Review: A lovely series start!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 17, 2013
How often these days can you say that you just read a lovely, sweet story? The YA stories these days seem to be all about angst, teenage lust-triangles, vicious werewolves and vampires. In other words, dark.This is a `supernatural' story, but entirely different from the norm. Three young witches, Electra, Cassandra and Medea, live in a small village where once witchcraft was the norm. Now, witches are confined to living on `the other side of the river' (read, "the other side of the tracks") and magic is frowned upon. Never fear, the girls are determined to learn magic spells, even if their Aunt Andromeda frowns on it! Along comes Eric O'Brian, sent to live in the village of Hollow because of his bad hehavious, because you know YA books have to have a `boy-interest,' right?What happens next is just plain fun. There is funny magic, flying brooms and mystery, oh, my! If you are tired of all the angst so common amongst today's YA novels, this is definitely the book for you. It's lovely for your daughter (or son!) but as an adult, I found it just as much fun.Try it. It is a bit slow at the first, but don't let that stop you. This is the first of a series (three so far) and I look forward to reading the rest.RecommendedDisclaimer: I received this book in return for a realistic review. This has no influence on my review.