read that. And then she goes on and marries stupid ass Colm one month later?! (who I feel preyed on her vulnerability, along with his scheming mother.) It is so frustrating that Morgan is so willing to forgive Katrina, and move on from all of this. I mean, come on. I find it so frustrating that basically Morgan had to be "saved" by Colm to pull her out of her grief, when I feel like once she realized she was pregnant with Hunters baby, she would have had something to hold onto. Now, of course, who knows, maybe Morgan would have fallen in love again before finding Hunter sixteen years later, but still?! I feel like Cate Tiernan talked so much about the bonds of muirn beatha dans, that Morgan probably wouldn't have gotten married during that time. If anything, I think it's more likely that around the time she did fall in love (if she did) is when Iona would strike; just to try to tear Morgan apart even more emotionally.
It took some getting used to, but once I got used to the new time frame in Europe, it was cool to meet Moira, who was referenced in...the first volume? I do wish we could have "seen" the relationship Moira and Morgan has with her American family and friends, other than just hearing about them in passing. It was good to have more closure about Ciarans final days (I was curious about what the rehabilitation center was like.) I will say, though, that it was a bit disappointing that Morgan kept her whole past, essentially, as a huge secret from Moira. Like, the first time Moira gets to meet Killian is around this halter skelter time in her life? Also, come to think of it, Killian shows up, and then is never mentioned again. What the crap?! I picture Killian as being a fun uncle, so it's frustrating that Morgan keeps Moira from him. (And again that he happens to be in town when serious shit is about to go down. I refuse to believe he had anything to do with Iona and Liliths evil plans, but I don't see why Cate just drops him.
Despite all of these criticisms, I did, believe it or not, still enjoy this book, (and the series) mostly, from front to cover, and I do find myself wishing that I could read another book about Moira and where her fate takes her, and seeing how her and Hunters relationship progresses. Overall, I would give this series 4 stars.
So, the first book of Volume 5, "Reckoning" is all about Alisa, which at first was super irritating, because I was so invested in Morgan and Hunters stories, but as the story progressed, I started to really enjoy seeing how Alisa was coming into her own with her family, and her interactions with them. But, the thing that was frustrating after finishing "Reckoning" and moving onto the next two books in Volume 5, was that we never really got to see where Alisas' life takes her. Like, once I was invested in her story, she just gets put on the back burner, and we never find out what happens to her.
"Full Circle" I think would have been a great finale to the whole series, if Cate hadn't added "Nights Child." I liked reading about the final showdowns between Morgan, Ciaran, and Selene, and having the answer to Cals random appearances through the books after his death answered, and it was fun to see Killian again.
The first two chapters of "Nights Child" were maddening. First, Morgan is about to break up with Hunter, then he proposes, and then he freaking dies?! I was livid when I read that. And then she goes on and marries stupid ass Colm one month later?! (who I feel preyed on her vulnerability, along with his scheming mother.) It is so frustrating that Morgan is so willing to forgive Katrina, and move on from all of this. I mean, come on. I find it so frustrating that basically Morgan had to be "saved" by Colm to pull her out of her grief, when I feel like once she realized she was pregnant with Hunters baby, she would have had something to hold onto. Now, of course, who knows, maybe Morgan would have fallen in love again before finding Hunter sixteen years later, but still?! I feel like Cate Tiernan talked so much about the bonds of muirn beatha dans, that Morgan probably wouldn't have gotten married during that time. If anything, I think it's more likely that around the time she did fall in love (if she did) is when Iona would strike; just to try to tear Morgan apart even more emotionally.
It took some getting used to, but once I got used to the new time frame in Europe, it was cool to meet Moira, who was referenced in...the first volume? I do wish we could have "seen" the relationship Moira and Morgan has with her American family and friends, other than just hearing about them in passing. It was good to have more closure about Ciarans final days (I was curious about what the rehabilitation center was like.) I will say, though, that it was a bit disappointing that Morgan kept her whole past, essentially, as a huge secret from Moira. Like, the first time Moira gets to meet Killian is around this halter skelter time in her life? Also, come to think of it, Killian shows up, and then is never mentioned again. What the crap?! I picture Killian as being a fun uncle, so it's frustrating that Morgan keeps Moira from him. (And again that he happens to be in town when serious shit is about to go down. I refuse to believe he had anything to do with Iona and Liliths evil plans, but I don't see why Cate just drops him.
Despite all of these criticisms, I did, believe it or not, still enjoy this book, (and the series) mostly, from front to cover, and I do find myself wishing that I could read another book about Moira and where her fate takes her, and seeing how her and Hunters relationship progresses. Overall, I would give this series 4 stars.
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July 8, 2024TW: abuse, animal cruelty, animal death, blood, body horror, confinement, death, death of a loved one, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, fatphobia (unchallenged), fire/fire injury, grief, injury/injury detail, kidnapping, medical content, pedophilia , pregnancy, sexual assault, sexual content, terminal illness, violence.
As with the other books in this series, I won't be rating it as this series doesn't really fit into any particular rating category.
What the actual heck was any of this, actually?
I finished this before bed last night and the longer I think about it, the more confused I am about how we ended up here. I don't know if there was a single aspect of this installment that felt like it was the right choice. Everything got so weird, so fast. We followed Alisa for an entire book for literally no reason. The nightmare plot in Full Circle was so weird. And don't get me started on Night's Child because what.
I'm glad I've reached the end of this series and I don't regret reading it, if even just for the bonding I was able to do reading it with my Mom. That being said, this was an absolute mess of a conclusion.
As with the other books in this series, I won't be rating it as this series doesn't really fit into any particular rating category.
What the actual heck was any of this, actually?
I finished this before bed last night and the longer I think about it, the more confused I am about how we ended up here. I don't know if there was a single aspect of this installment that felt like it was the right choice. Everything got so weird, so fast. We followed Alisa for an entire book for literally no reason. The nightmare plot in Full Circle was so weird. And don't get me started on Night's Child because what.
I'm glad I've reached the end of this series and I don't regret reading it, if even just for the bonding I was able to do reading it with my Mom. That being said, this was an absolute mess of a conclusion.
May 3, 2020
Seriously, Ms. Tiernan?!? In the five volumes of this series, we get 14 stories that take place over a period of time of less than one year (I think) and then the final story takes place some 16 years later in a different country with a new cast of characters? I nearly abandoned the book at the point I realized what was going on. However, I wanted closure after investing so much time reading the saga of Morgan, teenage witch (until story 15, that is) so I read it and...wow. Though mentioned, none of the characters from the first 14 stories were present, very little explanation was given for the missing years, Morgan is virtually unrecognizable, and brand new characters play a huge part. I feel a little cheated and disappointed. One of the other stories in this volume featured a character and plot that had nothing whatsoever to do with Morgan and family/loved ones. So, I can't help but feel that the author decided it was high time she put an end to the series and dreamed up a way to wrap things up and fill a few hundred pages. I am happy to be done with the Sweep world.
September 5, 2018
I have never felt more exhausted after finishing a series. I found this final volume extremely sad and unnecessary. Morgan seemed to be tortured with life events over and over again throughout the series and this last book was just too much torture even for me. The only part worth reading was the last few chapters only to find out what would be the final result. In my opinion the only parts of this series that I enjoyed were the parts in Morgan and Hunter's point of view but other than that I found myself skipping through a lot of the other chapters. I really wish this last book was done differently but I'm glad the ending was a little bit worth it. This series just went on far too long. I felt myself losing interest after the first two volumes and I feel like this volume would've been more successful if this turn of events happened earlier on and without Moira being a part of it. Just my opinion.
January 18, 2020
Thoroughly enjoyed this series. This final volume, sadly, was not my favorite. While still very well written, I got the sense that there was no longer the same passion for the story that was evident in the other volumes. Full Circle was the best book of the three, and felt to me that it should have been the true end of the story. Alisa’s book was interesting though unrelated to the whole, so it was a bit shocking starting the book with her. After Full Circle I couldn’t imagine how another book fit in and after only two pages into Nicht’s Child, I almost decided to stop there. Thankfully I continued as I simply can’t just quit a series, and it did get better, but was overall still a bit of a let down.
October 10, 2018
*3.5*
I have a lot of conflicting feelings about the last installments of the Sweep series. I'm glad that I got to experience the closure, and it was really intriguing to follow a YA series that brings the main character all the way into adult- and parent-hood. However, the interactions just get so cartoonish by the end of the series. I've noticed that Tiernan can craft a pretty intriguing overarching plot, but the writing lacks in micro development across the whole series. Overall, I enjoyed the series enough to read 15 books, so I think the entertainment value can definitely overcome the technical flaws if you can close your critical eyes ^.^
I have a lot of conflicting feelings about the last installments of the Sweep series. I'm glad that I got to experience the closure, and it was really intriguing to follow a YA series that brings the main character all the way into adult- and parent-hood. However, the interactions just get so cartoonish by the end of the series. I've noticed that Tiernan can craft a pretty intriguing overarching plot, but the writing lacks in micro development across the whole series. Overall, I enjoyed the series enough to read 15 books, so I think the entertainment value can definitely overcome the technical flaws if you can close your critical eyes ^.^
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