Wicked... Not Recommending!

Not to be confused with Wicked, now a popular Broadway musical, this series is a collection of dark magic, sacrifice, goddess, and Wicca worship. I found parts of these books to be disturbing and gruesome.

Not even the love story of tormented lovers separated by hundreds of years redeemed these books for me. I found the characters exceptionally hard to like, the plot blundered on, and it wallowed in witches, warlocks, and a mish-mash of voudon, Native American Shamanism, and any conceivable type of magic.

There seemed to be no redeeming characters, and the books always ended unresolved.

I definitely do NOT recommend these books. Read them at your waste of time...

Summer Reading

This summer I read The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, picking them up at Costco. The recommendation on the front was from Stephenie Meyers, and with the run-away success of Twilight at both the Teen Choice and MTV awards, I knew her endorsement would be key.

This series is very much a hero journey. We have Jace and Clary, who are divided by circumstance despite their love for one another. The book brings forth all sorts of characters, settings, and situations, including war and some violence.

In typical fashion, there are twists and turns along the way, but the world is saved, and through a delightful plot twist, it ends happily ever after. I definitely recommend these books to those who read and enjoyed The Twilight Saga. These books are very much in the same vein, and are better written.

Happy reading!