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Wicked: Witch & Curse (Wicked #1-2)

by Nancy Holder (Goodreads Author), Debbie Viguié (Goodreads Author)

3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 · rating details · 5,737 ratings · 536 reviews

Complete text of Witch and Curse in a single volume.

Holly Cathers's world shatters when her parents are killed in a terrible accident. Wrenched from her home in San Francisco, she is sent to Seattle to live with her relatives, Aunt Marie-Claire and her twin cousins, Amanda and Nicole.

In her new home, Holly's sorrow and grief soon give way to bewilderment at the strange inc...more

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Published September 9th 2008 by Simon Pulse

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Jun 15, 2011 Mnemosyne Mars rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Anyone with a hankering for a good, solid, soul-ripping witch-fight.

Shelves: fiction

It is refreshing to come across some delightfully disturbing magical characters one in awhile. These are not your Love-and-Light witches. (The clue's in the title, people.) These witches show the full potential of blind power, ambition and greed. It's thrilling and truly frightening in parts. Although I was disturbed at first by the Evil portrayal of witchcraft in this way -- I swiftly told myself to get over it and remember that I was reading fantasy-fiction and not a historical novel on pagan...more

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Jul 12, 2012 Micheline rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: dnf-did-not-finish, urban-fantasy, magic-witches-wizards, young-adult

I had high hopes for this book when I bought it. Being that I'm a huge fan of anything having to do with witches, I was excited by the premise and the write-up seemed promising. After about 100 pages though, I had to give up and stop reading. I very rarely give up on a book, but this one is sadly, a DNF. The plot was difficult to get into, the explanations on the world and it's characters were sorely lacking. I didn't care for the protagonist, and the stereotypical dark magic was disturbing and...more

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Jan 12, 2010 Brianna rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: urban-fantasy

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I can honestly say that this was one of my least favorite books I have ever read...

1) Okay, so when I read the back of this book, it seemed like a book that would be a rather light read. The summary on the back of the book seemed so far off about what this story was truly about. It's supposed to be about Holly... But it really isn't.

2) To me, it seemed like the author was trying so hard to make sense of why the Cahors and Deveraux hate each other...more (Based only on WITCH, the first book/ first half)

I can honestly say that this was one of my least favorite books I have ever read...

1) Okay, so when I read the back of this book, it seemed like a book that would be a rather light read. The summary on the back of the book seemed so far off about what this story was truly about. It's supposed to be about Holly... But it really isn't.

2) To me, it seemed like the author was trying so hard to make sense of why the Cahors and Deveraux hate each other that it only made things more confusing. Really, only a simple explanation was needed. Due to the way the author was struggling to come up with a decent plot, several other important aspects of the tale were left out, such as...

3) The characters were so terribly underdeveloped. I don't ever recall reading a description about what Holly looks like, and I almost always remember that. I can't even tell if she's sarcastic and witty or bratty or sweet, she just seems so incredibly FLAT... Usually if I don't like the book but the characters are amazing, I say I enjoyed the book anyway. The only two characters I'm fond of are Tommy and Amanda.

4) I didn't understand a lot of the book. Some of it just didn't make sense... It seemed so preconceived, like a bad fanfiction with tons of plotholes. A lot of this book seemed rushed to me. Like "Ladida suddenly I love Jer! Whoo-hoo!" But she never acted like it until he died. Sure they loved each other in past lives, but I feel like there's so much more the author could have done.

5) The back of the book states that it is about Holly when in reality, the POV changes so much, I just wanted to hurl the book out the window!

6) What's with the flashbacks? Was there really a necessity for quite so many? The author could have condensed that into one chapter and spent the rest of the time on some of the above issues.

All in all, I'm still deciding whether it's worth my time to read the other half of this book and the following even though I already own all of them.
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Apr 20, 2009 Tracy rated it 2 of 5 stars

OK. My friend Mandy and I picked this up on a whim. "Cool cover" we said to each other. Little did we know it is a series that has been out since 2003 and seems to have been published by a small publishing company. The two books in the store are really the first 4 books. The final book comes out in September. Apparently there was some publishing house issues. I am telling you all of this because. I feel so sorry for the people who read this book in 2003 and had to wait until 2009 for the conclus...more

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Aug 04, 2007 Samantha rated it 2 of 5 stars

Sort of a Romeo and Juliet with witches. No real character development, I never grew attached to any of the characters and I couldn't understand why the "Romeo and Juliet" were in love at all since they spent a cumulative maybe 2 hours in each others presence over the course of almost 2 years.

The villains, the Devereauxs, have little to no sense when trying to kill the Cahor, or Cather, women. They weave these long complex spells that make all manner of monsters and goblins appear when I honestl...more

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Apr 03, 2009 Renamski rated it 2 of 5 stars

This book started out ok. With many characters and motivations it had a lot of potential. The first book was a good introduction... lots of action, star-crossed lovers, evil bad guys to destroy. But, in the second book (this book is two in one), the story begins to unravel. The main character, Holly, loses momentum in the second book. Her story line just seems to plod along. One of the secondary characters, Nicole, is actually far more interesting in this book.

The second book lost me when Holly...more

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Mar 12, 2013 Allice Revelle added it

Shelves: could-not-finish

I could barely get to chapter four and I just--couldn't. The summary on the back of the book lies to you, I swear!! D:

Or maybe this was one of those "Not My Book, Not My Day" kind of days. (See: Ghost Huntress #1 [Marley Gibson] for example). You know what really sucks?

I have the next two books on my shelf. Stupid me thought it would be a brilliant idea to go ahead and purchase all three of the Wicked series books at BAM. Why? They were on sale!! I can't resist a good sale. All in all, I probabl...more

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Oct 08, 2012 Michelle rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

A Dark and Mysterious Teen Series.

The first book in this series takes the reader on a whirlwind adventure from Seattle to Paris to London. It uncovers a world of dark and light magic, where the separation between is very unclear. How far would you go to save your eternal soulmate? Would you take a life? Could you take one to save many? Would you disown and defy your father? Your brother? Would you die for them?

17 year old Holly Cathers is forced to grow up very quickly . Her parents and her bes...more

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Sep 03, 2012 Jay Michael rated it 3 of 5 stars

Refreshing. The only wold that can come to mind to this book. I did quite enjoy this book for several reasons, the main being it revolved around witches. The societal values between the Deveraux and the Cahors seemed too--Romeo and Juliet. The quarrels and the blasphemy between these families is based purely on GREED and POWER, not whats good and bad. Neither family showed a sense of justice.

Preceding to present day, there are many scenes that leave question marks riddled inside my head. I don'...more

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Dec 14, 2011 Hannah rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book really surprised me. I went into reading this like it would be the same story where the witches would battle and it would be something pretty lame. But I was met with so many different conflicts. Wicked took a little reading to understand it completely. The authors throw a lot of scrambled information at you in the beginning. There was a horrific accident with tons of detail and Holly lost her family.

My favorite character in Witch, book one of Wicked, would have to be Holly. Not just b...more This book really surprised me. I went into reading this like it would be the same story where the witches would battle and it would be something pretty lame. But I was met with so many different conflicts. Wicked took a little reading to understand it completely. The authors throw a lot of scrambled information at you in the beginning. There was a horrific accident with tons of detail and Holly lost her family.

My favorite character in Witch, book one of Wicked, would have to be Holly. Not just because she's the main character, but because she is forced to change so rapidly. She was a normal teenager going to graduate her senior year with her best friend. Then there was that accident and she had to move in with her aunt. From there it only got worse too. After she had to move there she discovered she was a witch and she and her new cousins she had never before heard of had to save the world by themselves. Then at the end of the first they are so close. They discover so much at that very moment. Because this book is two in one, it just goes right into the next book called Curse.

In this book, I got a little more insight on characters thoughts and feelings. Nicole moved to Europe and while trying to find freedom from her crazy witch and warlock infested life, she ends up running into a different coven of warlocks. The good kind. I also found out an even more horrible evil is in this book. Because of that 100 percent good coven, there is a really bad coven run by the devil himself. It's pretty crazy. Nicole ends up getting captured by the closest thing to the devils son and has to try to get out of it by the only way she knows how. Which is also pretty crazy. The only thing I would change about either of these are the emotions. There are some. But if there were just a little bit more. They would be perfect.

Basically, these two books are packed full of craziness. There is love, epic battles, and wicked powers. I recommend this book to just about anyone over the sixth grade. Maybe fifth but there are some graphic scenes they might not be able to handle.
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Sep 08, 2011 Gemma rated it 2 of 5 stars

First, lemme say that I liked the cover of this book a lot. It's simple, yes, but it's purple and I have a thing for purple. And I like moons.

But the beauty ends there. Once you open up the book... well, it's best you admire the cover and then walk away, because the story within Wicked really wasn't that good.

Or maybe it was. I dunno. It was so muddled and confusing, with so many jumps in between modern day times and past day times and previous lives that don't turn out to be previous lives and....more

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Jun 17, 2011 Lucylyn Goense rated it 1 of 5 stars

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Wow, I could not have said it better myself. I was never much of a reader, but my room mate got me reading the twilight series and I honestly liked in a lot, what more I liked reading. I didn't know it because I guess I never found anything I like to read. I picked up the percy jackson books next and really like those too. I thought I could tackle the (fantasy) literary world! So I asked the book keep for a suggestion, and after a while of going to...more

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May 13, 2011 Serenity rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I purchased the book on a clearance sale. From the back description, the book sounded interesting. I mean, star-crossed lovers, timeless feud, magic, what's there to hate?

Well, as it turns out, there is plenty. And the presence of this book in the clearance racks should have been enough of a warning, but after having discovered diamonds in the rough in similar situations, I ignored it and boldly acquired the book.

What I received in return, is a under-developed plot, flat, two-dimensional charact...more

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Sep 18, 2010 Soycazadoradesombrasylibros rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: finish

Es mi primer libro que leo en ingles integramente y me ha costado
un poco leerlo, pero porque no estoy habituada, poco a poco
harè mejor las reseñas de libros en inglès.
E de comentaros, que es el primer libro que leo de Nancy
y me dejo¡¡¡asombrada¡¡se nota que tiene tablas y que
ha escrito muchos libros, su estilo, su forma de narrar las cosas
y lo que pasa me encantaron.
La historia es sencilla pero te atrapa desde el primer momento
la hermana del padre de Holly ,Marie Claire no se hablaba con este pe...more

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Jun 23, 2010 Kumiko rated it 1 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Warning: The following contains spoilers but PLEASE do yourself and favor and be spoiled.

Title: Wicked
Book One And Two: Witch and Curse
Authors: Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie

Caption on the cover: "The first two novels in the captivating series..."

Summary: Holly Cather's world shatters when her parents are killed in a terrible accident. Wrenched from her home in San Francisco, she is sent to Seattle to live with her relatives, Aunt Marie-Claire and her twin cousins, Amanda and Nicole.

In her new...more

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Dec 17, 2009 Elizabeth rated it 4 of 5 stars

As a lover of all things magic and fantasy fiction, I absolutely loved these books. The Wicked Series takes its readers into the world of witches and warlocks, ancient battles with modern rivalries, and soulmates. It was a thriller, tragedy, romance, history, and even at times a comedy. It integrated magic into the everyday real world of a normal girl. I really enjoyed reading these. I finished all four books in just two days (obviously I have no life).

As I am a bit more conservative, I don't th...more

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Aug 26, 2009 Ancient rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: no one

Recommended to Ancient by: Mona

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This was recommended to me by a acquaintance. After reading the works of Nacy A. Collins, Laurell K. Hamilton & J.R. Ward I can take the dark. I've got spoilers in my review, read on only if you don't care/mind.

So after reading the first book I thought that this had some potential with some interestingly and surprising dark situations for a YA novel. Clearly shouldn't be in that section at all. This is put in the wrong section and marketed towards the wrong audience. I'm not saying YA reader...more This was recommended to me by a acquaintance. After reading the works of Nacy A. Collins, Laurell K. Hamilton & J.R. Ward I can take the dark. I've got spoilers in my review, read on only if you don't care/mind.

So after reading the first book I thought that this had some potential with some interestingly and surprising dark situations for a YA novel. Clearly shouldn't be in that section at all. This is put in the wrong section and marketed towards the wrong audience. I'm not saying YA readers can't handle "the ugly truths of life". Just because you have a teenage hero/heroine doesn't make your work YA.

What was interesting was the idea of reincarnated souls being in the present and having to deal with their past. I feel like that was hurried along as was the introduction of characters. If you're going to have reincarnated souls, then please have a feeling of de javu or the character drawn to certain things from that era.

If your going to do flashbacks, please make them relevant to the plot. I realize that most of the historical flash backs were to show the history between the Cathors/Devereux. That's fine I get that, its just that more characters were introduced than there needed to be with all the flashbacks. I couldn't keep any of the ancestors straight and I didn't care by the end.

I found the shifting back and forth between times a bit annoying by the end of the second book. Instead of letting the reader find out who was at a location we were told. Times, dates an places are fine if your jumping around, but let the reader discover who's there.

As a practitioner of Wicca I find the "dark magic is okay" theme to be way out of line. There were no repercussions for practicing the "dark magic". Karma is not a factor here. I failed to see the lessons, if any that this was trying to get across. The biggest points of wicca is "Harm thee none, do what ye will" and Three/Ten/Hundred Fold Law [What you put out comes back to you.:] weren't even bought up. I realize that this is fiction, but come on no attempt was made to even try to keep to the ideas behind it.

The Cathors made no attempt to seek out anyone for guidance until the second book. I don't even remember any of the girls [Holly, Amanda or Nicole:] attempting to read anything about the craft.

The sacrificing of animals in this book was just passed over like it was okay or treated like a item on a to do list. Killing a animal is not done lightly I don't care for what reason.

Characterization would have been interesting if there had been some continuity from the first book. By the second book I found that the heroine, Holly had become so one dimensional and I didn't find anything to like about her at all. Hey, I like to find a reason for motives behind even my villains.

By the second book I was more interested in Nicole than any of the other characters. I found Amanda whiny and childish. Jer was stagnate, Eli a sad shadow of a lackey. Michael and Luc couldn't have been more Villian 101.

I made it through this book in three days, and I'm very likely not to read anymore of the series at all. (less)

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Dec 17, 2012 Pearl rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: miller-ya-group, my-books

The story takes place in our present time and the location is Colorado where Holly, her parents and best friend, Tina are white water rafting. Holly Cathers is an only child and blissfully unaware that she was born a witch via her father’s bloodline. While they are on the river with their guide, a violent storm came up suddenly and everyone except Holly was killed. Tragically as an orphan, Holly had to go live with her only Aunt (a relative she never knew existed) her husband and her twin cousin...more

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Pearl The story takes place in our present time and the location is Colorado where Holly, her parents and best friend, Tina are white water rafting. Holly C...more
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Dec 26, 2008 Penny rated it 3 of 5 stars

Before reading this book, the only thing I knew about the Wiccan religion was that their symbol was the candle. After finishing the novel, I knew more about the Wiccan rituals than I would have liked.
But my close friend recommended the book, and so I read it.
It took a while to get interested in the story, but before long I couldn't put it down. For centuries there has been a blood feud between the house of Cahors and the house of Deveraux. By the time that our main characters learn of the rift,...more

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May 21, 2013 Cat rated it 3 of 5 stars

Wow, the best aspect of this series is that each book is actually 2 in 1. Which is great, as you can keep reading on after you finish one.
As for the novel, I was completely overwhelmed with religious jargon in Witch [#1] that made no sense to me at all, as the characters kept falling back and forth between the present and the past with no distinction in the book at all.
However, once you accept the knowledge, file it away for later, eventually it starts to pan out and make sense.
I am a huge fa...more

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Feb 18, 2010 Angelic Zaizai rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ghost-djinn-witch-fairy-immortal-de, non-terjemahan

udah hampir setahun dibeli, akhirnya dibaca juga, soalnya ntar keburu terbit terjemahannya hahaha

Ini dua buku yang dijadiin satu...jadi tebel gitu deeh.
Tentang permusuhan antara dua keluarga: witches (Cahor) dan warlock (Deveraux).

Buku Pertama Wicked

Menceritakan asal mula dendam membara di antara kedua keluarga.
Jean Deveraux dan Isabeau Cahors dijodohkan dengan harapan mendamaikan masing-masing keluarga, apalagi jika telah memiliki anak.
Tapi ternyata both families punya agenda masing.
Dan berakh...more

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Aug 24, 2012 Cynthia rated it 1 of 5 stars

I finished this book yesterday and let me just start my review off by saying Do not, I repeat, DO NOT waste your time with this book! First off, there are two authors which i feel is important to note because you definitely get the sense that in alot of parts of the book they werent sure which way they wanted to go with certain events and they compromised by not detailing highly important information to the reader. I had a hard time getting used to all the weird occurences and evil magic that is...more I finished this book yesterday and let me just start my review off by saying Do not, I repeat, DO NOT waste your time with this book! First off, there are two authors which i feel is important to note because you definitely get the sense that in alot of parts of the book they werent sure which way they wanted to go with certain events and they compromised by not detailing highly important information to the reader. I had a hard time getting used to all the weird occurences and evil magic that is immediately thrown into the readers lap but considering this is a story based on witchcraft and a long time battle of power between two opposing covens, Cahors Witches and Deveraux warlocks, it's something the reader has to adjust to and accept early on to be able to enjoy this series, but even then enjoying this book wont come easy.Maybe if youve never ever in your life read another book ever you might think its good because you have no standards to compare it to it, but any good reader that values quality writing will want to cry their eyes out for all the time wasted reading it. This book switches between the present and hundreds of years past. The storyline from the past is very intriguing and necessary to reflect on so the reader understands the history that has lead to the present situation. In my opinion, the characters in the present are all very dull and boring but the story of the past is what kept the book interesting and as it progresses, the history you learn about the past almost redeems the characters in the present. Almost, but it never fully does because they are all so lame. There is very very little character development and am I the only one who was rolling my eyes at all the magic spells the witches who just barely discovered they were witches were able to conjure with absolutely no instruction from anyone? Granted Harry Potter and his crew came out wands ablazing at the mere age of 11 and the world loves them for it but these newly adult witches are no Harry Potters. In between the 50 million unsuccessful attacks instigated by a supposedly psychotically evil, highly skilled warlock on these newbie witches with no training, the authors shouldve elaborated on the learning process the Cahors coven underwent and allowed the readers to watch each character progress through discovering their magical abilities both individually and as a coven. I end this review with a reminder, do not read this book!!!(less)

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Aug 10, 2011 Caitlin rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book was seriously annoying. It isn't even really a story - just a collection of mismatched battle scenes where months go past in between. The first few pages of the second book it was just like, oh and by the way one of the cousins ran away and is currently touring the world in fear, and the reader is left going 'um what??'. The writing style was very basic, and the characters were really undeveloped, I don't think I know a thing about the main character other than her actions in a crisis....more

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Nov 09, 2009 Joanne rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-urban-fantasy

Witch - I have always been fascinated as magic. As a child, I found magicians and the idea of magic just so awesome; I was in awe of Paul Daniels, he was practically a god. As I got older, my fascination didn't fade, but grew as I discovered there were real people out there who thought themselves witches. Whether or not people believe they have any power is down to each person's individual opinion, but I'm fascinated by the witches' personal beliefs. So, understandably, I was ecstatic to discove...more Witch - I have always been fascinated as magic. As a child, I found magicians and the idea of magic just so awesome; I was in awe of Paul Daniels, he was practically a god. As I got older, my fascination didn't fade, but grew as I discovered there were real people out there who thought themselves witches. Whether or not people believe they have any power is down to each person's individual opinion, but I'm fascinated by the witches' personal beliefs. So, understandably, I was ecstatic to discover that the fictional story of the Wicked series is based on the beliefs of those who are Wiccan - serious research has gone into this series and I think it's awesome!

So I read the first story in the first book, Witch. I really liked it! The whole idea of witches and warlocks who can perform magic and spells, as I said, is fascinating to me, so the story of this girl who not only finds out that she is a witch, but has the burden of dealing with the present day conflict based on the events of centuries past is just awesome! There are so many characters, so many POVs, six that I can remember, and so much going on, you'll be completely gripped throughout.

There are qite a few characters that play quite a big part. First there's Holly, the main character. She struggles with the loss of her parents and her best friend, and having to fit in with these family members she never knew she had. Her greif is such a big part of this story that the only other thing you know about her is that she likes horses. Amanda and Nicole, Holly's twin cousins, are completely different; nice, mousey, friendly Amanda, and vain, popular, and selfish Nicole. There's Aunt Marie-Claire, who I disliked immensely, I felt she was just so shallow. The best characters in my opinion are Jer, Holly's love interest, and his evil father Michael. Their relationship is brilliant, and finding out about their beliefs, desires and goals - they are the story for me.

To be honest, I found the story of Jer and his evil family more interesting than Holly finding out. It just felt to me that there was more research put into what Jer and his family believed and did, as they grew up knowing of their power, it was more solid. Where as Holly puts two and two together after strange things happen. That was a little odd, though. Although it took Holly a while to come to that conclusion, when she did start adding things together, she came to the conclusion of magic straight away, and automatically guessed she must be a witch. I think it would be a little more believable if she tried to believe it was something else first, or questioned her sanity. Then she tells her cousin, and her cousin believes her straight away, no problem. It just felt a little off.

What also felt a little off was the "relationship" between Holly and Jer. I have no problem with unexplained magnetism, I can deal with that, I find it quite intriguing. But with Jer and Holly, there was hardly any build up, any interaction between them before, BAM, the big deal that's happening between them is, well, happening.

The action is fantastic though! Seriously. I can't even begin to really go through it without spoiling it, but it is based on some awesome spells and chants and other things linked with Wicca. Seriously awesome story, and I'm hoping Curse will be just as good!

Curse - If Witch was great, then Curse is amazing! I absolutely loved it! Curse picks up a few months after Witch finished, and not a huge amount has happened other than the Cahors Coven has grown in strength and knowledge.

Curse is a darker novel compared to Witch, and more action packed. It’s a lot more graphic, but not sexually, rather in terms of what one does when practising black magic. You find out in the first story, but you actually see it in this book. It’s a little disturbing, which shows how great the authors’ talent is as they’re doing their job and effecting the reader. With the darker elements, you find yourself sucked into the book that little bit more.

There are so many points of view in this story, you get to see through almost everyone’s eyes at one point or another. Where in Witch the blood feud between Isabeau and Jean is explained, in Curse, we get more history, but from after the events we already know about from the 13th century to the 17th century. The history is just fantastic, the detail that has gone into it so that present day story is more understandable.

A lot of the story is the history. There is quite a bit of action set in present day, but most of the story is relating the history to now. A whole slew of great new characters in introduced in this story, involved in a connected subplot, a new coven. I can’t go into detail about them without spoiling the story, but I’m sure they will play an integral part in the future book when paths cross.

I wouldn’t say there was a resolution to this story, it’s more of a progression; both sides make moves, consequences happen, and more questions arise. This is not to say that nothing major happens, a few major things happen, but there is no definitive end to the story. All I can say is that the next book, Wicked 2: Legacy & Spellbound, is going to be absolutely rivoting! I implore you to pick up this book, it’s fantastic!(less)

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Nov 14, 2010 Saira Gonzalez rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

There were two stories of the series called Witch and Curse in one book. To tell you the truth, these stories were a little uninteresting and I expected something a little more original because it was all about witches. Many fantasy books are mostly about witches and their spells. I honestly don't know the themes of these novels because like I said, they were a little boring. But I am going to take a guess and say the theme of the first novel is Power because Holly Cathers learns she is a Witch...more

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Nov 13, 2011 Melissa rated it 2 of 5 stars

I judged this book by its cover. The inside wasn't as cool as the outside. What bothers me is not the darker side of magic presented in this book, but rather the story and its telling. The voice, the language, the style-- I have a hard time getting into it. I had hard reads before--Tolkien's LOTR & The Hobbit was very difficult in the first chapter, so is Moira Young's Blood Red Road and Shroud's Bartimaeus Trilogy. But I went past it and thoroughly enjoyed their stories. As I read along in...more

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Jan 18, 2011 Miranda rated it 4 of 5 stars

I am probably one of the few people who actually liked this book.
It wasn't perfect and it was confusing at times which is why I only gave it four stars.
I liked how you don't know what characters are actually good and what characters are actually evil.
At first it seems as if the Cahors/Cathers( and their alliances) are the "good" guys while the "Devereux"( and their alliances) are the "bad guys". I have read ALL five books and throughout each one it was confusing to see who was good and bad. I t...more

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Jul 07, 2009 Janet Blowers rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: witches

If your looking for a book about two family Covens feuding and cursing each other over time trying to constantly wipe each other of the face of the earth, then this book is for you. It is kind of like Romeo and Juliette possessed by Romeo and Juliette. This book was ok. Nothing what it seemed by the back cover. It was really pathetic and lame the way the mixed the dark arts into wicca..like that would ever be acceptable! Anyone who is looking at this book to learn about witches is in for nothing...more

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Jun 25, 2009 Erin rated it 3 of 5 stars

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The first two books in the Wicked series, Witch and Curse, are in this volume. In this series, the reader is introduced to Holly Cathers - a seemingly normal teenage girl...

Until her parents and best friend are killed in a horrible accident, and Holly survives. Shipped off to live with family she's never met in a town she's never even visited, Holly begins to experience strange incidents. She feels like she isn't alone in her bedroom while she sleeps. She has nightmares frequently. One of her fr...more

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Oct 05, 2010 Cupcakencorset rated it 4 of 5 stars

"Witch" is a surprisingly sophisticated and well-written YA novel about a girl who learns she has magical abilities and, ultimately, about the fight between the girl’s magical family and a rival family. One unexpected twist is that neither magical family is “good,” but the antagonist family’s brand is “blacker” than the heroine’s family’s magic. Also, there is death and sex and betrayal, but it’s not soap-opera-y or gratuitous. “Witch” is part of a two-book omnibus, labeled as the first two book...more

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Nancy Holder, New York Times Bestselling author of the WICKED Series, has just published CRUSADE - the first book in a new vampire series cowritten with Debbie Viguie. The last book her her Possession series is set to release in March 2011.

Nancy was born in Los Altos, California, and her family settled for a time in Walnut Creek. Her father, who taught at Stanford, joined the navy and the family t...more Nancy Holder, New York Times Bestselling author of the WICKED Series, has just published CRUSADE - the first book in a new vampire series cowritten with Debbie Viguie. The last book her her Possession series is set to release in March 2011.

Nancy was born in Los Altos, California, and her family settled for a time in Walnut Creek. Her father, who taught at Stanford, joined the navy and the family traveled throughout California and lived in Japan for three years. When she was sixteen, she dropped out of high school to become a ballet dancer in Cologne, Germany, and later relocated to Frankfurt Am Main.

Eventually she returned to California and graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at San Diego with a degree in Communications. Soon after, she began to write; her first sale was a young adult romance novel titled Teach Me to Love.

Nancy’s work has appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, LA Times, amazon.com, LOCUS, and other bestseller lists. A four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association, she has also received accolades from the American Library Association, the American Reading Association, the New York Public Library, and Romantic Times.

She and Debbie Viguié co-authored the New York Times bestselling series Wicked for Simon and Schuster. They have continued their collaboration with the Crusade series, also for Simon and Schuster, and the Wolf Springs Chronicles for Delacorte (2011.) She is also the author of the young adult horror series Possessions for Razorbill. She has sold many novels and book projects set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Saving Grace, Hellboy, and Smallville universes.

She has sold approximately two hundred short stories and essays on writing and popular culture. Her anthology, Outsiders, co-edited with Nancy Kilpatrick, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in 2005.

She teaches in the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing Program, offered through the University of Southern Maine. She has previously taught at UCSD and has served on the Clarion Board of Directors.

She lives in San Diego, California, with her daughter Belle, their two Corgis, Panda and Tater; and their cats, David and Kittnen Snow. She and Belle are active in Girl Scouts and dog obedience training.
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