The strongest part of this book was its premise: a teenage witch named Darlena is feeling the pressure to choose between the 3 traditional paths of magic: white, green, or black. But when she is suddenly forced to come to an abrupt decision, she blurts out the first thing that comes to mind--"Red...
Farren hustled me into her office, shutting the door behind us with a slam. I watched her seal it with a ward I didn’t recognize, and then she moved clockwise around the room, tracing the ward in each corner and in front of the two tall stained glass windows.Instead of the floor pillows, the room...
So far, the only sounds she had made at all had been the screams which first alerted the townsfolk to her crimes. The cell they threw her in was dank and tiny. The floor was more mud and filth than wood or stone, and there were no windows for her to see out. Her jailors brought her only water, an...
Joelle had already had three cups of coffee, so she was alert enough to buy the tickets and steer us onto the right train. Sarah fell asleep as soon as we sat down, and soon she was snoring gently.I stared out the dirty window, watching the countryside go by and occasionally snapping pictures wit...
Even three days after the blast, emergency workers were unable to identify most of the remains at the state capitol. Rochelle certainly did her work well, I thought bitterly. We tried to get a hold of Dr. Farren to let her know what had happened, but her flight had been ai...