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Night's Child (Sweep #15)

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Morgan's saga continues in this double-length, stand alone SWEEP book. Moira's Story will shoot readers forward through time, where we will meet Morgan's daughter-raised as a blood witch-and follow her adventures as the progeny of one of the most powerful blood witches the Seven Great Clans have ever known.

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Published August 25th 2003 by Puffin

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Oct 27, 2007 Loren rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: teenagers

And we thought it was all over...*spoilers*

Tiernan doesn't waste anytime in this book-the prologue kills off Hunter!

No. No! How can Hunter be dead?! And the Claddagh ring is gone too...

Where's the happy ending Morgan so very much deserves?

We have plenty of time to cry about that in the hundred pages that follow in which nothing happens. We NEED to deal with his death but the passage of time that's passed means that it's not being addressed.

The slow build-up of Morgan's suspicions and hopes is e...more

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Oct 13, 2012 Tara Day rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book was smooth and easy to get through, with lots of different reasons to keep reading in a hungry fashion. It ties everything together nicely and was written in a way that when people who haven't read the first fourteen books before, can easily catch up and still understand what's going on. It's definitely an incentive to read the prequels as well.

I found myself flying through the book simply so that I would know if Hunter was really alive. I didn't realize how much I loved his character....more

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Jun 28, 2011 Annette M Guerriero Nishimoto rated it 4 of 5 stars

Today's review is on Night's Child by Cate Tiernan

Night's Child is the special edition installment in Tiernan's Sweep series and receives two thumbs up.

Four years have passed since the last book and Morgan and Hunter are still together and in love, though they don't get to see each other very often. Morgan is busy rebuilding the Belwicket coven that her mother was in, and Hunter is busy with setting up the New Charter; a newer and more evolved version of the Witches Council. This leaves Morgan t...more Today's review is on Night's Child by Cate Tiernan

Night's Child is the special edition installment in Tiernan's Sweep series and receives two thumbs up.

Four years have passed since the last book and Morgan and Hunter are still together and in love, though they don't get to see each other very often. Morgan is busy rebuilding the Belwicket coven that her mother was in, and Hunter is busy with setting up the New Charter; a newer and more evolved version of the Witches Council. This leaves Morgan to making the most difficult decision with regards to their relationship. She plans to break up with him, but is delighted when he turns around and proposes to her. The next day however Hunter dies is a horrible ferry accident and Morgan is devastated.

Fifteen years later, we meet Morgans daughter Moira. Her life seems to mirror that of Morgans when she falls in love with a handsome young man who's mother is suspected of using dark magick.

Strange things are beginning to happen around Morgan, and she realizes that Hunter may still be alive. She talks to Sky and she comes to help.

Morgans half sister Iona has killed their father and taken his soul. With her increased power she has trapped Hunter on a deserted island for the last 16 years and it's up to Morgan, Sky, and Moira to rescue him. Once found, Hunter is surprised to find that Moira is in fact his daughter. And though Moira is confused, she sees and actually feels the love pouring from Hunter to her mother.

Moira was fated by the Goddess to be born, she destroyed the dark wave heading towards Belwicket and her home with the help of her boyfriend Ian, her mom, Sky, and hunter along with members of the Belwicket coven.

Things settle down a few days after the destruction of the dark wave, and low and behold Hunter once again proposes to Morgan and she says yes again. Everyone is happy and the all live Happily Ever After.

Though some of the books received low stars, the series as a whole was enjoyable. I think many YA readers would enjoy the series and I highly recommend it. Love is expressed through mutual respect and trust, not through sex. (A welcome change from other YA books.)

I have to give this 4.5 of 5 stars!! Excellent job Cate!!(less)

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Jun 24, 2011 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: young adults, 16+

Night's Child by Cate Tiernan is considered a "Super Edition" to the Sweep Series. For me this book needed to be written. It summed up things that were left a little too open at the end of Full Circle. In the book we are taken into the future (20 years) and introduced to Morgan's daughter, Moira. Moira is 15 and has been raised a blood witch in a small town in Ireland. Not knowing the details of her mother's past, she acts like a teenager...questioning her mom's beliefs and action. She soon lear...more

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Oct 28, 2010 Chibineko rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'll state it up front: this book was disappointing. I'm not arguing the whole "Hunter dies in the beginning" point. I actually thought that made for an interesting plot element. Tiernan had started setting something to this extent up in the previous book by mentioning Colm & that ending his job as a Seeker meant that Hunter would be unguarded. It's just that this book is very poor in quality when held up against the other Sweep books. It read more like a fanfiction you'd find on the interne...more I'll state it up front: this book was disappointing. I'm not arguing the whole "Hunter dies in the beginning" point. I actually thought that made for an interesting plot element. Tiernan had started setting something to this extent up in the previous book by mentioning Colm & that ending his job as a Seeker meant that Hunter would be unguarded. It's just that this book is very poor in quality when held up against the other Sweep books. It read more like a fanfiction you'd find on the internet than something by Tiernan herself.

This book finds Morgan reeling over the death of her beloved Hunter in a freak ferry accident. Years pass and Morgan has managed to heal, marry one of her fellow witches of Belwicket, as well as give birth to her daughter Moira. The story picks back up six months after the death of her husband, with Moira going through many of the same issues Morgan herself went through as a new dark force threatens their peace & whispers of secrets held for sixteen years.

As a standalone book, this wasn't bad. It's readable & entertaining for the most part. However, when I compare it to the rest of the Sweep books, it frankly sucks. The previous books were all of high quality (even when I didn't like them that much), so this one was incredibly disappointing to read.

The #1 failure of the book is that it runs through too many plot elements too quickly. Another reviewer stated that the book has Moira going through all of Morgan's issues in the span of a few days, which is the truth. So much happens so quickly that it's really not all that believable & very little of the plot is fleshed out enough to make any of these elements have any life of their own. Moira is pretty much a watered down version of Morgan, with little personality of her own. She's not an unlikeable character by any means, but the book goes by so quickly that very little of Moira's personality shows through. She pines after a boy, she mopes over her father's death, she anquishes over the "is he or isn't he evil" signs. Other characters are trotted out, but are so thinly written that you pretty much ignore them for the most part.

If this had been fleshed out more & put into 2-3 books rather than one book, the story would have been far better. It's just that the book is "this happens, oh now this happens & this happens". The ending is frankly ridiculous when you realize how quickly everyone supposedly moves & realizes things.

I liked the book enough to give it 3 stars, since Tiernan's writing ability shines through & manages to polish this lackluster entry with as much gusto as she can. I know that the publishing company had an unreasonable amount of control over the series length & plotting, so it is them that I blame for this book. At times it felt like I could really sense Tiernan's frustration over having to cram 2-3 books (600-900 pages)worth of plot into 300 pages.

If you are a Sweep fan, I recommend getting it & reading it just so you can finish the series. I just recommend getting this from the library instead & sticking to just volumes 1-14 for the basic story. This book just could have been so much better, which is where this story really disappoints- you know the potential it could have had. (less)

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May 10, 2013 Nancie Burke rated it 2 of 5 stars

MILD SPOILERS!! ALERT!! MILD SPOILERS!!

Let me start by saying overall I give the whole series 5 stars. I LOVE LOVE LOVED the first 14 books. I had really mixed feelings about this last one though. As a stand alone it could be a great book I think, but as the finale/bonus book in a 15 book series... NOT SO MUCH.

Too be honest, I could really do without all the chapters from Moira's POV. Most of the time I wanted to skip all Moira's blah blah blah. Moira's story, while different from Morgan's in so...more

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Apr 11, 2013 Becks rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Oct 06, 2011 Bradley Firth rated it 4 of 5 stars

Overall I think that Cate has done a brilliant job with these books, I have just finished reading the entire collection and I'm very impressed with the amount of research and fact what has been poured into this book. It is a very fast paced plot with lots of action and the emphasise is always on the smaller details, however I feel like I know Morgan, but Morgan alone. The rest just feels a blur, I was saddened at the fact that Night's Child was 20 years into the future, that I had missed Morgan'...more

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Jul 15, 2011 Barbara ★ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: zzcover-blue, female-lead, paranormal-witches-wizards, young-adult, read-2011, set-in-europe-ireland

Morgan has been in Ireland for three years when this book starts. Morgan and Hunter are both doing their own thing: her involved with Belwicket, her mother's old coven and him flitting around the world with New Charter, a support system to rehabilitate errant witches instead of stripping them of powers. A terrible tragedy derails their plans and (view spoiler) I was very disappointed in how the author handled this horrible incident and skipped 15 y...more

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Apr 29, 2012 Carly222 rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: own

I HATE MY COMPUTER. I had written a beautiful review for the whole sweep series and then my computer decided to delete it all and do some crazy thing where it all disappeared and wasn't saved. THANKS COMPUTER!

Maybe I'll try again later.

EDIT: trying again now.

Well, SWEEP was a magical(pun intended) series that swept(another pun intended) me off my feet.

It revolves around 16-year-old Morgan Rowlands, who learns about the beauty and the darkness involved in Wiccan Magick. I immediately liked Morgan...more I HATE MY COMPUTER. I had written a beautiful review for the whole sweep series and then my computer decided to delete it all and do some crazy thing where it all disappeared and wasn't saved. THANKS COMPUTER!

Maybe I'll try again later.

EDIT: trying again now.

Well, SWEEP was a magical(pun intended) series that swept(another pun intended) me off my feet.

It revolves around 16-year-old Morgan Rowlands, who learns about the beauty and the darkness involved in Wiccan Magick. I immediately liked Morgan after only the first book, with her strong will and independence. She was a great older sister and a great friend. She was confident and okay with the fact her younger sister was prettier and curvier. And she was vulnerable to love and life woes. Over the fifteen books that make up SWEEP, Morgan became more than a character to me. It might sound silly but I quickly grew to care about her and her well-being. She became like a friend to me. I felt like I stood next to her when she found out devastating news about her heritage. I felt my heart ache when she found out she had been betrayed. I wanted to cry with her when her heart was broken and tell her she could lean on my shoulder if she needed it. I feel like Morgan is the character every author wishes to dream up, in the sense that she's real in every normal teenager way and yet, unreal all at the same time.

Morgan also deals with some subjects that a lot of young people, or maybe just people in general, deal with on a daily basis. Her parents and sister are not accepting of Wicca at all. They are Catholics and believe that is the only way. But Morgan tells them over and over that it was not something she has chosen. Wicca is just who she is. For anyone who has ever felt unaccepted(which might just be all of us at one time or another) will feel connected to Morgan in this way.

She also fights a battle, almost daily, of choosing between light and dark. And though I think its safe to say we don't all practice a form of Magick where the dark side is constantly begging us to join it, we all have a good side and a not-so-good-side. And we all have to decide if we are going to do the right thing, or the not-right-thing. It may be some small instance like deciding whether or not to fib to your best friend that you indeed like her new hairstyle. But we all make these choices at some point in time and I really felt for Morgan in her decision making. She had to constantly remind herself that she chose good. That the alluring dark side had no pull, no reward for her. She had to remain confident and strong no matter how many times she was knocked down (and it was A LOT), and continue the fight. None of our lives might be that dramatic but isn't it great to see someone, and a young, teenage girl no less, never give up? Doesn't that give you some hope for your life where you have no dark witches, or backstabbing best friends, or even an evil dark force called a dark wave after you? Doesn't it make your life seem a little brighter? Maybe that's why I read. Maybe that's why I loved this series so much. Certain books always seem to come into my life to teach me something or make me see something that I didn't before, always at the certain time I need them to.

Cate Tiernan's writing was another reason I loved this series so much. It was straightforward and concise, but also beautiful in her descriptions. I've never read someone describe Magick the way she does. Whenever Morgan was getting wrapped up in a Circle, I felt like I was there. That I was spinning with them and could feel the air around me moving. I could see the light and the energy that Morgan saw and felt. It was all so precise that I felt like I must have pictured EXACTLY what Cate Tiernan pictured when she wrote it. Her writing also had a wonderful flow to it that made the reading go by quickly. I keep wanting to say that it was simple, but simple is not the right word for it at all.

So all in all, I guess you can see that I loved this series very much. It will always have a place in my heart and I look forward to the day when I will start again from the beginning, moving all the way through to the end, dredging up all my fond and familiar feelings, just like catching up with an old friend.(less)

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Jan 11, 2012 Charlotte Phillips rated it 5 of 5 stars

Wow, what a way to end the series with the story of her daughter, and her family. The beginning was a huge shock that just made me cry because of how expressive and real it felt. After all that drama she had been through, the battles she had had to overcome, the love of her life was still taken away from her in what seemed to be a very odd coincendence. After all, it seems a little odd that when he gets on the ferry it just seems to sink. So you instantly know, or at least you uhope that somethi...more

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Oct 03, 2012 Alissa rated it 5 of 5 stars

I'm not one for long-winded reviews, or for really writing them at all, but after finishing the final installment of Cate Tiernan's Wicca series, I just could not hold on any longer. The series started out amazingly, obviously or I would have flounced long ago, but the whole premise seemed to falter as so often happens with lengthy series. Well, Night's Child made up for everything, including Seeker, Origins and Reckoning which totally screwed up the momentum by changing point of views halfway t...more

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May 20, 2011 Lissa & Alexa The Novel Lasses rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I think that CT did a wonderful job making all of us feel suspense in this series. Cate Tiernan is incredibly talented to write such a good series. In the books so far we've seen Morgan delight in her powers. She's discovered both the great and horrible things that can be done with powers. She's been horribly betrayed by someone she loved and she's discovered a great new love that should last her throughout her entire life. She's lost friends and regained them. The Sweep series is...more

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Dec 02, 2010 Kristin rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-fantasy, series, young-adult

I'm giving this 5 stars because of the whole series, not just this particular book. I originally got the first couple in the series because I was trying to find something to interest my 13 yr old daughter. She didn't read them, but I got sucked in. I read all 15 books in about 5 weeks.

I'm not a huge YA fan, but I'm finding quite a few books that are YA that I'm loving.

These books aren't works of literature, but they're fun and well written. I like the fact that they don't dumb down YA like kids...more

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May 06, 2009 Jess rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Paranormal fans

Recommended to Jess by: Brodie-anne

Shelves: borrowed, fantasy-sci-fi, 2009

This was one of my most favourite series. After finishing this book today I feel depressed that the story has finally come to end after 15 books. This reminds me alot of my feelings after Harry Potter finished up. And to think I wasn't going to read these books because I thought the idea sounded silly!

I could honestly not get enough of the characters and would be happy if the author kept writing these books forever.

Being such a large series, there were obviously some books I liked alot more than...more This was one of my most favourite series. After finishing this book today I feel depressed that the story has finally come to end after 15 books. This reminds me alot of my feelings after Harry Potter finished up. And to think I wasn't going to read these books because I thought the idea sounded silly!

I could honestly not get enough of the characters and would be happy if the author kept writing these books forever.

Being such a large series, there were obviously some books I liked alot more than others. I gave most of the books 3 or 4 stars as separate stand alone books, but as a series I would give it 5+ stars. There were a few books that could have been majorly cut down or combined with others, but I enjoyed them for what they were worth. I have become so attached to Hunter (...yeah Morgan too I suppose :P) that I have literally been unable to read any other books for the past few weeks because I have been dying to know how it would all end.

I know that some people read the last book (or others) as stand alones but I would really advise AGAINST doing this. You need to read all of the books to fully appreciate the ending. You need to have experienced all of the highs and lows of Morgan's life and relationships. I think you become much more attached to the characters by doing this.

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I have to say, the beginning of this book was completely heartbreaking and I was thinking 'whyyyyyyyyyy! this is so unfair' throughout most of it. It had a happy ending *thank god*, but I still felt incredibly sad that Hunter and Morgan had been robbed of over 10 years together.

Their relationship throughout the whole series was just so beautiful. Sex was not a main factor in their relationship, so it was lovely seeing their love for each other blossom through their respect & admiration for each other, friendship etc. I also loved the idea of them having a chemical/ spiritual bond as a result of being muirn beatha dans (destined soulmates). *Sigh* it was just so sweet! And I don't know how Cate Tiernan did it, but somehow it didn't seem that corny!

I will be missing this series for weeks. (less)

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May 16, 2012 Nikki rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own, may-2012, witches

This book started out very upsetting. I couldn't believe that they killed off a main charactor and I even considered boycotting the rest of the book but knew that I had no choice but to finish. Continuing on I was then upset that they fastforwarded the story into the future and then had to go back and forth between POV. Once I got into the book I started to really like it. Morgan is no longer a frail and unsure teenager, She is a grown woman who's daughter has taken on that role. Of course there...more

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Mar 18, 2010 Lisa rated it 4 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed this entire series, the final book about Morgan being a teenager #14-Full Circle was really great, very conclusive. However, I was a little disappointed with this one which I thought was the final conclusion. I thought it would feel more final. At the end of book #14-Full Circle I felt like everything was going to work out. It had that happily ever after feel, this one really did not. I also wondered about several characters that were very involved in the earlier books but were...more

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Sep 10, 2011 PM rated it 2 of 5 stars

Frankly, I knew after the first few chapters of Book 1 that this series wasn't going to hold my interest but I liked the characters enough that I wanted to see how it turned out for them and I didn't want to waste a completed series. The twists and turns were rather far-fetched and it all just seemed, well, juvenile. What really turned me off, however, and my teen daughter was well, was the continual goddess worship references and long spells which added nothing to the development of the plot. S...more

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May 19, 2013 Danii Allen rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book is double the length of the others in the series, and so naturally it took me a bit longer to read, but the trouble with this one is the beginning.

I love this whole series with all my heart but the first half of this book I found quite slow, due to all of the new characters and changes that you have to deal with.

But by the time I reached the midway point I was sucked into the vortex, and couldn't stop. I read the last half non-stop one night (I was up until 4am!) and it makes me laugh...more

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May 13, 2011 Kimberley rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is one of my favourite series! And one of the first paranormal one I read. And God, did I love it!!! But I didn't really enjoy the 15th book. First off, the obvious reason: Hunter died ! How could he?! He should be happily together with Morgan. Secondly, we didn't see any of the old characters back accept for Morgan and Hunter ! I missed Bree and Robbie so bad! (Robbie was his name right?!) Thirdly, I didn't like Moira XD I don't know why, but she just seemed so... not attached to Morgan I...more

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Jan 23, 2013 Jocelyn rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was such a wonderful and great series. This last book really was the best book i believe. Even though it was shocking and confusing at the beginning of this book it was a very good story line. I was shocked for some of the things in the beginning that i though i had maybe skipped the 14 1/2 book which there is no 14 1/2. The same day i started reading this book is the same day that i finished it. This book sure brought out the mystery and suspense more than the others books and i thought th...more

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May 15, 2013 Kayla rated it 5 of 5 stars

Night's Child is the special edition installment in Tiernan's Sweep series and receives two thumbs up.

Four years have passed since the last book and Morgan and Hunter are still together and in love, though they don't get to see each other very often. Morgan is busy rebuilding the Belwicket coven that her mother was in, and Hunter is busy with setting up the New Charter; a newer and more evolved version of the Witches Council. This leaves Morgan to making the most difficult decision with regards...more Night's Child is the special edition installment in Tiernan's Sweep series and receives two thumbs up.

Four years have passed since the last book and Morgan and Hunter are still together and in love, though they don't get to see each other very often. Morgan is busy rebuilding the Belwicket coven that her mother was in, and Hunter is busy with setting up the New Charter; a newer and more evolved version of the Witches Council. This leaves Morgan to making the most difficult decision with regards to their relationship. She plans to break up with him, but is delighted when he turns around and proposes to her. The next day however Hunter dies is a horrible ferry accident and Morgan is devastated.

Fifteen years later, we meet Morgans daughter Moira. Her life seems to mirror that of Morgans when she falls in love with a handsome young man who's mother is suspected of using dark magick.

Strange things are beginning to happen around Morgan, and she realizes that Hunter may still be alive. She talks to Sky and she comes to help.

Morgans half sister Iona has killed their father and taken his soul. With her increased power she has trapped Hunter on a deserted island for the last 16 years and it's up to Morgan, Sky, and Moira to rescue him. Once found, Hunter is surprised to find that Moira is in fact his daughter. And though Moira is confused, she sees and actually feels the love pouring from Hunter to her mother.

Moira was fated by the Goddess to be born, she destroyed the dark wave heading towards Belwicket and her home with the help of her boyfriend Ian, her mom, Sky, and hunter along with members of the Belwicket coven.

Things settle down a few days after the destruction of the dark wave, and low and behold Hunter once again proposes to Morgan and she says yes again. Everyone is happy and the all live Happily Ever After.

Honestly A great series and it seems to be very underrated. This book wonderful and the size alone made fans of this series very excited for the last and final installment of this series.(less)

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Mar 16, 2011 Kelly rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: best-series

I read some pretty grotesque reviews about this book and I want to stray away from doing the same here. First off, the overall plot and character development in this book happens very quickly- more so than in the other very short books. The thing here is- we already know Morgan like the palm of our hand but then all of a sudden we have this whole new person, Moira, and BAM! We'd like to know more about Moira, and we might not see that much potential in her at first but one has to take into consi...more I read some pretty grotesque reviews about this book and I want to stray away from doing the same here. First off, the overall plot and character development in this book happens very quickly- more so than in the other very short books. The thing here is- we already know Morgan like the palm of our hand but then all of a sudden we have this whole new person, Moira, and BAM! We'd like to know more about Moira, and we might not see that much potential in her at first but one has to take into consideration that this is a VERY short book compared to the others. The others were within weeks and months of each other- each walking us through the life of these characters we have come to know and love. However, here in the 15th we've got a grown up/mom Morgan, and somewhat non-present and very loved Hunter, and the troubles, confusion and doubts of Moira- Morgans daughter!

But I still have no complains. Yeah, really. Tiernan, one can see, did the best that she could in wrapping up the story with a more clear ending. And personally, I was very pleased. The 14th book- yeah awesome. BUT Hunter and Morgan end up in the woods looking forward to the future together & Morgan goes off to study. That's beautiful and all but knowing the lives of these two people you better as hell feel this is not the end for them! Morgan still has so much to learn. You ought to know that down the road it won't be all magick and love and plus what the hell becomes of hunter? His career? His ambition?

In truth, I sort of needed this 15th book. I can say- for one- that I can sleep soundly. That there is nothing I will miss from the life of these characters and that I know for sure that Morgan will be okay. In the 14th book she's not even initiated. You KNOW it all can't be all peachy and cream. And this 15th book- even with it's HORRIBLE HORRIBLE editing errors- clears everything up. I can finally say goodbye to Morgan and know that she will be happy. No matter with what has happened.

And although Moira truly does somehow pull this new found character development out of her ass in the end- you can sort of accept it. Because you can see Morgan in her and you sorta gotta give her credit no matter how annoying she might be in just the first couple of pages.
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May 07, 2012 Nairabell rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 5-star, read-in-2012, teen-ya-paranormal

Moira Byrne has grown up hearing hushed whispers about her mother, the great Morgan of Belwicket, and the awesome powers she is said to possess. Moira just knows her as Mum and has only ever seen her work as a witch and healer. But when strange dark signs begin to plague Morgan and her daughter, Morgan fears that the darkness of her past has once again arisen to be fought once more and Moira begins to realise just how dangerous her mother can be.

This is the fifteenth and final book in the Wicca...more Moira Byrne has grown up hearing hushed whispers about her mother, the great Morgan of Belwicket, and the awesome powers she is said to possess. Moira just knows her as Mum and has only ever seen her work as a witch and healer. But when strange dark signs begin to plague Morgan and her daughter, Morgan fears that the darkness of her past has once again arisen to be fought once more and Moira begins to realise just how dangerous her mother can be.

This is the fifteenth and final book in the Wicca series (which began with Book of Shadows) and it set twenty years after the end of the previous installment. Morgan now resides in Ireland with her daughter Moira having been contacted to help rebuild her ancestral coven of Belwicket. Morgan thought she'd left the darkness behind, but this rollercoaster of a story proves her wrong.

From the tragic heartwrenching beginning, through the many unexpected twists and turns to the incredible conclusion this is a thrill ride of a book with heaps of tension. One thing that stood out for me in an outstanding way was the parallels between Moira's life and Morgan's. Moira is drawn to a young witch Ian Delaney whose mother is suspected of working dark magick and their relationship parallels Morgan's relationship with Cal in a fascinating way.

Moira herself is more like her mother than even she herself thinks, struggling with the balance of morality and discovering secrets her family had hidden for her whole life. It is also interesting to see how different Moira's life at sixteen is from Morgan's as she has been brought up surrounded by magick and is studying for her initiation. I loved seeing how Morgan managed to achieve her goal of becoming a healer, even if certain events are not what she wanted to experience.

The only thing that bothers me, and it is a tiny thing, is that while pretty much all the major characters from the previous books get updates Alisa does not. Whether this was to leave her storyline open for the possibility of continuance I don't know but a quick 'Alisa is doing...' could have easily been worked in.

All in all this was a great read and I heartily recommend the entire series.

Plot: 10/10
Characters: 10/10
Ending: 10/10
Enjoyment: 10/10
Cover: 9/10

Overall: 49/50 (less)

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Nov 12, 2008 Hanna rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: All readers

Recommended to Hanna by: My sister

I've read this entire sweep series many times over again: It never gets old. Morgan and her friends, Bree and Robby, go through highschool life together, while the girls are fighting over the newcomer: Cal Blaire. The two teens find themselves ex-best friends when Cal chooses Morgan over Bree. Cal brings morgan and other people from the school together to form a coven, to learn and practice Wicca. Morgan soon realizes, with Cal's help, that she's a bloodwitch, and along with this new information...more

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Nov 18, 2012 Rayni rated it 5 of 5 stars

Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! I didn't want this story to end, but it was done REALLY well. Great FINALE book to the series. The first couple of books I was frustrated w/ the main female character, but having a great supporting character story saved it from being ditched. By book 3 it was redeemed and the full storyline was awesome. I couldn't get through the books fast enough. First book series based off Wicca that I ever read and became engrossed in, like this one made me.

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Jun 10, 2012 Michele rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The author has issues with appropriate timing. At first it drags through Morgan in high school, with a sudden leap to Allisa's story, then past high school briefly, and it is now sixteen years later. This left me frustrated and made it hard for me to enjoy the beginning of the book.

The ending is predictable from the beginning, but it turned out to be a good book in the end. The transitions between Morgan and her daughter were seamless, maybe since the characters are so much alike.

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Jan 01, 2011 Nina rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Anyone interested in Wicca or witch/witchcraft fiction

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In this the final book in the Sweep series Morgan and Hunter's story is taken forward 15 years. Morgan has made a life without Hunter after a ferry accident takes his life. The story pivots between the perspective of Morgan and her daughter Miora. Six months after the death of Morgans husband Colm strange things begin happening to Morgan, Miora, and Belwicket. As the story unfolds Miora learns more and more of her past and realizes how much of it has been fabricated in order to protect her. Mior...more

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Jun 27, 2010 Danae Armstrong rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

i read all of these book in one summer and i fell in love. My friends and parents thought i was crazy cause i was spending most of my time reading these. But they were awesome and the stroies were well put together. i loved most of all was the way Morgan and hunter meet and later on falll in love.
The worst (well not worst but saddest) part was in nights child they lose eachother.
This serieswas the best ever.

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Jun 07, 2012 Shay Hardman rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Night's Child is by far the longest and most interesting book of the Sweep series. I found myself totally captivated within it's pages, unable to stop reading until I had finished. This novel is unlike the others, but it a very enticing way. The characters were the same, but different. It was like twenty years had really passed and changed them in ways that only life and hardships could. It was quite intriguing to see the characters in a new light, especially Morgan. Cate Tiernan has once again...more

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"was born in New Orleans, LA, in 1961. New Orleans is one of the most interesting American cities, and it has an incredibly rich and exotic culture that had a profound influence on me. Kids in other cities have lemonade stands; we sold voodoo gris-gris and made wax dolls in the likenesses of our enemies. It's a very beautiful city, and the constant heat and humidity make gardens grow out of contro...more "was born in New Orleans, LA, in 1961. New Orleans is one of the most interesting American cities, and it has an incredibly rich and exotic culture that had a profound influence on me. Kids in other cities have lemonade stands; we sold voodoo gris-gris and made wax dolls in the likenesses of our enemies. It's a very beautiful city, and the constant heat and humidity make gardens grow out of control. There's an air of lassitude there, a general acceptance of eccentic or flamboyant behavior--the heat simply makes people do crazy things.

I went to school in New York, and after school went back to New Orleans. Then I went back to New York (Manhattan) and got a job in publishing and started writing. My first book, a young, middle-grade chapter book, was published in 1990.

Living in Manhattan was incredible, even though I didn't have a lot of money. There was so much to do and see, and so many interesting people to watch. There was a lot of frenetic energy there, and sometimes that felt very wearing and hard to live with. After eight years I was ready for a change, and my husband and I moved back to New Orleans. (Are you seeing a pattern here?)

(While I was in NY, I helped edit "The Secret Circle" by L.J. Smith. I thought it was great.)

We stayed in New Orleans five years. By the time we had two small children we knew we had to find someplace safer to live. I was glad my children were born in New Orleans--I had been born there, and my father had, and his father had, and his father had and so on. There was something about the connection of generations of blood coming from one place that I found very primal and important.

Now I live in a cohousing community in Durham, NC. This is the most suburban place I've ever lived, and it's very different from living right in the middle of a city. For one thing, there aren't enough coffee shops. However, it's incredibly safe, and the community is very important to me. There are a lot of strong women here, and I find them inspiring.

Am I a witch? Well, no. Even Wicca is too organized a religion for me. I'm much more idiosyncratic and just need to do my own thing, which is kind of new-agey and pantheistic. It's not that I don't work or play well with others, but I need to decide for myself when I do a certain thing, and how I do it. However, I can really relate to Wicca, and I so appreciate its woman-centeredness and its essentially female identity. I love those aspects, among others.

I have several favorite writers. Barbara Hambly has been the biggest influence on how I describe magic. She's an incredibly imaginative and empathetic writer with a gift for creating a rich, sensual world. I love Barbara Pym, an English writer whose books came out mostly in the fifties. She was a master at describing the thousand tiny moments that make up a woman's day; how the seemingly small and inconsequential thing can suddenly take on a huge emotional importance. I greatly admire P.D. James. She's one of the very few writers who makes me actually look up words in the dictionary. She has a beautiful, precise, educated command of the language that leaves me in awe. I love Philip Larkin's poetry. I read a lot of nonfiction and also have some favorite romance writers. Before anyone groans, let me say that these women write really well about women trying to achieve emotional fulfillment, and that's kind of what we're all doing, right? I also just like reading about sex. Anyway, Jennifer Crusie, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, and early Linda Howard are my faves.

And then of course there's my dark side, but more on that later.

" -Source

Cate Tiernan is a pseudonym for Gabrielle Charbonnet (less)

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