Witchling (Sisters of the Moon Series #1)

Great

I was waiting for my next Anita Blake Series Book, by Laurell K Hamilton and I was hanging out in my fav place Barnes and Noble of course! When I came across this book! I bought and took it home read it and was hooked! I loved the story line and read the book in one day! This is a great series and I recommend reading it! Another excellent series Anita Blake Vampire Hunter! That is an excellent series!

4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Just not.....

Not good..... the names of the bad guys was horriable

2 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Needs Some Umph!!!

I found this story a little boring. It seemed to take a really long time to actually get to the good part. However, it seemed somewhat necessary that she give a little (a lot) background. Since I've already purchased the next couple of books I guess I'm going to give this series another try but I hope it gets more exciting.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Bewitchingly good.....

Great start to a new series. Hardly any down spots and wasted page fillers. I love the diversity of having witches, vampires, fairie/fey and my fav demons. This book had good sex with hardly any romance which I more than appreciated and had great action. I'm looking forward to reading book 2.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Not worth the time

I just couldn't get past the first 6 chapters. I typically read fantasy and enjoy getting lost in these unrealistic worlds, but this book wasn't a good match for me. I thought the book was getting somewhere when there was a great stand off with a demon, but nope. It just fizzled out.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

it was okay

mehhhhh.... this one was so so in the realm of romance. The plot was good though and im sure the other tie in pretty well. if youve got something else to read... do it

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

1 of the Best "Girl Power" Fantasy Series Ever!

This series had me hooked within the first 2 chapters. I love the imagery and the wonderfully thought out "land" called Otherworld. I am a very big fantasy buff and have read way too many books that feature the male as the "hero" and the female as the "fragile little woman" who depends on him for everything. This book shows that not only can women take care of themselves, but can also take care of those around them. No, I am not saying the books are 100% Go Girl type of stories. In fact, the male characters are very powerful and an integral part of the series. The way the women & men work together in this series shows us that we all need each other in different ways.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Fun and charming fantasy series

Witchling / 978-1-440-62364-6

When I first read "Witchling", I was inclined to give it a mere 3-4 star rating, but now that I've re-read it again after reading the next two in the series ("Changeling" and "Darkling"), I can admit that I really love this series and I enjoyed "Witchling" far more now that I can see where the series is going.

A fun and fantastic series, the "Sisters of the Moon" books feature a sort of "Charmed"-esque world, with the three titular sisters combining good sense, strong magic, and family ties to defeat powerful demons and solve supernatural mysteries.

One of the things I like best about this series is the thought and care that Galenorn has put into building her world - the magical residents of "Otherworld" are out in the open, with no Masquerade to maintain, and much care has been put into fleshing out what such a world would look like, with new businesses popping up to cater to the OW residents and with human groupies and protestors taking to the streets. Creating a world without a Masquerade is tricky, and requires a lot of care and thought, but it allows the story to focus on the important elements of plot propulsion and character development, rather than having to devote huge chunks of time and space to cleaning up magical messes that really shouldn't be possible to hide in the first place.

More than anything else, the "Sisters of the Moon" series focuses on character development. The very few things I disliked about this novel - Camille's "Sex in the City" like obsession with clothes, lingerie, and other novelties she shouldn't be able to afford and wouldn't have the time and luxury to enjoy under the developing serious circumstances in the novel - melt into the background over the series as the sisters change and develop. Each of the sisters has her own personal demons and difficulties - in part due to their cross-breed heritage, but also in part to their own past difficulties that need to be overcome. As the world starts to fall apart around them over the course of the series, each sister starts to grow, evolve, and tackle her own personal demons. This isn't, in short, a series for reading out of order, because the sisters change slowly but noticeably over each novel.

"Witchling" is told from the point of view of Camille, the oldest sister, and it's interesting to see her from the perspective of her two younger sisters over the course of the next two books. She is deeply passionate and extremely sexually liberated, attracting a small harem of gorgeous, dangerous men over the course of the series. And yet, her first passion is always for her sisters and her family as she struggles to shelter the other two in her role as oldest sister and surrogate mother.

I highly recommend you check out this wonderful series. "Witchling" admittedly gets off to a gently rocky start, but if you enjoy this novel even a little, you will almost assuredly love the overall series, and this fantastically charming world will draw you in and refuse to let you go.

~ Ana Mardoll

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Starts a little slow

I love paranormal romance, so I while browsing the back of this book I decided that it would be an interesting read. Although it did prove interesting it took a little time for me to actually get excited and really into the story. I felt like I couldn't really get into the characters and the plot as much as I can in other stories. The whole half-breed drama and demons coming to earth has been done before, though there was some good dialogue throughout the story. It had some humorous parts and some serious ones of course and for a paranormal romance the romance seemed very quick and over with. Everyone has a different take on things like this and this would be a good book for people just getting into this genre. The author includes references to classic Faerie stories such as the legend of Tam Lin and also Titania, queen of the Fae. While not an overly exciting read, it works for summer boredom.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Witchling

This was my first time ever reading this author's book and I have to say that it did not appeal to me at all. I only made it through the first couple of pages and had to put it down. I never picked it back up. I returned the book to Barnes & Nobles the following day.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

I loved the book!

I picked this book up at my local Barnes & Noble, at first thinking that the story line might prove to be too silly. However, as I really got into the book, I really began to like the characters. It had romance and magic, with some paranormal thrills and adventure. Speaking of characters, it had quite the mix of characters including a baby gorgoyle and a dragon. I found the story line to be quite different from others I have read and I am fairly new to this genre. I have previously read Christine Feehan's dark series (great), but took a break from them to explore other authors. My local B&N did not have the second book in this series, so they had to order it. I can't wait!!!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Dissapointing...

I just got through reading the first book in this series and I am very dissapointed. I bought it because the storyline seemed interesting and the reviews were good. I am the type who can read a book within a few hours if it is good, but I am sorry to say that this one was not. It took me almost a week to finish it, hoping something good was going to happen on the next page, but nope...dissapointment. I made it through to the end but am not very excited to read the next one(I already bought the 1st 4 books in this series). If you are a fan of paranormal romance, this series might be ok but I would suggest borrowing it from a friend or the library before you invest your money. I don't recommend this book.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Great Series

I just happened to run across this book and decide to give it a read. Although my first thought was that the book had a lot of run on sentences and was a little slow to start. I continued to read and once I got used to Yasmines way of writing I was stuck. I so far have read the first 4 in this series within a couple of weeks. I don't know if I can wait for the next to come out in Jan..LOL I highly recommend this series to anyone who likes the paranormal. Great books!

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Couldn't finish it

I liked the idea but the writing and dialogue was not that great. I only managed about 50 pages and just put it down.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

A reviewer

The story line itself is okay. There's quite a bit of sex in this book, but it's not really that bad. It's fairly well-written. The characters are very life-like and seem like real people and that's a major asset.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Witchling

I was excited to read this book when I first saw it on a shelf at the grocery store. I was pretty disappointed in it though and only made it a little over a hundred pages in before I stopped. I really wanted to like it but the world created was just a little too much to digest all at once. As a result of that there were huge information dumps at different parts in the book. The 'sexy' parts of it weren't really all that sexy. The sexuality wasn't subtle at all. It came across as 'Okay, here is the sexy parts! Accept that this is sexy!'. Maybe paranormal romance just isn't a genre for me, but when i saw that some reviewers were comparing this book to Laurell K. Hamilton's books I was interested. It's not even similar. I wish it was.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

You never want this book to end

I was lucky enough to read an advance copy of this bookand loved it from the first word and hated when I got to the last word. I wanted more! The characters are so well developed you feel as if you know them. And you just know the story will have such a wonderful continuation with book two. Grab this book and enjoy not only the main characters, but Maggie the sweet baby gargoyle and Smokey the dragon among others. This book will have you believing in magic.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Highly Recommended

If you are into witches, fae, vampires, dragons and shape shifters of all kinds you will love this series. These are the good people. I have 2 sisters so I can relate too the sisters in this series. I have read every book in the series. I would suggest reading them in order because you may be lost if you don't.

Recommended

This is a wonderful introduction to the three D'Artigo sisters.

Leisure read

Starts off slow but you get hooked and want to finish them. I just finished the second book and it still pleases.