Night's Child (Sweep. Super Edition)

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Summary: "Out of All his Children, Morgan Inherited Da's Greatness.."
Review: After the colossal disappointment of the last book in the Sweep series "Full Circle", I was both relieved and wary that another conclusion had been written. "Night's Child" is set several years after the events of "Full Circle" with Morgan and Hunter as twenty-something year olds. Proposing marriage, Hunter plans to settle down and run New Charter (the new alternative to the Council) from home. He has only one last journey to make, and it is here that disaster strikes. The ferry he is travelling on sinks, and no trace is found of Hunter, dead or alive.

The story picks up again fifteen years later: Morgan had married a man named Colm and they had a daughter named Moira. Unfortunately Colm was killed in a car accident and now Morgan and Moira live together in Ireland, members of the Belwicket coven. Despite this tragedy, the two of them are happy enough - despite the rivalry between Belwicket and another coven led by Lilith Delaney that is rumoured to dabble in black magic.

But then things begin to happen: Morgan finds dark magic littered around her front garden, and objects on the ground that remind her of Hunter. When Moira begins dating Ian Delaney, Lilith's son, Morgan is terrified the past is repeating itself in terms of her history with Selene and Cal. Afraid for her daughter Morgan begins an investigation to find who is behind these attacks - could it be to do with her father's family? Are Lilith and Ian really dangerous? Is it possible that Hunter is still alive? Is another dark wave looming?

At times, especially near the beginning, the writing is slow and sluggish with detailed descriptions of Moira's witchcraft classes and Morgan's healing rites. Often Tiernan repeats or contradicts herself several times in the text, for instance, Morgan thinks: "To end a relationship with her soulmate was fighting destiny." On the very next page we are told: "With the way things were, they had to pursue their separate destinies." Er - is it just me, or did Tiernan just tell us that soulmates shared the *same* destinies? There are several more inconsistencies like this throughout the story.

Furthermore, Tiernan's grasp of Irish dialect is painful to behold: "Away with ya" and "what a beautiful day, nae?" appear clumsy and inaccurate. Although the main culprit behind the attacks is an innovative idea, Tiernan drives home the possibility of Ian being evil so many times that it becomes fairly certain he *isn't*.

Readers may be vastly disappointed at the lack of characters appearing from previous books. Bree, Robbie, Raven, Alyce, Alwyn, Mary K. and Morgan's parents are all given brief updates on where they are and what they're doing, but the rest of the Kithic coven are completely forgotten. Alisa is mentioned, but no information is given on what she's now up to, which is really quite unforgivable considering Tiernan devoted an entire book to her in the series. Killian turns up briefly and out of the blue, and then just as inexplicitly disappears. Daniel Niall is mentioned several times, but no information is given on either him or his other son Linden. Dagda is dead. Only Sky is given a useful and interesting place within the context of the story.

Yet despite all this, "Night's Child" was the conclusion to this series that I was hoping for. Morgan is a reasonable portrayal of the teenager we knew in the series, and Moira is a likeable, spunky young heroine who reacts realistically enough to the situation unfolding around her. There are some nice new characters, such as Morgan's mother-in-law Katrina, and toward the end the plot unfolds quickly and excitingly. This should definitely be the end of the "Sweep" series, as Tiernan only just gets away with recycling several old ideas (ie, a replay of the Selena/Cal storyline, another dark wave, another threat from Morgan's family) and it wraps up nearly every loose end from the other books. Despite its faults, I was satisfied with this ending.

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Summary: one word: AMAZING
Review: as usual, cate tiernan blew her readers away. if you've read the rest of the series and enjoyed it, you are absolutely going to love this novel. even lying in bed so insanely tired from a long day, i couldn't put the book down, i was so into it.
Morgan Rowlands has completely changed. you can definitly see that she's gotten so powerful and stronger spiritually and in her magick. definitly not the Morgan in the previous books. and cate, as usual, put quite some laugh-out-loud lines in the novel...always loved those :).
the only thing i was sad about was that there's no book after this.

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Summary: An amazing book!
Review: Cate Tiernan is one of my favorite authors.I think her work is amazing.In this book We skip through morgan's life to twenty years ahead.Shes grown and she has her own child now.Morgans life was always peaceful until she found out about her past.Then things started to happen that she couldn't control.Then after all that everything was calm. Things had been calm for twenty years and then Part of her old life returns to her.You need to read this book to find out what happens.

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Summary: Not as Great as it could have been
Review: first off i'd like to say that it was an interesting twist and there were some ok parts but basically it sucked. problem is it was like a repition of what Morgan went through for Moira. and why does Hunter have to die-don't worry that wasn't a spoiler-it is in the first chapter. i could think of tons of things to make that book better. i'm sorry the series didn't come out with a big bang of excellency. i'll miss the series

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Summary: Morgan Rowlands and Moira Byrne
Review: I am sad that this is the last book of the Sweep series. I as satisfied with this book but a lil dissapointed. I was glad the Morgan still contacted her adopted family and Bree and Robbie. I was satisfied that the book mentioned what was going on with them and how they were along with some of the blood witches that were in the series. I was dissapointed that it didn't tell us how Alisa was doing or if she was still into Wicca or if she was initiated. Also some of the coven members from Kithic were not even mentioned. I was glad that Killian stay close to Morgan but his mother and other brother and sister were really mean to Morgan. Ciaran was mean to Morgan before he died. She had to do what she had to do. Iona is a bitch. Morgan is the Destroyer, the sguiurs dan. Morgan is like her birth father but she is the good version of him. Morgan can heal and destroy. There is a light and dark side to everything. Everything has to be in balance. Moira seems to have inheritied a lot of her mothers power. They both live in Ireland and Morgan has rebuild Belwicket along with some of the members that had survived the dark wave. Hunter is also in this book and so is Sky. Morgab is the most powerful witch that anyone has ever know. This book is good so I gave it 3 1/2 stars because of some of my dissapointments. Read to see what happens to Morgan, Hunter, and her daughter.

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Summary: blank
Review: i don't think this was as good as the other books, i didnt like how morgan had been writen in this book and i think it was set to far into the future.
in the other books they had a realness to them but to me this one was a bit fake( no_one could survive that long on an island).
if you read and liked the other books them read this one, but otherwise don't bother..

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Summary: There has been better
Review: I enjoyed the book. I thought it was really good but parts of it made me mad. The other sweep books are excellent and grabbing. This was grabbing but not like the others.

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Summary: expect to be dissapointed
Review: I expected much better to be honest..We do find out that Morgan grows up to be the powerful witch we knew she was going to be, but the story could have improved much more with Hunter's and Morgan's adult experiences instead of forwarding 15 yrs too fast. I found Moira to be selfish and without empathy for Morgan's pain and we certainly could have been better without her complaints and teen angst..Overall 3 stars for Morgan's and Hunter's future and half a star for Moira's involvement to the story.

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Summary: Gotta love Cate but the book could use help...
Review: I had been waiting for such a long time for this book and I have to tell you my heart leapt when I finally saw it on the shelf of the bookstore. It began with the heart wrenching prologue with Hunter and Morgan and then jumped 16 years into the future. We meet Moira, Morgans daughter, who I found to be a little underdeveloped and snobby. Widowed Morgan begins to feel uneasy about certain events and it ends with magic battles and heartwarming reunions.
First of all, what happened to every character that we know and love? Mary K, Bree, Hunter--even Morgan just isn't the same as she used to be. Second, I would have loved to learn more about her experience at the school that she traveled to Europe for in the end of the 14th book. I can't rate this book lower than 4 stars because c'mon, it's Cate, and you know it's some quality writing, but I can't help feeling disappointed in this newest installment. I would definitely reccomend this to anybody to read and enjoyed the series, but prepare yourself for something you probably weren't expecting.

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Summary: Very dissapointing...
Review: I have a die hard fan of the Sweep Series since the first book came out. I was so excited when I found out Night's Child was going to be released and I bought it the day it came out. As much as i love Sweep, I have to say that this final book was very dissapointing. The book felt forced and unrealistic. It was hard to get into the story because Morgan just didnt feel like the Morgan you get so close to in the rest of the series. With out Hunter, the story seems empty. I almost regret reading this book becasue it ruined the essence of the sweep series. I would still recommend reading the book, but just be prepared for a major let down.