Awakening (Wicca #5) by Cate Tiernan

Paperback, 192 pages

Published June 6th 2002 by Puffin Books (first published August 6th 2001)

ISBN

0141314044 (ISBN13: 9780141314044)

edition language

English

original title

Awakening

series

Wicca #5, Sweep #5 

 

Witchcraft is part of Morgan in a way she can't explain; it's a part of who she is. She thought her boyfriend Cal was, too, that they were destined to be together. But Cal betrayed her in the worst way imaginable, by trying to give her up to the dark side.

Now, Morgan is learning all she can about magick so she can protect herself. She is studying with a witch named Hunter, who helped her fight Cal. Hunter and Morgan set off sparks when they are together, and Morgan realizes that what she had with Cal might not have been real. But there is still dark magick at work around them, and Hunter believes a friend of Morgan is to blame.

 

My Review

The coven leader for Cirrus is gone, and everything seems to have been torn apart for poor Morgon who was literally just starting to learn who she was. The emotions are tragic and yet cliche of that which belong to a heartbroken teenage girl. But in many respects this is a good thing because of how it is shown, giving it this much deeper feel of reality. However there still seems to be some mystery behind Hunter and Sky. What I didn't expect was for there to be some mystery behind David from practical Magick. I suppose in a way you should sort of expect it because their too good to be true and they are going through a tragic time. But at the same time, they seemed to be only people that were there supporting her, so how could they get involved with dark magick like that?

I loved the way that Morgan and Bree made it up sort of in this book though. What it seemed to state and say to me was that we should never ever let a boy come between that of a friendship because a friendship should always be more important and should always be stronger. The story line in this one didn't excite me as much but I think thats because the drama has died down a little and I suppose in a way this reflects the reality of the real world outside of novels and books, because its not always drama after drama after drama with no break at all. 

Reading about David having his powers stripped though was a little sad. I know he used dark magic and clearly that is a bad thing, however, he was using it to help someone out and didn't really seem to know what he was doing. Thats what makes it sad, in that he was just wanting to help someone, not to hurt someone or kill someone. I do feel that this pulls the reader in. A part of me of course wanting to now read on to see what becomes of David. However there is also this new romantic element, is something occuring between her adn hunter. will that cause more rifts in friendships? and of course, is cal really gone or shall we see him appearing any time soon?

My rating