This book was so confusing to read that I only made it through the prologue and a couple chapters before blinking my eyes rapidly and tossing it to the side to start a different one.The premise is a good one – witches in a small community doing witchy things. The follow-through leaves a lot to be desired, however – especially in the department of editing. Excerpt:A confusing sentence from the prologue:Not even when the flames swept up from the floor and began their climb over hersurrender yourflesh.-The book is lacking in periods and grammatical punctuation in general. It's also overflowing in brackets with ridiculously useless information, stopping the flow of the story.The editing was sub-par and many sentences had repeating words with no proper sentence structure. There were also a multitude of incomplete, short sentences. How anyone could make it through the entire book is beyond me. I cannot fathom how it ever got published in the first place, let alone got such a rave review from The Globe and Mail.Moloney also takes the time out at the end of her book to thank her editor: Most of all I want to thank the surely supernatural Anne Collins, who edits with elegance and respect, and whose patience and dedication really wrote this book. -I think a certain editor needs to find a new job.The book could have had the most amazing plot ever written – but you would never know for the ridiculous way it's put together. Quick read. Reminded me of a lot of 80's horror; quick plot, fairly 2D/simplistic characters (cliched perhaps is a better word) happy ending for the "good guys". However, that doesn't make it a bad book.I enjoy a good B-movie and thats what this would be if it were ever adapted for a screen. Coven of witches falling apart at the seams needing to add another member and find a suitable offering for their dark master so they can get back to their perfect lives; cliched sure, but still fun to read about.Moloney is a decent writer; the type I like that doesn't feel the need to use lots of flowery language to paint pictures. She gives the nitty gritty and keeps things moving along at a decent clip. The ending was typically happy, but tossed in a random WTF moment that still has me wondering what the hell I missed, but I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually.I enjoyed the book and it was a nice way to start off the new year.
What do You think about The Thirteen (2011)?
Starts off really interesting, then sorta dies out. Very predictable ending.
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