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Witch Wars #3
Heksenhommeles
Tiga Whicabim loves her new life in the witchy, glitzy, black and white world of Sinkville. Now, suddenly, colour has started seeping back into Ritzy City - first there was a green apple in the middle of the road, and then Miss Heks reappeared in a garish orange dress. Tiga is very suspicious. But Miss Heks is only the tip of a very witchy iceberg. As Tiga, Peggy and Fluffanora soon discover, all the Big Exit witches are back! And they want to destroy Sinkville once and for all. As Aggie Hoof hides in a cupboard, Tiga, Fluffanora and Peggy race to save Sinkville and end up finding an unlikely ally in Felicity Bat, whose irritatingly excellent witchcraft is exactly what they need.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published February 4, 2016
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About the author
Sibéal Pounder
33 books121 followersSibéal has written for publications including The Guardian, fashion trend forecaster WGSN, Vogue.com and The Financial Times, where she was the resident philanthropy columnist for the How To Spend It section for six years. She studied Modern History at St Andrews and Quentin Tarantino film at Yale.
Her bestselling debut Witch Wars has been translated into 10 languages so far and was shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize.
Her bestselling debut Witch Wars has been translated into 10 languages so far and was shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize.
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January 12, 2021
Divertido como sempre ❤ nem acredito que estou terminando essa serie. Tenho muita dificuldade em ler series de livros, mas essa é amorzinho demais
January 6, 2020
Me and my daughter are enjoying reading this series together.
Really like the the twists. I thought that Gretal Green was turned in to a slug but I was wrong. I never saw the Norma Milton twist coming my daughter did thou.
Really like the the twists. I thought that Gretal Green was turned in to a slug but I was wrong. I never saw the Norma Milton twist coming my daughter did thou.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 4, 2016
The next book in the series and I immediately devoured it when it arrived yesterday. It was just so good, so funny, so brilliant, I couldn't stop reading. And then came the end, and I saw there will be another book (curious what it is about considering all we already have gotten this book). At the moment I am feeling a bit book hangover, the book was just so great, and it flew by too fast. :)
Last book we left with Tiga finding out about her mom, about who her mom really is, and this book continues on that. We find out more and more, and also fun, we also find out about Tiga's slug (I was so curious why a girl would keep a slug, because, ewww). There are also reappearances of old characters (Ms. Heks (whose name is still brilliant considering Heks means Witch in Dutch, so I still snicker when I see the name, and my boyfriend, when he found out yesterday, also had a laugh). We also have reappearances of various characters from the earlier books. We also meet with the evil witch of all. Celia Crayfish is in town, and boy she is just wicked. She was properly evil, I didn't like her at all. Grumpy old hag. :| But again, I didn't mind that I didn't like her, after all we are supposed to not like her. She is evil!
I also loved that the colour was seeping back into the country. It was just so much fun to read about the various colours people and buildings had. And what a surprise it was to all the characters. That character? She has pink eyebrows? That house is Watermelon green?
I am delighted for the characters that they finally have some colour, sure it means that evil has returned, but on the upside Colours! Colours everywhere!
We also finally see Silver City, and my did I love that city, though of course it is terribly sad that everything was empty and deserted.
All those hats, it is like a hat factory just exploded! The mystery behind the hats (did they get left behind by their owners? Or is it something more sinister?), was delightful, I had fun trying to figure it out, and seeing the characters find it out themselves as well.
Of course I won't tell you what the hats are, left behind or something else, you will just have to read this book!
I was a bit amazed that the characters didn't get who Norma was. I mean come on, there were so many hints to it, and yet no one knew until the end (OK, with exception of one character, but the main character and the other good guys just didn't find out). Wow.
Fran was (as always) annoying and frustrating. I get that she is probably written like that, but still I would love to see a lite-Fran instead of hyped-on-sugar-and-God-knows-what-else-Fran.
The ending was really cute and I was just feeling all teary. Aww. Perfection!
Like I said with all my other reviews about this series. I still don't believe the ages. These characters are supposed to be 9???? Again, I think they are rather a lot older. I even asked other people about it, and they all thought the characters were (based on the illustrations) 15 to 20 years old. And were shocked and amazed when I said these were characters age 9/10 years old.
It is not the first time I have had a book/series were the characters were stated one age, but felt or looked (if illustrations were added) older.
The illustrations were pretty though, I just love how the characters are drawn.
All in all, I really enjoyed this book and I will be sure to pre-order the next book when I spot it on Amazon!
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Last book we left with Tiga finding out about her mom, about who her mom really is, and this book continues on that. We find out more and more, and also fun, we also find out about Tiga's slug (I was so curious why a girl would keep a slug, because, ewww). There are also reappearances of old characters (Ms. Heks (whose name is still brilliant considering Heks means Witch in Dutch, so I still snicker when I see the name, and my boyfriend, when he found out yesterday, also had a laugh). We also have reappearances of various characters from the earlier books. We also meet with the evil witch of all. Celia Crayfish is in town, and boy she is just wicked. She was properly evil, I didn't like her at all. Grumpy old hag. :| But again, I didn't mind that I didn't like her, after all we are supposed to not like her. She is evil!
I also loved that the colour was seeping back into the country. It was just so much fun to read about the various colours people and buildings had. And what a surprise it was to all the characters. That character? She has pink eyebrows? That house is Watermelon green?
I am delighted for the characters that they finally have some colour, sure it means that evil has returned, but on the upside Colours! Colours everywhere!
We also finally see Silver City, and my did I love that city, though of course it is terribly sad that everything was empty and deserted.
All those hats, it is like a hat factory just exploded! The mystery behind the hats (did they get left behind by their owners? Or is it something more sinister?), was delightful, I had fun trying to figure it out, and seeing the characters find it out themselves as well.
Of course I won't tell you what the hats are, left behind or something else, you will just have to read this book!
I was a bit amazed that the characters didn't get who Norma was. I mean come on, there were so many hints to it, and yet no one knew until the end (OK, with exception of one character, but the main character and the other good guys just didn't find out). Wow.
Fran was (as always) annoying and frustrating. I get that she is probably written like that, but still I would love to see a lite-Fran instead of hyped-on-sugar-and-God-knows-what-else-Fran.
The ending was really cute and I was just feeling all teary. Aww. Perfection!
Like I said with all my other reviews about this series. I still don't believe the ages. These characters are supposed to be 9???? Again, I think they are rather a lot older. I even asked other people about it, and they all thought the characters were (based on the illustrations) 15 to 20 years old. And were shocked and amazed when I said these were characters age 9/10 years old.
It is not the first time I have had a book/series were the characters were stated one age, but felt or looked (if illustrations were added) older.
The illustrations were pretty though, I just love how the characters are drawn.
All in all, I really enjoyed this book and I will be sure to pre-order the next book when I spot it on Amazon!
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
October 28, 2018
Read with Henry age 7. He loved it and gives it a million stars!
His favourite part is whenever Fran yells ‘I’m back’. He’s a massive Fran fan!
Looking forward to the next story :)
His favourite part is whenever Fran yells ‘I’m back’. He’s a massive Fran fan!
Looking forward to the next story :)
November 13, 2020
¡AHHHHHHHHHH! ♥
En este tercer libro se descubren muchas cosas que han ido saliendo en los anteriores libros y ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Aunque sea un poco egocéntrica y pesada, me encanta el personaje de Fran. En este es genial :D
Y BUENO BUENO EL FINAL :D
Tendré que esperar ahora a que sigan saliendo en catalán, así que de momento a leer otras cosas :)
En este tercer libro se descubren muchas cosas que han ido saliendo en los anteriores libros y ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Aunque sea un poco egocéntrica y pesada, me encanta el personaje de Fran. En este es genial :D
Y BUENO BUENO EL FINAL :D
Tendré que esperar ahora a que sigan saliendo en catalán, así que de momento a leer otras cosas :)
January 16, 2021
Another fantastic adventure in Sinkville! Once again the mini witches are saving the day as they fight the evil Celia Crayfish and her sidekick, Miss Heks and discover the mystery of Tiga's missing mother. Funny from the beginning, turns and unexpected turns along the way. A great story!
May 14, 2023
Gostei bastante, porém não gostei de quando a Felicity morcego traiu sua avó para virar boazinha na minha opinião ela deveria continuar malvada, ela é muito talentosa e deveria governar o país da pia envés de Peggy.
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June 18, 2018
The strange quirky world continues to be the draw for me. The characters, not so much.
October 5, 2019
These books are getting funnier and funnier, honestly!
April 2, 2020
Violet and I thoroughly enjoyed the conclusion to the three-book long mysterious disappearance of Tiga’s Mum. We are interested to see where the series goes next.
October 1, 2023
luister altijd als ik een vervolg op een van de boeken die ik las als kind vind dan voel ik me verplicht om ze ook daadwerkelijk te lezen en ik wordt er echt ook vrij intens gelukkig van To Be Honest
March 7, 2024
I really liked this book it’s my favourite on yet of witch wars adventures. Loved the apple I’m not giving you too many spoilers. And loved the new characters!
March 12, 2024
this is good
September 10, 2020
A book filled with humour and fun!! I definitely enjoyed it!
September 8, 2018
Mrs Hek's is back and so it seems is the colour slowly seeping down from the pipes above. However Tiga is suspicious and the prophecy is still to be fulfilled from the witch wars witch... things are changing and there is a weird apple. Another great addition to the series that really will start to bring colour (pardon the pun) back into the witching world. The characters really seem to grow massively and Tiga has a hard time in deciding whether to try and find her mother or see what Mrs Heks is up to. After the first couple of chapters this book will have you entranced once more as it flicks between many views of the world.
February 25, 2020
These books are such fun. Another great story of the Ritzy City witches.
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