Charmed Seasons of the Witch by Constance M Burge
Release Date: 6 September 2004
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Genre: Young Adult
Pages: 182
SAMHAIN: 10/31, or Halloween - traditionally a time to reflect, a time of divination, and a time to honor the ancients. But Phoebe's plans to communicate with her ancestors are cut short when she's recruited to help reunite a star crossed, magical couple.
YULE: 12/22, or the winter solstice, and the longest night of the year. And when Paige enters an all-night party at a local club, she finds herslef at the centre of an evil plot to bring about permanent midnight.
IMBOLC: 2/1, a time when the earliest hopes for spring are fostered and seeds are planted for dreams of the coming summer months. But Piper can't look towards the future - and having children with Leo - when her half-wightlighter, half-witch sister's powers are on the fritz. Is a hybrid baby destined for doom?
Firstly I am a huge fan of Charmed! Everything Charmed. From the TV series, the books and the actual interest of Wicca itself. This is one of the books that had been on my bookshelf for a while, and after getting some inspiration from BookRatMisty over on Youtube, I decided to set myself a goal for this October: Spooky Samhain - I picked several paranormal/spooky books to read through the month of October and this was the first one I read. I only read the first of the three stories in the book, the Samhain one and found it to be a nice, enjoyable read. Here is my review:
The main character in this story is Phoebe Halliwell, who on Halloween, decides to contact a dead ancestor. Hoping that it's Prue, she manages to persuade her other sisters to help her perform a seance. They manage to contact an ancestor, Pamela. The candle's are blown out and the sister's believe the spell hasn't worked, but when a voice from inside Phoebe begins to talk to her, she realises the spell went awry. We later find out Pamela has jumped into Phoebe's body so she can contact her demon husband, Qalmor, who no longer kills witch's because of the love spell Pamela placed on him whilst she was still alive, and to inform him his greatest enemy has found a way to destroy him, but at a price.
That's all I want to say on the plot really without giving too much of it away as they are only short stories. I find with all of the TV books like Charmed, Buffy etc, very easy to read because if you've seen the shows we know the characters and find it easy to jump into the world the author is creating for us. This is a good book to read if you are a reluctant reader, don't have much time for reading, or simply a fan of the show.