Review: A Witch Without Magic Was Written By Magic That Exists In Us All. The Magic Is Called Talent.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2014
A really great plot device for books or films is when characters or secondary characters misunderstand the main character because when that happens, it creates more benefits for the certain genre that the story represents. If it's a comedy, the misunderstanding creates more comedy. If it's a drama, it creates more drama. If it's a horror, it creates more horrific scenes. Larisa Walk's story centers around Belladonna, who is known around her town as the outsider because according to the town legend, she is a witch. Although her "powers" are actually limited or don't exist at all. So whenever havoc erupts in the town, everyone blames her. Right in the beginning of the book, she is accused of starting a riot in her neighborhood. When her neighbors start to age rapidly, fingers are pointed at her. She then must travel to the Otherworld in order to save her neighbors including herself in order to stop the real cause of all the madness. Like I said before, misunderstandings are great plot devices and Larisa Walk knew how to use them to tell her story.