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The Divide (The Secret Circle #4)

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Keep your enemies close. . . .

For the first time since moving to New Salem, Cassie Blake feels normal. She's dating her soul mate Adam and making new friends in town. But between the secret coven of witches she belongs to and the incredible power she holds within her, Cassie is leading a far from ordinary life. When tragedy strikes the Circle, Cassie realizes being extrao...more

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Published March 20th 2012 by HarperTeen (first published January 1st 2012)

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Feb 12, 2012 Isabella marked it as to-read

Shelves: i-ll-read-it-if-you-pay-me

If this won't be written by L.J.Smith herself: screw you. I won't read it.

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Ok, I see...
No L.J.Smith? Then, how can I say? Ah! I got this: Isa+The Divide=Not compatible.

(No Lisa No party)

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Feb 24, 2013 ♥ Erika ♥ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Before:
As long as it's from the author herself.

After:
As many of you are aware, 'The Divide' is the fourth book in the Secret Circle series written not by L.J Smith but a ghost writer, Aubrey Clark. When I first heard of this news I was very disappointed and upset that the series could continue without the author who created the series from the very beginning. It did not make sense and it sounded like the worst idea at the time. Despite this, I gave it a shot wondering if Clark could really pull...more

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Apr 22, 2012 Gabrielle marked it as to-read

I was estatic for a minute there... I thought for just a moment that L. J. Smith actually wrote this. Then I thought- wait, the cover looks so different. Oh crap, it's not actually by her, just another ghost writer. I would love to have another Secret Circle book, but I want it to be a book by the original author.

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Feb 26, 2012 Hayden Casey rated it 1 of 5 stars

ANOTHER secret circle book? Gahh I hate tv shows!

Drivin' me nuts.

HEY EVERYONE! Is your one-star rating not powerful enough? Give each edition of the book one star! That way, it'll make a big impact! I brought the book from 3.75 to 3.36 from my three one-stars. >:D

Great. Another great franchise taken away from LJ. Just let the damn woman write her own book. It wouldn't kill you to be kind.
I have lost all respect for Alloy. It's a damned shame they publish PLL, because if they didn't, I'd aban...more

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Feb 24, 2012 Jennifer rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: No one!

This book will not be written by L.J. Smith. It is not a continuation of her original trilogy and L.J. has no say in what will happen to her beloved characters. This will be written by a ghostwriter. L.J. Smith has been removed from this series (as well as The Vampire Diaries). Please show your support for L.J. Smith and do not purchase this book!

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Mar 30, 2012 Daylighter rated it 1 of 5 stars

I won't read any of the ghostwritten books for The Secret Circle series or The Hunters series. By giving a 1 star to these books, I'm showing my dislike for Alloy Entertainment & HarperCollins for firing L.J. Smith. They are not allowing her to write her books the way she wanted, because they only care about what sells and don't have any respect for story telling at all.

For those who don't know what I'm talking about, here's the letter L.J. Smith wrote herself to her fans regarding the iss...more I won't read any of the ghostwritten books for The Secret Circle series or The Hunters series. By giving a 1 star to these books, I'm showing my dislike for Alloy Entertainment & HarperCollins for firing L.J. Smith. They are not allowing her to write her books the way she wanted, because they only care about what sells and don't have any respect for story telling at all.

For those who don't know what I'm talking about, here's the letter L.J. Smith wrote herself to her fans regarding the issue.

"Hi —

Thank you so very much for your kind words about Midnight. I’m so glad
you’re enjoying it, and if you already know that Damon says those three
little words to Elena, then I expect you know what she does for him
afterwards. I can’t say how much I appreciate your understanding of the
book, but at the same time my heart is so heavy that I just can’t keep
pretending about what’s in the future for Delena fans.

You see, I’ve been fired from The Vampire Diaries—mainly because instead of giving my publishers the strict Stelana they demanded, I went ahead and wrote what my heart told me to do. They wanted Elena to “realize that she was fond of or physically attracted to Damon, but that her one true love was Stefan.” But I didn’t see the series that way. And so Midnight is the last Vampire Diaries book you’ll see by L. J. Smith.

You’re probably wondering how this can happen, since I write the series and have done so since 1990. But the truth is simple. When I got a call asking me to write a vampire trilogy for Harper, it wasn’t Harper who was calling me. It was a book packager, now called Alloy Entertainment, calling on Harper’s behalf. Their job was to take authors’ work, put blurbs and covers on it, and sell it to a publisher. When I wrote the first Vampire Diaries trilogy it was called “work for hire.” By the time I found out what that meant it was too late.

What it means is that the book packager, Alloy Entertainment, owns the
books, not me. Even though they are copyrighted to me, I still can’t write them without Alloy’s permission. And they really hated any Delena
content—as well as the many scenes I had given to Bonnie, which they wanted to cut. They demanded only Stelena. And now they’ve gotten an anonymous ghostwriter to do the books, the way a ghostwriter does Stefan’s Diaries.

The first book out after Midnight will probably sound something like my
writing, since I wrote Phantom for them. But instead of edits, what I got back after I wrote it was a letter addressed to the ghostwriter by name, telling her to completely rewrite the book.

I have been fighting, coaxing, and pleading with the people at both Alloy and Harper, as I already had the next two books after Phantom mapped out. But there is nothing to be done. They simply didn’t like the way the series was going, and unlike most writers who work with book packagers, I was not submissive, meek, and eager to please them. Instead, I had my own vision of the books. But you can kiss any more truly meaningful Delena moments goodbye, because I’m afraid it just isn’t the view of Harper or Alloy.

Meanwhile, I am devastated. Of course I have other series done directly
with a publisher: The Forbidden Game, Dark Visions, and the Night World
books. But I put so much of myself into the Vampire Diaries books that
right now I’m devastated. I never imagined anything like this could happen. But still, I can’t say that I regret having written Shadow Souls or Midnight the way I did. I wrote what I did because that was the vision I saw of the characters.

I’m just sorry that from now on Delena readers will have no hope of anything other than a Stelena endgame, and that written by someone who will do exactly what she is told.

Lisa
L. J. Smith"(less)

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Nov 14, 2012 Chloe rated it 3 of 5 stars

As much as it upsets me that LJ Smith lost the rights to her stories I am going to look past that and review this as what is is, another Secret Circle Story.
The Ghost Writer, Aubrey Clark did emulate Smith's original characters well as well as add to the story in an interesting and convincing manor. And although it's a slap in the face to Smith and her fans Clark did a respectable job.
The plot didn't have me as intrigued as the original stories, in fact I feel like the CW has taken over the book...more

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Mar 21, 2012 Amber rated it 1 of 5 stars

I hate that they did this. Just give her series to someone else and use her name! I was so excited when I thought that there would be another Secret Circle book because I LOVED this series. I won't read it now because it's not written by L.J. Smith someone is taking her characters and they can do anything and everything with them and I'm afraid that it will end wrong. Because it ended perfectly now but they can't continue that because that's not exciting so they will change stuff and the ending...more

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Jul 25, 2012 Jessica Crawford rated it 1 of 5 stars

I am never brutal. I try to focus on the positives and normally I never say anything if I have nothing positive to say at all. But my, my, my. This is the first time I have felt so strongly. There was very little plot. The flow was all wrong, it didn't transistion well and it felt awkward. The dialogue was weak, the characters seemed weaker. She seemed to be going one way with Nick and then never developed that any further. The word of the day here was predictable. Anyone could have seen the big...more

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Feb 27, 2012 Angela marked it as to-read

I don't mind that she didn't write them. I think the new vampire diary book The Hunters was actually good. I had stop reading the last two books of the trilogy before the hunters. This one might not be so bad.

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Apr 03, 2013 Lade Tawak rated it 4 of 5 stars

A lot of people are pissed that it isn't LJ Smith that wrote the remaining 3 books of The Secret Circle series. When I saw it I didn't have high hopes for the book but after reading, I was greatly (and pleasantly) surprised.

She actually did a great job. The flow from book 3 to book 4 is really good. There is no large loop hole. The characters are still easily identifiable.

The Story Line:

There are 3 new people in New Salem: Scarrlet, Max and Mr Boylan(Max's dad who is also the new principal)

Just...more A lot of people are pissed that it isn't LJ Smith that wrote the remaining 3 books of The Secret Circle series. When I saw it I didn't have high hopes for the book but after reading, I was greatly (and pleasantly) surprised.

She actually did a great job. The flow from book 3 to book 4 is really good. There is no large loop hole. The characters are still easily identifiable.

The Story Line:

There are 3 new people in New Salem: Scarrlet, Max and Mr Boylan(Max's dad who is also the new principal)

Just when everything seems like it's going back to normal after the Circle destroyed Black John, Aunt Constance dies and when the Circle try to do a ressurection spell, they realize that she has been killed by witch hunters.

The witch hunters are serious and they are somewhat like the witches because it's also something that is passed down from generation to generation.
They create a protection spell so they wouldn't come to harm. The spell can only work if they are in New Salem. Also, they decide not to do anymore magic until they discover the identities of the witch hunters

After Nick and Cassie are almost killed, Cassie has a car accident and the lighthouse(where the circle meets) is burnt down, the group suspects Scarrlet.Cassie doesn't believe Scarrlet is a witch hunter but she goes along with them to attack her with the witch hunter curse. It is then revealed that Scarrlet is also a witch and that she's Cassie's half sister - Black John's other daughter.

Later on, Cassie is led to believe that Scarrlet has been kidnapped by the witch hunters. Cassie turns to the group and they do a location spell during a meet (because it would have been crowded amd difficult for the witch hunters to locate them). Portia is killed because she was standing right over where they were doing the spell. They find Scarrlet's location but decide it's too dangerous to go because it's outside New Salem.

Cassie decides to go on her own and steals the other two Master Tools from Diana and Faye.
When she gets to the house where Scarrlet is, she realizes that she has walked into a trap made by Scarrlet. Scarrlet wants to kill Cassie so she can replace her in the Circle and fulfil Black John's plans.

Scarrlet takes the Master tools away from Cassie and sets the house on fire but before she can leave, Cassie sets her on fire. The Circle comes and they try to rescue her but Scarrlet's black magic is too much for them and she manages to escape with the Master Tools.

When Cassie returns home and tells her mum what happened, her mum gives her Black John's Book of Shadows.(less)

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Jul 05, 2012 Gina rated it 1 of 5 stars

Anyone who LOVED the original trilogy by L.J. Smith (and I mean loved it as in read all of the books a million times) will HATE THIS BOOK!!!

Just as a note: This book was NOT written by L.J. Smith. I really think that Goodreads should FIX this. It was written by another author using L.J.'s characters. This book is really what the television series was based off of, which is why the series was no where near as good as the original books.

Why am I being so harsh? First of all the book starts out wit...more

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May 28, 2012 Ruby rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya, witches

this says 3 stars but i'd call it 2.75.

first off, everyone who didn't know it before--i'm sure you know it now from seeing all the angry reviews (or comment rants if you were): the publisher of these books fired L.J. Smith (aka the real writer of this series) in a really unprofessional, backhanded manner (IMO) and has since been having ghost writers write her series (first Vampire Diaries, and now Secret Circle) while still using her name on the covers to sell them.

also i refuse to comment on th...more this says 3 stars but i'd call it 2.75.

first off, everyone who didn't know it before--i'm sure you know it now from seeing all the angry reviews (or comment rants if you were): the publisher of these books fired L.J. Smith (aka the real writer of this series) in a really unprofessional, backhanded manner (IMO) and has since been having ghost writers write her series (first Vampire Diaries, and now Secret Circle) while still using her name on the covers to sell them.

also i refuse to comment on the shows that don't even resemble the books in any way, shape or form, other than to say they should have just been created as original new young adult paranormal dramas and they would have done just fine, i'm sure.

that being said....SPOILERS AHEAD BEWARE.

compared to the VD ghostwriter continuations, this one was semi-decent.

i was constantly second-guessing who was actually the villain and it turned out i was partially right, though not in the way i thought they were the villain. and i did like seeing Faye being taken down a few pegs and realizing that she CAN'T always control the world around her.

that is not to say it's without its flaws.

first off--Miss Clark, i would highly suggest you go back to the original trilogy and educate yourself of what sort of person Diana Meade is--because what you wrote is an absolute insult to her character. it is one thing to throw in some tension by having her at odds with Cassie, but this was entirely un-Diana and WRONG. i'm appalled at her behavior in this book.

second, i would have liked to have seen Adam be a little less possessive than he was painted here. protect your girlfriend when there's danger on the horizon, sure. but Cassie's a big girl, she can more or less take care of herself. and the antagonism with Nick was just plain ridiculous. you have the soulmate bond--time for jealousy was two books ago.

third, all of the Circle characters are important. LJS balanced out the minor roles of people like Deborah, Suzan, Sean and the Henderson twins nicely in the original trilogy--yet they seemed to have little to do in this book. i hope this oversight will be corrected in the assumed book to follow.

if you want to read this one and can handle the above issues to enjoy a fairly decent plot, hit up your library or a friend, but it's not worth buying.(less)

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Apr 22, 2012 Khristine Stain rated it 1 of 5 stars

If its not written by L J Smith, its not a Secret Circle book. Basically its publisher approved fan fiction. While fan fiction may be fun and interesting (I have read much of it myself and consider it to be a love letter to the author for making such spectacular characters whom the readers refuse to say goodbye to), it is only appropriate when the ghost writer/fan fiction author is not making money off of someone else's intellectual property. And the ghost writers sure enough are being paid, oth...more

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Apr 20, 2012 Suuz rated it 2 of 5 stars

When I purchased the book I hadn't heard about L.J. Smith being fired by Harper Collins yet. I was so excited that a new Secret Circle book was being published as it's my favourite of all the L.J. Smith Series. So when I got the book I got really annoyed that L.J. SMITH was in CAPITAL LETTERS and than quite tiny it says it's written by someone else. I was APPALLED.

I decided to give the new writer a chance and read the novel, I already purchased it after all. It wasn't as bad as I thought it wou...more

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Jul 23, 2012 shoot. rated it 2 of 5 stars

Firstly I felt this book's overall rating is unfair as people have stated they will not read it and given one star. Can't you leave your comment without a bad rating?

I don't mind so much that the series was picked up by a different author. I haven't looked into the reasons why and I don't care to. This was the next book in the series so that was simply my reasoning for picking it up.

As a book on its own I'd give it three stars, but it's book four in a series. Also, it really shows that it's by...more

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May 16, 2012 Jennifer rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2012

Growing up, my favorite writers were L.J. Smith, Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine. Three years ago I reread all of my Christopher Pike books. Last year I reread all of my L.J. Smith books and I’ve been anxiously awaiting Strange Fate the conclusion to her Night World series. I had read on the author’s site that Alloy/Harper Teen had taken the rights to her Vampire Diaries series away from her – based on a contract she signed 20 years ago when she was young and didn’t know any better. The publishe...more Growing up, my favorite writers were L.J. Smith, Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine. Three years ago I reread all of my Christopher Pike books. Last year I reread all of my L.J. Smith books and I’ve been anxiously awaiting Strange Fate the conclusion to her Night World series. I had read on the author’s site that Alloy/Harper Teen had taken the rights to her Vampire Diaries series away from her – based on a contract she signed 20 years ago when she was young and didn’t know any better. The publisher is now using a ghost-writer to write the Vampire Diaries books, and L.J. has no input or control over the way her creation now unfolds. Because of this, I had decided not to read any of the Vampire Diary books written by the ghost-writer.
A few days ago, I borrowed The Divide from the e-library to read on my kindle. I was excited that there was a new book in the Secret Circle series and couldn’t wait to start reading it. I couldn’t wait to see what new challenges the circle would face – what problems Faye would create – how Diana was taking the whole Adam and Cassie thing. I was barely 22% into the eBook before noticing a lot of problems and inconsistencies – and then discovered that these new Secret Circle books are all a ghost writer too. She just doesn’t have the same … well anything… that L.J. Smith does, and the books remind me more of the TV show than the original books. For starters, Cassie’s character is off – and it’s more than just having Black John’s blood inside of her. I can’t quite put my finger on exactly what it is – but she is different somehow.
The Diana in the first three books was described as a perfect girl, a perfect friend, never mean to anyone, forgiving, loving, the first to give you the shirt off her back. In the first book, she is the first one to welcome Cassie (at the time an outsider) to their town and defend her from Faye. Diana never has a mean thing to say about anyone – even her slightly evil cousin, Faye. In The Divide, Diana is a condescending mean girl that is blatantly rude to the new girl in town. Diana is insecure and at times petty or cold. It seems like she sometimes takes a page out of Faye’s book. At one point in the book Cassie even thinks to herself that Diana is always cold, rude and unwelcoming to newcomers. I’m sorry, but this is not the warm, welcoming, kind-hearted Diana that we all know and love.
Another difference is that in this new book the circle is led by a triumvirate (Diana, Cassie, and Faye) and not Cassie, as I believe it is made out in the original books. Adam is also different. He isn’t the perfect guy that we all know and fell in love with in the original series. He puts the circle before Cassie time and again – and the couple seems more into making out than actually being soul mates. I see more passion between Cassie and Nick than I do with Cassie and Adam and I wouldn’t be surprised if the ghost writer tears Adam and Cassie apart and puts her back with Nick again in one of the next books.
Faye is also different in this book. More hateful in some ways, less in others. Her attitude in this book seems to be more malicious in this book than previous books. She still has the seem kind of attitude as before, but it just seems more evil now than slightly dark. Additionally, Faye resorts to something (which I won’t giveaway) that seems very un-Faye-like to me.
Finally, I am a little confused about Cassie’s relationship and feelings about her mother in this book. Yes, in the past Cassie was confused and unsure about some things. Cassie says some very hateful things about her mother in The Divide. Her feelings for her mother are a lot different than what I remember in the original series.
Personal feelings about the original series and L.J. Smith aside, I thought this ghost writer was just “ok.” I think she probably tried her best, but she just doesn’t have the same voice and insight into the characters that L.J. does and doesn’t love them the way L.J. does. Her writing style is ok. She tries to be like L.J. Smith but doesn’t quite make it. It seems as if she is pulling the book more into the direction of the television series than the actual books. The story was a fast read and very predictable.

I am disappointed in the new book – but it wasn’t terrible. It just wasn’t great either. I’m giving it three stars, and I’m probably being generous. I will most likely finish the rest of the series (when I get around to it) because once I start something, I almost always finish it. I just wish L.J. had written it.
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Mar 22, 2012 Lauren rated it 3 of 5 stars

Before I begin my review, it’s important for me to talk about The Secret Circle book series in general for those who might never have read them. The Secret Circle which has also recently been made into a TV series was created by author, L.J. Smith (other works include The Vampire Diaries, Night World, etc.). L.J. Smith first wrote and published three Secret Circle novels back in the early 90′s, The Initiation, The Captive, and The Power, however this latest book: The Divide was written by Aubrey...more Before I begin my review, it’s important for me to talk about The Secret Circle book series in general for those who might never have read them. The Secret Circle which has also recently been made into a TV series was created by author, L.J. Smith (other works include The Vampire Diaries, Night World, etc.). L.J. Smith first wrote and published three Secret Circle novels back in the early 90′s, The Initiation, The Captive, and The Power, however this latest book: The Divide was written by Aubrey Clark, a ghostwriter. Many arguments have occurred due to L.J. Smith “losing” The Secret Circle rights, but I’d like to look past them for this review. Although I feel extremely bad for L.J. Smith losing her own series, I was still very eager to dive back into this fictional world that I love so much. Okay! now lets get onto – The Divide.

Plot:

The Secret Circle: The Divide picks up very close to where book 3 ended, Black John has recently been defeated and the residents of Crowhaven road are well on their way to living a somewhat normal life well, as normal as magic-wielding teens can get. It appears that everything has reverted back to its original state with some new upsides, the circle (group of teen witches, i.e. the main characters) have come to a mutual agreement with the outsiders (non-witches) which allows them to coincide peacefully in and outside school. Cassie, with her best friend Diana’s blessing has finally been able to successfully and truthfully hookup with the boy she shares a deep connection with – Adam. Everything seems perfect until, as you can guess — ”tragedy” occurs. There’s a new enemy in town whose both dangerous and unpredictable — leading to an emotional loss and a new rise of panic. There’s a few new faces in New Salem and it’s up to Cassie and the Circle to figure out which and if the new residents are to blame for recent threats and attacks against those who dwell on Crowhaven road.

My Thoughts:

I was very skeptical going into this book, not just because it was written by a new writer. Although I longed for more Secret Circle books after the trilogy ended, I was perfectly happy with the ending L.J. Smith gave us. I feared that The Divide could hinder my feelings towards the series as a whole. However I’m happy to say that my positive thoughts for this book definitely out-way the negative. I think the ghostwriter did a pretty good job with The Divide. You can tell that she closely examined L.J. Smith’s originals books in order to get the feel for the type of writing and the actions expected by the characters. Except for one character who sadly; I feel didn’t match the original version very well, the rest were fantastically written. For example, Faye, one of Secret Circle’s most-complex characters stayed very true to her snarky and influential nature.

The original series were all about Black John, this ultimate villain that seemed almost impossible to beat, so I had to wonder how they could top him in a sequel or at least reach somewhere near his evil-level. I won’t talk about who or what the “new” villain is because it’s a main story point, but I will say that I was slightly disappointed with the reveal. There ends up being two new obstacles, one that’s not really put into full-motion yet (I’m sure that’s what book 5 The Hunt will include) but the second, in my opinion, was revealed too quick.

I know this is all very vague but one of the two villains is revealed in a big way towards the end of the book. They of course aren’t defeated yet, but I feel like they had little to no progression. It was like “all of the sudden” BAM I’m the new big bad and I’m going to destroy you. I think the book would have been slightly better if their true agenda hadn’t been released so soon.

So yes, a few things bugged me and leaves me with this book getting a 3 out of 5 star rating. However I do recommend reading this book if you love the original series, and if you haven’t read the originals, do so. Trust me. They’re good, quick, and fun reads.(less)

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Nov 24, 2012 Reijilie Wynne rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: my-secret-shame

So I recently read all 3 original books in a couple of days after being sad that the TV show had been cancelled. I saw the reviews on this book before I read it and decided to go into it completely indifferent, mostly because I felt like the third book wrapped everything up way too quickly & I was happy for an expansion on the series.

As I said before, I powered through the first 3 within a few days. This one took me over a week to read. The storyline had potential, but it feels like it's on...more

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Apr 19, 2012 Savannah (Books With Bite) rated it 4 of 5 stars

ou know, I didn't expect to like this book. I really loved the first Secret Circle books that I was a bit hesitant to read this one. I was taken away of how well the ghost writer, kept to the story line of The Secret Circle. I was expecting it to go off the grid and add all kinds of nonsense. Instead, I found myself happily in the shoes of Cassie and the circle, ready to do some magic!

What I loved most about this book is how well the story line didn't derive from what is originally was but still...more

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Apr 05, 2012 Nicis rated it 3 of 5 stars

No lo odié, pero tampoco fue la gran cosa.

Muy parecido a cómo escribia L.J. Smith, la mayoría de los personajes mantuvo "su voz", y siguieron comportándose como se esperaba (casi siempre)

Reconozco que me cargó Cassie en los capítulos finales y su actitud de yo puedo todo sola y nadie ma apoya, etc, etc, etc. También me molestaron de sobremanera algunas actitudes de Diana y Adam que encontré contradictorias.

Nick, sigo amándote, yo quiero que seas feliz, si Cassie no te te quiere siempre te puedes...more

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May 19, 2013 Melacynthe rated it 2 of 5 stars

I liked L.J. Smith's books well enough to give the new writer a chance, but probably won't look for any of the other books.

The hunter plot was well set up, but ended up being a gimmick, and was resolved almost as an after thought. I was also displeased with some things that made me wonder whether the new writer really read the first 3 books.

First. If Cassie and Adam are linked by fate, magically, genuine soul mates... It's time to drop the love triangle angle. Instead, the author forced sexual...more

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Sep 28, 2012 Emma rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book starts off with the star-crossed lovers finally together. But that rosy feeling doesn't last when someone is murdered at the New Salem's Spring festival. A witch was murdered by a witch hunter. The circle convene and gather that it must be a new outsider, so they forbid each other from interacting with outsiders. Unfortunately two of them don't obey the rule. There's also another murder. The circle is able to protect themselves if they don't leave New Salem. But breaking the rule of ca...more

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Mar 28, 2012 Damona rated it 3 of 5 stars

I am a Secret Circle fan.
Certainly not of the crappy TV series with only one highlight: Faye, but of the original books.

The fact that "The Divide" was not written by L.J. Smith herself didn't scare me off but I paid the price for trusting the publisher.

Not only are Diana and Nick OOC, what gets to me most is that the relationship Adam and Cassie had to wait and fight for is nothing worth fighting for!
Adam is not the strong, amazing guy he was in the previous books and my crush on him is shattere...more

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Dec 22, 2012 Jennifer Loiske rated it 2 of 5 stars

I would've given this book 1 star but I felt sorry for the poor ghostwriter who was given an impossible task. So let's say I give it 1,5 stars.

I'm a huge fan of L.J.Smith and I don't say the ghostwriter is a bad writer she just couldn't fill L.J's shoes (Who can?) so the story felt clumsy and at parts poorly written. The strong characters L.J. had created were flattened and the story flowed too hastily from scene to scene. There was a little hope (worth 1,5 stars) in Nick and Faye but the other...more

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Mar 25, 2012 Halyna rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: witches-and-demons, paranormal

Well, I say at once, that I don't appreciate, when the original author is being shunned and replaced by someone else for a sequel. But in comparison with Secret Circle TV series, where the plot of the book was horribly destructed, amazing characters thrown away and the actors picked not by the description in the series, this book is rather good! The new author preserved the style of the previous books in the series, added some new characters and created rather interesting plot. So, all the fell...more

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Mar 18, 2012 Adriana Lucero Marin rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: will-never-read

Well I will never ever again buy a book by L.J Smith since the publishers have the rights to them and that will be helping them. Remember guys L.J now change her pen name to LISA.J smith so buy her books when written as LISA.J smith since it benefits her NOT her previous publisher. As far as the ghost writer new books I do give them the benefit of the doubt but do not purchase the books I go pirate!! Finally piracy helps in a way, lol. I know is not the most honest way but seriously was what the...more

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Nov 16, 2012 Lauren rated it 3 of 5 stars

L.J. Smith's The Secret Circle has always been one of my favorite series. With that in mind, I'll admit I was a little hesitant to read this new installment. Not only was it written by a different author, but I was comfortable with where the original series had left off. I tried really hard not to let either of these cloud my judgement of The Divide. Both versions had their strong points and weaknesses. You can tell the author, Aubrey Clark, wrote with the intentions of keeping the original stor...more

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Nov 05, 2012 Mariacris98 rated it 4 of 5 stars

Sincer, cartea asta a fost mai faina decat ma asteptam si se vede ca este scrisa de altcineva. In cartea asta m-a enervat foarte mult Diana si apoi Adam. Eu as vrea ca Nick sa fie cu Cassie, nu Adam. Nick a sustinut-o pe parcursul cartii si a aparat-o cu propria-i viata, pe cand Adam statea mai mult cu Diana si nici nu a sustinut-o pe Cassie.

Ma rog, sa trecem peste asta. Dupa ce apele par sa se linisteasca un nou pericol se abate asupra Cercului. Oamenii incep sa fie vanati si omorati si se afla...more

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May 29, 2012 Sydney rated it 1 of 5 stars

Personally I actually enjoyed this book. However, I read it before I knew that L.J. Smith didn't write it.. and now looking back I can tell she didn't. But I still really liked the book but I am very disappointed that she got taken off as the writer.

Can someone answer a few questions for me though. I read her blog about what happened with the Vampire Diaries but in that article she didn't address anything about the Secret Circle. Why did they take her off of this series? And can't she just cont...more

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