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annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review
3.0
Sometimes you wake up and are like: "No, I don't feel like reading the book I had planned, I want to read another book!" and that's exactly what happened to me yesterday. I woke up and wanted to read this book and who am I to not listen to my gut feeling? Exactly! And so yesterday evening, after the prologue of the Vuelta was done, I picked this book up and started reading.
This book reads just as fast and easily as the first book. The writing style is really nice and flowing and the book does never give too much information. It skips days without a problem, especially when nothing interesting is happening, and therefore the story moves along quite nicely. On top of that it once again contains so many wonderful fairytale elements! I really love all those nods and winks.
But, the book did lack something that the first book had. The first book was magical, truly magical. It was like reading a fairytale. This book didn't have that atmosphere and I was a little disappointed by that. I was really hoping for another fairytale-like mystery story and that's not what this book was. But, I have great hopes that this book was building up towards the third book and that the third book will be just as epic as the first.
Because the ending of the book, of this story, was clearly the beginning of another one, of a more interesting one. It was as if this entire book was nothing but a built up towards that epic conclusion. It was as if this book was nothing but the bridge between the first and the last book, a book that had to be written and a story that had to be told to get to the more interesting part.
And I can't wait to read it!
This book reads just as fast and easily as the first book. The writing style is really nice and flowing and the book does never give too much information. It skips days without a problem, especially when nothing interesting is happening, and therefore the story moves along quite nicely. On top of that it once again contains so many wonderful fairytale elements! I really love all those nods and winks.
But, the book did lack something that the first book had. The first book was magical, truly magical. It was like reading a fairytale. This book didn't have that atmosphere and I was a little disappointed by that. I was really hoping for another fairytale-like mystery story and that's not what this book was. But, I have great hopes that this book was building up towards the third book and that the third book will be just as epic as the first.
Because the ending of the book, of this story, was clearly the beginning of another one, of a more interesting one. It was as if this entire book was nothing but a built up towards that epic conclusion. It was as if this book was nothing but the bridge between the first and the last book, a book that had to be written and a story that had to be told to get to the more interesting part.
And I can't wait to read it!
jane_kelsey's review
5.0
Absolutely loved this book! Fell in love with Merry and Leo even more. The book was so emotional that I felt it in my chest with every page...
(full review to follow!)
(full review to follow!)
pewterwolf's review
4.0
Review Taken from The Pewter Wolf and copy of book was given by UK publisher in exchange for honest review.
This is the second book in the Witch's Kiss trilogy and takes place several months after the events of Witch's Kiss. Merry is struggling. Struggling with being a teenage witch, struggling with all the textbooks and rules the coven are setting for her, struggling with her grief over Jack's death, and struggling over what to do with her older brother Leo. Leo is falling apart and every time Merry tries, it pushes him further and further away. She doesn't know what to do anymore...
Then two strangers arrive in town, both getting involved in Merry and Leo's lives. Then Leo and Merry's grandmother vanishes and the rules of the coven no longer seem important. Rules are made to be broken... right?
Like I said earlier, I have hit a wall with fantasy because I overloaded myself, but I must say I do like this series. I like that while this does feel dark, it reads quite light and fluffy. This is a series I would happily read on the beach. I like the characters (even when I wanted to shake them and shout "FOR THE LOVE OF -! USE YOUR WORDS AND OPEN YOUR EYES!") and whenever I read this for ten/fifteen minutes, it felt easy and fun, even when the book was dark.
Now, if you have read my review of Witch's Kiss last year (review here), you know I said that it had faults. While some of the faults were addressed, some are still there. It did still feel a bit skeletal at times and I saw things coming miles away (I do this all the time). Plus, there were one or two moments while reading, I kinda wish it was pushed a little further, give us a bit of grit and darkness. This book does touch on some dark magic and dark issues that could have been good place to go darker, but I get why the authors's decided not to do that.
Plus, the pacing might annoy you guys. It's a little slower than Witch's Kiss, if my memory serves me right. It's more pin-pricks of "Something wicked this way comes", but the last 100 or so pages, the book picks the pace and I fly through the book.
This trilogy does have faults and it's more preteen/clean teen compared to most YA I need, but I do enjoy reading this trilogy, and once I get out of my fantasy funk, I will be diving straight into Witch's Blood.
This is the second book in the Witch's Kiss trilogy and takes place several months after the events of Witch's Kiss. Merry is struggling. Struggling with being a teenage witch, struggling with all the textbooks and rules the coven are setting for her, struggling with her grief over Jack's death, and struggling over what to do with her older brother Leo. Leo is falling apart and every time Merry tries, it pushes him further and further away. She doesn't know what to do anymore...
Then two strangers arrive in town, both getting involved in Merry and Leo's lives. Then Leo and Merry's grandmother vanishes and the rules of the coven no longer seem important. Rules are made to be broken... right?
Like I said earlier, I have hit a wall with fantasy because I overloaded myself, but I must say I do like this series. I like that while this does feel dark, it reads quite light and fluffy. This is a series I would happily read on the beach. I like the characters (even when I wanted to shake them and shout "FOR THE LOVE OF -! USE YOUR WORDS AND OPEN YOUR EYES!") and whenever I read this for ten/fifteen minutes, it felt easy and fun, even when the book was dark.
Now, if you have read my review of Witch's Kiss last year (review here), you know I said that it had faults. While some of the faults were addressed, some are still there. It did still feel a bit skeletal at times and I saw things coming miles away (I do this all the time). Plus, there were one or two moments while reading, I kinda wish it was pushed a little further, give us a bit of grit and darkness. This book does touch on some dark magic and dark issues that could have been good place to go darker, but I get why the authors's decided not to do that.
Plus, the pacing might annoy you guys. It's a little slower than Witch's Kiss, if my memory serves me right. It's more pin-pricks of "Something wicked this way comes", but the last 100 or so pages, the book picks the pace and I fly through the book.
This trilogy does have faults and it's more preteen/clean teen compared to most YA I need, but I do enjoy reading this trilogy, and once I get out of my fantasy funk, I will be diving straight into Witch's Blood.
georgilvsbooks's review
5.0
“Be careful what you wish for...”
Second book in The Witch’s Kiss Series.
Really enjoyed this story, had a great liking to all the characters and the ending has just left me wanting more.
I adore reading about witch’s and spells, and this story was full of them.
Book 3 - The Witch’s Blood is released in March!! :)
Second book in The Witch’s Kiss Series.
Really enjoyed this story, had a great liking to all the characters and the ending has just left me wanting more.
I adore reading about witch’s and spells, and this story was full of them.
Book 3 - The Witch’s Blood is released in March!! :)
planetbeth91's review against another edition
4.0
solid follow up to The Witches Kiss, it felt much slower than the first book much more winding with a lot of teenage sulking. hopefully the 3rd book ramps up the danger and the tension.
abookishadventure's review against another edition
4.0
A bit more interesting than the first! Not quite 5 stars, but definitely 4.5 stars!
evadion's review against another edition
5.0
I absolutely loved this book!!! I cannot wait to get my hands on the last one.
m3l89's review
5.0
Felt like a more juvenile version of A Discovery Of Witches. Very very very enjoyable.
n_samaey's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0