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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
I really liked this series...
I had no intentions of liking this series when I started reading it, but it definately caught my attention. I had just finished reading the Twilight series and I wanted to read another sci-fi series like that, but not about vampires. This was a great choice for me. If a...Read More
I had no intentions of liking this series when I started reading it, but it definately caught my attention. I had just finished reading the Twilight series and I wanted to read another sci-fi series like that, but not about vampires. This was a great choice for me. If a book doesn't catch my attention in the first few chapters, I'll put it down and never pick it up again. I was captivated from the very first chapter of the series. In the first 2 chapters I had gotten a little confused between the time changes and points of view, but I quickly caught up and couldn't put the books down.Show Less
posted by 1273306 on April 25, 2009
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20 out of 30 people found this review helpful.
Sure, if you savor human and cat sacrifices, I don't.
OK, I'm no wuss. I dissected a human body myself in med school. I'm a big fan of vampires and Buffy and Wiccan stuff, and have enjoyed other Nancy Holder books. I bravely got through about 600 pages of 'Wicked' with the bad guys killing and human sacrificing and burning...Read More
OK, I'm no wuss. I dissected a human body myself in med school. I'm a big fan of vampires and Buffy and Wiccan stuff, and have enjoyed other Nancy Holder books. I bravely got through about 600 pages of 'Wicked' with the bad guys killing and human sacrificing and burning women and children. So many human sacrifices to the devil in this book, I can't even count. But when the supposed heroine of this novel drowns the sweet, struggling household cat familiar in the bathtub as a sacrifice to the Goddess of all things, that's when I threw this book in the trash where it belongs. It's one thing (although revolting) when the bad guys do this, but the heroine of the book? Not for teens, unless you have antisocial tendencies and enjoy serial killings of humans and animals. No thanks, I've got enough filth stuck in my head already. This isn't fun to me. The whole point of neo-Goddess stuff is to get away from male God cruelty and mercilessness, but apprently Nancy Holder gets off on this cruelty, and then dedicates this Book of Slaughter to her daughter. Disgusting.Show Less
posted by Anonymous on August 10, 2008
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Anonymous
Posted August 10, 2008
Sure, if you savor human and cat sacrifices, I don't.
OK, I'm no wuss. I dissected a human body myself in med school. I'm a big fan of vampires and Buffy and Wiccan stuff, and have enjoyed other Nancy Holder books. I bravely got through about 600 pages of 'Wicked' with the bad guys killing and human sacrificing and burning women and children. So many human sacrifices to the devil in this book, I can't even count. But when the supposed heroine of this novel drowns the sweet, struggling household cat familiar in the bathtub as a sacrifice to the Goddess of all things, that's when I threw this book in the trash where it belongs. It's one thing (although revolting) when the bad guys do this, but the heroine of the book? Not for teens, unless you have antisocial tendencies and enjoy serial killings of humans and animals. No thanks, I've got enough filth stuck in my head already. This isn't fun to me. The whole point of neo-Goddess stuff is to get away from male God cruelty and mercilessness, but apprently Nancy Holder gets off on this cruelty, and then dedicates this Book of Slaughter to her daughter. Disgusting.
20 out of 30 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted April 25, 2009
I really liked this series...
I had no intentions of liking this series when I started reading it, but it definately caught my attention. I had just finished reading the Twilight series and I wanted to read another sci-fi series like that, but not about vampires. This was a great choice for me. If a book doesn't catch my attention in the first few chapters, I'll put it down and never pick it up again. I was captivated from the very first chapter of the series. In the first 2 chapters I had gotten a little confused between the time changes and points of view, but I quickly caught up and couldn't put the books down.
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted November 13, 2008
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Picked it up last year while visiting my sister.
There is not a Barnes & Noble or any other bookstore for that matter within 75 miles of where I live, so while visiting my sister last year I stepped into one. I was looking around for something to go with the time of year(halloween) and saw the set on the counter near the middle of the store. I thought the cover looked great and the price was in my range so I bought them. I have read them twice now. I love the story line and am currently working on my third time reading them. I just wish that the author would make another installment. I would love to see what Holly is doing now, and how Amanda and Nicole are doing.
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Anonymous
Posted September 3, 2006
awesome!!!!
i loved this book. it was one of those books that i wasnt sure about, but then i read it and it was totally wicked! If you like murder, fantasy, and romance all mixed into one amazing concoction, you totally will luv this book.I am an avid reader and i am always looking for great books to read, so when i picked up this book and gave it a shot i was very satisfied with the results.
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MrsTeacher
Posted February 20, 2010
I liked it, caution in reccomending it !!
This book was hard for me to get into. Past to present, back and forth. Once I got past the first couple of chapters, I couldn't put it down. The story is very detailed and is thought provoking. There are some very disturbing parts, but I think the writer used it as part of the characters development; decisions, right from wrong, consequences of actions, confusion, helplessness. I am not in any way condoning what the main character does at one point, but I think it helps to explain her struggle and then the consequencces of her actions.
This bok is not for everyone. I can definately see that religious issues could cause a great stir. If one reads it as a story I believe they will enjoy the character development and the outcome (consequences for your actions). This book is definately for the older reader (high school and above).2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted February 23, 2009
A great discovery for oneself.
I loved this. It was a liitle rocky start, but once you get all the characters in line, its great.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Wicked
This book kept me up in the wee hours of the night reading. It was a great read with both good and evil characters and jaw-dropping scenes. I get the creeps when I think about this series though! The storyline is just so...wow. It was great though and I highly recommend it.
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted December 27, 2008
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amazing
its getting really annoying seeing all those vampire books.its great to see a book that has nothing to do with the undead.i love how these writers aren"t afraid of killing their charcters.im really surpirsed this book isn't as big as twilight.its great.
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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SJess
Posted May 1, 2010
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The First Dark Fiction Novel to Ever Meet Expectations! Excellent!
Completely in love with this series. It is the first fiction novel about magic and witches that has ever been passionate and realisitc. There are in depth characters with their own strengths and weakness that creates an episode of thrilling inner and outer conflicts. The begining is slow, but the reader is almost instantly thrown into a bank of struggling relationships and the race for survival begins in this captivating novel. It is not the tradtional love triangle with two amazing men who would do anything for her. The struggle for life and love forces even the best characters to do dark things that will change the story forever. Brilliant! Unfortgettable! Wicked!
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Anonymous
Posted April 17, 2010
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best books ever!!!!
I started out reading it because i was running out of time and picked a book on my favorite shelf at random and hoped for the best. When i started reading, i was so glad i picked it and couldn't stop. If you like romance, suspense, mystery, and witches and warlocks, then this your book!
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Anonymous
Posted August 3, 2009
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i read this book, and i was hooked, its very original but i don't think that it will be pleasurable for everybody to read, but absolutely loved it, mostly because, its not predictable, like i don't wanna spoil anything but the end of witch got me screaming for me, and to be honest, it surpassed all my expectations, especially whit the whole story between isabeau and jean, but i have to warn you: you must read carefully the whole book because it is set in many time periods which was kind of confusing at first. one thing i didn't like about the book tough was the constant dead people in it, they killed practically anybody if they didn't know what to do with him later in the book, but other than that, the story is very captivating and everything seems very real.
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Loved It
I REad the whole series and i loved it it is one of the best i have ever read it has romance and thrils twists and turns ever thing is unpredictabel that keeps u at edge and making you not wanting to put it down! I highly sugest you read it!
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Pay Attention
When I started reading these books I focused on what was going on in the present the most, BIG MISTAKE. I thought the first few "flash backs" (not to give anything away) were just explaining current things but that storyline gets just as confusing as the other going on in the present day. Pay close attention to BOTH sets of stories or you'll start to go "what?" near the end!!!
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ImTheBomb_LikeTickTick
Posted July 6, 2009
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Its wicked...
To be completely honest,witches arent my thing,but this series surprised me in how good it is! I was looking for a book to read this summer and i bought this one out of chance to see if i liked it. It was really good and i love Nancy Holder and how she combines her series. Its not my favorite book but its one that i would definately recommend to anyone. I love how Holly just changes out of no where, i thought as always that the main character is always the good little girl who is in love and is the most powerful one and gets whatever she wants in the end. However Holly is different and that is exactly what i expect in a good book-something different.
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Amazing
I feel in love with this book from page one. Nancy's and Debbies writing is excellent you can like litteratly see the surroundings in your head as she is describing what the room looks like. Yeah there are some grammar mistakes but SO WHAT. Also i found it funny when i was reading like it said something about Nicole having dark curls and then it was like 50 pages latter and it said red hair i was like what. But yea probably nancy wrote her with either dark curls or read hair or debbie did. But overall i loved the story i loved the lttile flashbacks that were in the book it was really good and i would read it again, but i got other books to read so i won't.
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Anonymous
Posted May 4, 2009
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Okay...
It was good...but kinda drug out. I think the story line was pretty good but went way too much into the past at times.
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Really liked this book
i just re read the first one yesterday because this is one of my fav. series i can't wait till jully when the third one comes out its gonna be called Resurection Blessed be
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Interesting but excruciating
I've read a few pretty dark books so this one doesnt really bother me. The magic is interesting but the occasional french gets irritating because you have to guess what they are saying or just completly ignore it unless you speak it. Holly and the cousins all get on my nerves because they dont have any depth. You get to hear what they are thinking to themselves but they just dont seem real enough. This girl in my art class recomended this book to me so I feel like I have to finish it so that when she wants to discuss it I can have something to say other then "It was really hard to get into so I only got about a third of the way through the first one." After I return Witch & Curse shes going to want to give me the second one which I'm not really looking forward to. I've definently read better but this book is decent enough that occasionally a little bit of my interest is sparked but not enough that I could read it in one sitting. Since I opened this book of completed two others on the side. It cant keep my attention very well.
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Maria_Vignati
Posted January 26, 2009
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Too much, too fast.
This story would have been much better if it had been spread out through 3 or four books. Instead it's like the authors tried crushing a series as big as all the Harry Potter books into one. It was to much information, and it was all rushed.
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Very dark
I enjoy reading the anything to do with magic and vampires but this one is way tooo dark for me. Im reading the second just to know how it ends. but the demons and creatures and dark magic are a bit of a turn away.
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