Review: Hilda the Wicked Witch, an acceptable witch for an older audience
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2013
The brief description of the book, a witch from a fairy tale ends up in our world and struggles to survive as she searches for her way home, seemed interesting.  However, this fairy tale witch is not child or young teen appropriate.At only 65 pages long this is one case where a short book does not always equal a quick read. I occasionally had a hard time getting through it as there were a number of oddly structured sentences that threw me out of the book.I really wanted to like this story, and in the end I did. I liked Hilda and her struggles to understand and maneuver in our world, loved the Ancient One and his wife, the scenes in the bookstore, and the scene involving Hilda's acquiring an unfamiliar broom. I did not like the group of bikers, especially some of their names. The names, particularly of the female biker, weren't necessary, and the bikers were too stereotypical for my taste.There were just enough redeemable qualities for me to consider eventually reading the second book in the series. It is already on my Kindle. From what I've read, later books in the series have undergone more of an editing process, which I think bodes well for the series overall.*Review abridged from my book review blog*