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Wicca #9
Strife
Frightening things are happening when Morgan is around. Books are flying, lightbulbs are exploding, and no one knows the cause. Morgan’s friends think she’s the cause of this strange activity. How can she prove she’s not to blame?
192 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 18, 2002
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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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February 28, 2016
This was an okay story, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the previous book in the series. I thought that Morgan was taking the mickey a bit by neglecting her schoolwork when she knew her grades were slipping, and I thought the idea that Morgan was behind the weird stuff that was happening to be a bit of an odd one too. We were left with a bit of a cliff-hanger though
6 out of 10
6 out of 10
March 31, 2021
I love this series. This book took me a while to finish but I'm pretty sure it has had more to do with my currently chaotic life than anything negative to do with the book.
The only thing I can really say about this one is how can they not see who the culprit is? I saw it in the last book lol.
The only thing I can really say about this one is how can they not see who the culprit is? I saw it in the last book lol.
October 25, 2022
★★★★★
We meet a new character, Alisa, who by the sounds of it may be a bigger part of the story pretty soon. I think she's a witch and just doesn't know it yet, or someone else in her life is channeling through her. And now we're off to find Hunter's parents in Canada, which means Morgan is going to be missing him like crazy or she will have to join him. Oh my goddess there's so much happening at the same time, but I'm loving it!
We meet a new character, Alisa, who by the sounds of it may be a bigger part of the story pretty soon. I think she's a witch and just doesn't know it yet, or someone else in her life is channeling through her. And now we're off to find Hunter's parents in Canada, which means Morgan is going to be missing him like crazy or she will have to join him. Oh my goddess there's so much happening at the same time, but I'm loving it!
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October 12, 2020
Hella quick reread with the introduction of a pretty interesting mystery! Morgan continues to be childish and irresponsible. Please @ Tiernan we need some character development pls
January 5, 2016
Plot
The plotline with Amyranth has been put on the back burner for now, with only bare mentions of the murderous coven that literally wipes out groups of people. Instead, the reader gets to deal with Morgan’s drama with her parents and her terrible grades. It’s very boring, for the most part. Morgan is dealing with the repercussions of not focusing on the non-magickal world while still being in it. Most of the book was very blah.
Writing
The writing was the same as usual: mediocre, but not terrible. The problem I have with it in Strife is that there’s probably going to be this big “twist” in a book or two, but I already know what it is. Tiernan gives the reader too many hints. The thing is, you don’t really want your readers to figure out your twist until you get right up to the actual reveal. You give hints to establish some ground for the twist to stand on, but the aim shouldn’t be to give all the information to the readers and make it too easy on them. Any surprises in this book have been easy to see thus far and not very exciting once they were revealed because I’d guessed them way before the characters did.
Characters
For once, I wasn’t all that annoyed with Morgan. She’s reached a point in her story where she’s having trouble balancing her life as a witch with her schoolwork. This is where she is written as a much more realistic person. She panics, scrambles, and worries over her grades, just like an actual teenager would. I still can’t say that I like her, as she’s been an annoying cur for eight books in a row, but Strife did her justice (side note: she was still dense as a door with regards to the telekinetic magic, though).
The other characters, mostly Hunter, were more irritating in this book. It was very obvious what was going on yet these very experienced witches didn’t even give it a second’s thought. To add to that, Hunter was an insensitive jerk the entire book. He continued to talk nonchalantly about just up and leaving Morgan because, after Ciaran was brought into custody, he had nothing left to do in Widow’s Peak. That’s a really rude thing to say, honestly.
Morgan’s parents, mostly her mother, were also irksome. It was like the text was trying to paint them as unfair to Morgan, which they were, but tried to make it where we didn’t dislike them. I understand, as a writer, that you wouldn’t want any of your characters to be ill-received, but there’s a time where they have to be because of their bad actions. Morgan’s parents were being completely unreasonable and it is natural for us not to like them. You can’t suddenly flip the script at the very end and try to redeem them, especially when it is out of character with what we know of them thus far.
Things I Liked
I liked how Morgan couldn’t just magick her way out of her non-magick predicaments. The problem of her bad grades had to be solved by her actually sitting down to study and doing her homework. That’s something that isn’t seen often in books where fantasy intersects with the real world.
Things I Didn't Like
For starters, Strife was boring. Nothing much to say about that. The other thing I didn’t like was how all of the “experienced” witches couldn’t figure out what was going on with the random magick. Anybody with two eyes could have seen it, even if they weren’t privy to Alisa’s Book of Shadows like the reader was. For them to not even guess was something that irked me.
Diversity
Alisa’s last name, Soto, is Spanish in origins, so she might be Latina. There hasn’t been any in-text confirmation, so it doesn’t count as of yet. That’s about it.
Overall
As a whole Strife was pretty dull. There as more going on with Morgan’s non-magick life than with her magick life. That would have been acceptable in the first or second book, but not nine books in to a fifteen book series. No bueno. And, there was tones of drama, just for the sake of it, which is never a good thing to fill your book up with.
Here is a link to my notes.
The plotline with Amyranth has been put on the back burner for now, with only bare mentions of the murderous coven that literally wipes out groups of people. Instead, the reader gets to deal with Morgan’s drama with her parents and her terrible grades. It’s very boring, for the most part. Morgan is dealing with the repercussions of not focusing on the non-magickal world while still being in it. Most of the book was very blah.
Writing
The writing was the same as usual: mediocre, but not terrible. The problem I have with it in Strife is that there’s probably going to be this big “twist” in a book or two, but I already know what it is. Tiernan gives the reader too many hints. The thing is, you don’t really want your readers to figure out your twist until you get right up to the actual reveal. You give hints to establish some ground for the twist to stand on, but the aim shouldn’t be to give all the information to the readers and make it too easy on them. Any surprises in this book have been easy to see thus far and not very exciting once they were revealed because I’d guessed them way before the characters did.
Characters
For once, I wasn’t all that annoyed with Morgan. She’s reached a point in her story where she’s having trouble balancing her life as a witch with her schoolwork. This is where she is written as a much more realistic person. She panics, scrambles, and worries over her grades, just like an actual teenager would. I still can’t say that I like her, as she’s been an annoying cur for eight books in a row, but Strife did her justice (side note: she was still dense as a door with regards to the telekinetic magic, though).
The other characters, mostly Hunter, were more irritating in this book. It was very obvious what was going on yet these very experienced witches didn’t even give it a second’s thought. To add to that, Hunter was an insensitive jerk the entire book. He continued to talk nonchalantly about just up and leaving Morgan because, after Ciaran was brought into custody, he had nothing left to do in Widow’s Peak. That’s a really rude thing to say, honestly.
Morgan’s parents, mostly her mother, were also irksome. It was like the text was trying to paint them as unfair to Morgan, which they were, but tried to make it where we didn’t dislike them. I understand, as a writer, that you wouldn’t want any of your characters to be ill-received, but there’s a time where they have to be because of their bad actions. Morgan’s parents were being completely unreasonable and it is natural for us not to like them. You can’t suddenly flip the script at the very end and try to redeem them, especially when it is out of character with what we know of them thus far.
Things I Liked
I liked how Morgan couldn’t just magick her way out of her non-magick predicaments. The problem of her bad grades had to be solved by her actually sitting down to study and doing her homework. That’s something that isn’t seen often in books where fantasy intersects with the real world.
Things I Didn't Like
For starters, Strife was boring. Nothing much to say about that. The other thing I didn’t like was how all of the “experienced” witches couldn’t figure out what was going on with the random magick. Anybody with two eyes could have seen it, even if they weren’t privy to Alisa’s Book of Shadows like the reader was. For them to not even guess was something that irked me.
Diversity
Alisa’s last name, Soto, is Spanish in origins, so she might be Latina. There hasn’t been any in-text confirmation, so it doesn’t count as of yet. That’s about it.
Overall
As a whole Strife was pretty dull. There as more going on with Morgan’s non-magick life than with her magick life. That would have been acceptable in the first or second book, but not nine books in to a fifteen book series. No bueno. And, there was tones of drama, just for the sake of it, which is never a good thing to fill your book up with.
Here is a link to my notes.
October 19, 2022
Obviously, Strife is about Killian because that's what his name means. The entries are by a woman called Sarah, I think she's Cirnan's wife, maybe? Mary K. isn't comfortable around her sister, but they are trying to mend their relationship, Hunter comes over to their house as her boyfriend for dinner and to meet her family, they love him!
February 28, 2016
Actual rating - 2.5
This one dragged rather badly for me unfortunately.
This one dragged rather badly for me unfortunately.
April 20, 2010
Weird things are happening and no one can really figure out why. Cal and Selene are dead. Ciaran is on the run and he couldn't possibly be making them happen from how far away he is... so naturally, everyone starts blaming Morgan. She's powerful, she uninitiated... maybe she's causing these things to happen without knowing it.
Hunter brings someone to help Morgan learn more about her powers and how to control them. She starts tutoring Morgan as soon as she gets there.
The story shifts, suddenly we're aware of what Alisa is thinking, of her plans to write an article to "warn" people of this "strange magick" being practiced. Honestly, this whole part annoyed me. Alisa hasn't been in the coven long enough and she was the youngest of all the members. I was convinced that Alisa had something to do with all of the "accidents" since every time they happened, Alisa was around.
As much as I love Sweep, I felt this book was a hassle to get through. Now that Cal and Selene are gone, I just feel that the story has lost its edge. Doesn't mean I hated the book or that I'll stop reading the series, that's just how this particular book made me feel.
Hunter brings someone to help Morgan learn more about her powers and how to control them. She starts tutoring Morgan as soon as she gets there.
The story shifts, suddenly we're aware of what Alisa is thinking, of her plans to write an article to "warn" people of this "strange magick" being practiced. Honestly, this whole part annoyed me. Alisa hasn't been in the coven long enough and she was the youngest of all the members. I was convinced that Alisa had something to do with all of the "accidents" since every time they happened, Alisa was around.
As much as I love Sweep, I felt this book was a hassle to get through. Now that Cal and Selene are gone, I just feel that the story has lost its edge. Doesn't mean I hated the book or that I'll stop reading the series, that's just how this particular book made me feel.
October 13, 2018
I downgraded this from a 4 (from when I was setting up goodreads, long after the fact of reading this) to a 2, maybe 2.5.
Unfortunately, Alisa is one of the most annoying characters in this series. The way she suddenly appears in one of the previous books and then gets more mentions than any other supporting character is a dead giveaway for the reveal in a later book. The reveal should have been done at the end of this one, in my opinion.
It doesn't help that this is the last book in a while where we fully focus on Morgan, and the next three deviate from the main plotline. I would have hoped for a more solid installment where we could move the action along, but this is quite meandering. There's not enough Morgan/Hunter action either.
The things I did like were along the lines of the struggle with Morgan's catholic parents and school. It would have been unrealistic for Morgan to be an A student while only studying magick.
Unfortunately, Alisa is one of the most annoying characters in this series. The way she suddenly appears in one of the previous books and then gets more mentions than any other supporting character is a dead giveaway for the reveal in a later book. The reveal should have been done at the end of this one, in my opinion.
It doesn't help that this is the last book in a while where we fully focus on Morgan, and the next three deviate from the main plotline. I would have hoped for a more solid installment where we could move the action along, but this is quite meandering. There's not enough Morgan/Hunter action either.
The things I did like were along the lines of the struggle with Morgan's catholic parents and school. It would have been unrealistic for Morgan to be an A student while only studying magick.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 14, 2019
Strife is right. My GOD.
Main issue? Everyone is so dense in this book. Clearly Alisa is the issue CLEARLY, yet no one picks up on the many many hints and nothing is dealt with by the end of the book - AND THEN THE NEXT BOOK IS FROM HUNTER'S POV SO NOTHING GETS TIED UP IN THAT EITHER?!!
Also, everyone keeps pissing on Morgan and telling her she's uninitiated and should just not do any magic or anything ever - like she isn't allowed to help a friend with asthma? Yet somehow they always come running to use her power to deal with stuff and she doesn't mind AT ALL?? Hunter especially comes off as condescending and controlling. Not a fan.
Main issue? Everyone is so dense in this book. Clearly Alisa is the issue CLEARLY, yet no one picks up on the many many hints and nothing is dealt with by the end of the book - AND THEN THE NEXT BOOK IS FROM HUNTER'S POV SO NOTHING GETS TIED UP IN THAT EITHER?!!
Also, everyone keeps pissing on Morgan and telling her she's uninitiated and should just not do any magic or anything ever - like she isn't allowed to help a friend with asthma? Yet somehow they always come running to use her power to deal with stuff and she doesn't mind AT ALL?? Hunter especially comes off as condescending and controlling. Not a fan.
September 13, 2024
Je suis au point où j’me dis…. ouais elle étire la sauce là. Ça part tellement en couille, ça pas de sens. Et les personnages sont tellement cons! Les ados, je peux comprendre! Entre l’autre qui french pendant un malentendu, les parents qui veulent envoyer Morgan dans une école catholique car elle a une moyenne de 78 (scusez pardon!), l’autre qui sort de nulle part qui fait que de la merde en mode « mouais mais j’suis pas là longtemps 💅🏻 » et le fait que PERSONNE fait le lien avec Alisa. Genre 🫠 Ce sont censés être des pro Hunter et Erin hein. Tu leur mettrais un néon devant le nez qu’ils demanderaient quand même où!!
Et là les prochain, après NEUF TOMES, on change de POV? Mais pourquoi? Allez venez pas me dire que c’est pas tirer le lait d’la vache là. J’peux pas croire qu’il reste six romans à cette série. Osti que c’est à chier quand t’as plus que 10 ans.
Et là les prochain, après NEUF TOMES, on change de POV? Mais pourquoi? Allez venez pas me dire que c’est pas tirer le lait d’la vache là. J’peux pas croire qu’il reste six romans à cette série. Osti que c’est à chier quand t’as plus que 10 ans.
October 9, 2020
Definitely not one of the better novels in the series.
June 3, 2022
I give this book a 3 star rating
I skipped Changeling as I don't have a copy so I continued on with this one instead/i>
This book left me disappointed unfortunately and wasn't as good as the previous books beforehand, quite lackluster compared to the others! It felt like this book itself was a filler, which normally is okay but it dragged on quite abit🙄
There will be Spoilers below!
Overall, I was hoping that there was more substance in this book that would keep the story moving forward whereas it felt like it was sitting at a standstill and nothing gets resolved by the end of the book except that everyone knows Morgan wasn't responsible for the magickal disturbances that have been happening.
Don't get me wrong I'm still fond of this series but I just wish that the editor pointed out the weaknesses i.e. writing, too many hints, the lack of suspense and mystery, the character's POVs that are mainly from Morgan's POV and to advocate the need to have other characters' POV to be heard to further the story along, this series has potential as a movie or TV series though if this DOES ever happen I would love to see certain events and details to be elaborated on.
I skipped Changeling as I don't have a copy so I continued on with this one instead/i>
This book left me disappointed unfortunately and wasn't as good as the previous books beforehand, quite lackluster compared to the others! It felt like this book itself was a filler, which normally is okay but it dragged on quite abit🙄
There will be Spoilers below!
Overall, I was hoping that there was more substance in this book that would keep the story moving forward whereas it felt like it was sitting at a standstill and nothing gets resolved by the end of the book except that everyone knows Morgan wasn't responsible for the magickal disturbances that have been happening.
Don't get me wrong I'm still fond of this series but I just wish that the editor pointed out the weaknesses i.e. writing, too many hints, the lack of suspense and mystery, the character's POVs that are mainly from Morgan's POV and to advocate the need to have other characters' POV to be heard to further the story along, this series has potential as a movie or TV series though if this DOES ever happen I would love to see certain events and details to be elaborated on.
October 10, 2021
Oh sheesh, again I forgot to put that I was reading this and now I don't have a start date. Oh well. This one always annoys me because it's like all the characters got a big dose of dumb (why, Cate Tiernan???) and are believing things and doing things that make no sense for the characters and all that they have been through and learned. Like, no, it's NOT Morgan causing things to jump off walls - by now she would really be able to tell/feel it and why does everyone think it's her anyway (HUNTER???) and decide to rein in her powers to keep people safe (?????) when Morgan is always in danger and needs her powers more than anybody??? And then deciding that actually it's probably CIARAN so we'll do this horrible spell to cause whatever harm he's doing to double back on him when GUESS WHAT IT'S NOT CIARAN AND YOU'RE HURTING A POOR INNOCENT TEENAGER WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON but okay. Okay okay.
May 18, 2019
I love this series. I can’t get enough of it! I love Morgan and Hunters love story and I don’t even like lovey-dovey stuff.
February 2, 2020
Really enjoyed this one couldn't put it down
July 5, 2023
The book was well written. The plot didn't really make sense. Because she was supposed to bring her grades up in a matter of days? That didn't make any sense.
January 10, 2022
After a long hiatus I came back to this series. So this will serve as a baseline to finish it, and it was a decent episode in the saga of Woodbanes in Widow's Vale.
September 21, 2024
3.5 stars
The book was okay, but having two similar names, Alyce and Alisa, was confusing as heck.
The book was okay, but having two similar names, Alyce and Alisa, was confusing as heck.
October 29, 2010
I'll warn people straight off the bat. This is the book where the series is supposed to start shifting the focus from Morgan to Alisa. The next book will focus on Hunter, but from there out the books supposedly focus on Alisa more.
In this book Morgan finds that strange things are beginning to happen around her- even more so than usual. Her father still roams free, despite the attempts of the good witches who are trying to track him down. Morgan can't help but wonder if these events- strange telekinetic events- are done because of him or if they are a new facet of her overwhelmingly strong magic that is threatening everyone.
I liked this book for the most part, but at times I have to admit... Morgan kind of wore on me. I understand that she's a teenage girl & that she's going through a lot, but at times she just didn't really seem to be able to see beyond her own problems. Plus the whole "Morgan is great at everything" stuff gets a little old after a while. Luckily since these books are so short, none of this is really that big of a problem- the book ends before any of it gets that annoying or disrupts my reading. This might not be as great as some of the earlier entries, but it is still good enough for me to give it 4 stars.
All I can say is that if you really have liked the series so far, you'll probably like this one as well. This just might be one you would want to check out from the library first rather than buy outright, just to ensure that you like the way the series is starting to shift.
In this book Morgan finds that strange things are beginning to happen around her- even more so than usual. Her father still roams free, despite the attempts of the good witches who are trying to track him down. Morgan can't help but wonder if these events- strange telekinetic events- are done because of him or if they are a new facet of her overwhelmingly strong magic that is threatening everyone.
I liked this book for the most part, but at times I have to admit... Morgan kind of wore on me. I understand that she's a teenage girl & that she's going through a lot, but at times she just didn't really seem to be able to see beyond her own problems. Plus the whole "Morgan is great at everything" stuff gets a little old after a while. Luckily since these books are so short, none of this is really that big of a problem- the book ends before any of it gets that annoying or disrupts my reading. This might not be as great as some of the earlier entries, but it is still good enough for me to give it 4 stars.
All I can say is that if you really have liked the series so far, you'll probably like this one as well. This just might be one you would want to check out from the library first rather than buy outright, just to ensure that you like the way the series is starting to shift.
February 20, 2014
Letteralmente divorato.
Non capisco come questi libercoli adolescenziali, scontati (su alcune cose) e assurdi (la wicca non è così evidente nella realtà, si sa che c'è ma non si sa chi la pratica se sei fuori dal giro) mi piacciano.
Eppure sono qui che me li sto leggendo uno di fila all'altro. Perchè? perchè ti catturano, ti rapiscono, e c'è sempre un mistero nuovo che si aggiunge agli altri, perchè Hunter e Morgan sono fantastici insieme, perchè Morgan prende sempre più consapevolezza di se stessa e dei suoi poteri perchè Sky la adoro e perchè Alisa diventa sempre più interessante (anche perchè l'ultimo della serie è dedicato a lei).
Si poteva però evitare di fare i libri così piccoli anche perchè il racconto è goni volta spezzato a metà..io li avrei accoppiati, ma così è divertente sono come le ciliege..uno tira l'altro :)
Non capisco come questi libercoli adolescenziali, scontati (su alcune cose) e assurdi (la wicca non è così evidente nella realtà, si sa che c'è ma non si sa chi la pratica se sei fuori dal giro) mi piacciano.
Eppure sono qui che me li sto leggendo uno di fila all'altro. Perchè? perchè ti catturano, ti rapiscono, e c'è sempre un mistero nuovo che si aggiunge agli altri, perchè Hunter e Morgan sono fantastici insieme, perchè Morgan prende sempre più consapevolezza di se stessa e dei suoi poteri perchè Sky la adoro e perchè Alisa diventa sempre più interessante (anche perchè l'ultimo della serie è dedicato a lei).
Si poteva però evitare di fare i libri così piccoli anche perchè il racconto è goni volta spezzato a metà..io li avrei accoppiati, ma così è divertente sono come le ciliege..uno tira l'altro :)
April 7, 2022
Not as good as many of the other stories in the series and overall I felt that it didn't contribute to the story arc.
As an adult re-reading this I have gotten exhausted by Morgan's voice at this point, whining about her family, schoolwork etc. She seems to be taking the role of passive bystander with her life instead of participating. More so in this book than previous books. Previous books it didn't bother me as it seemed that her fears were related to changes in her life and the plots within the stories. But here it just seemed like a constant.
Likewise I felt the books story line didn't really have anything to do with Morgan's multibook story...but more felt like a way to bide some time.
We will see if this actually contributes to the overall multibook story arc in the next one.
As an adult re-reading this I have gotten exhausted by Morgan's voice at this point, whining about her family, schoolwork etc. She seems to be taking the role of passive bystander with her life instead of participating. More so in this book than previous books. Previous books it didn't bother me as it seemed that her fears were related to changes in her life and the plots within the stories. But here it just seemed like a constant.
Likewise I felt the books story line didn't really have anything to do with Morgan's multibook story...but more felt like a way to bide some time.
We will see if this actually contributes to the overall multibook story arc in the next one.
July 4, 2016
4 Stars:
It was definitely a great book, but not the best in the series. It wasn't as suspenseful as some of the others were. But I can't wait for the next one because of how it ended. Morgan gives off the feeling of being very lonely in this book. Mary K is drifting farther away by the day. She's more concerned with Alise then Morgan. And Alise is coming across as the poor me character. The one thing that does frustrate me about this series… Morgan, how she never speaks up when she should. It's frustrating, she holds too much in. I did however like the plot line between Morgan and her parents; I think that could have been drawn out a little more, delved into a little more or not have it tied up so nicely at the end
It was definitely a great book, but not the best in the series. It wasn't as suspenseful as some of the others were. But I can't wait for the next one because of how it ended. Morgan gives off the feeling of being very lonely in this book. Mary K is drifting farther away by the day. She's more concerned with Alise then Morgan. And Alise is coming across as the poor me character. The one thing that does frustrate me about this series… Morgan, how she never speaks up when she should. It's frustrating, she holds too much in. I did however like the plot line between Morgan and her parents; I think that could have been drawn out a little more, delved into a little more or not have it tied up so nicely at the end
October 18, 2019
seriously I am sad.
I started this series in 2012 and read the last book in 2013. Its 2016 and the only reason i bought this book is my curiosity.
You know these moments when you lay in bed and can not sleep and your thoughts wander and wander ...yeah i got this a lot with book series that i didn't finish like Sweep and House of night.
I am one of those readers who finishes a series no matter what but this year i learned that life's too short so it is a no from me...but only because I think I lost the connection to the whole serious.
I don't think that I will finish this books even though I remember enjoying the previous one.
I started this series in 2012 and read the last book in 2013. Its 2016 and the only reason i bought this book is my curiosity.
You know these moments when you lay in bed and can not sleep and your thoughts wander and wander ...yeah i got this a lot with book series that i didn't finish like Sweep and House of night.
I am one of those readers who finishes a series no matter what but this year i learned that life's too short so it is a no from me...but only because I think I lost the connection to the whole serious.
I don't think that I will finish this books even though I remember enjoying the previous one.
May 15, 2021
The writing of the book is really good. You can feel the frustration of Morgan. She’s falsely accused of uncontrolled magic, and it makes her so frustrated and sad, you automatically feel the same emotions.
The story of this book is a little different from the previous, mainly because of the focus on newer characters. I like Morgan and Hunter so much, even when one of them is acting stupid. But I really don’t like Alisa. She interferes in things she doesn’t know anything about.
Therefore I give this book “only” 3 out of 5 stars.
The story of this book is a little different from the previous, mainly because of the focus on newer characters. I like Morgan and Hunter so much, even when one of them is acting stupid. But I really don’t like Alisa. She interferes in things she doesn’t know anything about.
Therefore I give this book “only” 3 out of 5 stars.
July 1, 2021
REREAD/RELECTURE // J'aurais voulu PITCHER le livre sur les murs. Ça m'a tellement fachée et mise dans un mauvais mood. Moi quand personne croit le personnage principal, ça me fck PURGE. Morgan vit tellement une vie difficile et là tous ses amis se méfient, Hunter (je l'haïs un peu finalement??) est d'accord pour faire un sort qui limite ses pouvoirs et ses parents veulent la changer d'école. J'arrêtais pas de crier et de semi-pleurer. Non mais j'étais tellement fachée. Il s'est littéralement rien passé en plus. Mais reste que je suis attachée aux personnages et à l'Univers.
October 18, 2009
Ugh, I didn't like Morgan in this one. It really pissed me off when she missed the family day, and also pissed me off how the others just couldn't GET that school is kind of important for her right now. Oh and I can't stand Alisa either, what an annoying little shit! /rant over ;)
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September 9, 2020
Forgot how frustrating this one is!
April 25, 2015
This one is definitely the best so far in my opinion
January 29, 2021
Not bad. A little bit of mystery. Easy to figure out I guess, but enjoyable. I do wish the main character wasn't quite so whiny though.
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