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Witchling (Otherworld #1)
by
Yasmine Galenorn (Goodreads Author)
We’re the D’Artigo sisters: Half-human, half-Faerie, we’re savvy—and sexy—operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. But our mixed-blood heritage short-circuits our talents at all the wrong times. My sister Delilah shapeshifts into a tabby cat whenever she’s stressed. Menolly’s a vampire who’s still trying to get the hang of being undead. And me? I’m Camille—a wick...more
Mass Market Paperback, 276 pages
Published
October 3rd 2006
by Berkley
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First of three books, dealing with half-fae, half-human sisters, living Earthside. Of course, the fae are known on Earth, so they are minor celebrities locally, despite being half-human. This book is told from Camille's POV, who is a rather incompetent witch. Another sister is a were-cat, who turns not only during a full moon, but also during stressful times, and the third sister was turned into a vamp against her will - but it is unclear what her powers were, if any, before that.
All three sist...more
All three sist...more
Warning: I only got 35% into the book. And I freely acknowledge that things could get better. But I couldn't force myself further at this point.
Just some random thoughts on what I did read.
*Characters are one-dimensional. And really not smart. They supposedly were half human/half fae, but even though they lived for years in 'Otherworld' they really didn't know anything. The main character has this contempt for humans, and disregard for what she's supposed to be doing that got on my nerves.
*Told...more
Just some random thoughts on what I did read.
*Characters are one-dimensional. And really not smart. They supposedly were half human/half fae, but even though they lived for years in 'Otherworld' they really didn't know anything. The main character has this contempt for humans, and disregard for what she's supposed to be doing that got on my nerves.
*Told...more
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I almost put this book down after the first chapter. Talk about a horrible start - it takes half of the book to warm up and be a little bit interesting. There are inexcusably bad puns, and early on, there is a false sense of camaraderie among characters that has not yet been earned from the reader's perspecive. The first few chapters read like a high school senior wrote the book.
Fortunately, the story does improve as the book progresses, and the newly introduced characters are fairly interestin...more
Fortunately, the story does improve as the book progresses, and the newly introduced characters are fairly interestin...more
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Ok, I don't normally read books from the Romance section. There is a relatively new category in that section, however, paranormal romance. Most of those books also are not to my taste; however, some are much more fantasty or sci fi than romance...and those I sometimes read.
This series falls into that latter category. The plot is actually more important than who falls into bed with whom. The premise is: take 3 sisters who are half human -- half fae and send them to Earth...and high jinx ensue. LO...more
This series falls into that latter category. The plot is actually more important than who falls into bed with whom. The premise is: take 3 sisters who are half human -- half fae and send them to Earth...and high jinx ensue. LO...more
I got this at my daughter's request & thought I'd read it first, only to realize quickly I had read it before. Not a bad book, but forgettable, I guess. It is yet another of the current paranormal fantasies that portray our current world with the addition of a fantasy element.
In this case, we have 3 half-Sidhe sisters who are stationed on our Earth as part of a government agency from the OW (Other World). A third world is ruled by demons. The 3 worlds were once all in constant communication...more
In this case, we have 3 half-Sidhe sisters who are stationed on our Earth as part of a government agency from the OW (Other World). A third world is ruled by demons. The 3 worlds were once all in constant communication...more
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Synopsis: Meet the D'Artigo sisters: half-human, half-faerie, savvy and sexy-operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. But their mixed-blood heritage short-circuits their talents at all the wrong times. Delilah shapeshifts into a tabby cat whenever she's stressed. Menolly's a vampire who's still trying to get the hang of being undead. And Camille is a wicked-good witch, except her magic's as unpredictable as the weather, as her enemies are about to find out-the hard way.
Narrator Camille...more
Narrator Camille...more
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I wish I knew what caused the sudden rise in popularity of supernatural romance. Perhaps then I could write a book as mediocre as this one and be published just as easily. I had been looking forward to reading this series, as I'm familiar with the author in her other genre and expected good things from her. What a disappointment. Never mind that there didn't seem to be a clear plotline, or that the storyline was crammed with all manner of supernatural beasties that seemed to shift against each o...more
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The problem with this book is that it tried too hard to be something it's not. It tried to be funny, it tried to be sexy and smart, but ended up falling short. The premise sounded like it could be fun, albeit not particularly unique; there have been numerous urban fantasy series featuring sisters/a band of close girl friends and various monsters, but great writers can turn cliches and overused plots into something new and entertaining. Sadly, Galenorn doesn't have that ability, nor does she writ...more
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When I´m honest this book was a bit of a disappointment to me! The premise sounded very promising and I liked the idea of three magical sisters (although this concept isn´t really original or new) but – I couldn´t connect with Camille D´Artigo who was the narrator of this book. There were also too many side-characters for my taste and the potential three love-interests of our heroine (no, Camille is not a one-man-woman) bored me. I´m not very fond of "Harem-books" as I call these books where it...more
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In the ever-growing genre of urban fantasy Yasmine Galenorn is going to be one of the big ones.
A few people seem to think that the Otherworld series is just a rip-off of Charmed. *shrugs* I don't agree.
We tend to see elements of things we enjoy in every book we read, there are no new stories after all. The trick is when an author manages to portray themes in a new light. Witchling is all that and then some. Steeped in mystery, magic and mayhem she seamlessly blends together a world that as the r...more
A few people seem to think that the Otherworld series is just a rip-off of Charmed. *shrugs* I don't agree.
We tend to see elements of things we enjoy in every book we read, there are no new stories after all. The trick is when an author manages to portray themes in a new light. Witchling is all that and then some. Steeped in mystery, magic and mayhem she seamlessly blends together a world that as the r...more
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If I could have given it less than one star, I would have. I just couldn't get past her constant use of acronyms and the never ending need to repeat herself. I get it, the main character is flawed, her spells always go wrong, you don't have to tell me a dozen times before she casts every darned spell. It just got tiresome. I wanted to put the book down in the first seventy pages. I made it through to the end because I made a bet that I would finish it. If I hadn't I would have tossed the book in...more
Oct 08, 2011
♥ Ashleigh ♥ contrary to popular belief im not actually mad!
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
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other-world,
multi-paranormal-species,
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adult,
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2010,
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reviewed
Sisters of the moon series is totally enjoyable and one of my fave's
the reason i like this series so much is not just because you get witches, vampires, were's, humans, dragons, incubuses, demons etc. but because its so well written/put together. the characters feel so real like you personally know them, its also more interesting because they are all going through different things.
the first book "Witchling" is about Camille - a wicked-good witch, who is only half blooded Fae half blooded human s...more
the reason i like this series so much is not just because you get witches, vampires, were's, humans, dragons, incubuses, demons etc. but because its so well written/put together. the characters feel so real like you personally know them, its also more interesting because they are all going through different things.
the first book "Witchling" is about Camille - a wicked-good witch, who is only half blooded Fae half blooded human s...more
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Jul 10, 2007
Kim
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
fans of supernatural fiction
Shelves:
paranormalfiction
I've been reading a ton of paranormal fiction lately, and while a lot of it has been perfectly fine, not much has captured my imagination . The Sisters of the Moon series, of which this is the first book, is an exception; though it shares elements of other paranormals (a world in which the supernatural has come "out of the closet," demonic villains and kick butt heroines), it combines them in an engaging and entertaining matter. Witchling is about the eldest D'Artigo sister, Camille, a sassy wit...more
Jul 31, 2008
H.R.
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
No one. Unless you like bad dialogue, no plot, and childish writing.
Recommended to H.R. by:
Amazon reviewers. Oy.
Shelves:
swap-sell-give-away,
fantasy
I'm about halfway through this book and I don't think I can continue.
Descriptions are pretty good, but everything about the story, from the characters to the dialogue to the setting, is completely unbelievable. Unlike an author like Jim Butcher or Laurel K. Hamilton, who actually engage the reader and make the scenarios carried out in their novels completely believable (within reason), Ms. Galenorn just...can't.
The worst part, to me, is the stilted, horrible dialogue. Even the sex scenes, gratui...more
Descriptions are pretty good, but everything about the story, from the characters to the dialogue to the setting, is completely unbelievable. Unlike an author like Jim Butcher or Laurel K. Hamilton, who actually engage the reader and make the scenarios carried out in their novels completely believable (within reason), Ms. Galenorn just...can't.
The worst part, to me, is the stilted, horrible dialogue. Even the sex scenes, gratui...more
This is one of those books where a problem is brought up and then resolved within 10 pages of each other, and this happened time and time again. It doesn't feel like one story. It's several tasks that are done, and strung together like it's a story. I did like the characters though. The big offense is that there's a whole lot of dictating of the story, like I'm reading someone's to-do list. I rather see the characters live the story, and that's not what was done here. I want to be a part of the...more
Camille D'Artigo
I wish I had better things to say about this story but it was really just okay. There where a lot of charters and IMO too many side stories (something that is seeming to become a pet peeve with me I think) I find it distracting from the overall story. And while the narrator did a respectable job with so many characters at times as the main character she sounded very bored. Even during a sex scene, I mean if the character doesn't seem to be enjoying it why would I? The over archin...more
I wish I had better things to say about this story but it was really just okay. There where a lot of charters and IMO too many side stories (something that is seeming to become a pet peeve with me I think) I find it distracting from the overall story. And while the narrator did a respectable job with so many characters at times as the main character she sounded very bored. Even during a sex scene, I mean if the character doesn't seem to be enjoying it why would I? The over archin...more
A Witch of a Good Time
The D’Artigo sisters are half-human and half-Faerie and each has their own little eccentricities. Camille is a witch whose spells go bad as often as the go good. Delilah is a shapeshifter who changes into a housecat - not a jungle cat. And Menolly has been turned into a vampire. Together they work for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency and have been posted to Earth to protect the humans.
The posting has been pretty cushy and the sisters suspect they were placed in the human...more
The D’Artigo sisters are half-human and half-Faerie and each has their own little eccentricities. Camille is a witch whose spells go bad as often as the go good. Delilah is a shapeshifter who changes into a housecat - not a jungle cat. And Menolly has been turned into a vampire. Together they work for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency and have been posted to Earth to protect the humans.
The posting has been pretty cushy and the sisters suspect they were placed in the human...more
Dec 22, 2008
Micki
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who absolutely gobble paranormal romance
Meh. I usually stay up all night reading this kind of book, but not this time. I think there was too much "As you know, Bob, this metaphyscial phenom can be explained by this." In other words: infodump galore. I actually thought this might be a sequel, because there are so many references to backstory. But apparently, it is the first in the series.
Another annoying thing was how many times a specific instance was commented on. The giant was garrotted early in the story, and it felt like a Greek...more
Another annoying thing was how many times a specific instance was commented on. The giant was garrotted early in the story, and it felt like a Greek...more
Witchling is a story about a half-fae, half-witch woman (Camille) and her sisters Menolly and Deliliah. They get shipped to Earth from a land called Otherworld because they are half human and that rubs their fae ancestors the wrong way. The girls work for the OIA (Otherworld Intelligence Agency) and solve crimes of the Paranormal variety. This lands them smack dab in the middle of a very serious threat to Earth and Otherworld. The three sisters end up paring with a Hag of Fate, friends they meet...more
What can I say about this book other than I did not care for it at all. The premise of the story sounded interesting but the execution fell really really short. If this was a movie, where other books would be blockbusters this would go straight to DVD under some movie studio you never heard of with bad cinematography to boot. The story is about three half human-half fae sisters who are sent earthbound as operatives for the fae CIA, but they believe they were sent to earth because the Fae have a...more
Super cheesy. I love "cheesy", but this was too cheesy, if there's even such a thing. My main issue was the staggering amount or acronyms, not only within the book, but within one page I counted 4 different acronyms used....three of which were newly introduced to the reader. Thank goodness I already knew what HQ meant. My other main issue was the ridiculous amount of names introduced. In one page the following is newly introduced to the reader....Hags of Fate, Grandmother Coyote, Jocko and Shado...more
Forced myself to finish it. Can't exactly pinpoint the why, as I found too many flaws, but the writing bored me to tears. It seemed as if the sentences were strung together in a way that didn't quite flow. The MC also kept rehashing events ("let me fill you in on what you missed") that the reader already witnessed to her gang. It got to the point where reading the story felt like a chore. I don't want yet another recap - I want action.
Another problem was the fact that for supposedly vicious and...more
Another problem was the fact that for supposedly vicious and...more
Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn:
The Particulars: Urban Fantasy, Berkley, available in print and as e-book
The Source: The bookshelf
The Grade: B
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The Review:
One of my reading challenges this year is to re-read the Otherworld series by Yasmine Galenorn, originally the plan was to re-read it before Shadow Rising was out in February, but obviously that didn't happen.
That said, I am glad that I made that vow, since I enjoyed this book a lot.
The world was rich, and intriguing. I loved the twists on th...more
The Particulars: Urban Fantasy, Berkley, available in print and as e-book
The Source: The bookshelf
The Grade: B
¨
The Review:
One of my reading challenges this year is to re-read the Otherworld series by Yasmine Galenorn, originally the plan was to re-read it before Shadow Rising was out in February, but obviously that didn't happen.
That said, I am glad that I made that vow, since I enjoyed this book a lot.
The world was rich, and intriguing. I loved the twists on th...more
This book grated on my every nerve. A character that feels she has to remind you what feels like every few paragraphs that she is older than she looks was obnoxious. Then she reminds you of the main character points of every other character. There is never any of these other characters developing on their own, just fulfilling what Camille tells you they are.
There is no real romance, just random sex thrown in. She gets a bit teary eyed when her lover gets hurt, but even so you don't really get t...more
There is no real romance, just random sex thrown in. She gets a bit teary eyed when her lover gets hurt, but even so you don't really get t...more
Fluff has its place, be it summer eye-candy movies, or "romance"-style novels. And I get that with fluff, there won't be much substance - like cotton candy, it will melt out of your thoughts as soon as you're done with it, leaving a slightly sweet taste behind.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure this even managed to achieve that much. The "strong" female characters are written as male pin-up fantasies: beautiful, buxom, and wanton. By half-way through the novel, I began wondering who (outside of a full-...more
Unfortunately, I'm not sure this even managed to achieve that much. The "strong" female characters are written as male pin-up fantasies: beautiful, buxom, and wanton. By half-way through the novel, I began wondering who (outside of a full-...more
I heard of this author from a fellow book blogger. She was reviewing a different book in the series and the cover looked amazing. So what did I do? I went to the library and checked out. It sat and sat and sat on the pile as I moved through others on that pile or my other pile. I knew that I wanted to read it but I wasn’t pressed to do it immediately. Then I started reading it, and I must say that I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the characters and the action. I can’t really say that I was transported in...more
I read a lot of reviews that did NOT like this book. The general feeling seemed to lean towards the plot being foolish, not serious enough and basically an over done idea. Well news to everyone, this IS a Fantasy. The are the same basic elements in ALL paranormal books and this book has almost all of them. So I didn't think it was too over the top, seemed pretty par for the course in my opinion
Now what I liked. It was nice to have this UF not be SO damned serious and dark. To me a very common el...more
Now what I liked. It was nice to have this UF not be SO damned serious and dark. To me a very common el...more
This was a tough one to rate. There was a lot of good stuff in the book, but the writing style was weak. For example:
• I loved the world that was created, but it felt a little underdeveloped. (Like when the author would return to a subject to reveal more information, she really just repeated was what already said.) But, you could sense the potential in the different people/beings and wished for more. It was as if the author had an idea for them, but never took the time to think it through and de...more
• I loved the world that was created, but it felt a little underdeveloped. (Like when the author would return to a subject to reveal more information, she really just repeated was what already said.) But, you could sense the potential in the different people/beings and wished for more. It was as if the author had an idea for them, but never took the time to think it through and de...more
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I'm nitpicking the book to death, and I apologize. I did enjoy it, but it's a book I can only take so seriously. It's fluff, and that's nothing to apologize for. It's a decent book to unwind with, but not something that someone looking for some SERIOUS URBAN FANTASY or SERIOUS PARANORMAL ROMANCE will be too happy with, especially those used to the polish of Carrie Vaughn, Kim Harrison, or Kelley Armstrong (particularly Armstrong, whose sex scenes put Galenorn's to shame, but maybe that's just be...more
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Yasmine Galenorn is the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestselling author of the Otherworld (Sisters of the Moon) and Indigo Court urban fantasy series. In the past, she also wrote two mystery series for Berkley Prime Crime (one under the pen name of India Ink) and eight nonfiction metaphysical books.
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“Lips to lips, mouth to mouth,
Comes the speaker of the shrouds,
Suck in the spirit, speak the words,
Let secrets of the dead be heard.”
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Comes the speaker of the shrouds,
Suck in the spirit, speak the words,
Let secrets of the dead be heard.”
“Don't dwell on what may be. Apply yourself to the task at hand. The Hags of Fate may predict the future, but there is always free will, and that is your saving grace, my dear.”
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