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Wicked #1
Wicked: Witch
Holly Cathers’s world shatters when her parents are killed in a rafting accident. She is wrenched from her home in San Francisco and sent to Seattle to live with her aunt, Marie-Claire, and her twin cousins, Amanda and Nicole. But sorrow and grief soon give way to bewildered fascination as one by one, strange incidents begin to occur. Such as the fact that any desire Holly whispers to her cat seems to come true. Or the fact that a beloved friend is injured after a freak attack from a vicious falcon. Or the fact of an undeniably magnetic and familiar attraction to a boy Holly barely knows. Holly, Amanda, and Nicole are about to be launched into a dark legacy of secrets, alliances, and machinations, where ancient magics yield dangerous results, where possession is commonplace, and where reincarnation is taken for granted—and the three girls must take on roles in an intergenerational feud the like of which they could never have imagined.…
368 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2002
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About the author
Nancy Holder
352 books2,408 followersNancy Holder, New York Times Bestselling author of the WICKED Series, has just published CRUSADE - the first book in a new vampire series cowritten with Debbie Viguie. The last book her her Possession series is set to release in March 2011.
Nancy was born in Los Altos, California, and her family settled for a time in Walnut Creek. Her father, who taught at Stanford, joined the navy and the family traveled throughout California and lived in Japan for three years. When she was sixteen, she dropped out of high school to become a ballet dancer in Cologne, Germany, and later relocated to Frankfurt Am Main.
Eventually she returned to California and graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at San Diego with a degree in Communications. Soon after, she began to write; her first sale was a young adult romance novel titled Teach Me to Love.
Nancy’s work has appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, LA Times, amazon.com, LOCUS, and other bestseller lists. A four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association, she has also received accolades from the American Library Association, the American Reading Association, the New York Public Library, and Romantic Times.
She and Debbie Viguié co-authored the New York Times bestselling series Wicked for Simon and Schuster. They have continued their collaboration with the Crusade series, also for Simon and Schuster, and the Wolf Springs Chronicles for Delacorte (2011.) She is also the author of the young adult horror series Possessions for Razorbill. She has sold many novels and book projects set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Saving Grace, Hellboy, and Smallville universes.
She has sold approximately two hundred short stories and essays on writing and popular culture. Her anthology, Outsiders, co-edited with Nancy Kilpatrick, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in 2005.
She teaches in the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing Program, offered through the University of Southern Maine. She has previously taught at UCSD and has served on the Clarion Board of Directors.
She lives in San Diego, California, with her daughter Belle, their two Corgis, Panda and Tater; and their cats, David and Kittnen Snow. She and Belle are active in Girl Scouts and dog obedience training.
Nancy was born in Los Altos, California, and her family settled for a time in Walnut Creek. Her father, who taught at Stanford, joined the navy and the family traveled throughout California and lived in Japan for three years. When she was sixteen, she dropped out of high school to become a ballet dancer in Cologne, Germany, and later relocated to Frankfurt Am Main.
Eventually she returned to California and graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at San Diego with a degree in Communications. Soon after, she began to write; her first sale was a young adult romance novel titled Teach Me to Love.
Nancy’s work has appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, LA Times, amazon.com, LOCUS, and other bestseller lists. A four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association, she has also received accolades from the American Library Association, the American Reading Association, the New York Public Library, and Romantic Times.
She and Debbie Viguié co-authored the New York Times bestselling series Wicked for Simon and Schuster. They have continued their collaboration with the Crusade series, also for Simon and Schuster, and the Wolf Springs Chronicles for Delacorte (2011.) She is also the author of the young adult horror series Possessions for Razorbill. She has sold many novels and book projects set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Saving Grace, Hellboy, and Smallville universes.
She has sold approximately two hundred short stories and essays on writing and popular culture. Her anthology, Outsiders, co-edited with Nancy Kilpatrick, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in 2005.
She teaches in the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing Program, offered through the University of Southern Maine. She has previously taught at UCSD and has served on the Clarion Board of Directors.
She lives in San Diego, California, with her daughter Belle, their two Corgis, Panda and Tater; and their cats, David and Kittnen Snow. She and Belle are active in Girl Scouts and dog obedience training.
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December 6, 2009
You know, I really don’t have any complaints about this book. It’s well-written, cohesive and the characters are relatable. I had a little trouble in the beginning trying to get used to the flipping of time periods but it’s something you get used to over the course of the book.
In terms of style, that was my biggest gripe. It’s a little much in the beginning of the book to be tossed about like that, mixed in with info-dumping in order to get the backstory of the witches and warlocks in. Considering that information was trickled throughout the book, I don’t think it was necessary to have it dumped on the reader all at once in the beginning.
And like I said, there were a lot of flashbacks. The only indication you’d get one is a triple space in the paragraphs. Jarring at first, maybe the first chapter or so but by the end of the second and into the third, I’d pretty much settled into the constant shifting and even came to like it. In all honestly, I was much more interested in the historical plot line than the current one.
What I like about it is it’s a dark book that isn’t filled with floofy Gossip Girls-type stuff. Nicole is probably the closest the book comes to that but even she levels out. It’s a little gritter than other like fantasy fare in my eyes (which are still kind of limited so take that with a grain of salt). Holly (the protagonist) loses her parents and best friend in a freak white water rafting accident. She was originally supposed to live with her dead friend’s mother but then she gets sick, hospitalized, and Holly has to stay with family in Seattle. Little does she know that her bloodline and that of her aunt’s lover have had a tendency to clash over the centuries and each want the other dead. Unfortunately only the lover, who’s an evil warlock, knows this. Until Holly and Amanda, and eventually Nicole, figure it out.
Aside from the use of the world warlock (which I can’t stand), it’s not as cheesy as it sounds. Not at all. I found it entertaining and a pretty fast read but aside from that, it really just wasn’t my thing. I kept aligning it with the likes of Charmed with all the fireballs and sisterly witchcraft and warlockiness and all of that. I’ve only seen a handful of episodes of Charmed but stuff like that just isn’t my thing. And neither is this book. It’s not that I didn’t like it, it’s just not something I’d read any more than once.
What bothered me though was really nothing to do with the story itself but the apology the authors make to the real witches that they garnered their research from. Why do they apologize? Because they found out through their research that the smoke and mirrors magic that exists in the book they wrote doesn’t actually exist (or they knew that all long and just decided to use it anyway regardless). It’s all a Hollywood manifestation that took the root of its work and twisted it to make it more interesting.
The thing is, I don’t think such showmanship is needed to make the story interesting. Why rely so heavily on people’s stereotypes of witches and magic in order to keep them entertained and interested when that’s not how it is and just as interesting of a story can be had from the real stuff? I was kind of put off by that. That the only way they could make the information they found interesting to young readers was to put glitter on it and make it shine. They obviously did their research but if they’d really done enough, they’d know that just such a story could exist without such fallacious mutations of the lore.
Hollywood witchcraft doesn’t do it for me to begin with so even without that teeny little introductory paragraph, I wouldn’t have been head over heels enthused about it anyway. But I think that little snippet pushed me over the edge because every time a piece of showboating magic came along, I couldn’t help but think ‘why? You now the truth and you know it can be scarier than these light shows. So why are you doing this?’
I don’t know. Maybe I’m a purist or fireworks just don’t impress me much. Or both. I thought it would have been a good book without the nonsensical stuff. With it in, I think it cheapened the story and could even be seen as insulting to think that this is what teens would rather read than the “real” stuff. Not all of them go ‘ooo, pretty lights!” and gawk. But despite it all, I can definitely see the appeal. If you're into Charmed or The Craft, you'll enjoy this book despite the showy magic it has. It is entertaining but th eonly reason I'll have a review for the second book in the series is because it's a two-in-one book.
In terms of style, that was my biggest gripe. It’s a little much in the beginning of the book to be tossed about like that, mixed in with info-dumping in order to get the backstory of the witches and warlocks in. Considering that information was trickled throughout the book, I don’t think it was necessary to have it dumped on the reader all at once in the beginning.
And like I said, there were a lot of flashbacks. The only indication you’d get one is a triple space in the paragraphs. Jarring at first, maybe the first chapter or so but by the end of the second and into the third, I’d pretty much settled into the constant shifting and even came to like it. In all honestly, I was much more interested in the historical plot line than the current one.
What I like about it is it’s a dark book that isn’t filled with floofy Gossip Girls-type stuff. Nicole is probably the closest the book comes to that but even she levels out. It’s a little gritter than other like fantasy fare in my eyes (which are still kind of limited so take that with a grain of salt). Holly (the protagonist) loses her parents and best friend in a freak white water rafting accident. She was originally supposed to live with her dead friend’s mother but then she gets sick, hospitalized, and Holly has to stay with family in Seattle. Little does she know that her bloodline and that of her aunt’s lover have had a tendency to clash over the centuries and each want the other dead. Unfortunately only the lover, who’s an evil warlock, knows this. Until Holly and Amanda, and eventually Nicole, figure it out.
Aside from the use of the world warlock (which I can’t stand), it’s not as cheesy as it sounds. Not at all. I found it entertaining and a pretty fast read but aside from that, it really just wasn’t my thing. I kept aligning it with the likes of Charmed with all the fireballs and sisterly witchcraft and warlockiness and all of that. I’ve only seen a handful of episodes of Charmed but stuff like that just isn’t my thing. And neither is this book. It’s not that I didn’t like it, it’s just not something I’d read any more than once.
What bothered me though was really nothing to do with the story itself but the apology the authors make to the real witches that they garnered their research from. Why do they apologize? Because they found out through their research that the smoke and mirrors magic that exists in the book they wrote doesn’t actually exist (or they knew that all long and just decided to use it anyway regardless). It’s all a Hollywood manifestation that took the root of its work and twisted it to make it more interesting.
The thing is, I don’t think such showmanship is needed to make the story interesting. Why rely so heavily on people’s stereotypes of witches and magic in order to keep them entertained and interested when that’s not how it is and just as interesting of a story can be had from the real stuff? I was kind of put off by that. That the only way they could make the information they found interesting to young readers was to put glitter on it and make it shine. They obviously did their research but if they’d really done enough, they’d know that just such a story could exist without such fallacious mutations of the lore.
Hollywood witchcraft doesn’t do it for me to begin with so even without that teeny little introductory paragraph, I wouldn’t have been head over heels enthused about it anyway. But I think that little snippet pushed me over the edge because every time a piece of showboating magic came along, I couldn’t help but think ‘why? You now the truth and you know it can be scarier than these light shows. So why are you doing this?’
I don’t know. Maybe I’m a purist or fireworks just don’t impress me much. Or both. I thought it would have been a good book without the nonsensical stuff. With it in, I think it cheapened the story and could even be seen as insulting to think that this is what teens would rather read than the “real” stuff. Not all of them go ‘ooo, pretty lights!” and gawk. But despite it all, I can definitely see the appeal. If you're into Charmed or The Craft, you'll enjoy this book despite the showy magic it has. It is entertaining but th eonly reason I'll have a review for the second book in the series is because it's a two-in-one book.
March 16, 2014
Eh, im sorry I really didnt like it.
June 15, 2010
bismillah..
Perseteruan 2 keluarga penyihir yang berlangsung selama berabad-abad.
Adalah keluarga Cahors yang merupakan WITCHES, sebutan untuk para penyihir wanita pengguna sihir kegelapan yang biasanya memiliki ciri khas berbeda2 pada setiap kelompoknya dan biasanya mempunyai satu keahlian khusus yang diwariskan secara turun temurun.
Berseteru selama berabad-abad dengan WARLOCK (penyihir pria yang mempraktikkan ilmu sihir hitam dengan menggunakan tumbal) dari keluarga Deveraux.
Pada awalnya sih saya agak malas membaca buku ini, karena saya membayangkan akan menikmati pertempuran warlock dengan witch. Warlock & Witch merupakan "job" yang sangat ahli dalam hal santet menyantet dan pelet memelet :P. Sehingga sebelum membaca buku ini-pun saya sudah dapat membayangkan "peperangan" seperti apa yang ditawarkan oleh Nancy Holder :).
Yang terjadi dalam buku ini ialah sebuah "ajang" santet dan disantet. Bagaimana kedua belah pihak berusaha saling santet dan setiap santet yang dikeluarkan membutuhkan "tumbal", dari tumbal inilah mereka mendapatkan kekuatan.
Hal seperti ini menurut saya ialah nyata, tradisi sihir kaum pagan, suku2 animisme, bahkan suku2 di Indonesia juga ada yang mempraktikkan sihir semacam ini. Kenapa disebut WARLLOCK? war = perang Lock = kunci, karena mereka2 inilah yang dinilai menjadi kunci kemenangan dalam Peperangan yang terjadi selama peradaban manusia sesungguhnya.
Dan sebenarnya apa sih sihir itu? :)
Kalau dalam The Holy Quran, Sihir itu ialah "sesuatu" yang dapat menggerakkan hati manusia, dapat mengontrol sikap dan perbuatan manusia, dapat menjauhkan manusia dari "cahaya" menuju kegelapan.
"Throw that which is in thy right hand: Quickly will it swallow up that which they have faked what they have faked is but a magician's trick: and the magician thrives not, (no matter) where he goes." HQ: 20:69
Sihir tak lebih dari sekedar tipu daya untuk menyesatkan manusia.
Nah, membaca buku ini bisa sekaligus memperdalam dan memperkuat keimanan saya :) karena memang seperti itulah keadaannya yang diperlihatkan dalam buku ini. Sebagaimana HQ dalam surat "THE DAYBREAK"
menjelaskan: I seek refuge with the Lord of the Dawn ~ From the mischief of created things; ~ From the mischief of Darkness as it overspreads; ~ From the mischief of those who practise secret arts; ~ And from the mischief of the envious one as he practises envy. (HQ: 113)
Yah kebenaran kan sebenernya cuman berasal dari 1 sumber yang maha benar :).
Namun buku ini menyajikan "sesuatu" yang berbeda tidak hanya berkutat pada konlfik 2 keluarga penyihir saja. Kisah "CINTA", ya kisah cinta... wkwkwk... yang pada dasarnya menjadi tema utama dalam serial WICKED ini. Memang pada buku pertama ini belum terlalu terlihat, karena masih banyak penjelasan mengenai karakter masing2 keluarga baik cahors maupun deveraux.
Kisah Cinta antara 2 insan penyihir berbeda keluarga, yang muak dan bosan dengan perseteruan keluarga mereka. Mereka ingin kabur dari cengkraman keluarga mereka karena mereka saling mencintai, sedangkan keluarga mereka masing2 menuntut mereka untuk saling membunuh.
oowh... cukup menyentuh ya. :D wkwkwk.. pilihannya keluarga atau kekasih?
Saya belum pernah nonton Romeo n Juliet, namun ada yang bilang cerita ini hampir serupa dengan Romeo & Juliet.
Dari segi penokohan saya sangat suka dengan cara penulis mendeskripsikan karakter pada masing2 tokoh. Tiap karakter seakan2 "muncul" layaknya saya menonton TV. Dari segi alur cerita juga sangat menarik, saya sampai perlu membolak balik halaman sebelumnya untuk mengerti kejadian pada halaman yang sedang saya baca. :D
Saya rasa rating 4 bintang sangat tepat untuk buku ini. Oh iya satu hal lagi, saya biasanya membawa bacaan ke dalam toilet duduk, buku ini yang pertama kali saya baca d atas toilet jongkok saya (sambil nyetor) wkwk... karena ceritanya yang tiap bab harus d baca habis, atau saya harus mengulang lagi dari bab itu.
Perseteruan 2 keluarga penyihir yang berlangsung selama berabad-abad.
Adalah keluarga Cahors yang merupakan WITCHES, sebutan untuk para penyihir wanita pengguna sihir kegelapan yang biasanya memiliki ciri khas berbeda2 pada setiap kelompoknya dan biasanya mempunyai satu keahlian khusus yang diwariskan secara turun temurun.
Berseteru selama berabad-abad dengan WARLOCK (penyihir pria yang mempraktikkan ilmu sihir hitam dengan menggunakan tumbal) dari keluarga Deveraux.
Pada awalnya sih saya agak malas membaca buku ini, karena saya membayangkan akan menikmati pertempuran warlock dengan witch. Warlock & Witch merupakan "job" yang sangat ahli dalam hal santet menyantet dan pelet memelet :P. Sehingga sebelum membaca buku ini-pun saya sudah dapat membayangkan "peperangan" seperti apa yang ditawarkan oleh Nancy Holder :).
Yang terjadi dalam buku ini ialah sebuah "ajang" santet dan disantet. Bagaimana kedua belah pihak berusaha saling santet dan setiap santet yang dikeluarkan membutuhkan "tumbal", dari tumbal inilah mereka mendapatkan kekuatan.
Hal seperti ini menurut saya ialah nyata, tradisi sihir kaum pagan, suku2 animisme, bahkan suku2 di Indonesia juga ada yang mempraktikkan sihir semacam ini. Kenapa disebut WARLLOCK? war = perang Lock = kunci, karena mereka2 inilah yang dinilai menjadi kunci kemenangan dalam Peperangan yang terjadi selama peradaban manusia sesungguhnya.
Dan sebenarnya apa sih sihir itu? :)
Kalau dalam The Holy Quran, Sihir itu ialah "sesuatu" yang dapat menggerakkan hati manusia, dapat mengontrol sikap dan perbuatan manusia, dapat menjauhkan manusia dari "cahaya" menuju kegelapan.
"Throw that which is in thy right hand: Quickly will it swallow up that which they have faked what they have faked is but a magician's trick: and the magician thrives not, (no matter) where he goes." HQ: 20:69
Sihir tak lebih dari sekedar tipu daya untuk menyesatkan manusia.
Nah, membaca buku ini bisa sekaligus memperdalam dan memperkuat keimanan saya :) karena memang seperti itulah keadaannya yang diperlihatkan dalam buku ini. Sebagaimana HQ dalam surat "THE DAYBREAK"
menjelaskan: I seek refuge with the Lord of the Dawn ~ From the mischief of created things; ~ From the mischief of Darkness as it overspreads; ~ From the mischief of those who practise secret arts; ~ And from the mischief of the envious one as he practises envy. (HQ: 113)
Yah kebenaran kan sebenernya cuman berasal dari 1 sumber yang maha benar :).
Namun buku ini menyajikan "sesuatu" yang berbeda tidak hanya berkutat pada konlfik 2 keluarga penyihir saja. Kisah "CINTA", ya kisah cinta... wkwkwk... yang pada dasarnya menjadi tema utama dalam serial WICKED ini. Memang pada buku pertama ini belum terlalu terlihat, karena masih banyak penjelasan mengenai karakter masing2 keluarga baik cahors maupun deveraux.
Kisah Cinta antara 2 insan penyihir berbeda keluarga, yang muak dan bosan dengan perseteruan keluarga mereka. Mereka ingin kabur dari cengkraman keluarga mereka karena mereka saling mencintai, sedangkan keluarga mereka masing2 menuntut mereka untuk saling membunuh.
oowh... cukup menyentuh ya. :D wkwkwk.. pilihannya keluarga atau kekasih?
Saya belum pernah nonton Romeo n Juliet, namun ada yang bilang cerita ini hampir serupa dengan Romeo & Juliet.
Dari segi penokohan saya sangat suka dengan cara penulis mendeskripsikan karakter pada masing2 tokoh. Tiap karakter seakan2 "muncul" layaknya saya menonton TV. Dari segi alur cerita juga sangat menarik, saya sampai perlu membolak balik halaman sebelumnya untuk mengerti kejadian pada halaman yang sedang saya baca. :D
Saya rasa rating 4 bintang sangat tepat untuk buku ini. Oh iya satu hal lagi, saya biasanya membawa bacaan ke dalam toilet duduk, buku ini yang pertama kali saya baca d atas toilet jongkok saya (sambil nyetor) wkwk... karena ceritanya yang tiap bab harus d baca habis, atau saya harus mengulang lagi dari bab itu.
April 11, 2010
Ini dikasih gratisan lewat Luqman. Makasih Mbak Nadya dan Matahati.
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Oke reviewnya:
Tema ceritanya sebenarnya simpel. 2 keluarga yang berebut kekuasaan dan kekuatan. yang 1 menginginkan kekuatan leluhur yang lain. Dan pihak 1 nya menginginkan kejayaan dari pihak 1 nya. Dan kebetulan sekali mereka adalah kaum Witch dan Warlock.
Yang diceritakan juga simpel. 2 anak manusia yang terjebak dalam cinta dan perseteruan tersebut.
Jean dan Isabeau dijadikan pion keluarga dalam perseteruan turun temurun itu. Mereka dinikahkan guna mengungkap rahasia masing-masing keluarga. Tapi dengan dasar saling kena sihir, mereka pun saling jatuh cinta. Sayangnya, cinta mereka tumbuh bukan dari sihir... Ada yang lain... Yaitu tumbuh sendiri di hati mereka masing2.
Perseteruan keluarga mereka membuat mereka diharuskan saling membunuh dan tidak setia.
Hingga....
Berabad-abad kemudian jiwa mereka berinkarnasi ke dalam tubuh lain dari keturunan keluarga mereka.
Jer dan Holly yang tidak saling mengenal, dipertemukan oleh takdir. Holly yang baru saja kehilangan keluarganya, terpaksa tinggal bersama bibi yang dia tidak pernah kenal seumur hidupnya. Di rumah bibinya dia merasakan banyak hal aneh.. terutama setelah pertemuannya dengan Jer. Cowo dingin yang ternyata jelmaan dari Jean.
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Komenku, ceritanya sih bagus.
Cara penceritaannya aku suka. Maju mundur, bikin pusing... tapi keren. hahaha
Ngebayangin bikin cerita kayak gitu pasti susah.
Baca ini jadi kayak lagi nonton film...
Ngebayangin si Jer nya itu kayak Caleb yang di film The Convenant ;D
Trus yang jadi Holly nya si Mila Kunis. Habisnya covernya mirip Mila Kunis. Hehehe
Tapi entah kenapa yah, kan katanya Holly yang tokoh utama, justru kok Jer yah yang lebih menonjol karakternya? :D
Terjemahan juga bagus. Gaya bahasanya dapet. Tiap tokohnya punya ciri khas sendiri-sendiri. Walo agak garing pas bagian Tommy ;D (ini sih kesalahan penulis).
Tapi ada beberapa kesalahan nih... :D
Hal 108 paragraf terakhir g ada petik tutup kalimat :D
Hal 114 Kata Alis ditulis jadi Alias... Hehehehe
Hal 146 Paragraf pertama Font nya beda size... Kalo g diperhatiin emang g akan keliatan. Tapi tetep keliatan ama aku :P
Hal 154 Agak gak sreg sama terjemahan "Gadis itu panas." Hmmm kayaknya dari kalimat "That girl's Hot." Kan bisa aja jadi "Gadis itu menggairahkan." Atau "Gadis itu Seksi banget."
Hal 166 Ada kalimat "Mungkin kita harus membunuhnya," lalu dilanjutkan dengan --- Siapapun wanita itu, Jer tidak akan membiarkan ayah dan abangnya membunuhnya.----
Mungkin kalimat aslinya: "Maybe we must kill her," --- her nya kenapa g ditulis jadi "Mungkin kita harus membunuh wanita itu,". Kan kalo di Indonesiain jadi aneh tiba-tiba muncul keterangan wanita itu (dari Jer).
hal 226 Maksudnya Leo DiCaprio kan? ditulisnya cuma Le DiCaprio.
hal 228 ada kalimat "Aku ingin menjadi peran utama" ----- kenapa gak peran utama nya jadi Pemeran Utama? :P :P
Ada lagi sih. Tapi sudah ah...Segitu aja...
Bintang 4 kok tetep... Ceritanya bagus... :)
Covernya apa lagi... ;D
Kertasnya bagus. Sayang ga ada pembatas buku. Padahal berharapnya pembatasnya secantik covernya.
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Oke reviewnya:
Tema ceritanya sebenarnya simpel. 2 keluarga yang berebut kekuasaan dan kekuatan. yang 1 menginginkan kekuatan leluhur yang lain. Dan pihak 1 nya menginginkan kejayaan dari pihak 1 nya. Dan kebetulan sekali mereka adalah kaum Witch dan Warlock.
Yang diceritakan juga simpel. 2 anak manusia yang terjebak dalam cinta dan perseteruan tersebut.
Jean dan Isabeau dijadikan pion keluarga dalam perseteruan turun temurun itu. Mereka dinikahkan guna mengungkap rahasia masing-masing keluarga. Tapi dengan dasar saling kena sihir, mereka pun saling jatuh cinta. Sayangnya, cinta mereka tumbuh bukan dari sihir... Ada yang lain... Yaitu tumbuh sendiri di hati mereka masing2.
Perseteruan keluarga mereka membuat mereka diharuskan saling membunuh dan tidak setia.
Hingga....
Berabad-abad kemudian jiwa mereka berinkarnasi ke dalam tubuh lain dari keturunan keluarga mereka.
Jer dan Holly yang tidak saling mengenal, dipertemukan oleh takdir. Holly yang baru saja kehilangan keluarganya, terpaksa tinggal bersama bibi yang dia tidak pernah kenal seumur hidupnya. Di rumah bibinya dia merasakan banyak hal aneh.. terutama setelah pertemuannya dengan Jer. Cowo dingin yang ternyata jelmaan dari Jean.
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Komenku, ceritanya sih bagus.
Cara penceritaannya aku suka. Maju mundur, bikin pusing... tapi keren. hahaha
Ngebayangin bikin cerita kayak gitu pasti susah.
Baca ini jadi kayak lagi nonton film...
Ngebayangin si Jer nya itu kayak Caleb yang di film The Convenant ;D
Trus yang jadi Holly nya si Mila Kunis. Habisnya covernya mirip Mila Kunis. Hehehe
Tapi entah kenapa yah, kan katanya Holly yang tokoh utama, justru kok Jer yah yang lebih menonjol karakternya? :D
Terjemahan juga bagus. Gaya bahasanya dapet. Tiap tokohnya punya ciri khas sendiri-sendiri. Walo agak garing pas bagian Tommy ;D (ini sih kesalahan penulis).
Tapi ada beberapa kesalahan nih... :D
Hal 108 paragraf terakhir g ada petik tutup kalimat :D
Hal 114 Kata Alis ditulis jadi Alias... Hehehehe
Hal 146 Paragraf pertama Font nya beda size... Kalo g diperhatiin emang g akan keliatan. Tapi tetep keliatan ama aku :P
Hal 154 Agak gak sreg sama terjemahan "Gadis itu panas." Hmmm kayaknya dari kalimat "That girl's Hot." Kan bisa aja jadi "Gadis itu menggairahkan." Atau "Gadis itu Seksi banget."
Hal 166 Ada kalimat "Mungkin kita harus membunuhnya," lalu dilanjutkan dengan --- Siapapun wanita itu, Jer tidak akan membiarkan ayah dan abangnya membunuhnya.----
Mungkin kalimat aslinya: "Maybe we must kill her," --- her nya kenapa g ditulis jadi "Mungkin kita harus membunuh wanita itu,". Kan kalo di Indonesiain jadi aneh tiba-tiba muncul keterangan wanita itu (dari Jer).
hal 226 Maksudnya Leo DiCaprio kan? ditulisnya cuma Le DiCaprio.
hal 228 ada kalimat "Aku ingin menjadi peran utama" ----- kenapa gak peran utama nya jadi Pemeran Utama? :P :P
Ada lagi sih. Tapi sudah ah...Segitu aja...
Bintang 4 kok tetep... Ceritanya bagus... :)
Covernya apa lagi... ;D
Kertasnya bagus. Sayang ga ada pembatas buku. Padahal berharapnya pembatasnya secantik covernya.
March 22, 2013
I gave this book so many chances to turn around but it just didn't. I started this one because I liked one of Holders other books but this one really bugged me.
I listened to it which may have been a hindered in this case but then again they made it into an audiobook.
It has historical flashback moments reminiscent of Beautiful Creatures but unlike Beautiful Creatures (which I also listened to)it didn't work. I was lost a lot, I it was really hard to follow. The perspective jumped around so that added to the confusion. There were a lot of times I thought about giving up but pushed through.
I eventually gave up on chapter 13 (not chapter 13 in the audio but she read the phrase "chapter 13" it was a couple full work days of listening to the book)
Besides being hard to follow there were a few parts that made me roll my eyes and I just thought were frustratingly cheesey. I really wish that I had clicked better with this book.
I listened to it which may have been a hindered in this case but then again they made it into an audiobook.
It has historical flashback moments reminiscent of Beautiful Creatures but unlike Beautiful Creatures (which I also listened to)it didn't work. I was lost a lot, I it was really hard to follow. The perspective jumped around so that added to the confusion. There were a lot of times I thought about giving up but pushed through.
I eventually gave up on chapter 13 (not chapter 13 in the audio but she read the phrase "chapter 13" it was a couple full work days of listening to the book)
Besides being hard to follow there were a few parts that made me roll my eyes and I just thought were frustratingly cheesey. I really wish that I had clicked better with this book.
September 2, 2017
This book had a promising premise. Holly Cathers discovers the truth of her heritage when her parents and best friend die in a white water rafting accident and she moves to Seattle to live with a paternal aunt she never knew. It is there that she discovers that she is descendent from a very powerful line of witches. Her family's most fiercest enemy is the Devereaux family. They are warlocks. Unlike Holly's family who has lost their history, the Devereaux have continued to practice and are determined to eliminate Holly's family for all time. Of course, it isn't that simple. But once Holly is made aware of power, she comes into it very quickly, and then it is just a matter of the past repeating itself, which might have been fine but I didn't like the back and forth in time and I began to dislike all the characters. I also didn't like the reader, Cassandra Morton. She sounded like she was 12. But I will be back for more since I have the first three books in the series.
April 12, 2010
***SPOILER ALERT*** <-- walau yang membaca buku ini akan membutuhkan spoiler di bawah, karena sesudah membaca sekali, lalu mengulanginya sekali lagi secara cepat, baru aku mengerti (atau malah tambah tidak mengerti) kisah ini.
Ini bukan Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West-nya Maguire, bukan juga Wicked Lovely-nya Melissa Marr. Ya, satu lagi buku berjudul Witch.
Cerita bersumber dari perseteruan seumur hidup Keluarga Deveraux dengan Keluarga Cahors, keduanya adalah keluarga penyihir kuat dan sadis yang ingin menguasai seluruh Conventry. Kedua keluarga mempraktekkan sihir hitam, mengorbankan hewan dan manusia demi Dewi (pelindung keluarga Cahors) atau Dewa Bertanduk (pelindung keluarga Deveraux). Keduanya ingin memperoleh Rahasia Black Fire, apa pun itu maksudnya, karena sampai akhir buku, walau Black Fire ini muncul dua kali, aku masih tidak mengerti apa gunanya dan kenapa pada kesempatan pertama dia hilang sendiri dan pada kesempatan kedua dia bisa dihancurkan oleh trio remaja keluarga Cahors (mengingatkan pada Charmed) yang tidak berpengalaman menggunakan sihir (walau dibantu oleh arwah leluhur Cahors, Isabeau), mengalahkan Michael Deveraux yang sudah mempraktekkan sihir seumur hidupnya sampai tua.
Banyak banget pertanyaan tidak terjawab, sehingga aku harus menuliskannya di sehelai kertas HVS :p Nantilah kalo ada waktu, kutulis di blog bukuku. Mungkin juga memang sengaja dibikin begitu banyak bolongnya untuk dijadikan bahan buku kedua? Entahlah.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 11, 2016
Seventeen-year-old Holly Cathers is devastated when her parents and best friend are killed during a whitewater rafting trip. Sent to live with her aunt and two cousins, Holly has trouble accepting her situation, however the alluring young man Jer Devereaux certainly sparks her interest. Although drawn to Jer, Holly’s equally repelled by his father and brother. Compounding her strange new life are the visions that somehow involve her and Jer stretching far back in time. But these are only the beginning of the revelations Holly discovers about herself, her family, and how an ugly, horrific past has caught up with them.
Witch is the first installment in the young adult fantasy series, Wicked, and it’s thoroughly entertaining. One feels sympathy for Holly, and because of the multiple viewpoints, the reader knows far more about the danger Holly and her family are in than she does. One of the likeable aspects, and a common trait in YA fantasies, is the growing confidence Holly has in herself as she identifies her enemies and develops her skills as a witch.
The evil ones in this book have no redeeming qualities, which makes them rather two dimensional, but they do have major magical skills which adds to the suspense and horror. Now that Holly understands what’s at stake and the power she holds, it will be interesting to see what she does with it next.
Witch is the first installment in the young adult fantasy series, Wicked, and it’s thoroughly entertaining. One feels sympathy for Holly, and because of the multiple viewpoints, the reader knows far more about the danger Holly and her family are in than she does. One of the likeable aspects, and a common trait in YA fantasies, is the growing confidence Holly has in herself as she identifies her enemies and develops her skills as a witch.
The evil ones in this book have no redeeming qualities, which makes them rather two dimensional, but they do have major magical skills which adds to the suspense and horror. Now that Holly understands what’s at stake and the power she holds, it will be interesting to see what she does with it next.
April 19, 2010
Kesan pertama yang aku baca dari buku ini, ceritanya sadis. Pembantaian, pembunuhan yang menurut saya keji, maksudnya pembunuhan yang berdarah darah dan penyiksaan, saya tidak akan ngeri jika pembunuhan dilakukan dengan menembak atau dengan sihir mungkin.
salah satu yang membuat saya bergidik adalah ketika jean memenggal kepala seorang petani sebagai tumbal dan diceritakan darah mengalir dari tubuh di petani... euuuu....
terlalalu banyak flashback sehingga saya dibuat pusing ketika membacanya, tak jarang pula saya harus membalik lagi lembar yang telah saya baca untuk memastikan lagi jalan ceritanya.
Ceritanya dari sudut pandang karakter yang terlalu banyak sehingga Holly yang merupakan karakter utama dari cerita ini kurang begitu ditonjolkan.
Dan entah ini kesalahan dari penerbit atau memang dibuat sengaja seperti itu adanya, pada paragraf pertama hurufnya sedikit lebih besar.
well, saya kurang menikmati ceritanya.
vote: 3 bintang untuk ceritanya minus 1 bintang untuk sadismenya.
salah satu yang membuat saya bergidik adalah ketika jean memenggal kepala seorang petani sebagai tumbal dan diceritakan darah mengalir dari tubuh di petani... euuuu....
terlalalu banyak flashback sehingga saya dibuat pusing ketika membacanya, tak jarang pula saya harus membalik lagi lembar yang telah saya baca untuk memastikan lagi jalan ceritanya.
Ceritanya dari sudut pandang karakter yang terlalu banyak sehingga Holly yang merupakan karakter utama dari cerita ini kurang begitu ditonjolkan.
Dan entah ini kesalahan dari penerbit atau memang dibuat sengaja seperti itu adanya, pada paragraf pertama hurufnya sedikit lebih besar.
well, saya kurang menikmati ceritanya.
vote: 3 bintang untuk ceritanya minus 1 bintang untuk sadismenya.
October 3, 2010
serasa baca kisah romeo & juliet lintas abad (600 tahun!) dengan bumbu magick. titisan "romi dan juli" yang asli ketemu lagi untuk melanjutkan (atau menuntaskan?) kisah cinta dan dendam (yang masih) membara ratusan taun yang lalu, yang tak terselesaikan akibat rasa penasaran tak terpuaskan dari pihak2 yang bertikai.
mengambil lore wiccan witch & warlock dari abad eropa pertengahan, bumbu "dark magick" terasa kental banget dengan cerita persembahan dan korban binatang dan manusia...kadang sampe bergidik mbayangin praktek sihirnya...brrr...
bukunya seru, pantes dapet bintang 5 kalo ngga ada beberapa kesalahan penerjemahan di sana-sini. covernya juga cocok sama isi ceritanya. can't wait untuk baca sambunganya. recommendedlah buat yg suka cerita YA berlatar dark magick, tapi jelas bukan untuk anak2.
*masih wondering kenapa yg nerbitin pertama kali "an imprint of blablabla children publishing*
mengambil lore wiccan witch & warlock dari abad eropa pertengahan, bumbu "dark magick" terasa kental banget dengan cerita persembahan dan korban binatang dan manusia...kadang sampe bergidik mbayangin praktek sihirnya...brrr...
bukunya seru, pantes dapet bintang 5 kalo ngga ada beberapa kesalahan penerjemahan di sana-sini. covernya juga cocok sama isi ceritanya. can't wait untuk baca sambunganya. recommendedlah buat yg suka cerita YA berlatar dark magick, tapi jelas bukan untuk anak2.
*masih wondering kenapa yg nerbitin pertama kali "an imprint of blablabla children publishing*
October 29, 2018
I got this book off of bookoutlet.com since it sounded like an interesting witch read. Unfortunately it was not that interesting. The overall concept is a good idea. I love how there is a witch feud going back centuries, but how it was developed was problematic for me. There were very odd time jumps in Holly's story and I didn't like how spread out everything was. Also, some things weren't explained that great in my opinion or maybe I missed some things while reading. I got confused about some of the things going on. This book just wasn't entertaining for me. I found it really difficult to get through. I got the bind up of the first two books, but I was only able to get through the first book. The characters in this book were boring and very flat. I found the side characters more entertaining than the main characters.
August 31, 2024
One of the worst storytelling I’ve ever seen. It’s not coherent, everyone’s dying left and right and it’s never actually explained what the Black Fire is (unless it’s just fire, in which case really fucking boring and underwhelming). Overall there are so much better books out there, don’t waste your time!
Also if you want to include another language in your book maybe make sure that there’s no spelling mistakes? Because some of the words used were not even actual ones.
Eddie and Kialish deserved more screen time 😔
Also if you want to include another language in your book maybe make sure that there’s no spelling mistakes? Because some of the words used were not even actual ones.
Eddie and Kialish deserved more screen time 😔
April 20, 2010
Sebenarnya buku ini punya potensi buat jadi lebih menarik, dan ada saatnya chemistry di antara kedua tokoh, Holly dan Jed kerasa banget, tapi sayang, scenes dalam buku ini terasa campur aduk dan terlalu banyak kilas balik.
Penjabaran tentang para karakternya juga kurang, jalan ceritanya juga jadi nggak jelas, seakan2 buku yang ditulis oleh dua orang ini sempat bingung ingin ditulis bagaimana.
Yang pasti saya nggak tertarik buat baca buku kelanjutannya. Meh!
Penjabaran tentang para karakternya juga kurang, jalan ceritanya juga jadi nggak jelas, seakan2 buku yang ditulis oleh dua orang ini sempat bingung ingin ditulis bagaimana.
Yang pasti saya nggak tertarik buat baca buku kelanjutannya. Meh!
December 17, 2012
I find this continued novel to have the same plot, which for the Cahors witches to end the vendetta and the warlocks (Michael and Eli) to get revenge. This author uses the same flash forward and flash back to the past method in her narration of the story. There are a lot of “prayers” and “spells” at the beginning of each chapter; also each chapter has a specific title such as: Blood, Mead, Dark, or Red Moon.
January 27, 2009
Great magic/witch book, the idea is original and all though it took me a little while to understand some parts; it was an over all good book.
October 25, 2017
Review to come
October 1, 2021
I think I will give this a middle score of 3 stars. While I do like the premise of the story (star-crossed lovers who gets reincarnated mixed with witchcraft), I still cannot get pass the really awful editing, grammar, and the very jarring jumps in the story.
I can forgive a few grammatical error here and there. I am not a native English speaker by any means, it is only my second language, but the errors in the novel was atrocious! Why didn't anyone proofread this before it was published?! There were times when proper punctuation and capitalization were not observed, some instances where run-on sentences were abundant, but what I couldn't really forgive was the jump cuts.
By jump cuts, I am talking about suddenly introducing a scenario and then jumping on a totally different one without first finishing the previous. Like when Jer and Holly met. I believe that they had like 3 interactions tops then suddenly they were MADLY IN LOVE with one another. Yes, I get that they had the souls of Isabeau and Jean in them, but still, that is taking instalove too far!
Like when the zombie creatures were about to attack Tommy. It was so random. I mean yes, I get it that Michael was trying to use Tommy to force them out or something, but that scene was cut too short! What happened to them explaining to Tommy that hey, we're witches and this family is out to get us yada yada? What was his reaction? Did he believe them at once? Was he doubtful?
Also sometimes the plot was just so flimsy. Like when Michael wanted to kill Holly and he killed Marie-Claire instead. I mean, that is just dumb. So you mean you are this powerful warlock and you can't even kill your intended target? And why did he get into so much trouble to have Holly come to Seattle when he was going to kill her anyway?
This novel had so much promise but the problem was the execution. There are two authors in this book, maybe that was the problem? Maybe they were writing this alternately and the story suffered because of that, because of conflicting ideas? It made me so sad because this book could have been great if only the author made everything very clear, was more careful in writing, and took into account how everything will translate.
I can forgive a few grammatical error here and there. I am not a native English speaker by any means, it is only my second language, but the errors in the novel was atrocious! Why didn't anyone proofread this before it was published?! There were times when proper punctuation and capitalization were not observed, some instances where run-on sentences were abundant, but what I couldn't really forgive was the jump cuts.
By jump cuts, I am talking about suddenly introducing a scenario and then jumping on a totally different one without first finishing the previous. Like when Jer and Holly met. I believe that they had like 3 interactions tops then suddenly they were MADLY IN LOVE with one another. Yes, I get that they had the souls of Isabeau and Jean in them, but still, that is taking instalove too far!
Like when the zombie creatures were about to attack Tommy. It was so random. I mean yes, I get it that Michael was trying to use Tommy to force them out or something, but that scene was cut too short! What happened to them explaining to Tommy that hey, we're witches and this family is out to get us yada yada? What was his reaction? Did he believe them at once? Was he doubtful?
Also sometimes the plot was just so flimsy. Like when Michael wanted to kill Holly and he killed Marie-Claire instead. I mean, that is just dumb. So you mean you are this powerful warlock and you can't even kill your intended target? And why did he get into so much trouble to have Holly come to Seattle when he was going to kill her anyway?
This novel had so much promise but the problem was the execution. There are two authors in this book, maybe that was the problem? Maybe they were writing this alternately and the story suffered because of that, because of conflicting ideas? It made me so sad because this book could have been great if only the author made everything very clear, was more careful in writing, and took into account how everything will translate.
August 17, 2020
I was not a fan of this book. The writing itself left something to be desired. There was less storyline and seemed more like here's a plot point, here's a plot point, and not much else in between. There were multiple times that I had to re-read a passage, paragraph, or even sentence and still didn't understand what it meant. I guess you were supposed to infer things based on what was there...? I'm not sure. I just kept pushing through, hoping it would get better. I liked the last 30 or so pages. The beginning was definitely rough, too many people and time frames, I had no idea what was going on or who was who and literally wrote a list so I knew who was who. I own the series (I actually read Wicked: Witch & Curse, Books 1&2) so I'm going to continue to read them and hope it gets better (I didn't like the first Twilight book either, but enjoyed the rest of the series). Full disclosure, I have read the first 40 pages of the second book and really liked it, so maybe I just had to get through the background building to enjoy it.
All in all, I would say probably skip it. The cover is cool and that's probably what originally drew me to it, but the story isn't that great.
All in all, I would say probably skip it. The cover is cool and that's probably what originally drew me to it, but the story isn't that great.
March 13, 2018
Ich weiß gar nicht, was ich genau über dieses Buch sagen soll, ohne allzu gemein zu werden. Ich versuche mich also neutral zu halten. Mir hat das Buch leider so gar nicht gefallen. Der Klappentext war ja recht ansprechend gestaltet, aber damit kann die Geschichte nicht mithalten. Es gibt etliche Rückblenden/Zeitsprünge, die nicht gut eingebaut sind, sodass man vor allem zu Beginn Schwierigkeiten hat, sich zurecht zu finden. Die Charaktere sind ziemlich flach/blass und die "Liebesgeschichte" ist für mich substanzlos. Ich kann schon prinzipiell mit Reinkarnationsgeschichten wenig anfangen und wie das hier verpackt wurde, das war für mich einfach nicht gut gemacht. Ganz abgesehen davon, dass die Magie einfach viel zu kurz kommt und nur unklar skizziert wird. Wie genau die Macht jetzt aussieht, was man dafür tun muss, wovon es abhängt, ob ein Zauber jetzt funktioniert oder nicht, das wird nicht beschrieben.
August 31, 2017
This isn't a bad book, but I was pretty meh over it. I think it's just that I've read this type of plot so many times by now that the clichés and tropes are just irritating me.
I did like the bits of history scattered throughout. I also like the fact that the past life families are both monstrous. When something like this is written, there's a 'good' family (the hero's ancestors) and the 'bad' one, but nope. Not here. Both of those families were terrible and I wanted to see both of them burn. It's one way trope that the authors avoided so well.
The biggest problem for me was the resolution of the plot. All of the sudden, every character just knows everything because the plot needs to move forward. There was no reason that made sense, which was annoying. It also went all Charmed in the last (rushed) scenes, which was an awkward change of tone.
I did like the bits of history scattered throughout. I also like the fact that the past life families are both monstrous. When something like this is written, there's a 'good' family (the hero's ancestors) and the 'bad' one, but nope. Not here. Both of those families were terrible and I wanted to see both of them burn. It's one way trope that the authors avoided so well.
The biggest problem for me was the resolution of the plot. All of the sudden, every character just knows everything because the plot needs to move forward. There was no reason that made sense, which was annoying. It also went all Charmed in the last (rushed) scenes, which was an awkward change of tone.
April 10, 2018
Tiene una historia increíble, el manejo del tema de la magia negra y la Wicca está manejado de una forma increíble. Incluso me gusta mucho cómo se van desenvolviendo los personajes, aunque en momentos puede parecer bastante lento. Los personajes me parecen súper buenos, sobre todo Holly. Creo que la reducción de páginas en la traducción le quita mucha sustancia y argumento a la historia, cuando terminas de leer, te queda la sensación de no haber comprendido del todo lo que ha pasado, como cuando alguien te cuenta a medias una anécdota, así.
SIN EMBARGO la traducción al español es malísima (empezando porque la versión en inglés tiene 627 páginas y en español 287 aprox), redacción es horrible y casi no hay trabajo de cuidado editorial más allá de los márgenes, de hecho es complejo saber cuándo es la regresión/visión y cuándo es la actualidad ya que no hay ni siquiera saltos de párrafo en el texto, como pude reconocerlos fue a la segunda leída, con post-its en la mano y marcando espacio tras espacio: a penas así logré agarrar bien el hilo de la historia.
Recomiendo mil veces más buscar la versión en inglés.
SIN EMBARGO la traducción al español es malísima (empezando porque la versión en inglés tiene 627 páginas y en español 287 aprox), redacción es horrible y casi no hay trabajo de cuidado editorial más allá de los márgenes, de hecho es complejo saber cuándo es la regresión/visión y cuándo es la actualidad ya que no hay ni siquiera saltos de párrafo en el texto, como pude reconocerlos fue a la segunda leída, con post-its en la mano y marcando espacio tras espacio: a penas así logré agarrar bien el hilo de la historia.
Recomiendo mil veces más buscar la versión en inglés.
September 29, 2017
This book really had the potential to be good. The problem is the jumping around. If it just jumped between time from Holly to Isabeau that would be fine. However, this jumps between several characters. Some in the present and some in the past. This makes it terribly hard to follow the story. Plus there is no easy transition from one person/time to the other most of the time. This book really fell short for me. I am really disappointed because it sounded so interesting.
October 25, 2021
Juntei forças pra terminar essa leitura, e não valeu a pena.
O único personagem pra quem eu torcia acabou morto, e apesar de ter ficado no ar a possibilidade de ele retornar, não é uma certeza, e pra falar a verdade, não tenho mais tanto interesse em saber.
Se eu já estava confusa com o que estava acontecendo antes, os últimos 20% foram ainda piores. Muitas coisas ficaram sem explicação, e tudo aconteceu rápido demais.
Pode ser que talvez eu continue a saga, mas no momento a certeza é não.
O único personagem pra quem eu torcia acabou morto, e apesar de ter ficado no ar a possibilidade de ele retornar, não é uma certeza, e pra falar a verdade, não tenho mais tanto interesse em saber.
Se eu já estava confusa com o que estava acontecendo antes, os últimos 20% foram ainda piores. Muitas coisas ficaram sem explicação, e tudo aconteceu rápido demais.
Pode ser que talvez eu continue a saga, mas no momento a certeza é não.
December 17, 2023
It was okay but it felt like even the author didn't know the age rating they were going for. Sometimes I felt like I was reading a preteen novel, sometimes even I was bored as it droled on about marriage issues and family fueds etc. A 9-12 year old would enjoy half of it, a 30+year old would enjoy the other, and I guess as I'm between the ages I must be the target audience? I have the second book, but if they didn't come as a set I wouldn't have bothered finding it.
October 2, 2024
I remember reading this book in high school- I remembered bits and pieces and decided to read it again. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s got a lot of witchy stuff. I do think the author should’ve leaned into all the historical characters being unlikeable because of their terrible deeds. I think the ending was a bit rushed, but it’s obviously set up to have a sequel. I do plan reading the series! (It’s very of its time- early 2000s)
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September 8, 2025DNF.
Ugh. I wanted to like this but the writing is so confusing. Multiple timelines, multiple POVs.
-two rival witch clans who are like the French Montagues and Capulets or Hatfields and McCoys
-orphan
-twins
-surprisingly bloody and gorey for a YA series
-sex mentioned multiple times (off page)
-cartoon villian warlock
-published in 2002
Ugh. I wanted to like this but the writing is so confusing. Multiple timelines, multiple POVs.
-two rival witch clans who are like the French Montagues and Capulets or Hatfields and McCoys
-orphan
-twins
-surprisingly bloody and gorey for a YA series
-sex mentioned multiple times (off page)
-cartoon villian warlock
-published in 2002
June 1, 2017
I thought it was pretty good and went really fast especially considering its a teen book.I'm 25 and I still really enjoyed it. there is a slight genericness I suppose, but it's still a really good story and was definitely successful at holding my interest.
March 22, 2019
A premissa do livro é muito boa, mas a execução deixou muito a desejar. Senti falta de detalhamento em algumas partes, as coisas aconteciam muito rápido e com uma facilidade enorme. Faltou muita coisa pra tornar esse livro bom.
March 4, 2021
This was a re-read
I first read this series when I was twelves and obviously my love for it isn’t a great as it once was. I still enjoyed the re-read and plan to finish re-reading the whole series for the nostalgia and also so I can avoid reading the book I actually need to.
I first read this series when I was twelves and obviously my love for it isn’t a great as it once was. I still enjoyed the re-read and plan to finish re-reading the whole series for the nostalgia and also so I can avoid reading the book I actually need to.
October 3, 2022
É um bom livro, leve, fácil de ler e o entretenimento é certo. Só peca em algumas coisas, infelizmente, transforma alguns eventos que seriam marcantes em algo insignificante e não entendi isso direito. De resto foi prazeroso de ler.
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