Witches of East End
Beauchamp Family Series, Book 1
فرمت کتاب
audiobook
تاریخ انتشار
2014
نویسنده
Katie Schorrناشر
Hachette Book Groupشابک
9781478931300
کتاب های مرتبط
- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
- دیدگاه کاربران
نقد و بررسی
April 25, 2011
De la Cruz leaves Manhattan and her popular YA Blue Bloods series to start fresh on Long Island. Freya Beauchamp, a 19-year-old bartender engaged to a Hamptons society beau but in love with his brother; her sister, Ingrid, a single librarian; and their mother, Joanna Beauchamp, are all witches living together in relative harmony, as they have for several centuries. They have significant powersâraising the dead, flyingâall of which they have been forbidden to use by the White Council after a debacle in 17th-century Massachusetts. As compensation they have gained immortality, but as the story opens, the restrictions placed on them have begun to fray, and they are all "leaking" magic, prompting them to rebel and live true to their natures. The citizens of East End find themselves cured of writer's block, infertility, and skin infections, and generally profiting from the benevolent attentions of the Beauchamps. Then small disturbances become large ones, otherworldly creatures show up, and humans disappear. De la Cruz is a formidable storyteller with a narrative voice strong enough to handle the fruits of her imagination. Even readers who generally avoid witches and whatnot stand to be won over by the time the cliffhanger-with-a-twist-ending hits.
For generations, the three Beauchamp women--Freya, Ingrid, and their mother, Joanna--have lived quietly in the tiny town of North Hampton, hiding their identities and their powers from the world. Katie Schorr lets their story unfold with calm patience, her straightforward, meticulous narration making the juxtaposition between the details of daily life and the Beauchamp family's magic feel even more significant. She quietly but carefully enhances the suspense as newcomers stir up trouble in North Hampton, forcing each woman to make difficult, defining choices. However, Schorr doesn't distinguish between each individual character enough to make their unique journeys distinctive, or to make the plot twists as shocking as they're meant to be. B.E.K. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
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