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The Wolf, the Witch and the Coffin
Emelia Anderson could never be accused of having a boring life. An innate family ability to find things - minerals, precious metals, gems - particularly strong in her, had led to her being kidnapped many times in her first 30 years. Living in New York the last few years, life seemed to have settled down and Emelia enjoyed a comfortable living from her gift and allowed her to give back to the community. That is until a new kidnapping opens her eyes to the world of Werewolves, Vampires and much older Supernaturals. Embroiled in a vampire plot to unleash an ancient power, Emelia must harness new levels of her witchy strength to prevent all out war. All the while, juggling family betrayal, a difficult past and a whirlwhind new romance!
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202 pages, Paperback
First published April 14, 2013
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September 1, 2016
SPOILERS AHEAD. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.
To whoever thought about Narnia, let me tell you this story has NOTHING to do with that. It’s about supernatural beings, yes, but set in the 21st century, in New York. Also, the Wolf is the male character; the Witch, the female lead (who also happens to be the narrator), and the Coffin… well, we lose sight of it by the first few chapters because it gets burned and turned to ashes. Bummer. I was sort of hoping something interesting to happen with the thing, in case the levels of creepiness weren’t enough —it didn’t happen, and it weren’t, in case you’re wondering.
The story had potential, but I don’t like the fast pace everything take here. Don’t get me wrong. Fast pace is one of the best things a story has sometimes because it keeps you on your toes, biting your nails and reading until the ungodly wee hours of the morning. However, that’s not what happened here.
The idea, as I said, it’s a good one, even if a bit clichéd. But the protagonist —who happens to be a powerful witch, and apparently ‘the most powerful witch’ to exist— narrate as if she were reading from a grocery list: ‘I woke up. I did this. I did that’. There’s no elaboration, no description, no emotion, no nothing. I couldn’t for the life of me, understand what her motivation was. Sure, there was instalove, but, honestly, take your time to make it a bit more exciting!
The kidnapping pissed me off beyond borders. Why? Well, to begin with, this woman simply helped her captors just because they didn’t kill her or whatever. Oh no. She woke up. She saw sand. She asked where she was. They told her they needed her to find a person. She argued she couldn’t. All this in a way that made me wonder whether she was kidnapped or talking to someone in the middle of the street at noon.
Heck, someone kidnaps me and, at the very least, I want to punch him in the face. Let alone help him! Not that I wouldn’t understand his reasons waaaaaaaaaaaaay afterwards, but still. Couldn’t you just ASK ME FIRST????!!!
Nope. Not an option.
Let’s talk about the unnecessary !!!! at the end of sentences that didn’t need them. I was annoyed by this because, seriously, woman? Do you need to express emotion every seven sentences? And I’m leaving it at that.
The book was bad. Too many characters. Too many apparent stories mashed up together to pretend to be something that didn’t quite made it. The witches reminded me of the ones from TVD and TO, both series I greatly dislike because it’s the same bullshit always, and are worse than a soap opera.
The Twilight reference kept me fuming. You don’t need to reference the shiny vamps every time! But that seems to be the trend whenever a vampire is involved.
Then there’s the werewolves.
Werewolves are part of the lore when vampires are involved, true, but I have never liked them too much. I don’t know why; I simply don’t like them. Maybe it’s the entire machismo thing going on; the Alpha, and the pissing contest. That’s why I’m so wary when I come across a book with such topic. In this one you have the Alpha falling for the witch (nothing new there, people), the guy is gorgeous *eye rolling, everyone*, and to my surprise, he was possessive, but no the me take you to cave like a freaking Neanderthal.
That was the only good thing.
Like I said up there, too many people. The witch friend, her cousin, the pack, the grandma, the sister who stole the boyfriend, the sister who can see the future, the vampire who happens to be a spy, the vampire who happens to be the second in command, the vampire that’s the antagonist, shady characters everywhere, and the immortal guy that you’ve known since always…
Huh?
Yep. My thoughts exactly.
For a book with less than 120 pages (including both covers), this was too much. The reason why the vampires wanted the city was a simple twist, an excuse. It’s like the author didn’t know what could answer the questions: ‘Why do they want to challenge the wolf pack over a city they’ve lived in for over 60 years? And why now?’
I kept reading and found that it was just something thrown here. No explanation, nothing. The Tablets of Thot (the actual thing is ‘The Book of Thoth’, but I’ll let this one slide). For those of you who have no clue who Thot is, well, he’s the Egyptian god of knowledge, among other things. But don’t be fooled, this god has no appearance whatsoever in this book except when mentioned.
Enter excuse number 2: the immortal dude.
This guy’s been wandering the Earth since Jesus… literally. That tells me he probably has a teensy weensy more knowledge than the entire packs of the country all put together. After all, who lives for over 2 millennia and doesn’t learn a thing or two?
But no.
This guy showed up as the immortal dude, yet he knew the protagonist from before. It never occurred to her there was something fishy about him? Well, she could sometimes feel things from people, and no, I don’t buy the excuse that her great grandmother didn’t tell her who he was.
Anyway, this is way too much ranting already.
I liked the part where Emilia (the female lead, by the way) kicked some butts. Too bad it was poorly written, too little description to what could have been awesome fights, and too easily resolved. It was more drama about her eating after ‘dowsing’ (I figured it must be some sort of scrying) than what was actually happening. Also, the chemistry between her and Chris —the wolf— was meh. Not at all the kind of thing you’d expect from an Alpha male when he finds his mate.
The story could have benefited had the writer decided to take some more time developing the characters. There’s never an understanding as to why Emilia can sense stones just that she does. She grew poor, seeing her father hunt, and when he didn’t come up with something, they would starve. Which begs the question: if she had this talent, this gift, for finding gems (yes, yes, diamonds, sapphires, rubies… you name it), how come she didn’t use it? She might have been a kid, but apparently her grandma also had this talent. Why didn’t she help her daughter’s family? With just a few precious stones they would have lived comfortably. I’m not saying Hilton rich, just with enough money to make ends meet. Oh, yes. Emilia never went to college because her parents had no money—and she had 3 other younger siblings—so she had to go to community college.
Once again: her ability to find gems????
To say I was completely bothered by this is to put it mildly. We never find out when she came into her power, but she said she always had it. Then, girl, please, don’t cry misery. It would have been a better background portrait if you said your parents didn’t want you using and abusing your gift, since using your abilities for personal gain tends to go against a witch’s beliefs (if you’re a wiccan, which is never explained here either).
It’s an average read, although I don’t recommend it if you have something more interesting to read. Apparently there’s more books coming since this one ended without actually finding the guy who orchestrated the whole thing (kidnapping, dethroning the Alpha male, taking over a city, instigating a war between species…), and the end is about that guy, leaving a sort of cliffhanger. I’m not interested to know what happens next, tough. In case you do, please, let me know how it goes.
*EDIT* . After checking on Goodreads, I see there is no follow up for this story, which makes it even more sucky than it already is.
To whoever thought about Narnia, let me tell you this story has NOTHING to do with that. It’s about supernatural beings, yes, but set in the 21st century, in New York. Also, the Wolf is the male character; the Witch, the female lead (who also happens to be the narrator), and the Coffin… well, we lose sight of it by the first few chapters because it gets burned and turned to ashes. Bummer. I was sort of hoping something interesting to happen with the thing, in case the levels of creepiness weren’t enough —it didn’t happen, and it weren’t, in case you’re wondering.
The story had potential, but I don’t like the fast pace everything take here. Don’t get me wrong. Fast pace is one of the best things a story has sometimes because it keeps you on your toes, biting your nails and reading until the ungodly wee hours of the morning. However, that’s not what happened here.
The idea, as I said, it’s a good one, even if a bit clichéd. But the protagonist —who happens to be a powerful witch, and apparently ‘the most powerful witch’ to exist— narrate as if she were reading from a grocery list: ‘I woke up. I did this. I did that’. There’s no elaboration, no description, no emotion, no nothing. I couldn’t for the life of me, understand what her motivation was. Sure, there was instalove, but, honestly, take your time to make it a bit more exciting!
The kidnapping pissed me off beyond borders. Why? Well, to begin with, this woman simply helped her captors just because they didn’t kill her or whatever. Oh no. She woke up. She saw sand. She asked where she was. They told her they needed her to find a person. She argued she couldn’t. All this in a way that made me wonder whether she was kidnapped or talking to someone in the middle of the street at noon.
Heck, someone kidnaps me and, at the very least, I want to punch him in the face. Let alone help him! Not that I wouldn’t understand his reasons waaaaaaaaaaaaay afterwards, but still. Couldn’t you just ASK ME FIRST????!!!
Nope. Not an option.
Let’s talk about the unnecessary !!!! at the end of sentences that didn’t need them. I was annoyed by this because, seriously, woman? Do you need to express emotion every seven sentences? And I’m leaving it at that.
The book was bad. Too many characters. Too many apparent stories mashed up together to pretend to be something that didn’t quite made it. The witches reminded me of the ones from TVD and TO, both series I greatly dislike because it’s the same bullshit always, and are worse than a soap opera.
The Twilight reference kept me fuming. You don’t need to reference the shiny vamps every time! But that seems to be the trend whenever a vampire is involved.
Then there’s the werewolves.
Werewolves are part of the lore when vampires are involved, true, but I have never liked them too much. I don’t know why; I simply don’t like them. Maybe it’s the entire machismo thing going on; the Alpha, and the pissing contest. That’s why I’m so wary when I come across a book with such topic. In this one you have the Alpha falling for the witch (nothing new there, people), the guy is gorgeous *eye rolling, everyone*, and to my surprise, he was possessive, but no the me take you to cave like a freaking Neanderthal.
That was the only good thing.
Like I said up there, too many people. The witch friend, her cousin, the pack, the grandma, the sister who stole the boyfriend, the sister who can see the future, the vampire who happens to be a spy, the vampire who happens to be the second in command, the vampire that’s the antagonist, shady characters everywhere, and the immortal guy that you’ve known since always…
Huh?
Yep. My thoughts exactly.
For a book with less than 120 pages (including both covers), this was too much. The reason why the vampires wanted the city was a simple twist, an excuse. It’s like the author didn’t know what could answer the questions: ‘Why do they want to challenge the wolf pack over a city they’ve lived in for over 60 years? And why now?’
I kept reading and found that it was just something thrown here. No explanation, nothing. The Tablets of Thot (the actual thing is ‘The Book of Thoth’, but I’ll let this one slide). For those of you who have no clue who Thot is, well, he’s the Egyptian god of knowledge, among other things. But don’t be fooled, this god has no appearance whatsoever in this book except when mentioned.
Enter excuse number 2: the immortal dude.
This guy’s been wandering the Earth since Jesus… literally. That tells me he probably has a teensy weensy more knowledge than the entire packs of the country all put together. After all, who lives for over 2 millennia and doesn’t learn a thing or two?
But no.
This guy showed up as the immortal dude, yet he knew the protagonist from before. It never occurred to her there was something fishy about him? Well, she could sometimes feel things from people, and no, I don’t buy the excuse that her great grandmother didn’t tell her who he was.
Anyway, this is way too much ranting already.
I liked the part where Emilia (the female lead, by the way) kicked some butts. Too bad it was poorly written, too little description to what could have been awesome fights, and too easily resolved. It was more drama about her eating after ‘dowsing’ (I figured it must be some sort of scrying) than what was actually happening. Also, the chemistry between her and Chris —the wolf— was meh. Not at all the kind of thing you’d expect from an Alpha male when he finds his mate.
The story could have benefited had the writer decided to take some more time developing the characters. There’s never an understanding as to why Emilia can sense stones just that she does. She grew poor, seeing her father hunt, and when he didn’t come up with something, they would starve. Which begs the question: if she had this talent, this gift, for finding gems (yes, yes, diamonds, sapphires, rubies… you name it), how come she didn’t use it? She might have been a kid, but apparently her grandma also had this talent. Why didn’t she help her daughter’s family? With just a few precious stones they would have lived comfortably. I’m not saying Hilton rich, just with enough money to make ends meet. Oh, yes. Emilia never went to college because her parents had no money—and she had 3 other younger siblings—so she had to go to community college.
Once again: her ability to find gems????
To say I was completely bothered by this is to put it mildly. We never find out when she came into her power, but she said she always had it. Then, girl, please, don’t cry misery. It would have been a better background portrait if you said your parents didn’t want you using and abusing your gift, since using your abilities for personal gain tends to go against a witch’s beliefs (if you’re a wiccan, which is never explained here either).
It’s an average read, although I don’t recommend it if you have something more interesting to read. Apparently there’s more books coming since this one ended without actually finding the guy who orchestrated the whole thing (kidnapping, dethroning the Alpha male, taking over a city, instigating a war between species…), and the end is about that guy, leaving a sort of cliffhanger. I’m not interested to know what happens next, tough. In case you do, please, let me know how it goes.
*EDIT* . After checking on Goodreads, I see there is no follow up for this story, which makes it even more sucky than it already is.
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