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Wicca #15
L'enfant de la nuit
Faites la connaissance de Moira Byrne, la fille d'un prodige... Au moment même où sa vie éclate en morceaux. Il y a vingt ans, Morgan Rowlands était la jeune sorcière de sang la plus puissante à avoir vu le jour depuis des générations. Elle a fait des découvertes magyques, a affronté et vaincu un mal inimaginable et a survécu à une trahison foudroyante. Âgée de quinze ans, sa fille Moira sait que le passé de sa mère cache bien des choses qu'elle ignore. Et les secrets terrés dans le coeur de Morgan pourraient détruire le monde de Moira en entier. Lorsque Moira apprend deux vérités au sujet de sa famille, elle commence à réunir les pièces du puzzle... pour comprendre qu'une personne qui lui est chère est en grave danger. Une famille singulière. Une bataille infinie. Un nouveau commencement.
636 pages, Paperback
First published August 25, 2003
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About the author
Cate Tiernan
104 books3,812 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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October 28, 2007
And we thought it was all over...*spoilers*
Tiernan doesn't waste anytime in this book-the prologue kills off Hunter!
No. No! How can Hunter be dead?! And the Claddagh ring is gone too...
Where's the happy ending Morgan so very much deserves?
We have plenty of time to cry about that in the hundred pages that follow in which nothing happens. We NEED to deal with his death but the passage of time that's passed means that it's not being addressed.
The slow build-up of Morgan's suspicions and hopes is excruciating and leads to speed-reading. The reader cares not for Moira's petty troubles and just wants to know if Hunter is alive. Tiernan keeps us guessing up until the end, we really believe it might be a cruel joke by one of Morgan's evil 'relatives'. Ironically this is not far from the truth as her half-sister is behind his 'death'.
I really wondered if Morgan or Hunter was going to die in the final showdown. It would be just like Tiernan to add another layer of grief to their lives.
I am not a sadistic person, but I really wanted that bitch Iona to suffer before she died. I mean the crap she put Morgan through!
I thought it was clever of Tiernan to set the story in Ireland, far away from cities-technological advances of the past 20 years does not cross the reader's mind.
I would've liked a few more relationship updates as we don't get them all. I found it realistic...if a little disappointing that Raven/Sky didn't make it and Bree's failed relationship was a little bitter in my mouth.
My feelings at the end were nothing short of ecstatic. They all made it! It was also nice to see the experience sobered Moira, although maybe that was just the awe at having a new father.
98/100 Excellent
Tiernan doesn't waste anytime in this book-the prologue kills off Hunter!
No. No! How can Hunter be dead?! And the Claddagh ring is gone too...
Where's the happy ending Morgan so very much deserves?
We have plenty of time to cry about that in the hundred pages that follow in which nothing happens. We NEED to deal with his death but the passage of time that's passed means that it's not being addressed.
The slow build-up of Morgan's suspicions and hopes is excruciating and leads to speed-reading. The reader cares not for Moira's petty troubles and just wants to know if Hunter is alive. Tiernan keeps us guessing up until the end, we really believe it might be a cruel joke by one of Morgan's evil 'relatives'. Ironically this is not far from the truth as her half-sister is behind his 'death'.
I really wondered if Morgan or Hunter was going to die in the final showdown. It would be just like Tiernan to add another layer of grief to their lives.
I am not a sadistic person, but I really wanted that bitch Iona to suffer before she died. I mean the crap she put Morgan through!
I thought it was clever of Tiernan to set the story in Ireland, far away from cities-technological advances of the past 20 years does not cross the reader's mind.
I would've liked a few more relationship updates as we don't get them all. I found it realistic...if a little disappointing that Raven/Sky didn't make it and Bree's failed relationship was a little bitter in my mouth.
My feelings at the end were nothing short of ecstatic. They all made it! It was also nice to see the experience sobered Moira, although maybe that was just the awe at having a new father.
98/100 Excellent
May 9, 2018
This review will contain spoilers so do not read if you don't want to know what happened in the book.
Sweep 1-14 was good. I was interested. If I were inclined to write a review, it would be positive.
Then there was book 15. My advice - don't read book 15. Read books 1-14 and think of your own future for Hunter and Morgan.
Where to start? First - I have never reviewed a book on Goodreads - good or bad - but this book disappointed me so much I could not stay silent.
The characters have aged four years. Many books do this to finish the story and it works in most series. You open the book and Hunter dies. This was not overly surprising given his enemies as a Seeker, but the manner of his death is poorly written. The ferry he is travelling on just went down. That's it. Clearly the work of dark magick yet Belwicket does nothing. Nothing happens in the book around this mysterious accident resulting the deaths of dozens. Morgan slips into a clinical depression and loses the will to live - after her ring from Hunter flies off her finger and into the sea. Nothing suspicious there readers. Just accept it and keep on reading.
Fast forward another 16 years.
Morgan marries Colm two months after Hunter dies. She doesn't even remember it. While in her state of despair Colm and his mother Katrina discover she is carrying Hunter's child, heal her, and LIE to her for 16 years about the father.
I know Morgan is a strong witch (apparently until she meets Colm and Katrina who manipulate her in my opinion), but really, can the girl never catch a break? Hunter finally proposes, they will have the life we have imagined they would have and then he dies in some weird freak ferry accident. And then their daughter is in the same position she was in as a teen: a hot guy who is the first to like her and his mom and dark magick.
Ok some suspicious dark magick, some scrying, a weird dream and ....
Hunter isn't really dead, let's have some EPIC battle to get him back. No book series would be complete without a crazy fight scene where every feat seems impossible but happens. Oh and we thought the dark wave was gone, but no, someone has figured out how to bring it back. With all the work they did to dissipate the wave in Widow's Vale, you would think they would have written it down, committed it to memory, and taught it to everyone; especially the Woodbane clan Belwicket!
So there is the EPIC battle, the witches defeat the dark wave AGAIN, with Hunter's help. Though he was close to death when they found him he is still able to assist with the defeat of the most powerful dark magick ever . And Moira, a 15 year old teenager, just accepts he is her biological dad and everyone lives happily ever after?? Even Katrina, dear old mother-in-law that lied to you for 16 years about the paternity of your child?
And we never did discover how Morgan became pregnant with Hunter's baby. They did all the correct spells. It was just "fate". It was a flimsy excuse to fill in a major plot hole.
In my mind: Morgan goes to study abroad. She finishes high school, moves to Ireland to help rebuild Belwicket and Hunter helps to build the New Chapter of the Council. The events in book 15 did not take place. That is the only way my brain can justify the energy I put into reading this series.
Sweep 1-14 was good. I was interested. If I were inclined to write a review, it would be positive.
Then there was book 15. My advice - don't read book 15. Read books 1-14 and think of your own future for Hunter and Morgan.
Where to start? First - I have never reviewed a book on Goodreads - good or bad - but this book disappointed me so much I could not stay silent.
The characters have aged four years. Many books do this to finish the story and it works in most series. You open the book and Hunter dies. This was not overly surprising given his enemies as a Seeker, but the manner of his death is poorly written. The ferry he is travelling on just went down. That's it. Clearly the work of dark magick yet Belwicket does nothing. Nothing happens in the book around this mysterious accident resulting the deaths of dozens. Morgan slips into a clinical depression and loses the will to live - after her ring from Hunter flies off her finger and into the sea. Nothing suspicious there readers. Just accept it and keep on reading.
Fast forward another 16 years.
Morgan marries Colm two months after Hunter dies. She doesn't even remember it. While in her state of despair Colm and his mother Katrina discover she is carrying Hunter's child, heal her, and LIE to her for 16 years about the father.
I know Morgan is a strong witch (apparently until she meets Colm and Katrina who manipulate her in my opinion), but really, can the girl never catch a break? Hunter finally proposes, they will have the life we have imagined they would have and then he dies in some weird freak ferry accident. And then their daughter is in the same position she was in as a teen: a hot guy who is the first to like her and his mom and dark magick.
Ok some suspicious dark magick, some scrying, a weird dream and ....
Hunter isn't really dead, let's have some EPIC battle to get him back. No book series would be complete without a crazy fight scene where every feat seems impossible but happens. Oh and we thought the dark wave was gone, but no, someone has figured out how to bring it back. With all the work they did to dissipate the wave in Widow's Vale, you would think they would have written it down, committed it to memory, and taught it to everyone; especially the Woodbane clan Belwicket!
So there is the EPIC battle, the witches defeat the dark wave AGAIN, with Hunter's help. Though he was close to death when they found him he is still able to assist with the defeat of the most powerful dark magick ever . And Moira, a 15 year old teenager, just accepts he is her biological dad and everyone lives happily ever after?? Even Katrina, dear old mother-in-law that lied to you for 16 years about the paternity of your child?
And we never did discover how Morgan became pregnant with Hunter's baby. They did all the correct spells. It was just "fate". It was a flimsy excuse to fill in a major plot hole.
In my mind: Morgan goes to study abroad. She finishes high school, moves to Ireland to help rebuild Belwicket and Hunter helps to build the New Chapter of the Council. The events in book 15 did not take place. That is the only way my brain can justify the energy I put into reading this series.
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October 16, 2020
No. Nothing about this was necessary.
June 28, 2011
Today's review is on Night's Child by Cate Tiernan
Night's Child is the special edition installment in Tiernan's Sweep series and receives two thumbs up.
Four years have passed since the last book and Morgan and Hunter are still together and in love, though they don't get to see each other very often. Morgan is busy rebuilding the Belwicket coven that her mother was in, and Hunter is busy with setting up the New Charter; a newer and more evolved version of the Witches Council. This leaves Morgan to making the most difficult decision with regards to their relationship. She plans to break up with him, but is delighted when he turns around and proposes to her. The next day however Hunter dies is a horrible ferry accident and Morgan is devastated.
Fifteen years later, we meet Morgans daughter Moira. Her life seems to mirror that of Morgans when she falls in love with a handsome young man who's mother is suspected of using dark magick.
Strange things are beginning to happen around Morgan, and she realizes that Hunter may still be alive. She talks to Sky and she comes to help.
Morgans half sister Iona has killed their father and taken his soul. With her increased power she has trapped Hunter on a deserted island for the last 16 years and it's up to Morgan, Sky, and Moira to rescue him. Once found, Hunter is surprised to find that Moira is in fact his daughter. And though Moira is confused, she sees and actually feels the love pouring from Hunter to her mother.
Moira was fated by the Goddess to be born, she destroyed the dark wave heading towards Belwicket and her home with the help of her boyfriend Ian, her mom, Sky, and hunter along with members of the Belwicket coven.
Things settle down a few days after the destruction of the dark wave, and low and behold Hunter once again proposes to Morgan and she says yes again. Everyone is happy and the all live Happily Ever After.
Though some of the books received low stars, the series as a whole was enjoyable. I think many YA readers would enjoy the series and I highly recommend it. Love is expressed through mutual respect and trust, not through sex. (A welcome change from other YA books.)
I have to give this 4.5 of 5 stars!! Excellent job Cate!!
Night's Child is the special edition installment in Tiernan's Sweep series and receives two thumbs up.
Four years have passed since the last book and Morgan and Hunter are still together and in love, though they don't get to see each other very often. Morgan is busy rebuilding the Belwicket coven that her mother was in, and Hunter is busy with setting up the New Charter; a newer and more evolved version of the Witches Council. This leaves Morgan to making the most difficult decision with regards to their relationship. She plans to break up with him, but is delighted when he turns around and proposes to her. The next day however Hunter dies is a horrible ferry accident and Morgan is devastated.
Fifteen years later, we meet Morgans daughter Moira. Her life seems to mirror that of Morgans when she falls in love with a handsome young man who's mother is suspected of using dark magick.
Strange things are beginning to happen around Morgan, and she realizes that Hunter may still be alive. She talks to Sky and she comes to help.
Morgans half sister Iona has killed their father and taken his soul. With her increased power she has trapped Hunter on a deserted island for the last 16 years and it's up to Morgan, Sky, and Moira to rescue him. Once found, Hunter is surprised to find that Moira is in fact his daughter. And though Moira is confused, she sees and actually feels the love pouring from Hunter to her mother.
Moira was fated by the Goddess to be born, she destroyed the dark wave heading towards Belwicket and her home with the help of her boyfriend Ian, her mom, Sky, and hunter along with members of the Belwicket coven.
Things settle down a few days after the destruction of the dark wave, and low and behold Hunter once again proposes to Morgan and she says yes again. Everyone is happy and the all live Happily Ever After.
Though some of the books received low stars, the series as a whole was enjoyable. I think many YA readers would enjoy the series and I highly recommend it. Love is expressed through mutual respect and trust, not through sex. (A welcome change from other YA books.)
I have to give this 4.5 of 5 stars!! Excellent job Cate!!
August 22, 2021
Ok, so it was nice to see how Morgan's life turned out after a few decades. But I'm not super happy with it. I'm glad about the very end of the book, but that's about all for a conclusion. It was an entertaining read but I don't feel it was needed in the series. I would have given this only a 3 star if it had been a book outside of this series. But I really loved the series and I don't want to mark it lower than a 4 star for that reason. In general, I highly recommend the series but if you are on the fence about reading this book or not. I can honestly say that you can skip it. I like the previous book as a conclusion way better than this one.
How I choose my rating:
1* Didn't like it at all. These are rare as I usually just don't finish any book I dislike this much.
2** Didn't like it. Again usually DNF if I dislike it this much, but occasionally I feel it still has potential and I try to stick with it to the end.
3*** I liked it. It wasn't great but it was enjoyable enough. It is unlikely I'll ever reread it but I might finish the series if it is a part of one.
4**** I really liked this book. Maybe not a work of genius, but highly entertaining. I might reread this at some point, and I will almost always finish the series if part of one.
5***** I loved this book. I found little to no issues with it at all. I will probably reread this and possibly more than once. I will definitely finish the series if it's part of one.
How I choose my rating:
1* Didn't like it at all. These are rare as I usually just don't finish any book I dislike this much.
2** Didn't like it. Again usually DNF if I dislike it this much, but occasionally I feel it still has potential and I try to stick with it to the end.
3*** I liked it. It wasn't great but it was enjoyable enough. It is unlikely I'll ever reread it but I might finish the series if it is a part of one.
4**** I really liked this book. Maybe not a work of genius, but highly entertaining. I might reread this at some point, and I will almost always finish the series if part of one.
5***** I loved this book. I found little to no issues with it at all. I will probably reread this and possibly more than once. I will definitely finish the series if it's part of one.
November 24, 2016
4.5 stars.
Finally, after beginning this series back when I was in my teens, I have completed the Wicca/Sweep series! And honestly, I was so pleasantly surprised by this book, because it really grabbed a hold of me and made me feel ALL OF THE FEELS.
This book takes place around 20 years after the previous installment, and follows a now adult Morgan who is living in Ireland with her daughter Moira. She has gone through some absolutely horrible and tragic events in her life up until that point, and just at the point where she is feeling safe, her home and family are threatened once again as they were when she was a teenager in America. The book is told from alternating perspectives as many of the books in the series are, this time going between adult Morgan and her 15 year old daughter Moira. Moira's life is beginning to mirror Morgan's own teen years, and this scares the hell out of her.
This book had it all - it was about twice the length of the other books in the series, which usually sit around 190 pages each. It not only had a whole host of new characters, but beloved characters from the series returned, namely Sky and Killian. And I couldn't believe how emotional I got while reading this: I was struggling to hold back tears (and was pretty unsuccessful tbh) for a lot of the first half of the book, and I could feel my heart hurting along with Morgan's for everything that had happened to hear and everything that was happening now. I felt that Tiernan also did a much better job of balancing the pacing of this book, and the extra pages definitely helped in this. There was a lot of emotion as I said, but also a lot of action, and none of it felt rushed.
Now let's be honest, in terms of the quality of writing of this book, it's probably more of a 4 (it's a YA series after all, not a wondrous example of english literature), but it deserves a 4.5 star rating for me, not only due to how much I enjoyed it, but also because of how emotionally tied I am to this series as a whole. It won't be for everyone (particularly if you don't have a nostalgic connection of having read most of it as a teen like I did), but it is for sure a series I will continue to return to throughout my life, again and again. A wonderful ending, if I do say so myself.
Finally, after beginning this series back when I was in my teens, I have completed the Wicca/Sweep series! And honestly, I was so pleasantly surprised by this book, because it really grabbed a hold of me and made me feel ALL OF THE FEELS.
This book takes place around 20 years after the previous installment, and follows a now adult Morgan who is living in Ireland with her daughter Moira. She has gone through some absolutely horrible and tragic events in her life up until that point, and just at the point where she is feeling safe, her home and family are threatened once again as they were when she was a teenager in America. The book is told from alternating perspectives as many of the books in the series are, this time going between adult Morgan and her 15 year old daughter Moira. Moira's life is beginning to mirror Morgan's own teen years, and this scares the hell out of her.
This book had it all - it was about twice the length of the other books in the series, which usually sit around 190 pages each. It not only had a whole host of new characters, but beloved characters from the series returned, namely Sky and Killian. And I couldn't believe how emotional I got while reading this: I was struggling to hold back tears (and was pretty unsuccessful tbh) for a lot of the first half of the book, and I could feel my heart hurting along with Morgan's for everything that had happened to hear and everything that was happening now. I felt that Tiernan also did a much better job of balancing the pacing of this book, and the extra pages definitely helped in this. There was a lot of emotion as I said, but also a lot of action, and none of it felt rushed.
Now let's be honest, in terms of the quality of writing of this book, it's probably more of a 4 (it's a YA series after all, not a wondrous example of english literature), but it deserves a 4.5 star rating for me, not only due to how much I enjoyed it, but also because of how emotionally tied I am to this series as a whole. It won't be for everyone (particularly if you don't have a nostalgic connection of having read most of it as a teen like I did), but it is for sure a series I will continue to return to throughout my life, again and again. A wonderful ending, if I do say so myself.
October 13, 2012
This book was smooth and easy to get through, with lots of different reasons to keep reading in a hungry fashion. It ties everything together nicely and was written in a way that when people who haven't read the first fourteen books before, can easily catch up and still understand what's going on. It's definitely an incentive to read the prequels as well.
I found myself flying through the book simply so that I would know if Hunter was really alive. I didn't realize how much I loved his character. And Killian - how ironic of him to show up out of nowhere and drop a bombshell on the family. I adore his tactics. I wish he would have been in the storyline a lot more than he actually was, but he was the catalyst to the important aspects of the rest of the plot.
So much drama. I liked that when it was Moira's point of view, she wasn't such a baby like Alisa was. She was emotional, but it was more of a focused angst and intense, like Hunter's brooding moods. And poor Morgan. Been through hell and back, but still badass and drinking diet coke. I love it.
A good end to a wonderfully magickal series.
I found myself flying through the book simply so that I would know if Hunter was really alive. I didn't realize how much I loved his character. And Killian - how ironic of him to show up out of nowhere and drop a bombshell on the family. I adore his tactics. I wish he would have been in the storyline a lot more than he actually was, but he was the catalyst to the important aspects of the rest of the plot.
So much drama. I liked that when it was Moira's point of view, she wasn't such a baby like Alisa was. She was emotional, but it was more of a focused angst and intense, like Hunter's brooding moods. And poor Morgan. Been through hell and back, but still badass and drinking diet coke. I love it.
A good end to a wonderfully magickal series.
January 18, 2016
Plot
The story is set maybe eighteen or nineteen years after the end of Full Circle. Morgan is a widow with a child and is set to become the new high priestess in the upcoming year. After many years of peace, weird things are happening around Morgan and her coven, leading her to believe that someone is out to get them. Her and others must find a solution. Simple plot but unbelievable long, in comparison to the rest of the books.
The plot itself isn’t exactly bad, but it’s not very interesting or unique. It’s basically the same song and dance Morgan has been doing previously. This time with the added bonus of her daughter. There is a myriad of reasons why the plot in this story just wasn’t good. I think a big reason is because it’s so lackluster. Morgan has been over this plot again and again, just with different antagonists and different problems. Underneath it all, they’re all the same. The plot of the last book in this series was a watered-down fizzle instead of a bang.
Writing
Night’s Child isn’t in first person POV, yay! That’s about the only positive thing I can really say about the writing. Things were extremely predictable and the writing continued to embody the wrongs of “show, don’t tell”. I can admit that the writing isn’t all that terrible. We’re never sucked into any long soliloquies or anything boring like that. There is a lot of time Morgan spends on thinking about things, but it never gets too dull. The writing is alright. You get used to it quickly but it’s nothing overly good.
Characters
Moira, Morgan’s daughter, is our new qausi-protagonist, and yet she is not really her own character. She’s Morgan 1.2. She’s not even a new version; she is literally Morgan, but updated…sort of. Every moronic thing Morgan has done, the naïveté Morgan had, all of that is in Moira. I didn’t like Morgan as a teenager, why exactly would I like the exact same version of her? Hint: I don’t. There was nothing redeeming about Moira because she wasn’t even really a character to me.
Morgan I actually liked a little bit, now that she’s apparently grown out of her stupidity. She’s much smarter than her teenage counterpart, but in a way that shows that she’s gained the common sense she should have had in the previous books. She’s fierce and relentless, and I absolutely loved it. Still, after spending fourteen books with her as a teenager, I’m afraid her character can’t really be redeemed for me after spending only one book with her as a badass.
Who really cared about the rest of the characters? I was happy to see Sky but she’s never really been center-stage in the books. I couldn’t have cared less about what happened to Hunter. Ian was a mix of Cal and Hunter, and the villains were just your run of the mill, petty villains. Very boring.
Things I Liked
I didn’t really like anything in Night’s Child or the series as a whole. It was too long and boring for me to enjoy anything that I might have actually liked.
Things I Didn't Like
A big problem I had with Night’s Child was, even though it’s a little less than double the size of the first fourteen books in the series, it’s so crammed full of stuff. Moira basically goes through all the things Morgan experienced—if you remove the books focusing only on Hunter and Alisa—in about two-thousand total pages. In the span of around three hundred pages. The book was overstuffed. Sure, it was about concepts that the reader has been learning about for fourteen books, but Night’s Child totally reset where the story took place, in a totally different year, with different characters, etc. Maybe as a standalone book Night’s Child would have gotten a higher rating, but as it stands, it’s a book that’s too cramped.
Another thing I didn’t like with this book, and the series as a whole, was how predictable everything was. The only thing that ever surprised me, in all fifteen books, was in Reckoning with what as actually causing all of the disturbances in Alisa’s grandmother’s house. That was literally it in a fifteen book series. Things were just so formulaic that it was easy to see what would happen. I could see for miles when certain characters were introduced what role they could play. I knew instantly, for example that both Charlie and Ian were going to be love interests. The series as so straight-laced that there was no fun in figuring things out.
I’ve got a whole bunch of other gripes, but one of my main problems with the series was how magick was handled. Neither the reader, nor Morgan for that matter, are given any knowledge to the limits of magick, like what it can and can’t do, what exactly is it, how far can magick be depleted from a person, etc. For a book about Wicca and magick, we are honestly given very little information about all of it. I’d say that a good chunk of the books revolved more around Morgan’s and her friends’ drama than magick and Wicca.
Also, quick note, I am so mad that I had to suffer through a bunch of teenage romance drama when a lot of characters are barely mentioned and their relationships didn’t work out in the end. There was a lot of fluff in the series that revolved around certain things, like Robbie and Bree’s romance, and you’re telling me they don’t even end up together?! Why did I have to suffer through all of their drama then?
Diversity
In Night’s Child there is only the barestmention of any same-gender relationships. Two witches in the new Belwicket are partner’s and Sky’s had some short relationships with men and women, though none of them have stuck (why did she not end up with Raven, that’s what I want to know). That’s literally all the diversity in this book.
The series as a whole has very little diversity as well. Morgan has a few scenes with her Aunt Eileen and her partner Paula, who I should mention is Jewish. There’s mention of a gay boy way back in the first book. Alisa is the only other confirmed non-white person in the entire series, and she played no role after Reckoning, which makes me wonder why she even had a book to herself if the most that Tiernan did with her in Night’s Child was mention her name maybe twice in total.
The diversity in this book has been so poor it’s laughable. It’s majority white and, even though there are a few characters who were are in same-gender relationships, very heteronormative. Might as well say there’s no diversity in the grand scheme of things.
Overall
The Sweep series is way too long to be enjoyable. Maybe I would have liked it more if it was a trilogy or, at the max, six books long. The first fourteen books encompassed only a few months and the final book spanned a week and was double the size of all of the previous books! The characters were very unlikable. At the very best I felt neutral towards them. I only liked Sky Eventide and she didn’t have much of a presence, sadly. There is very little diversity. The plot was alright, but it was stretched way too thin. The majority of the books are in first person POV, but the writing wasn’t exactly terrible. Nothing to write home about, though.
I didn’t like the series, I’m glad I don’t have to spell magic with a “k” anymore, it was a giant waste of my time, but I thank Cate Tiernan for allowing me into her world of witches and Wicca.
Here is a link to my notes.
The story is set maybe eighteen or nineteen years after the end of Full Circle. Morgan is a widow with a child and is set to become the new high priestess in the upcoming year. After many years of peace, weird things are happening around Morgan and her coven, leading her to believe that someone is out to get them. Her and others must find a solution. Simple plot but unbelievable long, in comparison to the rest of the books.
The plot itself isn’t exactly bad, but it’s not very interesting or unique. It’s basically the same song and dance Morgan has been doing previously. This time with the added bonus of her daughter. There is a myriad of reasons why the plot in this story just wasn’t good. I think a big reason is because it’s so lackluster. Morgan has been over this plot again and again, just with different antagonists and different problems. Underneath it all, they’re all the same. The plot of the last book in this series was a watered-down fizzle instead of a bang.
Writing
Night’s Child isn’t in first person POV, yay! That’s about the only positive thing I can really say about the writing. Things were extremely predictable and the writing continued to embody the wrongs of “show, don’t tell”. I can admit that the writing isn’t all that terrible. We’re never sucked into any long soliloquies or anything boring like that. There is a lot of time Morgan spends on thinking about things, but it never gets too dull. The writing is alright. You get used to it quickly but it’s nothing overly good.
Characters
Moira, Morgan’s daughter, is our new qausi-protagonist, and yet she is not really her own character. She’s Morgan 1.2. She’s not even a new version; she is literally Morgan, but updated…sort of. Every moronic thing Morgan has done, the naïveté Morgan had, all of that is in Moira. I didn’t like Morgan as a teenager, why exactly would I like the exact same version of her? Hint: I don’t. There was nothing redeeming about Moira because she wasn’t even really a character to me.
Morgan I actually liked a little bit, now that she’s apparently grown out of her stupidity. She’s much smarter than her teenage counterpart, but in a way that shows that she’s gained the common sense she should have had in the previous books. She’s fierce and relentless, and I absolutely loved it. Still, after spending fourteen books with her as a teenager, I’m afraid her character can’t really be redeemed for me after spending only one book with her as a badass.
Who really cared about the rest of the characters? I was happy to see Sky but she’s never really been center-stage in the books. I couldn’t have cared less about what happened to Hunter. Ian was a mix of Cal and Hunter, and the villains were just your run of the mill, petty villains. Very boring.
Things I Liked
I didn’t really like anything in Night’s Child or the series as a whole. It was too long and boring for me to enjoy anything that I might have actually liked.
Things I Didn't Like
A big problem I had with Night’s Child was, even though it’s a little less than double the size of the first fourteen books in the series, it’s so crammed full of stuff. Moira basically goes through all the things Morgan experienced—if you remove the books focusing only on Hunter and Alisa—in about two-thousand total pages. In the span of around three hundred pages. The book was overstuffed. Sure, it was about concepts that the reader has been learning about for fourteen books, but Night’s Child totally reset where the story took place, in a totally different year, with different characters, etc. Maybe as a standalone book Night’s Child would have gotten a higher rating, but as it stands, it’s a book that’s too cramped.
Another thing I didn’t like with this book, and the series as a whole, was how predictable everything was. The only thing that ever surprised me, in all fifteen books, was in Reckoning with what as actually causing all of the disturbances in Alisa’s grandmother’s house. That was literally it in a fifteen book series. Things were just so formulaic that it was easy to see what would happen. I could see for miles when certain characters were introduced what role they could play. I knew instantly, for example that both Charlie and Ian were going to be love interests. The series as so straight-laced that there was no fun in figuring things out.
I’ve got a whole bunch of other gripes, but one of my main problems with the series was how magick was handled. Neither the reader, nor Morgan for that matter, are given any knowledge to the limits of magick, like what it can and can’t do, what exactly is it, how far can magick be depleted from a person, etc. For a book about Wicca and magick, we are honestly given very little information about all of it. I’d say that a good chunk of the books revolved more around Morgan’s and her friends’ drama than magick and Wicca.
Also, quick note, I am so mad that I had to suffer through a bunch of teenage romance drama when a lot of characters are barely mentioned and their relationships didn’t work out in the end. There was a lot of fluff in the series that revolved around certain things, like Robbie and Bree’s romance, and you’re telling me they don’t even end up together?! Why did I have to suffer through all of their drama then?
Diversity
In Night’s Child there is only the barestmention of any same-gender relationships. Two witches in the new Belwicket are partner’s and Sky’s had some short relationships with men and women, though none of them have stuck (why did she not end up with Raven, that’s what I want to know). That’s literally all the diversity in this book.
The series as a whole has very little diversity as well. Morgan has a few scenes with her Aunt Eileen and her partner Paula, who I should mention is Jewish. There’s mention of a gay boy way back in the first book. Alisa is the only other confirmed non-white person in the entire series, and she played no role after Reckoning, which makes me wonder why she even had a book to herself if the most that Tiernan did with her in Night’s Child was mention her name maybe twice in total.
The diversity in this book has been so poor it’s laughable. It’s majority white and, even though there are a few characters who were are in same-gender relationships, very heteronormative. Might as well say there’s no diversity in the grand scheme of things.
Overall
The Sweep series is way too long to be enjoyable. Maybe I would have liked it more if it was a trilogy or, at the max, six books long. The first fourteen books encompassed only a few months and the final book spanned a week and was double the size of all of the previous books! The characters were very unlikable. At the very best I felt neutral towards them. I only liked Sky Eventide and she didn’t have much of a presence, sadly. There is very little diversity. The plot was alright, but it was stretched way too thin. The majority of the books are in first person POV, but the writing wasn’t exactly terrible. Nothing to write home about, though.
I didn’t like the series, I’m glad I don’t have to spell magic with a “k” anymore, it was a giant waste of my time, but I thank Cate Tiernan for allowing me into her world of witches and Wicca.
Here is a link to my notes.
April 30, 2012
I HATE MY COMPUTER. I had written a beautiful review for the whole sweep series and then my computer decided to delete it all and do some crazy thing where it all disappeared and wasn't saved. THANKS COMPUTER!
Maybe I'll try again later.
EDIT: trying again now.
Well, SWEEP was a magical(pun intended) series that swept(another pun intended) me off my feet.
It revolves around 16-year-old Morgan Rowlands, who learns about the beauty and the darkness involved in Wiccan Magick. I immediately liked Morgan after only the first book, with her strong will and independence. She was a great older sister and a great friend. She was confident and okay with the fact her younger sister was prettier and curvier. And she was vulnerable to love and life woes. Over the fifteen books that make up SWEEP, Morgan became more than a character to me. It might sound silly but I quickly grew to care about her and her well-being. She became like a friend to me. I felt like I stood next to her when she found out devastating news about her heritage. I felt my heart ache when she found out she had been betrayed. I wanted to cry with her when her heart was broken and tell her she could lean on my shoulder if she needed it. I feel like Morgan is the character every author wishes to dream up, in the sense that she's real in every normal teenager way and yet, unreal all at the same time.
Morgan also deals with some subjects that a lot of young people, or maybe just people in general, deal with on a daily basis. Her parents and sister are not accepting of Wicca at all. They are Catholics and believe that is the only way. But Morgan tells them over and over that it was not something she has chosen. Wicca is just who she is. For anyone who has ever felt unaccepted(which might just be all of us at one time or another) will feel connected to Morgan in this way.
She also fights a battle, almost daily, of choosing between light and dark. And though I think its safe to say we don't all practice a form of Magick where the dark side is constantly begging us to join it, we all have a good side and a not-so-good-side. And we all have to decide if we are going to do the right thing, or the not-right-thing. It may be some small instance like deciding whether or not to fib to your best friend that you indeed like her new hairstyle. But we all make these choices at some point in time and I really felt for Morgan in her decision making. She had to constantly remind herself that she chose good. That the alluring dark side had no pull, no reward for her. She had to remain confident and strong no matter how many times she was knocked down (and it was A LOT), and continue the fight. None of our lives might be that dramatic but isn't it great to see someone, and a young, teenage girl no less, never give up? Doesn't that give you some hope for your life where you have no dark witches, or backstabbing best friends, or even an evil dark force called a dark wave after you? Doesn't it make your life seem a little brighter? Maybe that's why I read. Maybe that's why I loved this series so much. Certain books always seem to come into my life to teach me something or make me see something that I didn't before, always at the certain time I need them to.
Cate Tiernan's writing was another reason I loved this series so much. It was straightforward and concise, but also beautiful in her descriptions. I've never read someone describe Magick the way she does. Whenever Morgan was getting wrapped up in a Circle, I felt like I was there. That I was spinning with them and could feel the air around me moving. I could see the light and the energy that Morgan saw and felt. It was all so precise that I felt like I must have pictured EXACTLY what Cate Tiernan pictured when she wrote it. Her writing also had a wonderful flow to it that made the reading go by quickly. I keep wanting to say that it was simple, but simple is not the right word for it at all.
So all in all, I guess you can see that I loved this series very much. It will always have a place in my heart and I look forward to the day when I will start again from the beginning, moving all the way through to the end, dredging up all my fond and familiar feelings, just like catching up with an old friend.
Maybe I'll try again later.
EDIT: trying again now.
Well, SWEEP was a magical(pun intended) series that swept(another pun intended) me off my feet.
It revolves around 16-year-old Morgan Rowlands, who learns about the beauty and the darkness involved in Wiccan Magick. I immediately liked Morgan after only the first book, with her strong will and independence. She was a great older sister and a great friend. She was confident and okay with the fact her younger sister was prettier and curvier. And she was vulnerable to love and life woes. Over the fifteen books that make up SWEEP, Morgan became more than a character to me. It might sound silly but I quickly grew to care about her and her well-being. She became like a friend to me. I felt like I stood next to her when she found out devastating news about her heritage. I felt my heart ache when she found out she had been betrayed. I wanted to cry with her when her heart was broken and tell her she could lean on my shoulder if she needed it. I feel like Morgan is the character every author wishes to dream up, in the sense that she's real in every normal teenager way and yet, unreal all at the same time.
Morgan also deals with some subjects that a lot of young people, or maybe just people in general, deal with on a daily basis. Her parents and sister are not accepting of Wicca at all. They are Catholics and believe that is the only way. But Morgan tells them over and over that it was not something she has chosen. Wicca is just who she is. For anyone who has ever felt unaccepted(which might just be all of us at one time or another) will feel connected to Morgan in this way.
She also fights a battle, almost daily, of choosing between light and dark. And though I think its safe to say we don't all practice a form of Magick where the dark side is constantly begging us to join it, we all have a good side and a not-so-good-side. And we all have to decide if we are going to do the right thing, or the not-right-thing. It may be some small instance like deciding whether or not to fib to your best friend that you indeed like her new hairstyle. But we all make these choices at some point in time and I really felt for Morgan in her decision making. She had to constantly remind herself that she chose good. That the alluring dark side had no pull, no reward for her. She had to remain confident and strong no matter how many times she was knocked down (and it was A LOT), and continue the fight. None of our lives might be that dramatic but isn't it great to see someone, and a young, teenage girl no less, never give up? Doesn't that give you some hope for your life where you have no dark witches, or backstabbing best friends, or even an evil dark force called a dark wave after you? Doesn't it make your life seem a little brighter? Maybe that's why I read. Maybe that's why I loved this series so much. Certain books always seem to come into my life to teach me something or make me see something that I didn't before, always at the certain time I need them to.
Cate Tiernan's writing was another reason I loved this series so much. It was straightforward and concise, but also beautiful in her descriptions. I've never read someone describe Magick the way she does. Whenever Morgan was getting wrapped up in a Circle, I felt like I was there. That I was spinning with them and could feel the air around me moving. I could see the light and the energy that Morgan saw and felt. It was all so precise that I felt like I must have pictured EXACTLY what Cate Tiernan pictured when she wrote it. Her writing also had a wonderful flow to it that made the reading go by quickly. I keep wanting to say that it was simple, but simple is not the right word for it at all.
So all in all, I guess you can see that I loved this series very much. It will always have a place in my heart and I look forward to the day when I will start again from the beginning, moving all the way through to the end, dredging up all my fond and familiar feelings, just like catching up with an old friend.
October 29, 2010
I'll state it up front: this book was disappointing. I'm not arguing the whole "Hunter dies in the beginning" point. I actually thought that made for an interesting plot element. Tiernan had started setting something to this extent up in the previous book by mentioning Colm & that ending his job as a Seeker meant that Hunter would be unguarded. It's just that this book is very poor in quality when held up against the other Sweep books. It read more like a fanfiction you'd find on the internet than something by Tiernan herself.
This book finds Morgan reeling over the death of her beloved Hunter in a freak ferry accident. Years pass and Morgan has managed to heal, marry one of her fellow witches of Belwicket, as well as give birth to her daughter Moira. The story picks back up six months after the death of her husband, with Moira going through many of the same issues Morgan herself went through as a new dark force threatens their peace & whispers of secrets held for sixteen years.
As a standalone book, this wasn't bad. It's readable & entertaining for the most part. However, when I compare it to the rest of the Sweep books, it frankly sucks. The previous books were all of high quality (even when I didn't like them that much), so this one was incredibly disappointing to read.
The #1 failure of the book is that it runs through too many plot elements too quickly. Another reviewer stated that the book has Moira going through all of Morgan's issues in the span of a few days, which is the truth. So much happens so quickly that it's really not all that believable & very little of the plot is fleshed out enough to make any of these elements have any life of their own. Moira is pretty much a watered down version of Morgan, with little personality of her own. She's not an unlikeable character by any means, but the book goes by so quickly that very little of Moira's personality shows through. She pines after a boy, she mopes over her father's death, she anquishes over the "is he or isn't he evil" signs. Other characters are trotted out, but are so thinly written that you pretty much ignore them for the most part.
If this had been fleshed out more & put into 2-3 books rather than one book, the story would have been far better. It's just that the book is "this happens, oh now this happens & this happens". The ending is frankly ridiculous when you realize how quickly everyone supposedly moves & realizes things.
I liked the book enough to give it 3 stars, since Tiernan's writing ability shines through & manages to polish this lackluster entry with as much gusto as she can. I know that the publishing company had an unreasonable amount of control over the series length & plotting, so it is them that I blame for this book. At times it felt like I could really sense Tiernan's frustration over having to cram 2-3 books (600-900 pages)worth of plot into 300 pages.
If you are a Sweep fan, I recommend getting it & reading it just so you can finish the series. I just recommend getting this from the library instead & sticking to just volumes 1-14 for the basic story. This book just could have been so much better, which is where this story really disappoints- you know the potential it could have had.
This book finds Morgan reeling over the death of her beloved Hunter in a freak ferry accident. Years pass and Morgan has managed to heal, marry one of her fellow witches of Belwicket, as well as give birth to her daughter Moira. The story picks back up six months after the death of her husband, with Moira going through many of the same issues Morgan herself went through as a new dark force threatens their peace & whispers of secrets held for sixteen years.
As a standalone book, this wasn't bad. It's readable & entertaining for the most part. However, when I compare it to the rest of the Sweep books, it frankly sucks. The previous books were all of high quality (even when I didn't like them that much), so this one was incredibly disappointing to read.
The #1 failure of the book is that it runs through too many plot elements too quickly. Another reviewer stated that the book has Moira going through all of Morgan's issues in the span of a few days, which is the truth. So much happens so quickly that it's really not all that believable & very little of the plot is fleshed out enough to make any of these elements have any life of their own. Moira is pretty much a watered down version of Morgan, with little personality of her own. She's not an unlikeable character by any means, but the book goes by so quickly that very little of Moira's personality shows through. She pines after a boy, she mopes over her father's death, she anquishes over the "is he or isn't he evil" signs. Other characters are trotted out, but are so thinly written that you pretty much ignore them for the most part.
If this had been fleshed out more & put into 2-3 books rather than one book, the story would have been far better. It's just that the book is "this happens, oh now this happens & this happens". The ending is frankly ridiculous when you realize how quickly everyone supposedly moves & realizes things.
I liked the book enough to give it 3 stars, since Tiernan's writing ability shines through & manages to polish this lackluster entry with as much gusto as she can. I know that the publishing company had an unreasonable amount of control over the series length & plotting, so it is them that I blame for this book. At times it felt like I could really sense Tiernan's frustration over having to cram 2-3 books (600-900 pages)worth of plot into 300 pages.
If you are a Sweep fan, I recommend getting it & reading it just so you can finish the series. I just recommend getting this from the library instead & sticking to just volumes 1-14 for the basic story. This book just could have been so much better, which is where this story really disappoints- you know the potential it could have had.
November 12, 2008
I've read this entire sweep series many times over again: It never gets old. Morgan and her friends, Bree and Robby, go through highschool life together, while the girls are fighting over the newcomer: Cal Blaire. The two teens find themselves ex-best friends when Cal chooses Morgan over Bree. Cal brings morgan and other people from the school together to form a coven, to learn and practice Wicca. Morgan soon realizes, with Cal's help, that she's a bloodwitch, and along with this new information, Morgan is thrown into a whole new world of magick, lies, betrayal, and friendship. Ties are broken, and renewed, and a pattern seems to form: When ever things start going right, Morgan discovers something new, which sends her back into confusion and deception. Her murin' betha dan, Cal's half brother, starts out as an enemy to her and Cal. She belives he's lieing to her, and Cal is telling the truth: But as ussual, things are not always as they seem. Morgan's life is entwined with others in this insipiring, seductive, and addictive series; It's an all-nighter, and you wont want to put any of the books down until you're done!
July 18, 2013
Reading this series is like watching brownies bake.
Mmm, brownies...
It's interesting for the first 30 seconds or so but then it gets boring to the point when you keep looking at the clock and wondering when the hell it'll be done.
The series was interesting enough in the beginning with all the Wicca info (Psst, I found out I'm an air elemental)
But then it became unbearably boring. I practically skimmed through the last 10 books. That's hours of my life I'll never get back.
My advice: read til it gets boring. And when baking brownies, make sure you have a large pan or it'll burn.
And I'm out.
Mmm, brownies...
It's interesting for the first 30 seconds or so but then it gets boring to the point when you keep looking at the clock and wondering when the hell it'll be done.
The series was interesting enough in the beginning with all the Wicca info (Psst, I found out I'm an air elemental)
But then it became unbearably boring. I practically skimmed through the last 10 books. That's hours of my life I'll never get back.
My advice: read til it gets boring. And when baking brownies, make sure you have a large pan or it'll burn.
And I'm out.
May 2, 2015
Oh my god(dess)
This finale was amazing. The first 20 or so pages had me so annoyed and ticked off but this was a truly awesome ending. Not many YA books show the characters as adults but it really tied in with the Wiccan archetype of maiden, mother and crone. The cycle of people and ideas being renewed and the passage of time made this series stand out tremendously to me.
Would absolutely recommend giving this series a go
This finale was amazing. The first 20 or so pages had me so annoyed and ticked off but this was a truly awesome ending. Not many YA books show the characters as adults but it really tied in with the Wiccan archetype of maiden, mother and crone. The cycle of people and ideas being renewed and the passage of time made this series stand out tremendously to me.
Would absolutely recommend giving this series a go
April 25, 2016
This is by far my favourite book in the Sweep series, it's the one I re-read quite a few times and still makes me so emotional reading.
That being said, I re-read the complete series this month after 5 or 6 years. If you want to know my spoiler-free thoughts on the complete book series: https://goo.gl/2ws1Aj :)
That being said, I re-read the complete series this month after 5 or 6 years. If you want to know my spoiler-free thoughts on the complete book series: https://goo.gl/2ws1Aj :)
September 27, 2020
3.5 - 4 stars
October 15, 2024
C’est finiiiiiii! Enfinnnn!!! J’ai jamais été aussi HEUREUSE de terminer une série. Fuck que l’auteure a étiré la sauce longtemps, ça juste pas de criss de bon sens.
Ce dernier tome avec Moira reprend quasiment les 3/4 de la storyline de Morgan des 3 premiers tomes en un seul. Encore une fois avec un ennemi sorti de nulle part, des clichés, des « rebondissements » qui sont prévisibles et pas tant dérangeant car on se doute de la résolution avant même qu’une étincelle de détail soit amené.
Lisez la C4, imaginez vous l’histoire et je peux garantir que 80% des gens vont l’avoir deviner.
Mais anyways, la finale de ce tome est meilleure que celle du 14ème, donc faut que je donne ça.
Je suis juste contente d’avoir passé au travers. L’adulte en moi est découragée, mais je sais que la jeune adolescente que j’étais qui avait tripé sur les 3 premiers tomes, est fière de l’avoir lu au complet.
Ce dernier tome avec Moira reprend quasiment les 3/4 de la storyline de Morgan des 3 premiers tomes en un seul. Encore une fois avec un ennemi sorti de nulle part, des clichés, des « rebondissements » qui sont prévisibles et pas tant dérangeant car on se doute de la résolution avant même qu’une étincelle de détail soit amené.
Lisez la C4, imaginez vous l’histoire et je peux garantir que 80% des gens vont l’avoir deviner.
Mais anyways, la finale de ce tome est meilleure que celle du 14ème, donc faut que je donne ça.
Je suis juste contente d’avoir passé au travers. L’adulte en moi est découragée, mais je sais que la jeune adolescente que j’étais qui avait tripé sur les 3 premiers tomes, est fière de l’avoir lu au complet.
September 26, 2017
Hier toch een kort woordje...
Wat een afsluiter van de reeks! Je wordt onmiddellijk rond de oren gemept met een proloog die inslaat als een bom. Alles in mij schreeuwde "NEEEEEEE, dit kan niet waar zijn!!!!" Hierdoor had ik de eerste hoofdstukken een enorm dubbel gevoel, aan de ene kant wilde ik niet meer verder lezen als er geen happy end in zat voor Morgan en Hunter en aan de andere kant wilde ik juist wel weten wat de impact was en waartoe het zoveel jaar later geleid heeft.
Ondanks dat dit het "dikst" boek in de reeks was, had het voor mij nog veel uitgebreider mogen zijn. Maar ik klaag niet, ik heb mijn HEA gekregen...
Wat een afsluiter van de reeks! Je wordt onmiddellijk rond de oren gemept met een proloog die inslaat als een bom. Alles in mij schreeuwde "NEEEEEEE, dit kan niet waar zijn!!!!" Hierdoor had ik de eerste hoofdstukken een enorm dubbel gevoel, aan de ene kant wilde ik niet meer verder lezen als er geen happy end in zat voor Morgan en Hunter en aan de andere kant wilde ik juist wel weten wat de impact was en waartoe het zoveel jaar later geleid heeft.
Ondanks dat dit het "dikst" boek in de reeks was, had het voor mij nog veel uitgebreider mogen zijn. Maar ik klaag niet, ik heb mijn HEA gekregen...
March 28, 2019
There are a lot of reviews for this book saying that it is the perfect ending to the series and it is such a happy ending. No! No it is not! I wish I stopped the series at book 14! I wish nothing in this book ever happened! I love this series, but this book did not make me happy not at all!
I really need to rant about this! Seriously, only continue if you've read this book (or if you want to take my advice and never read, but want to know what went down).
I really need to rant about this! Seriously, only continue if you've read this book (or if you want to take my advice and never read, but want to know what went down).
June 24, 2011
Night's Child by Cate Tiernan is considered a "Super Edition" to the Sweep Series. For me this book needed to be written. It summed up things that were left a little too open at the end of Full Circle. In the book we are taken into the future (20 years) and introduced to Morgan's daughter, Moira. Moira is 15 and has been raised a blood witch in a small town in Ireland. Not knowing the details of her mother's past, she acts like a teenager...questioning her mom's beliefs and action. She soon learns that there is much more to her mom when strange things start to happen.
** SPOILERS BELOW **
When we are first introduced to the book, we are waiting in a coffee house for Hunter to arrive. He has started a new Witches' Council called the New Chapter and it has taken him in different directions, causing Morgan to question wether or not to continue her relationship with Hunter. Morgan has moved to Ireland to help rebuild the remains of Belwicket. Within two pages, Hunter dies and we are left with shock and questioning why the author would do such a thing when this is the last book.
We are then introduced to Moira who has started a relationship with the only son of the high priestess of the rival coven. Morgan finds out and is thrown into her past with memories of Cal. While trying to warn her daughter of those dangers without going into her past, Morgan soon realizes that everything has to come out. To add more to the story, Tiernan writes in strange occurrences that soon lead Morgan to believe that Hunter is in fact alive.
I won't give away the rest of the story or the ending but I'm glad that Tiernan wrote this story. For me this was the true ending to the story and it left things in a much better place.
Overall, the series as a whole was a nice read. It is a young adult series but I found myself being able to relate to the characters and remembering what it was like to be 16/17 and falling in love for the first time.
** SPOILERS BELOW **
When we are first introduced to the book, we are waiting in a coffee house for Hunter to arrive. He has started a new Witches' Council called the New Chapter and it has taken him in different directions, causing Morgan to question wether or not to continue her relationship with Hunter. Morgan has moved to Ireland to help rebuild the remains of Belwicket. Within two pages, Hunter dies and we are left with shock and questioning why the author would do such a thing when this is the last book.
We are then introduced to Moira who has started a relationship with the only son of the high priestess of the rival coven. Morgan finds out and is thrown into her past with memories of Cal. While trying to warn her daughter of those dangers without going into her past, Morgan soon realizes that everything has to come out. To add more to the story, Tiernan writes in strange occurrences that soon lead Morgan to believe that Hunter is in fact alive.
I won't give away the rest of the story or the ending but I'm glad that Tiernan wrote this story. For me this was the true ending to the story and it left things in a much better place.
Overall, the series as a whole was a nice read. It is a young adult series but I found myself being able to relate to the characters and remembering what it was like to be 16/17 and falling in love for the first time.
June 26, 2022
I give this a 4 star rating
There will be Spoilers Below!
There will be Spoilers Below!
March 23, 2021
The sweep series is the best book series to ever exist. The romance, chemistry, plot, twists, everything. I can't put to words how much I love it.
BUT this book was so unnecessary. I even pretend that it doesn't exist and the story ends in the 14th one. So, after all their hardships and his miserable life, Hunter dies in his early twenties. Morgan has a daughter and continues life. It made no sense. She married a guy a month after Hunter dies even if he's her muirn beta dan. I know she wouldve done that its just so different from the rest of the books. The plot was so forced. I want to put 5 stars rating cause I love this book series so much. But Night's Child hurts so I hate it but at the same time I love it because all the characters are there. IDK.
NOW SPOILERS
And ofc Hunter was alive which I am super grateful for but I would rather want that this book doesnt exist and it finishes with the 14th one. The series was so good. Why did the author have to make us sad and hurt like that. Fuck Morgan's half-sister and fuck Justine Courceau for having Hunter's true name with her.
BUT this book was so unnecessary. I even pretend that it doesn't exist and the story ends in the 14th one. So, after all their hardships and his miserable life, Hunter dies in his early twenties. Morgan has a daughter and continues life. It made no sense. She married a guy a month after Hunter dies even if he's her muirn beta dan. I know she wouldve done that its just so different from the rest of the books. The plot was so forced. I want to put 5 stars rating cause I love this book series so much. But Night's Child hurts so I hate it but at the same time I love it because all the characters are there. IDK.
NOW SPOILERS
And ofc Hunter was alive which I am super grateful for but I would rather want that this book doesnt exist and it finishes with the 14th one. The series was so good. Why did the author have to make us sad and hurt like that. Fuck Morgan's half-sister and fuck Justine Courceau for having Hunter's true name with her.
March 23, 2015
A beautiful way to end an amazing series!
April 10, 2020
Well, goodbye, Sweep! It’s been fun.
March 4, 2018
2.5
I can't believe I FINALLY read this book! I've been reading this series since High School so more than 10 years. It wasn't all bad but it was way too long. I read it quickly just cause I wanted to finish it already!
I can't believe I FINALLY read this book! I've been reading this series since High School so more than 10 years. It wasn't all bad but it was way too long. I read it quickly just cause I wanted to finish it already!
August 8, 2019
In this last book in the Sweep Series, Morgan has grown up. In the beginning of the book, she loses Hunter, and time passes, she is raising her teenage daughter. They are living in Ireland and life seems pretty normal, until strange things start happening and her daughter Moira is dating Ian, the son of a dark witch. It freaks Morgan out because of the parallels to her first relationship. It becomes clear that someone has it out for Morgan and Moira. The two have to work together to once again bring down dark forces.
December 26, 2023
I love the Wicca series, and always will. Rereading these books has been the best way end to this year. Though I've given this 5 stars, simply because I couldn't read it quick enough, I'm mad.
Hunter is one of my favourite characters. So to have a book pretty much with this character missing is tough.
I found myself binge reading this book and then realised I was doing so just to get Hunter back. This isn't the ending Morgan or Hunter deserved.
The Belwicket/New Charter storyline was great, and in my head, they both moved to England/Ireland, got married, raised some babies and continued to love one another with Morgan being High Priestess of Belwicket and Hunter continuing to build the New Charter.
The way the book starts, with Morgan throwing in the towel and both of them neglecting to make their relationship work makes about as much sense as Hunter kissing some random girl in his stupid POV.
Wow, I'm really mad.
Also, Katrina and Colm can just fuck off.
But I'm glad Morgan and Hunter came back to one another. Even if Cate Tiernan crushed my soul and spirit by tearing them apart and giving Hunter a cruel 16 years of tortment.
Also, fuck Iona.
Hunter is one of my favourite characters. So to have a book pretty much with this character missing is tough.
I found myself binge reading this book and then realised I was doing so just to get Hunter back. This isn't the ending Morgan or Hunter deserved.
The Belwicket/New Charter storyline was great, and in my head, they both moved to England/Ireland, got married, raised some babies and continued to love one another with Morgan being High Priestess of Belwicket and Hunter continuing to build the New Charter.
The way the book starts, with Morgan throwing in the towel and both of them neglecting to make their relationship work makes about as much sense as Hunter kissing some random girl in his stupid POV.
Wow, I'm really mad.
Also, Katrina and Colm can just fuck off.
But I'm glad Morgan and Hunter came back to one another. Even if Cate Tiernan crushed my soul and spirit by tearing them apart and giving Hunter a cruel 16 years of tortment.
Also, fuck Iona.
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March 27, 2020
Great final book to a really good series
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December 7, 2022nou! ik kan weer verder met m'n leven
January 12, 2025
Let’s just pretend this final book never happened and I’ll make up the end of Morgan and co.’s story in my own imagination, thanks very much.
April 17, 2025
I am so thankful that i decided to reread my favorite series from grade school.
What a wonderful ride down memory lane. I highly suggest you read this series if you like fantasy YA.
What a wonderful ride down memory lane. I highly suggest you read this series if you like fantasy YA.
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