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Summary: Potent, Almost Lights The Mind Afire With It's Intensity!
Review: A Potent storyline; and despite it's diversion from Morgan's & Hunter's tale, this books still proves worthy of the Sweep collection. I hadn't expected it to be so good, as I prefer the first person being Morgan, however, I gained quite a surprise as I read it. This book unveils both innocence and guilt alike, from Rose's perspective. It is one of the most beautifully and potently crafted books of this series I've read yet. An intense, heart-wrenching tale of Morgan's ancestor living through the Burning Times, hiding amongst the Christians to ensure the survival or her clan as well as herself, coping with clan rivalry and bigotry, and the utmost stifes,...the pains of love, heartbreak, and betrayal. I anxiously await book #12. Tiernan is incredible!
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Summary: Historical Filler
Review: Another book in the series not from Morgan's viewpoint. There are a brief prologue and epilogue that has Morgan and Hunter, but the rest of the book is told from the viewpoint of Rose MacEwan, an ancestor of Morgan's who lived during the Burning Times (the Spanish Inquisition).Hunter is back and he has brought back a book chronicling the life of Rose MacEwan, a woman who first created the Black Wave. Hunter and Morgan read it. Rose is a young woman (Morgan's age) who falls in love with a member of another witch tribe. Her mother is the High Priestess of their coven but does not seem to trust Rose. Love, witchcraft, passion, trust and betrayal all lead to shaping Rose's life. As Rose has to deal with her personal trials, the anti-Wodebayne sentiments are on the rise. Rose's story culminates with her creating the Black Wave spell (although it seemed pretty simple for a spell so powerful). As the story closes, Morgan wonders at the parallels between her life and Rose's and what it might mean for her future. A nice piece of history, but a little out of synch with the rest of the series and its linear progression. I also missed the journal entries that previously started each chapter (they are absent in this volume). I would have liked to have seen something from Rose's mother's viewpoint or even Diarmuid's.
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Summary: Historical Filler
Review: Another book in the series not from Morgan's viewpoint. There are a brief prologue and epilogue that has Morgan and Hunter, but the rest of the book is told from the viewpoint of Rose MacEwan, an ancestor of Morgan's who lived during the Burning Times (the Spanish Inquisition). Hunter is back and he has brought back a book chronicling the life of Rose MacEwan, a woman who first created the Black Wave. Hunter and Morgan read it. Rose is a young woman (Morgan's age) who falls in love with a member of another witch tribe. Her mother is the High Priestess of their coven but does not seem to trust Rose. Love, witchcraft, passion, trust and betrayal all lead to shaping Rose's life. As Rose has to deal with her personal trials, the anti-Wodebayne sentiments are on the rise. Rose's story culminates with her creating the Black Wave spell (although it seemed pretty simple for a spell so powerful). As the story closes, Morgan wonders at the parallels between her life and Rose's and what it might mean for her future. A nice piece of history, but a little out of synch with the rest of the series and its linear progression. I also missed the journal entries that previously started each chapter (they are absent in this volume). I would have liked to have seen something from Rose's mother's viewpoint or even Diarmuid's.
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Summary: Legacy
Review: Hunter found Rose MacEwan's diary up in Canada. Within it contains the origins of the Dark Wave. Rose is seventeen in the year 1682. Her mother is the High Priestess of her coven. They live in a town of Christians. Witch-fearing Christians who persecute witches.
Rose's coven fears bieng persecuted not only by the Christians but by the other six clans. All of them express their hatred toward the Woodbanes through bigotry.
While doing a spell in the woods, Rose meets Diarmuid. Her soul mate. Her muirn beatha dan. She loves him with all of her heart...and he is a Leapvaughn. That type of relationship between clans is forbidden. Diarmuid and Rose both know that their covens will not consent their marriage.
But their love on Beltane created something that will forever tie them together. A child. But in the end will Rose and Diarmuid be together? Or will something rip them apart that not even their love can save? And what of the Dark Wave that Rose is said to have created? Why did she create something so destructive? Oh, i CRIED when i read this book. Really sad. And i can understand why Rose created the Dark Wave. )))))~~)O(Aurora)O(~~(((((
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Summary: Sweep 11: Origins. Oooohhh, dark.
Review: Hunter has come back from Canada with his da and Rose McEwan's diary in tow. After telling Morgan EVERYTHING they decide to read it together. The story is all about Rose McEwan and how she met Diarmuid, the boy she thought was her soulmate, and fell in love. And it goes through their trials to stay together despite the fact that their realtionship is forbidden because he is Leapvaughn and she is Woodbane. And it also tells of Diarmuid's betrayal of Rose. In the end Rose creates the spell for the dark wave to kill off Diarmuid and his skanky girlfriend. All I could think throughout this story was GO ROSE! I soo understood why she did what she did, even though it was soo wrong. I felt so bad for her and Diarmuid was such a creep, his girlfriend was too. I didn't like this book as much as the others. It was sorta slow moving and didn't have much of Morgan and Hunter in it.
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Summary: Series is starting to get better again
Review: I didn't really like this book because it didnt have Morgan and Hunter in it, except for a few pages in the beginning and the end. One thing that I think was wierd was that Morgan forgave Hunter to easily after he told her he kissed Justine. And, a thing that I think was totally unrealistic was that right after her boyfriend came back from Canada, and right after a five minute conversation, and a confession that he kissed another person, she decided to read a diary that he found in Justine's library. This book told from one of Morgan's ancestors (Rose MacEwan) point of view. Rose lived in the late 1600's in Scotland during the Burning Times. She, and her coven (who live in a Christian village) have to keep a low key on when they have circles, and stuff. Then one day, while in the forest, Rose meets her soulmate, Diarmuid. For the next couple of months, they meet in secret. Then they decide to go all the way, and Rose gets pregnant. Then Diarmuid tells her that he can't see her anymore, and that they could never get married. Then Rose finds out that he was engaged to another person all along. So, desprate to get revenge, Rose uses dark magick to get back at Diarmuid's fiancee. Then she is tried for a witch. But she is never exucuted because in her rage, she destroys an entire village, and then is choosed to lead an evil group o Woodbaynes.
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Summary: An Amazing Book
Review: I didnt think this book would be all this good. "Who is this Rose MacEwan?" i thought when i read the back cover, "whats she doing jumping into the WICCA series i know and love?" but i soon discovered....THIS IS SOME AWESOME BOOK, in my opinion, the best of all of them. Everything that I was confused about in the series suddenly all made sense, and this book made way for more great storylines to endure. I now love Rose almost as much as I love Morgan (in a non-lesbian way, i love her character and her personality, if you no wat i mean).
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Summary: Not one of the better books
Review: I have been slightly dissapointed with the last few books in this series. I don't know if Cate is running out of ideas or she actually thinks by adding other characters pov's the readers will enjoy it. This book has only two chapters from Morgan's pov. It was slow moving, but still informative. It explains the background of the darkwave. Is it worth the read? Yes, if you don't mind the change of character. I prefer Morgan though.
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Summary: Mixed Feelings...
Review: I have mixed feelings about this series, but I'd say that overall I enjoy it. This book in particular, I thought was well strung together and Cate Tiernan seems to have a thorough knowledge of Wiccan history! When I first found out that the whole book was a diary of a totally different witch I thought "oh crap, how am I meant to get throgh this boring part?" but it proved me wrong. At times , though, I desperately wanted to scream at the characters and shake some sense into them - but that's a good thing right? Because it shows the reader is interacting with the characters.
The ending, I thought, was very gripping and left me in a bit of a daze - and still reading at 2am!
This series and changed my view on a lot of things, including my views on nature and the spiritual side... if one exists...?
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Summary: WOw
Review: I have read ever single book from 1-12 and let me tell u there amazing.For those of u who think that the 12th book actually only comes out in July your wrong.Go to you local [store]they will surely have it.# 11 was okay it was hard to read about Rose and how everyone decived her.Even her own mother.And her wanna be boyfriend she should have never gotten pregnat in the first place.I mean i know there weren't codoms but hello Contraception SPELL it's not that hard.But in 12 it's much better.Everyone is getting siocker and sicker.Cairin returns to ask morgan to joing him which she obviously quickly refuses.then theres a dark wave comming and everyone is sick.Then Alisa turns out to be half-witch (her mother having stropped herself of her powers y? i dont know) Alisa actually turns out to save everyone and then boom thats the end of the book look out for # 13 in July or August.But probably [local store]will have it in July. Oh and for another question.When in the hell are Morgan and Hunter gonna get their freak on i mean come on dont keep the suspense there.
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