Friday, February 4, 2011

This Is Certainly A Witchy Woman...


Summary…From GoodReads…



What if your mother-in-law turned out to be an evil, cold-blooded witch . . . literally?

Ever since fabulously wealthy Malcolm Doran walked into her life and swept her off her feet, fledgling architect Jane Boyle has been living a fairy tale. When he proposes with a stunning diamond to seal the deal, Jane can't believe her incredible luck and decides to leave her Paris-based job to make a new start with Malcolm in New York.

But when Malcolm introduces Jane to the esteemed Doran clan, one of Manhattan's most feared and revered families, Jane's fairy tale takes a darker turn. Soon everything she thought she knew about the world—and herself—is upended. Now Jane must struggle with newfound magical abilities and the threat of those who will stop at nothing to get them.



My thoughts…

This book was a fast paced and intense reading experience for me. I can also say it was a bit of a nail biter. It was a totally captivating magical story. It had everything…a Prince Charming who is not who we are led to believe he is, lots of magic, and lots of witches…some evil and some not so evil. Jane falls in love with Malcolm, is swept off of her feet and moves to New York with Malcolm. They live with Malcolm’s parents and Jane has to learn to live with the strangeness of the Doran family. Malcolm’s mother is quite demanding and fierce and Jane struggles to maintain her uniqueness as she is overwhelmed by the mysteries of Malcolm’s strange family. While struggling to find her own way in her new city, Jane discovers that she has witchlike powers of her own. She has always felt different…lights go off and on when she is in a room, computers sizzle and appliances sort of freak out around her but she has been shielded from the truth about herself by an overprotective grandmother. The build up to Jane and Malcolm’s wedding and their plan to break free of his family is extremely delicious. Jane joins a coven of witches and begins to fully develop her powers. This places her in danger and only Jane can save herself. As I said earlier…the last quarter of this book was an extreme nail biter for me. I couldn’t move until I raced through to the ending.

I loved this book. It was fresh and new and different and exciting. I hope to read more from this first time author.



6 comments:

  1. I love books that keep me hanging on like that!

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  2. Me, too...but I had such a late start today because I just had to finish it!!!

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  3. I found you on the book blog hop.

    I noticed you've read "Beastly" and "Bright Young Things." I just loved BYT, and I can't wait to read the sequel.

    Have you heard that "Beastly" is being made into a movie? It was supposed to come out in 2010 but it was postponed. Not sure when in 2011 it will hit theaters. Should be interesting.

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  4. This sounds fun! I seen this book on the monday meme last week but this is the first review I have seen on it.

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  5. Thanks for finding me...flash!!! I actually just saw previews for Beastly...it looks really good...

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