Witch Free Excerpt (Audible Audio Edition) Nancy Holder Lauren Davis Debbie Viguie Inc Audible Books
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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 likes of which they could never have imagined....
Witch Free Excerpt (Audible Audio Edition) Nancy Holder Lauren Davis Debbie Viguie Inc Audible Books
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Witch Free Excerpt (Audible Audio Edition) Nancy Holder Lauren Davis Debbie Viguie Inc Audible Books Reviews
'Witch' is the start of a wonderful new 'Wicked' series co authored by Nancy Holder featuring Holly Cathor, a senior in high-school who does not yet know that she is part of a very old line of very powerful witches. The story unfolds when Holly's parents are killed in a rafting accident and Holly is forced to move to Seattle to live with her aunt and two twin cousins.
Through a series of strange incidents and flashbacks we learn that Holly's ancient family has been part of a feud with another demonic line of witches, the Deveraux's, currently lead by Michael along with his two sons. If witches, warlocks, and the supernatural are for you, then you are sure to enjoy this first entry in this series.
holly's life is turned upside down when her parents and her best friend are killed in a rafting accident. she is sent to live with an aunt and twin cousins that she did not even existed. unknown to her and her cousins they are descended from a long line of witches and their arch nemesis, the devereaux clan is watching all these events with growing concern. for there is a blood feud between the families that dates back 600 years and the devereaux clan has sworn to get bloody revenge. this book puts books like charmed to the point of looking like nice reading material for your children at bedtime. it has blood, reincarnation, murder, all the dark works ofevil that you could ever ask for. i can't wait till i read the next book.
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.
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.
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