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The Witch's Tears by Katharine Corr, Elizabeth Corr

jane_kelsey's review against another edition

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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!)

pewterwolf's review against another edition

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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.

georgilvsbooks's review against another edition

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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!! :)

planetbeth91's review against another edition

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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.

charlottejade00's review against another edition

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1.0

DNFd at 60%

abookishadventure's review

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4.0

A bit more interesting than the first! Not quite 5 stars, but definitely 4.5 stars!

evadion's review against another edition

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5.0

I absolutely loved this book!!! I cannot wait to get my hands on the last one.

m3l89's review against another edition

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5.0

Felt like a more juvenile version of A Discovery Of Witches. Very very very enjoyable.

n_samaey's review against another edition

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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

kirstysbookshelf's review against another edition

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4.0

I received a copy via Net Galley.

This was a great sequel to The Witch's Kiss. I was a bit worried at the start as it took me awhile to get into but it soon picked up.

In this book, Merry's Gran is kidnapped and the majority of the book is spent trying to find her. The coven decides that Merry can't help so Merry does some investigative work by herself. We are introduced to some new characters in this book Finn who is a wizard and is trying to help his brother who is under some sort of spell. We also meet Ronan who Leo falls for.

One thing that I really liked in the first book was the relationship between Leo and Merry. I really enjoy reading about a good sibling relationship. In this book, their relationship was not the same as in the first book as they were constantly arguing which I didn't like.

The last part of the book was full of action and there was so much that happened. I had guessed who the bad guy was but I didn't know what was going to happen at the end. I can't believe the massive cliffhanger that this book is left on and I can't wait to read the last book I just wish I didn't have to wait a whole year.