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A Hidden Witch

(A Modern Witch #2)

Debora Geary (Goodreads Author)

4.02 · Rating details · 7,225 ratings · 352 reviews

Elorie Shaw, steeped in the traditions of the Nova Scotia witching community, but not a witch. The fetching spell must have goofed this time... or did it? Travel to Fisher's Cove, Nova Scotia, where Moira is matriarch and the old ways are nurtured and passed to the next generation. Where a crotchety old witch makes small children cry and builds walls around the silent pain ...more

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Jan 15, 2013 Robin Cole rated it it was amazing

This is an outstanding series. It is super light reading and very Disney-esque in its family oriented message of kindness, forgiveness, patience and love. Normally i read more zombie books, apocalypse, death and destruction books but i like the occasional fantasy and the witch aspect caught my attention after so many vampires and zombies so i gave it a try and just feel in love! Great character development and family dynamic. Although the stories are pretty light weight and too "all good things ...more

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Sep 28, 2012 Jacob Proffitt rated it it was ok

Shelves: urban-fantasy

I was a bit disappointed with this second novel by Debora Geary. It was very like the first in terms of character and story—a focus on the characters and witch community without much in the way of external antagonist. I think I might come to appreciate this, though it's not something I generally seek out in books I read. You'd think it wouldn't have a “story” as a result, but Geary does a good job drawing us into the inner lives of her characters and that provides all the conflict and plot you'd I was a bit disappointed with this second novel by Debora Geary. It was very like the first in terms of character and story—a focus on the characters and witch community without much in the way of external antagonist. I think I might come to appreciate this, though it's not something I generally seek out in books I read. You'd think it wouldn't have a “story” as a result, but Geary does a good job drawing us into the inner lives of her characters and that provides all the conflict and plot you'd normally look for in a book.

So why two stars? This book undermines its own message in two very large ways that really ruined my ability to enjoy it. Neither of these are spoilers as they start early and continue throughout.

First, we hear over and over (in the first book and reiterated in this one) how every witch-born child is important and that those without power are as loved/cherished as those with. This is important because without it, you risk grave psychological damage for those children born without witch powers. Ensuring the powerless witch children feel loved is vital to the continuing health of the entire witch community (in my opinion). Throughout this book, over and over again, characters rejoice in Elorie's discovery of her own powers—talking about how she no longer need be so isolated as she had been. Her grandma goes so far as to say, several times, how thrilled she is to finally be able to share magical moments with Elorie as she always wanted to. Yeah, great message there grams... way to completely subvert everything you ever said about how much you love her for who she is regardless of what she can or cannot do.

Second, the treatment of Marcus is deplorable. Maybe I respond a bit more personally to this one because I'd be Marcus—the recluse who doesn't much like intrusions, particularly of the pint-sized variety. But Marcus' behavior in the books is completely above reproach. He's twitted at, pranked, and ruthlessly imposed upon, including exploration of his deepest emotional wounds. Several of the women openly disparage him, to his face. He takes it all very good naturedly, true. In fact, he takes it so good naturedly, it ends up making the women come off as man-hating catty bitches only able to tolerate males who cater to their every whim. It might have made a difference if they had kept their reactions to whatever happened in the past (as opposed to responding to his present actions), or if maybe the readers had been given some actual examples of an offensive past so we could see how they justified their apparently-over-the-top reactions. But no, all we see is Marcus helping, coaching, teaching, and investigating every bit as much as any of the “compassionate” women do.

Okay, I'm not soured on the series and I'll probably read the next book sometime (when I'm in the mood for a light story full of community and inner journeys). I hope there's a bit better internal integrity, though, so I'm not pulled out of the story quite so much. ...more

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Jul 27, 2011 Karen Fowler rated it it was amazing

Shelves: witches

A while back, I reviewed Geary’s first Indie published novel A Modern Witch and I had the pleasure of reading the sequel, A Hidden Witch as well. With the first book I developed a wicked case of puppy-love, but with the second I’ve become flat-out enamored with this series and the characters.

I stayed up far too late last night reading it, and in fact, I started on it the moment I downloaded it to my iPad. Even though I hated to do it, I eventually forced myself to go to bed at 2am, saving the la ...more

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Mar 18, 2013 Rakshasi rated it did not like it

Shelves: fantasy, brainfudge, chicks

Who loved the characters of the first book will love the continuation of their mildly exciting adventures and the new characters. Who liked the lightly mechanical descriptions of different kinds of magical power will really get a kick out of this book. Who wanted to hear more about the online castles and moats, that's your thing.

Unfortunately the book only keeps up with the larger witch community and the Walker family and there's precious little of Lauren and Nat in here. Marcus is the best char ...more

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Mar 24, 2018 Julie rated it really liked it

I think I figured out why I like these so much. Everyone in this storyline is so supportive of each other and the characters all try to work towards a greater good. We are so lacking in those things in our world right now, that it just feels good to read about this kind of cooperative spirit. Granted it centers around a witch community, which isn’t for everyone.

The only thing I strongly caution about, you may not be able to find these books! Books 1-3 in the 7 book series were the only ones to b ...more

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Oct 03, 2012 Melissa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: k

We are back with my favorite people! A Hidden Witch takes us to Nova Scotia, Canada and that branch of the family and a this time a whole new type of magic besides the six known is found and our hidden witch who is a traditionalist has a hard time accepting this new magic.

Elorie Swan was raised around witches her whole life, she is granddaughter to the matriarch of the Nova Scotia, Moira, witchcraft and the powers are her birthright. To her despair as each of her friends and family members devel We are back with my favorite people! A Hidden Witch takes us to Nova Scotia, Canada and that branch of the family and a this time a whole new type of magic besides the six known is found and our hidden witch who is a traditionalist has a hard time accepting this new magic.

Elorie Swan was raised around witches her whole life, she is granddaughter to the matriarch of the Nova Scotia, Moira, witchcraft and the powers are her birthright. To her despair as each of her friends and family members developed their powers one by one she never manifested any, she remains powerless. She has her teaching of the community witchlings, and her jewelry from the beach glass she picks up. She has convinced herself that she is happy, she married a non-witch and Aaron and she run the local the bed and breakfast. Then one day she signs on to her computer to let her husband know that she will be right up to dinner and finds herself pulled into the Amodernwitch.com chat room. The ‘fetching’ spell strikes again, but this time everybody is convinced that it has struck wrong, because Elorie is not a witch, Moira has scanned her over the years and there is no power to be had in her granddaughter.

Nell knows her program is not wrong, and with the help of her middle triplet daughter, Ginia, they had tweaked the spell code and now they could see the power registering. But it wasn’t a type of power they knew. It takes her coming out to California for a jewelry show, and some hands on tweaking of the code as she is there to figure out that she has awakened a new power source, Net Magic. Now this means that she pulls her power from the World Wide Web and so must be connected to the internet to work her magic. Elorie has a real problem with this, for starters, she doesn’t even like computers, does not know to work one –or barely, has no idea how to code, much less spell code. She will never be able to stand in the garden with her grandmother and watch a flower bloom in her hands pulling just on the magic in the air. As a traditionalist she is blocking this new magic and fighting hard against learning to use it.

Can Lauren, Jamie, Ginia and the rest of the community find a way to help her with her accept her first circle? Can they find a way so that this traditionalist witch, with non-traditional magic, learns to accept her power in her heart of hearts? Can they help her to one day be able to cause that flower to open in her grandma’s garden without a mouse in her hand?

This story was a little slower, but the tempo of the story telling was just right as Elorie learns to use her magic and to integrate into her life. It was more like taking long walks in the garden and along a beach and letting the ocean lap at your toes. I still could not put this book down, one page flowed into the other fairly quickly and you found yourself with a few more tears falling in this book, as the story progresses and as the community comes up with a way to help Elorie keep her magic close and access it wherever she is, including in her grandmother’s garden opening a rose bud.

Again this story is full of children’s playfulness and witchling antics. The power within yourself and being true to that power, the power of family and community coming together mixes in this story to create a powerful tale of love and acceptance. I rate this book another 5 stars with the rest of each book in this series. A must read. ...more

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Aug 01, 2011 Marcie pollack rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: everyone

I just got finished with the second installment to Debora Geary's A Modern With Series and was not disappointed at all. Like a few others I receive this free from the author but I would not have had ANY problem paying for it. Debora has a wonderful way of heart warming way of telling a story and keeping the reader riveted to the pages. This story is about Moria's granddaughter Elorie. Elorie had always hopped to be a witch, and growing up among a family of witches who wouldn't share this desire. ...more

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Aug 19, 2011 Joe Young rated it really liked it

A delightful story of technology being adapted to recognize witches who are maybe wandering in the world without any training to control or discipline for their budding powers. This story is like others that Debora Geary has written about Witches that just sings with the sense of love and family. If only the real world had such positive views of how life can be, how much better off the world might be. This story centers on a Witch who always felt she didn't have any powers and longed to be like ...more

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Sep 03, 2011 Kitty rated it it was amazing

Shelves: paranormal

Debora Geary has become my "go to" author when I need something happy - when life is getting me down and I need a lift. If I could choose a book, or series of books, where I could actually step into the story and live, it would be something by Ms. Geary. I want to live in this world, get to know these people, and experience what they experience.

A Hidden Witch was a little heavier on the magic than A Modern Witch, and, perhaps, a bit more "out there". That's not at all a bad thing in my opinion, ...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Sho rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, urban-fantasy

Since I gobbled up the first book the Modern Witch and loved it sooo much. I pretty much bought everything that's available on the series! That's how much I liked it.

This book follows the first book and shows more of the world of the Modern witches. It goes into more about the family and the relationship surrounding them. The concept of the hidden "witch" talent here is very modern and interesting. Made me want to play the game! The additional characters further introduced here and were just gl ...more

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Mar 08, 2013 Raquel rated it did not like it

Shelves: magic-n-dragons

I've read the first three books of this series, and each one reads like a season of 7th Heaven. Very family oriented, lots of warm fuzzies, an abundance of characters and subplots.

This entry was the weakest of the three I've read. It's very angsty all the way through. I didn't ever warm to the fetched witch in this one. She just never became someone I could like. There was also a veritable onslaught of poignant moments, one right after another. I like a good poignant point but not so much that I ...more

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Apr 14, 2012 Brad rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Another great book in this series. I am still amazed at how engaging the story of this extended family of witches is, considering they're not dysfunctional. This book reads like a series of happy endings, although it does contain some drama as well.

For those keeping nutritional track, if book one was all about ice cream, book two is all about cookies.

I am rooting for potato chips and Doritos for book three. ...more

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Apr 02, 2013 Karen rated it did not like it

As I was reading, I felt myself mentally rolling my eyes at the characters... a lot. I liked the first book in the series well enough -- a little quiet mental floss from my usual vampires, time traveling, Highlanders and wizards, but this second book bored me silly. I usually devour a book in a day or two, but I had to make myself finish this book.

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Jan 09, 2012 Kat rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: Everyone!

Shelves: kindle

Another great read that I buried my nose in and thoroughly enjoyed! Now on to book 3 and the story continues - I love it!

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Jan 10, 2015 Wendy rated it it was amazing

lov this

This author is so good, keeps me interested and I never want to set it down. Very good I can't wait til the next book! ...more

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Oct 25, 2015 Angelika rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: reci, 2015

I like this witch family and I enjoy to read about their lifes however a little more romance would be great.

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Jan 03, 2019 paulette coniglio rated it it was amazing

couldn't put it down. I became one of them while I was reading and it took me away. ...more

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Dec 30, 2015 DodoReading rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance, chick-lit, witches, reading-challenge-2016, kindle-unlimited

3.5 stars

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Nov 19, 2020 Sydney rated it it was amazing

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Jul 07, 2017 Samantha rated it liked it

Don't ask me why I picked this up,I myself have no idea,given the low rating I gave to the first book.
Guess I was just curious.And this time,curiosity did not kill the cat,it provided her with a giant fluff bed to fall back on with so much sweetness she's probably turned diabetic.
When I read the first book,I went in with this expectation of seeing epic conflict,wild magical duels and wresting with inner daemons.Because...witches!(I blame Harry Potter).Needless to say I was disappointed.But this ...more

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Aug 23, 2020 Theresa rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, witchy, pop-sugar-2020-summer-challenge

In this second book in the Moderm Witch series, the internet witch fetching spell, which has been tweaked and upgraded by newbie witchling and gifted coder Ginia, fetches a non-witch member of the Novia Scotia branch of the family, and shows there is significant power in Elorie. Though Elorie herself wants nothing more than to be a witch, she knows she has zero magic.

What follows is nothing less than the discovery of a latent magic that requires internet contact to engage and use. As Elorie and ...more

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Feb 11, 2021 Kei rated it really liked it

Shelves: 英語-english

I turn to these series (this author) when I feel like every other book I pick up is trying to blow my head up with all the cheap angst.
These books are mellow, and filled with a variery of pleasant characters working through their issues.
Unfortunately, in case of this specific book, I kind of found the whole Net magic-computer-iPhone talk too tedious, uninteresting and slow. (But still better than the cheap angst I came running away from.)

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Jul 21, 2019 Stephanie Williams rated it it was amazing

Omg luv this book i couldnt put it down( unless i had to) i am soo happy we got to see more of nat n Lauren n see how her magic is growing. I also had some laugh and some heart felt tears when we got little in the some of the new characters background. I can honestly say that this series is a keeper n i cant wait to read the next book.

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Oct 20, 2019 KDinSC rated it it was amazing

Loved it

I really love this series, and I am grateful that I had bought it years ago, as it looks like it may be harder to find now. If you want to escape to a mostly safe, happy world with loving families, romantic interests, online gaming and of course, Magic! This is the spot!

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Jan 29, 2021 Sofia rated it liked it

Shelves: like-intressant, 3

I absolutely loved the ending. Although I am slightly worried how the rest of the series will turn out now that the NetWitches are so overpowered that they can move a virtual house into reality and make it real.

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Nov 05, 2017 Takiyah Dudley rated it really liked it

Shelves: ebook

Good

I like this series but this book wasn't as good as the first. The Internet web magic took a bit for me to accept. All in all a good follow up to the debut novel. ...more

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May 09, 2019 Aditi rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy, wlw

This book was a little difficult to get through. While I enjoy the slice of life approach, I do feel that other than a couple of characters, there is very little development in personalities.

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May 10, 2019 Julie Aponte rated it it was amazing

Amazing book!

This book really tugs at your heart. It makes me want to be a part of this world so badly that im sad when the book ends lol. Amaziing book.

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