The Calling (Wicca)

This book is full of thrill, romance and laughter. Wonderfully written, I really enjoyed reading it. I can't wait to see what's in store for the rest of the series. I will definently recommend this book to a friend.
4Q, 4P; Cover Art: Awesome!
This book is best suited for middle and highschoolers.
It

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was selected as a result of seeing the series at the library, wishing to read a series, and then finally the interesting summary on the back.
Grade: 9th
SJ-AHS-NC

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Following a disturbing dream that some in the coven believe to be prophetic, Morgan, Hunter and company travel to NYC to try to locate the coven that the dream is about. Morgan continues to grow her relationship with Hunter and is forced to redefine some of her other relationships. She is also

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learning more about her birth family, maybe more that she ever wanted to know.

Can't help it. I am just hooked. This series is fun and leaves me wanting more. It is definitely a guilty pleasure. Definitely written for older teens. They make great quick reads.

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After waking from a nightmare that was so vivid and felt so real that even when she was awake, Morgan still felt shaken from what she saw in her dreams, she knew that it wasn't just a dream. Neither does Hunter or the council. It was a vision and they all wanted to figure out what it meant,

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especially they wanted to discover who was the poor, wolf pup that appeared to be a sacrifice of some sort.

Trying to discover the truth of the dream, Morgan and Hunter, along with some of their friends and coven members, travel to New York City where a coven of dark and powerful Woodbane members are known to reside.

As Morgan struggles with using her magick for only good, she also struggles to hold onto her friendships that have become strained since her discovery of being a blood witch. She also struggles with trying to find the truth about her birth parents and what being a witch really means. It doesn't help that she feels guilty over the death of Cal and Selene, while also pining after Hunter who seems too busy with council business to really spent time with her. Everything going on in her life seems to be draining her, especially after reaching to city and being plagued with the nightmare that pops up when she least expects it. Add in the fact that the leader of the dark coven is also the man who murdered her mother, it's a wonder that Morgan doesn't just break under the stress.

As Morgan continues her search of the truth and to save whoever the wolf pup is, Morgan finds herself in the heart of the danger. A danger that might just prove to be fatal not only to her, but also those she cares for.

The Calling is an amazing addition to the Sweep series. Though it is short, it is an intriguing novel. The magick, insecurities, jealousy, danger, and love that fill the pages are intoxicating. Once again, Cate Tiernan has me turning page after page until I finish the novel and leaves me begging for more. The hardships of Morgan Rowlands life will have you eager to read more to find out how everything will play out.

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The first 2-3 books in this series are addictive, a fresh "modern-teen" POV in the tired genre of witches/kids with supernatural powers finding themselves (and the wonder of Wicca) among families/communities who "don't get it".

After #3, it goes downhill. There is no psychological development of the

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main characters (and the secondary characters are quite shallowly described and hard to distinguish throughout the series; even the more promising and believable ones, BFFs Bree & Robbie are essentially dropped from the books by #4) a lot of the narrative suspenseful points are all "tell" and no "show", the conclusions are hurried and tied up nicely--except for a minimum of predictable suspense that the publisher made you have to draw people through the series. Also, each book is so short, (it's like a single chapter of a Harry Potter) that the narrative arc is predictable and hasty, and makes one wonder if these were paid by the book, or that the series was extended way beyond what should have been its natural life span by the publisher, or what.

It's no Harry Potter, that's for sure. Apart from the above flaws, here's no humor (unless you count Morgan's drinking Diet Coke all the time, which gets tired really fast) and no writing good enough to be enjoyed by adults as well (a sure sign of a good children's book).

Also there's way too much touchy-feely Wicca rituals and pseudo Gaelic chanting, which is not well enough written to be convincing and also gets tiresome.

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I liked this whole series a lot, the whole wiccan thing wasn't as much of a hype so I really treasured these books.
I looked up to the main character and I wanted to be so much like her :)
Overall a really nice read back in the day, now it would be just one of the many out there.

I liked this whole series a lot, the whole wiccan thing wasn't as much of a hype so I really treasured these books.
I looked up to the main character and I wanted to be so much like her :)
Overall a really nice read back in the day, now it would be just one of the many out there.

Really great book. I hated Morgan through pretty much most of the book, but I loved the end.