Spellbound by Cate Tiernan

** spoiler alert ** Spellbound takes it to the next level for this series. The magick is more intense, the bond between Hunter and Morgan grows stronger, and Morgan witnesses the death of two people. Cal, her first love, who dies trying to save her – and the old Morgan who was naive, broken-hearted, and weak. 

Title:  Spellbound
Author:  Cate Tiernan
Series: Sweep Book 06
Publish Date:  September 10, 2001
Genre:  YA Fantasy
Source: Purchased

Publisher’s Description: Morgan knows that a great battle is to come. More immediately, she senses that someone is out to harm Hunter. Is it a human or a witch?

Possible spoilers beyond this point.

 

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Kat Mandu says…

The author explains how Morgan seems to mature in this book and readers find themselves rooting for the underdogs as Morgan finds herself face to face with a powerful and ruthless enemy. Gorgeous imagery (for the first half) and real emotion was really loaded into this book. And Spellbound brings both the end of things, and new beginnings. Morgan’s true battle against the dark has just begun.

The only thing I wasn’t a fan of in this is that it kind of takes this more…fantasy kind of turn where the characters and the action doesn’t seem nearly as realistic. And I know what some of you may be thinking. Naturally, magic isn’t real, yeah? But no matter what you believe, this series comes off as a very realistic kind of maturation for Morgan. She’s got real problems, real family, and she goes to high school, so there’s that. It’s almost contemporary, with Wiccan details snuck inside. This is the first book that kind of takes it out of that real feel by adding in some pretty powerful battle magick.

Have you ever seen a movie where the creatures are completely in graphics, but they look fake? That’s kind of the same visuals I was having. A lot of awkward filming.

But regardless, I really enjoyed this one. Morgan is coming into her powers and although things might have calmed down for now, there’s still nine books left – and guess what? Things are about to go topsy turvy again.

Books in this series…

• Book of Shadows, Book 01
• The Coven, Book 02
• Blood Witch, Book 03
• Dark Magic, Book 04
• Awakening, Book 05
• Spellbound, Book 06
• The Calling, Book 07
• Changeling, Book 08
• Strife, Book 09
• Seeker, Book 10
• Origins, Book 11
• Eclipse, Book 12
• Reckoning, Book 13
• Full Circle, Book 14
• Night’s Child, Book 15

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