Review: Where are the witches?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 29, 2013
With a title like, What Happened in Witches Wood, I thought the book would have at least one cauldron stirring character. It did not, it had characters that were better than their broom flying counterparts.  Turns out this book was a classic case of the old bait and switch.  It starts out talking about witches wood and ghosts, but you end up with so much more than that. There are actual super heroes with super powers. There are villains with super powers. There is even one with the mind control powers that would make Mister Spock's Vulcan mind meld look tame.This book is the second in a series, I was expecting it to be a bit lame, as many sequels are, I was disappointed. This book was quite entertaining.  It has family issues, government experiments gone horribly awry, super powers, villains, and people who disappear.  Seriously, who could ask for more? There was not one dull moment in the whole book. The author did a great job keeping all the characters and situations strait, there was absolutely no confusion as to what was going on when, and trust me there was a lot going on throughout the whole book. The original characters from the first book were there along with a whole cast of new characters, and yes, the parcour princess was back as her true nut job self. ( That one child makes you rethink the mind of the teenage girl!)The book was set in England and the terminology was a bit different on some things than this Texas girl was used to, but not to the point of being distracting. There was never a time that I did not know what the author was referring to in his story. The descriptions as far as I could see of the places and people were, "spot on".I hate reviews that spoil the stories, so I will stop here. The book was totally entertaining and a fast read. You really didn't want to put it down. I'm hoping the author can keep up the momentum in the next book. He did a nice job travelling between book one and book two. The two books were connected, but each is capable of standing on it's own, but I recommend you read them in sequence.  I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars.