Moonset had one of the most interesting premises. I love novels with witches and the politics of the covens in Moonset were fascinating. The idea of a coven becoming terrorists and working against the governing body of witches is awesome and to have the story from the point of of view of the children of these terrorists is even cooler. The world in Moonset was incredible and unique.

Somehow, the awesomeness of Moonset must have been poorly executed in some way. I am baffled by how such an amazing More...

Moonset follows the trials and tribulations of the Children of Moonset; an infamous coven of witch terrorists that brought chaos to the world. Needless to say, the magical community (that walk among the normal and teach their children in special ‘independent study’ classes) fear these remnants of one of the darkest periods in their history. The five siblings are moved around, tracked, traced and held back from more powerful magic as there is legend and myth surrounding their capabilities and no- More...

I like Scott Tracey's WITCH EYES, so I wanted to read the start of his new series. It is chock full of things I love like small towns with secrets, people with secrets, a closely bound found family, black magic, and a protagonist who has a lot to learn. (That applies to both his magic skills and talking to girls.) As soon as I finished this book, I had to express my happiness with it on Tumblr. I don't do that for every book.

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The story is told by Justin, the son of the leader of Moonset. He is the peacekeeper, trying desperately to keep his twin sister, Jenna, from wrecking things everywhere they go. But now their lives are on the line, something is coming from them and the more they learn about their parents and the town of Carrow Mill, the more secrets they try to uncover. Justin will have to step up, will have to break the rules, if he has any chance of keeping his family safe.

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Moonset is a modern fantasy novel set in a universe similar to that of Harry Potter. There are witches and wizards, but the normal humans aren’t allowed to know about them. There are spells, spell books, and wizard/witch cops. There are children who are somewhat revered because their families were murdered. This time, the murdered family members may have deserved it. Moonset is the name of a coven, or group of witches, that turned to the dark side years before and caused death and destruction on More...

Moonset is a derogatory word. At least it is for everyone in the witch community except the surviving children of Moonset. Justin, his twin sister Jenna and their three orphan foster siblings are kicked out of school, again. This time they are whisked to the town of Carrow Mills, New York where their parents were from. Their parent’s coven, Moonset, was a terrorist witch group that started a war the generation before. Black magic follows them to this small town, and the siblings are accused of w More...

The Moonset were a coven that tried to change witch society. Through a series co terrorist attacks they took out most of their challengers, killed any witch or coven that could stand against them. They built a cult of followers.

But they didn’t win. Slowly but surely they were pushed back until, to everyone’s surprise, they surrendered and were executed. Leaving behind their 5 children – protected by a curse that prevented them from being harmed or separated, the witch government was left with t More...

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Quick & Dirty: Great story mixed with some awesome magic and a little romance.

Opening Sentence: There were two hundred and forty-five students involved in the riot.

The Review:

Justin Daggett is a witch — well at least he was born a witch. He has grown up with his sister and 3 close friends. They are all children of the evil warlocks that once were part of a coven called Moonset. The people from Moonset used their magic to tap into the dark Abyss, and they d More...

Moonset is a new series about teenage witches and their dysfunctional family and a mysterious legacy.

Justin Daggett, his trouble-making sister Jenna, and their three orphan-witch friends/siblings, Malcolm, Bailey, and Cole, have gotten themselves kicked out of high school once again. The Congress (no, not that one) has to step in and relocate them to another new town. For some reason, they are moved to Carrow Mills, New York, the town where their parents—members of the terrorist witch organizati More...

When I saw Moonset in the Flux spring catalogue, I was immediately intrigued, as it had the makings of an exciting story. A terrorist witch coven? What kind of society would that happen in? Was magic out in the open or was it hidden? How and why would these innocent children be held responsible for their parents' crimes? So I was happy to get my hands on an eARC and be able to see whether all my questions were answered. And while it turned out not all of them were answered, many of them were and More...

For Justin Dagget, the dark legacy of his parents has dominated his entire childhood. For me, the same thing happened. It seemed like the intrigue of Justin’s parents past was all Moonset had going for it.
The story began when Justin and his sibling Jenna were kicked out of their school and whisked away by Witchers Quinn and Meghan, only to narrowly escape a wraith. It seems an interesting enough beginning, but the scene was so cluttered with introductions of characters and concepts as well as fa More...

I want to start by saying that I actually enjoyed Moonset quite a bit even though I expected it to have a lot more magic and such because it’s about witches and such. While there was still quite a bit of magic to the story there wasn’t a lot but I still thought that there was enough, if that makes sense?

This was about Justin and his “brothers and sisters” which they aren’t really related but by their parents history. I loved the history of everything and how Justin and his siblings were figurin More...

Loved the idea of this. Witches, covens, supernatural governments...

The main cast are the children of supernatural terrorists. They've been moved constantly from place to place to keep them safe but also under watch in case they decide to follow in their parents' footsteps. But then they get moved to a town that has ties to their parents' pasts and all these secrets start unfolding.

There's lots of plot and minimal emo, which is a plus in my book. And yet, despite all that, there's a lack of nar More...

Well this was a particularly refreshing read.

For one, a well written first person male point of view (however given the author is male it should be a given). Second off, a book I had hoped to find a Jim Butcheresque book for young adults. In this book "Moonset" it revolves around a group of "siblings" Justin, Jenna, Bailey, Cole, and Malcom. However, only two of them Justin and Jenna share a parent and are half-siblings. The others are siblings because they grew up together as the children of Mo More...

3.5 stars

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This is a very intriguing story full of witchcraft and half-truths. Justin and his adoptive family of five have grown up learning that their heritage is one of debauchery and deceit. As the children of Moonset, they have been feared all their lives, shifted from one home to the next, treated like prisoners, and all for a good cause, according to Justin, who doesn’t want to turn out to be anything like his parents. However, not all is as it s More...

This is an interesting and intriguing start to a series about orphaned teenage witches and their troubling family legacy (past).
Justin, his sister and three orphaned witches are moved (transferred) from one school to another. They are moved to Carrow, the place where their parents were a part of secret terrorist organization of witches.
Once they get there things start happening. Someone is practicing dark art magic.
Secrets will be revealed and frightening discoveries will be made as Justin un More...

4.5 stars

Moonset was once an ordinary coven. Not remarkable in any one way till something set them on the path to darker magic which continued to crave unstoppable forbidden powers. They started a war, became terrorists that lead to hundreds of deaths. They were a feared unstoppable force. Then one day they simply surrendered. No one knows why, maybe it was momentary clarity that freed them from the dark forces. But being quickly tried and executed, their plans were never revealed.
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First off I want to say THANK you to the publishing company and Rockstar Blog Tour for having me on this tour!

Magic, a little Romance, Adventure and excitement and so much more all wrapped in one! Justin is not a normal boy, oh no he is a witch and not just him but his sister and the 3 closes friends he has had his while life. One of the reasons Justin and the others have been so close is because they are the offspring of wicked warlocks that were once a part of a coven named Moonset. A war beg More...

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I have to say I was pleasantly surprised with this one. I was expecting something a little different when I read the summary - maybe your average teenage drama with a paranormal edge to it, but it went a lot deeper than that and I found myself enjoying the plot.



What I most liked about this read was the backstory of the main character. Justin and his family are the children of terrorists who just happen to be witches too. They ab More...

Scott Tracey is fast becoming one of my favourite young adult fantasy authors. I think this book has received a bit of unfair criticism as the few that I read seemed to mostly complain about the lack of character depth and development. This is the first book in a series and as such it set up the world and the characters fantastically for me. I liked the way that Mal was set up as the "gay gym-bunny" without there being any need to explicitly state that he was gay. Tracey has done a wonderful job More...

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Moonset by Scott Tracey was a wonderful surprise! I picked up this book on a whim after reading the blurb and I am really glad I did. It had a really intriguing premise and was a great setup for this new trilogy. I can't wait to learn more about Moonset and its secrets and to see how the characters continue to grow.

Justin Daggett and his "siblings" are witches. Their parents were all members of the same coven, Moonset, that committed a More...

3.5 Stars!
This is the first book by Tracey I have read so I wasn't sure what to expect. Really I picked up this book because of the synopsis. Who doesn't love a good story filled with mystery, danger, curses, ghosts and witches? I couldn't of picked a better book to try by this author because I truly enjoyed it. I really liked his writing style and the fact that this was told from the male POV of Justin. I have said this before but it bares saying again, there just aren't enough books in the YA More...

I haven’t read anything written by Scott Tracey previous to Moonset, but I definitely will be reading Witch Eyes as soon as I can. Mr Tracey has an amazing writing style that is so easy to read with such a great flow that you don’t realise how fast the pages are turning. The characters of this book are amazing and so vast that you can’t help but relate to some of their attitude quirks and urge them to become more mature and fight for their own life.

Moonset is a coven of witches and this particul More...

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All witches remember the war between the terrorist coven Moonset and the ruling witch Congress fifteen years ago that scarred the magical community. Moonset’s legacy resides in the five children who were left in the aftermath, sons and daughters of the hated Moonset witches. These orphan children have grown up together, moving from school to school and facing the prejudice of witches everywhere who think the children might follow in their parents’ terrible fo More...

Moonset was such a different take on the classic witch and warlock tale and I loved that about it the most. I loved that it was fresh and not the run on the mill tale. I think what I loved the most is that the main character was a teen boy who was just trying to find his way in life and this world. I feel like we don't get as much insight into the male world and don't get enough male characters in books but Justin more than makes up for that. Justin was more like a cool friend you would have who More...

Moonset by Scott Tracey is the first in the Legacy of Moonset. In the premise lies the promise of terrorist witch covens, orphans, and a Congress that acts mysteriously. Everything looked wonderful in that aspect, along with the dystopian world of witches and dark warlocks. The characters were even great, 5 orphans that have bonded as siblings and as the only children of the terrorist coven Moonset, and the only left of the coven. Not only is that already a strong connection, but there is a curs More...

Moonset the first book in the Legacy of Moonset series and I was drawn to the cover and synopsis. Witches, warlocks, a powerful witch congress, danger, lies and an unknown enemy make this slow building tale a wonderful start to a fascinating and fresh new young adult series. While I craved more details I think this will appeal to fans of Harry Potter.

Five orphaned children, bound by a curse, sole survivors of a war against the witch Congress they are guarded and feared. Something is coming for More...

3.5 stars

Moonset is a book that I was eager to read because I´ve read the other witches trilogy by Scott Tracey - Witch Eyes and I really like it a lot, so when I saw he was going to make another series or trilogy, immediately add it to my TBR list, and although I did not like it as much as Witch Eyes, Moonset story is very interesting and intriguing.

Moonset tells the story of Justin Daggett a seventeen years-old witch and along with his four foster siblings, had been raised by the witch Congres More...

I have been a fan of Scott Tracey since I first read Witch Eyes, and I could not wait to experience his new series. Moonset is the first book in The Legacy of Moonset series, and it is unbelievably phenomenal. The five children of Moonset are the black sheep of the witching world, simply because of the travesties their parents committed when they were still in diapers. While they may not all be biological siblings, they are a family.

The oldest is Malcolm Denton, but he does not want anything to More...

Although I was genuinely excited about the premise of Moonset, the book just didn't hold up for me. I expected witches, magic, and of course the danger alluded to in the synopsis. While I was given some of these things, most of the book was really more contemporary in nature. Teenagers trying to find themselves, trying to uncover their past, and awkwardly navigating high school.

I wasn't a big fan of most of the characters. Justin did grow on me after a while, with his fatherly tendencies. I lik More...