The War of the Witches

THE WAR OF THE WITCHES

By:  Maite Carranza

FIRST SENTENCE

“The girl slept in a bedroom with high ceilings and walls that had been whitewashed a thousand times.”

SUMMARY

from goodreads

Outsider Anaid leads a solitary life in a small village in the Pyrenees with her mother Selene.  She does not suspect there is anything particularly strange about her family, aside from her mother’s personal eccentricities…until one day Selene disappears without a trace and Anaid is confronted with a shocking truth, her mother is a witch, prophesied to be the chosen one to end an ancient war between two feuding clans.

REVIEW

While this is a book about witches, it is also a book about the mother and daughter bond.  In this case, Anaid is willing to fight the rival Odish clan to save her mother, Selene, from the evil Omar clan.  I liked that they had such a close relationship. 

The story starts off slow with quite a bit of detail as Anaid learns to use her powers.  It was surprising to learn how powerful she was compared to the more experienced witches.  Anaid was able to do things like turn into a dolphin or fly. 

The ending was predictable and came rather abruptly.  There were some loose ends that needed to be tied up and I was left wondering what eventually happened. 

RATING

4        Plot

3        Characters

4        Attention Grabbing

3        Girlie Meter

3        Ending

17      TOTAL

4        STARS