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NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“Like Stephen King, . . . Armstrong not only writes interesting page-turners, she has also achieved that unlikely goal, what all writers strive for: a genre of her own. . . . This is not The Call of the Wild; it’s Nora Roberts meets The Sopranos by way of Henry David Thoreau.”
— The Walrus
“Armstrong’s prose has a punchy, easy flow.”
— The Globe and Mail
“Armstrong is quite deft at making Savannah simultaneously formidable, sympathetic and real. . . . A quick and fun read, Waking the Witch is . . . a good starting point for readers new to Armstrong.”
— The Miami Herald
“Kelley Armstrong must have decided one day to throw every genre she could imagine — mystery, horror, supernatural thriller, romance and chick lit — into her writerly cauldron. What she conjured up is the hilariously hip Women of the Otherworld series.”
— Calgary Herald
“Mesmerizing . . . the ‘other-worldly’ atmosphere conjured up by Armstrong begins to seem strangely real. Armstrong is a talented and original writer whose inventiveness and sense of the bizarre is arresting.”
— London Free Press
From the Hardcover edition.
“Like Stephen King, . . . Armstrong not only writes interesting page-turners, she has also achieved that unlikely goal, what all writers strive for: a genre of her own. . . . This is not The Call of the Wild; it’s Nora Roberts meets The Sopranos by way of Henry David Thoreau.”
— The Walrus
“Armstrong’s prose has a punchy, easy flow.”
— The Globe and Mail
“Armstrong is quite deft at making Savannah simultaneously formidable, sympathetic and real. . . . A quick and fun read, Waking the Witch is . . . a good starting point for readers new to Armstrong.”
— The Miami Herald
“Kelley Armstrong must have decided one day to throw every genre she could imagine — mystery, horror, supernatural thriller, romance and chick lit — into her writerly cauldron. What she conjured up is the hilariously hip Women of the Otherworld series.”
— Calgary Herald
“Mesmerizing . . . the ‘other-worldly’ atmosphere conjured up by Armstrong begins to seem strangely real. Armstrong is a talented and original writer whose inventiveness and sense of the bizarre is arresting.”
— London Free Press
From the Hardcover edition.
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The new novel in Kelley Armstrong's bestselling Women of the Otherworld series showcases the fascinating Savannah Levine, a powerful young witch with a rebellious past and a troublesome heritage.
The orphaned daughter of a sorcerer and a half-demon, Savannah is a terrifyingly powerful young witch who has never been able to resist the chance to throw her magical weight around. But at twenty-one she knows she needs to grow up and prove to her guardians, Paige and Lucas, that she can be a responsible member of their supernatural detective agency. So she jumps at the chance to fly solo, investigating the mysterious deaths of three young women in a nearby factory town, as a favour to one of the agency's associates. At first glance, the murders look garden-variety human, but on closer inspection signs point to otherworldly stakes.
Soon Savannah is in over her head. She's run off the road and nearly killed, haunted by a mystery stalker and freaked out when the brother of one of the dead women is murdered when he tries to investigate the crime. To complicate things, something weird is happening to her powers. Pitted against shamans, demons, a voodoo-inflected cult and garden-variety goons, Savannah has to fight to ensure her first case isn't her last. And she also has to ask for help, perhaps the hardest lesson she's ever had to learn.
From the Hardcover edition.
The orphaned daughter of a sorcerer and a half-demon, Savannah is a terrifyingly powerful young witch who has never been able to resist the chance to throw her magical weight around. But at twenty-one she knows she needs to grow up and prove to her guardians, Paige and Lucas, that she can be a responsible member of their supernatural detective agency. So she jumps at the chance to fly solo, investigating the mysterious deaths of three young women in a nearby factory town, as a favour to one of the agency's associates. At first glance, the murders look garden-variety human, but on closer inspection signs point to otherworldly stakes.
Soon Savannah is in over her head. She's run off the road and nearly killed, haunted by a mystery stalker and freaked out when the brother of one of the dead women is murdered when he tries to investigate the crime. To complicate things, something weird is happening to her powers. Pitted against shamans, demons, a voodoo-inflected cult and garden-variety goons, Savannah has to fight to ensure her first case isn't her last. And she also has to ask for help, perhaps the hardest lesson she's ever had to learn.
From the Hardcover edition.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Author's tactics,
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This review is from: Waking the Witch (Hardcover)
I have read this entire series including the on-line short stories and the written word in smaller collections such a " My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon". Waking the Witch is disappointing.The author appears to be using tactics to string the reader along, but in the end, we are left unfulfilled and dreading another sequel. The character of Savannah has aged considerably from her last novel inclusion, but her adventure is not appealing. If the author intended a cliffhanger, it was ill gotten. The novel seemed to drag in places and the writing seemed rushed. Perhaps, we the readers, were expecting a novel too soon, but Kelly did not seem to produce an appealing characterization. Perhaps in her sequel, there will be a more definite cohesion to the characters and a resolution to Savannah's unrequited love. Bring back the werewolves, or at least, include them to a larger degree with the other characters.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great addition to the series!,
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This review is from: Waking the Witch (Hardcover)
I got an early copy of this book through a contest and finished it in one day. I love this series and "Waking the Witch" did not disappoint. This book has a slightly different feel to it than Kelly's earlier books because Savannah is younger than the earlier narrators. The love story subplot is not as developed because this book is more about Savannah finding herself than love. As always, the book provides small updates on the other characters in the "Otherworld" and leaves you wanting more. I can't wait for the next book!
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
LOVED IT,
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Waking the witch was great. I love the way Kelley Armstrong has a way of pulling me into her stories. It's like visiting old friends. Savannah has grown over the series to a bright young PI assistant to Paige and Lucas, Oh and I can't forget Adam. This book doesn't have the steamy romance that I am used to in the Otherworld books, but the undertones of a good romance are there and I'm sure are going to be great in Spell Bound. This story does unfold nicely to find how who committed the murders, but it also leaves on a part of the investigation unsolved and it gets tricky for Savannah. I can't wait to read Spellbound in July and I hope since she has found herself in this book, she can find the steamy love in the next one! *fingers crossed*
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