Review: Beth's Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2013
First I must say how much I love these books. All of them with no exceptions.  A different witch is a very appropriate title for this one. Beth is first introduced to the reader in the first book of the series, A Modern Witch. I read so many books that it is easy for me to forget things about books. But I still remember Beth and her coven of witches from Chicago and about how poorly the witches are doing with their magic due to lack of training. Evidently Chicago is not a good place for witches,whereas California and Newfoundland seem to be the bastions for witches to thrive in. Beth has never gotten over Jamie's and Lauren's visit to her coven, to the point that she dreams about it. She knows she need training and knows she must go to California to seek out Jamie to get it. It's really not easy for her the face change as she has a type of high functioning autism called Aspergers. This is the story of her journey to California and her immersion into Witch Central and the Sullivan family in particular. All my favorite characters are back. This time around Nell takes center stage along with Beth. Nell has problems relating to Beth due to the Aspergers. Beth has problems with new faces, sounds and living arrangements, not to mention new magic of all kinds. It is all very overwhelming for Beth. Along the way she is befriended by most of the children of the family. We get to see another of Nell's children, Shay, have a bigger part then just being one of the triplets that isn't a witch.I did wish there was more Lizard in the story-she is in it only for a few pages. She is one of my favorite characters in the series so I did miss her. And that really is my only criticism. Great book as usual Ms. Geary!