Reckoning , by Cate Tiernan

Paperback, 192 pages

Published August 7th 2003 by Puffin Books (first published August 26th 2002)

ISBN

0141317078 (ISBN13: 9780141317076)

edition language

English

original title

Reckoning

series

Wicca #13

 

Alisa is half blood witch and is desperate to find out more about her witch ancestry so she runs away to find her late mother's witch family. From the moment she arrives, terrifying events envelop the entire family and Alisa herself appears to become the target of her ancestor's ghost. But there is no ghost. Alisa's striking resemblance to her mother is so distressing to her grandmother Evelyn, that it triggers dormant telekinetic powers in Evelyn which are responsible for causing the havoc. The revelation reconciles Alisa to her estranged family and to her own powers as a witch. Now she is ready to go home.

 

My Review

I think out of the side series in the wicca series this is perhaps my favorite one. The character has this huge sense of innocence about her that you can't help but be drawn to her. I loved the way that I felt I could really relate to her as I was reading through the novel because it meant that I was able to connect with the book and udnerstand it from a whole new perspective. What I liked about the book was this huge sense of reality to it. A teenage girl whose Fathers girlfriend is having a baby and taking over her life. I think that this is something that many of us have feared. Although I was not in a situation exactly the same, I do remember being hateful and spiteful of the new sibling that I was meant to be getting, who seemed to be wrecking the flow of life that I was enjoying. However the way that she dealt with it, running away, is something that many of us can relate to. What I got from this book though was a sense of personal experience. It was almost as if the author was describing her part of life merely because of how powerful and emotional that it felt.

I loved the way that she just went of to meet her family in london, however I felt that a sense of reality could have been elaborated on here. A child going to see family members she has never known about till recently, would be scared, afraid and I doubt very much that they would have the money to travel that far anyway. However, that does not make the gbook a bore, it just gives it a little sense of adventure and of course when she meets the family, you can understand the shock and even the hatred. If someone reminds you of someone that died... then yes that can be a very very hard thing. What I liked though was the way that it seemed to be written on the basis of different things. There was mystery, pain, emotions, romance and conflict. Yet there was this huge sense of understanding as well. For me this was just very well written and I did enjoy it. It grasped me and I now want to read more about this character for she seems to be the more interesting one at the moment.

My rating