Triple Moon (Summer on East End Series #1)

by Melissa de la Cruz

Overview

From the New York Times bestselling author of Blue Bloods and Witches of East End

After they cause a terrible accident at their old high school, twin witches Mardi and Molly Overbrook are sent to live with their “Aunt” Ingrid Beauchamp in North Hampton, on Long Island’s mist-shrouded East End. Because the twins cannot control their powers, their father begs Ingrid to tame them over the summer, before the White Council exiles the girls to Limbo.

Trouble continues to bubble and boil when the girls meet the younger Gardiner boys, who are just as handsome and sexy as their older kin. But all is not as it seems. As Ingrid helps the girls learn to control their magical impulses, Mardi and Molly have just this summer to figure out how to grow up, how to love, and how to be a family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780399173554
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	11/10/2015
Series:	Summer on East End Series , #1
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.40(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Melissa de la Cruz is the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Publishers Weekly internationally bestselling author of many critically acclaimed novels. Her Blue Bloods series has sold over three million copies and the Witches of East End series became an hour-long television drama on the Lifetime network.

Read an Excerpt

***This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected proof***
FADE TO BLACK
You little . . . ! You spilled raspberry fruit goo on my Alexander McQueen top! This was one of that last pieces he designed before he killed himself!” Molly looked desperately down at the large spot spreading over her neckline and glared at Henry. “This piece,” she said, her voice trembling with indignation, “is a treasure . . . or at least it was a treasure.”
(Continues…)

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Editorial Reviews

Praise for Triple Moon: Summer on East End:
 
“A stormy beach read.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Witches of East End series fans will be thrilled with this new offering featuring the next generation.”—Booklist

“Wealthy New York teens, supernatural powers, a pair of sexy guys and a sweltering summer on the beaches of Long Island.”—The New York Daily News

“A magical story featuring two opposite twin witches and their incredible journey through love, betrayal, wickedness, and trust.”—VOYA

“Reads like a cross between Gossip Girl and The Vampire Diaries.”—School Library Journal


Praise for Melissa de la Cruz’s Witches of East End series:
 
“A bubbling cauldron of mystery and romance.”—People
 
“A magical and romantic page-turner.”—The Washington Post
 
“For anyone who was frustrated watching Samantha suppress her magic on Bewitched, Ms. de la Cruz brings some satisfaction. . . . [T]he author . . . lets her repressed sorceresses rip.”—The New York Times
 
“Witches of East End has all the ingredients you’d expect from one of Melissa’s bestselling YA novels—intrigue, mystery and plenty of romance.”—MTV.com
 

From the Publisher

11/01/2015
Gr 8 Up—Fans of the author's adult title Witches of East End (Hachette, 2011) and the now-canceled Lifetime television show of the same name will flock to this YA spin-off that features some of the series' most beloved characters, as well as two new teen witches. Molly and Mardi Overbrook are 16-year-old twins who are in desperate need of guidance after they are blamed for the deaths of two kids at an exclusive party they attended. Rich, spoiled, and entitled, Molly and Mardi are sent to live with Ingrid Beauchamp, an old family friend, for the summer in hopes she will teach them to control their magic and behave appropriately. While in North Hampton, the sisters are forced to get summer jobs. They also meet the younger Gardiner brothers, who are as enigmatic as they are sexy. But dark forces are at work as the girls realize someone has tampered with their memories and set them up for murder. This work reads like a cross between Gossip Girl and The Vampire Diaries. There are many mentions of designer fashions and cocktail parties where no one is checking IDs. But there are also sisterly bonds that are tested and romances with the wrong guy. Best-selling author de la Cruz has said that if the canceled television show won't see a revival, she may resolve some loose ends in this new series. VERDICT Purchase this title to satiate East End fans.—Kimberly Garnick Giarratano, Rockaway Township Public Library, NJ

School Library Journal

2015-08-31
Terrible teen witches seek and sabotage safe haven in this spinoff's spinoff. Suspected of murdering two private school classmates, identical twins Molly and Mardi Overbrook grudgingly give up their glitzy Manhattan lives for a summer in Brigadoon-ian North Hampton, New York (setting for the Witches of East End series). Catalog-perfect Ingrid Beauchamp gives the goddesses (literally—Thor is their dad) a rustic reality call, forcing the girls to get jobs, limit their magic use, and babysit, but reform is slow in coming. Vapid, high-fashion Molly and antagonistic, retro-and-rebel Mardi enjoy playing pranks but engage in tiresome bickering and outrageous behavior to prove their (superficial) differences. Surprisingly ignorant of Norse mythology and their own family history, Molly and Mardi end up re-enacting a Wagnerian plot over a special ring and unusual romantic situations. The twins are unsympathetic characters for much of the book, and the impermanence of death lowers the stakes, but readers seeking tales of Gatsby-style excess, gourmet meals, hot bodies, and outrageous wardrobes can find a quick fix here. De la Cruz returns to the realm of teen lit but seems to keep some of her racier adult elements as she liberally—if sometimes unsuccessfully—mixes an epic story cycle and ancient legends with a summer beach romance, supernatural mystery, and teens-gone-wild tale. A stormy beach read that is more soap than opera. (Paranormal romance. 14 & up)

Kirkus Reviews