Title - Witches of East End
Author - Melissa de la Cruz
Series - The Beauchamp Family #1
Genre - Urban Fantasy Witches
Format - Ebook
Published - June 21st 2011
Synopsis
From the author of the highly addictive and bestselling Blue Bloods series, with almost 3 million copies sold, comes a new novel, Melissa de la Cruz's first for adults, featuring a family of formidable and beguiling witches.
The three Beauchamp women--Joanna and her daughters Freya and Ingrid--live in North Hampton, out on the tip of Long Island. Their beautiful, mist-shrouded town seems almost stuck in time, and all three women lead seemingly quiet, uneventful existences. But they are harboring a mighty secret--they are powerful witches banned from using their magic. Joanna can resurrect people from the dead and heal the most serious of injuries. Ingrid, her bookish daughter, has the ability to predict the future and weave knots that can solve anything from infertility to infidelity. And finally, there's Freya, the wild child, who has a charm or a potion that can cure most any heartache.
For centuries, all three women have been forced to suppress their abilities. But then Freya, who is about to get married to the wealthy and mysterious Bran Gardiner, finds that her increasingly complicated romantic life makes it more difficult than ever to hide her secret. Soon Ingrid and Joanna confront similar dilemmas, and the Beauchamp women realize they can no longer conceal their true selves. They unearth their wands from the attic, dust off their broomsticks, and begin casting spells on the townspeople. It all seems like a bit of good-natured, innocent magic, but then mysterious, violent attacks begin to plague the town. When a young girl disappears over the Fourth of July weekend, they realize it's time to uncover who and what dark forces are working against them.
With a brand-new cast of characters, a fascinating and fresh world to discover, and a few surprise appearances from some of the Blue Blood fan favorites, this is a page-turning, deliciously fun, magical summer read fraught with love affairs, witchcraft, and an unforgettable battle between good and evil.
Review
I’ve been watching the Witches of East End on lifetime and
recently learned it’s a book. So of course when the option came up to read a
witch book I jumped at it. The book revolves around three witches Joanna, Freya
and Ingrid living in North Hampton. They had made a deal to no longer practice
magic anymore they were living just like everyone else. Yet after thousands of
years it’s gotten harder to keep up their side of the deal. It’s not like they
use their magic to hurt people who’s going to really know if they help a few
people out.
As each of them is tested in their own ways they begin to
use their magical gifts to help others. Freya is your party girl working at the
local pub, Ingrid is working at the library and Joanna is taking care of the
house and Tyler. While the girls are young their mother Joanna is in her sixty’s
but she feels as young as the girls. If one of the girls was to accidentally
pass away than Joanna would become young and pregnant with her daughter. After
all immortality does have its benefits. Ingrid sets up shop on her lunch breaks
at the library using her gift to help people as well as save her library. Freya
uses her gift at work making a love potion, and Joanna fixes a burned pie in
front of Tyler. Yet not all of their help is reciprocated when things start to
go wrong the women are blamed.
I think the characters are interesting in. This is my first
book by the author but I’ve heard that Freya is in her Blue Bloods series so I feel
like I missing out on her. I think Ingrid is my favorite because she’s willing
to risk it all to save her library which is what I would do if I was here. I
wanted to love them but I didn’t they had their moments but for the most part I
wasn’t able to connect with any of them.
The idea is also captivating very Practical Magic but the
story just doesn’t flow along smoothly. Unfortunately I found myself losing
interest right away but kept on plugging along hoping the story would pick up.
I’m not sure if I just had to high of expectations or if the story just falls
short. If I hadn’t been so determined to finish the book I’m afraid it would
have made it onto my DNF shelf but I believe every book deserves a fair chance.
I think part of the problem was that we kept bouncing between the women and
that there was so much information to a point of overload. I’ve not read a lot
of witch books but this one isn’t my favorite. I’ve not read anything by the
author before but I still want to check out her other series.
2 out of 5 Stars
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