Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Book Review: Born Wicked


Title - Born Wicked
Author - Jessica Spotswood
Genre - Young Adult/Historical Paranormal
Stand Alone or Series - Series Book one in The Cahill Witch Chronicles
Format - Hardcover
Publication - February 7th 2012

Synopsis 
Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far to educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse: they're witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of the Brotherhood, it would mean an asylum, a prison ship or early grave.

Before her mother died, Cate promised to protect her sisters. But with only six months left to choose between marriage and the Sisterhood, she might not be able to keep her word...especially after she finds her mother's diary, uncovering a secret that could spell her family's destruction. Desperate to find alternatives to their fate, Cate stars scouring banned books and questioning rebellious new friends, all while juggling tea parties, shocking marriage proposals, and a forbidden romance with the completely unsuitable Finn Belastra.

If what her mother wrote is true, the Cahill girls aren't safe. Not from the Brotherhood, the Sisterhood-not even from each other.

First sentence Teaser

Our mother was a witch, too, but she hid it better.

Review
I received this book in a goodreads giveaway, it's been sitting on the shelf for the last month since I had a few books to read before it. I feel like it's been teasing me, because it's been on my TBR list since before it came out and I've been dying to read it. The Cover is beautiful to look at, and something I love about real books vs. my kindle. I think it's because I'm a sucker for a pretty cover and it leads to a lot of my book purchases and choices to read.

The focus's around the lives of three sisters, in particular Cate the oldest who promised there mother before she died that she would protect her sisters. After the death of the mother the girls turn into recluses not the social butterflies like other girls there age.The girls father is a scholar and not home much after the loss of his wife. So at the insistence of the nosy neighbor he hires a governess to help the girls in preparation for there intention ceremony.

The girls live in a city that is run by the Brotherhood who thinks that witches are wicked, so Cate does her best to keep the girls from doing magic except in the rose garden at home but sometimes it's hard to keep it all in. Cate's mother started teaching the girls magic but they didn't learn everything because of her untimely death.  All the responsibilities fall to Cate who only after her mothers death learns that the girls are part of a prophecy that change the world, either bringing the witches back into power or send them into a terror that could destroy them all.

Cate has only a few months to figure out if she wants to get married or if she wants to join the Sisterhood. It's not so easy  in addition to figure out the prophecy she must also avoid the Brotherhood who will jump at the chance to send a suspected witch away. Along the way she makes finds unexpected friends, find's love where she least expects it and learns that everything isn't as it seems. That sometimes you have to do what you know is right even if it's not what you want to do.

I loved the book so much it's one of my top favorite books of the year, granted I've only read like 40 something but I loved it. I stayed up super late to finish it, and it took all my will power to not write my review right there. I love the way the characters are written they are very likable, and I spent the whole story so wrapped up in it that I felt like I was there with Cate. This book sucks you in right from the start and you want to know whats going to happen, there isn't a dull moment, I found myself having a hard time putting it down, and when I wasn't able to read it was constantly in my thoughts. It's does have a lot of info which can be overloading for some but it's the first in a brand new series so there is a little series building but I didn't find it overloading at all. I can't wait for the next one oh if only February 2013 would get here faster.

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