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vicky30312's review against another edition
4.0
Read these books back in High school and I loved them. Will have to re read them again.
faridathewise's review against another edition
3.0
cassie gives me major y/n vibes, diana’s personality was annoying, adam was boring? thank you nick and faye for making this book barely tolerable
annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review against another edition
4.0
My brother is a great fan of the tv series. I have never seen it, but I do hope that at some point its only season will appear on a streaming-service somewhere. However, as a lover of both the The Vampire Diaries tv-series and its book-series, I was really curious about this world and what Smith would do with a coven of witches. It took a little while to get all the books, since some of them have been out of print for quite some time, but now I'm finally complete and I can start reading.
I was not prepared to enjoy myself so much so soon. As I already expected, based on my experience with the TVD books, this book was an easy and quick read despite its almost 400 pages. I flew through it and yet it never felt simple or juvenile. That's also because Smith really blended a few amazing elements. There is this big mystery, which is probably gonna take a while to solve, there is the mythology and then there is the normal high school drama.
In the TVD books Smith eventually went quite dark with her world and vampires, so I was not surprised that dark magic and danger made an appearance so soon already. And since all twelve witches involved don't have much experience we all know that them using magic and playing around with old artifacts is a disaster in the making. For some reason I'm convinced that in the upcoming books things will get worse before they'll get better.
And I'm looking forward to each and every minute of it. I've already grown quite attached to all the characters involved. In the beginning it were a lot of names, but by now it feels easy to tell them apart and to have hopes and dreams and wishes for them. And yes, they are teenagers and they do mess up and they make horrible mistakes. And yes, I'm a little too old for that, but Smith manages to convince me that those characters are really convinced that they're tackling this all in the best way possible.
I so can't wait to dive into the next book!
I was not prepared to enjoy myself so much so soon. As I already expected, based on my experience with the TVD books, this book was an easy and quick read despite its almost 400 pages. I flew through it and yet it never felt simple or juvenile. That's also because Smith really blended a few amazing elements. There is this big mystery, which is probably gonna take a while to solve, there is the mythology and then there is the normal high school drama.
In the TVD books Smith eventually went quite dark with her world and vampires, so I was not surprised that dark magic and danger made an appearance so soon already. And since all twelve witches involved don't have much experience we all know that them using magic and playing around with old artifacts is a disaster in the making. For some reason I'm convinced that in the upcoming books things will get worse before they'll get better.
And I'm looking forward to each and every minute of it. I've already grown quite attached to all the characters involved. In the beginning it were a lot of names, but by now it feels easy to tell them apart and to have hopes and dreams and wishes for them. And yes, they are teenagers and they do mess up and they make horrible mistakes. And yes, I'm a little too old for that, but Smith manages to convince me that those characters are really convinced that they're tackling this all in the best way possible.
I so can't wait to dive into the next book!
rjdenney's review against another edition
4.0
I can't wait for the show!!
I just have a feeling the show will be better than the book because the book didn't have much action and spell casting but it was a great read!.
I just have a feeling the show will be better than the book because the book didn't have much action and spell casting but it was a great read!.
crochetchrisie's review against another edition
3.0
Having watched the CW show that was based on this book, I may have had higher expectations than necessary. I thought the show didn't have enough magic, lol! The first book especially doesn't have much for magic or spells at all. Oh well, still a decent read.
rachelmfcoles's review against another edition
5.0
Good book!! L. J. Smith is one of my favorite authors.
missmim's review against another edition
1.0
Ok, real talk: I loved this TV series, so I went back to the source material and... what a disappointment. Anyway! I have not been so annoyed by a Mary Sue since Bella Swan, and I think Cassie Blake is worse, which is saying something. The weakest, most self-pitying and annoying character I've read in a long time. And this is the protagonist of this series? Why?!? I wanted to reach into the book and smack her. I shudder to think that we haven't moved on much from "heroines" like this for young pre-teen girls to read. Sigh. For every Katniss, you have a Bella. Double sigh. Thing is, the ideas are really great and not much is done with them, at least this early. Faye is marginally interesting and, as the resident bad girl, is at least written with some personality. I get that L.J. Smith has made some bank, and good for her. But unless you are an actual pre-teen, I'd steer clear of this series. Go to Netflix and watch the much superior TV adaptation, and thank me later.
josieb10's review
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
shanbooks's review against another edition
3.0
is there an lj smith book that doesn’t have instalove?
jeslyncat's review against another edition
3.0
I'm not a big fan of [a:L. J. Smith|719212|Stephen L. J. Smith|http://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg], but I didn't realize that until recently. The Secret Circle books are fairly exciting, but Smith lacks a flair to cross the line between teenage relationships and the fantasy of witchcraft--meaning that characters have two very different sides. This is very confusing and disappointing.