Title: The Witches of the Glass Castle (The Witches of the Glass Castle, #1)
Author: Gabriella Lepore
Pages: 366
Publisher: Oftomes Publishing
Release Date: 18th April 2017 (this edition)
Blurb from Goodreads:
Sixteen-year-old
Mia's life is turned upside down when she uncovers her family
secret-that she and her brother Dino are witches. Seeking refuge in an
ancient castle, the siblings begin down a path that will change their
lives forever. Suddenly thrust into a world where handsome warriors
command the power of nature and peoples thoughts and actions can be
manipulated at will, Mia and Dino struggle to navigate their own
allegiances and do what they know to be right, even when everything
around them seems beyond their control.
My Review:
*I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to Oftomes Publishing*
- Contains spoilers -
After Mia and Dino find out that they are witches they are sent to stay at the Glass Castle.
While there the siblings find out more about their new powers and the different kinds of witches that exist.
Mia soon finds herself in trouble with the coven of Hunters that protect the grounds and is drawn to one of them in particular.
Will Mia and Dino learn to control their powers?
Can Mia stay away from the Hunters?
Going into this I was thinking okay so boarding school, magic . . . it's going to be something like Harry Potter. Nope.
To
begin with I enjoyed The Witches of the Glass Castle, but then things
kept nagging at me and I found myself enjoying it less and less as I
read on.
Mia
and Dino went to the Glass Castle to learn about magic and to
control/develop their powers, but they didn't seem to have any lessons.
There was a talk about an athame and some visits to the library, but
that was it really. So I don't really see what the point of Mia and Dino
going to the Glass Castle was. Couldn't their mum and aunt have helped
them?
I
thought it was a bit strange how fine Mia and Dino were with the fact
that they were witches. They just seemed to accept it straight away.
Apart
from Kizzy and Blue I didn't like the characters very much. Mia was
annoying at times - after saying that they should stay away from the
Hunters, she then proceeded straight away to go into their territory.
What annoyed me the most was when she put the athame on after being told
that it was powerful and that she wasn't ready to use it, which, of
course, goes badly. Dino, her brother, flip-flopped from being angry
with Mia to being protective of her a lot.
I
really didn't like the romance - it developed too quickly for me and
didn't feel real. For someone who supposedly has been trained not to
have any humanity, Colt was very okay with his feelings for Mia who was
rather stalkery at times.
The
plot was okay but there could have been a lot more world building -
there isn't much information about witches and I would have liked to
find out more.
The writing style was easy enough to follow but there were a couple of spelling mistakes.
Overall this was a disappointing, okay read.
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