Review: TEENAGE WITCH STORY
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2013
Tessie's life didn't seem worth living any more. Her dad left when she was 3; her mom died soon after. Thank God her sweet Aunt Amy had come to take her to join those girl cousins of hers. They made a great little family.Till Aunt Amy married this Frank fellow. Sure, he was sweet enough- until after the  "I do' s" were said. Then Frank turned sadistic. He even had this cruel name for Aunt Amy. I won't say it here.That's how Tessie wound up in the garage after dark doing her best to sabotage Frank's car. Tessie was the youngest and would get in the least trouble.Yeah, youngest, but also weakest. She knew WHAT to do, just didn't have the strength to do it. They'd just have to suffer until they could think of something else.But the next day Frank lost his life-all because of his car.Aunt Amy couldn't make enough money on her own to pay the mortgage, so the family took a train ride to Connecticut, to live with their maternal grandmother. While riding Tessie got one of those feelings she would get from time to time. There was going to be a wreck involving the last car of the train; the car they were riding in.She made up an excuse to get her family to move, but they forgot her Siamese cat.Tessie woke up in the hospital with a bandage covering the spot where a piece of metal had been removed. She also woke up with the ability to see auras.Someone needs to explain this to her, and it won't be a family member. None of them possess gifts like that.And none of them, herself included, knows she's a witch.Tessie arrives in a town with a history of witchcraft. A tree is famous for having been the site of many witch hangings.On her first day at school, she stops a bully from picking on a quiet girl who not only becomes her good friend, but explains witchcraft to her. She makes an enemy at that same time.As Tessie explores the town an elderly woman calls to Tessie from her front porch and the teenager makes another good friend who helps her understand her gifts even more.Before the story is over, Tessie will battle rats, understand the influx of cats and fight a war she didn't start. She'll have to decide if a certain guy really loves her, or if he's a wolf in sheep's clothing.And she and some like gifted friends will fight a battle of good versus evil.This is not so much a fantasy as it is an adventure, including past life regressions. You need to open yourself to a different way of thinking to enjoy this story all the way down to your toes.And don't expect all the good guys to survive.