Review: Charmed
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2013
Loved this book; I couldn't put it down and finished it in one afternoon and the first word that comes to mind was charmed. Not the old TV show which I didn't like much, more like Grimm which I do, but I like this book better and it would make an even better TV series. I can see it, that is because it is a visual book due to the deft descriptions. The characters were recognisable, there was compassion and kindness in the most unexpected places and there were the dark elements from other worlds causing chaos  and it was all handled so brilliantly, I could see every element.I read the other reviews; one interested me, the reviewer didn't see the mix of Christianity and Pagan Witchcraft as being possible; perhaps they didn't grow up in Europe as I did. Here the past and present mix comfortably, the Neolithic and even older monuments still inspire, along with great churches, and we still look for their meanings. The stories about fairies have very curiously morphed with angels, which fascinates me as they have little in common. And the old books like the Nibelungenlied, Beowulf, are still read and studied. The old superstitions still live comfortably alongside Christianity in many countries. We can add to that African and South American hybrid religions too, so for me it made perfect sense.