Half Bad (The Half Bad Trilogy, #1) in The Wide Web of Friends in YA Books

Mar 11, 2014 Carie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

Wow – this was a fantastic read!! I LOVED it and could not put it down. SO good!!

The premise of this book is fascinating--it's as if Harry Potter had been sired by Lord Voldemort instead of James Potter and then mistreated and abused by almost everybody, subject to constant and increasing (and unfair!) constraints/oppression, and left not knowing what to do or who to trust! And the concept brings up all kinds of questions: How would such a person be treated by the “good” and “bad” sides? What wo ...more

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Feb 24, 2014 Erika B. (SOS BOOKS) rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya, intense, supernatural

Why? Why Sally Green?! Why did you have to do that to me and leave your book like that?! AHHHHH!!! Fine. Okay. We can still be friends because I loved your book! This one was super good! Loved it! It made me cringe, cry, cheer, and clap with joy! (did you like my use of c words there?) This book was so unique! I have never experienced a witch story quite like this one! Mainly it is a society of witches that are divided into black and white aka evil and good. But as it is usually in the ways of t ...more

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Mar 01, 2014 Kristy Brown rated it liked it

The beginning of this book was very strong and intriguing. Sadly though I feel it lost its pace about half way through. I became a little frustrated with the many treks Nathan had to take to find Mercury. However Sally Green has made likeable characters particularly in Nathan,Arran and GabrieI. It's a great concept with lots of potential. ...more

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Feb 07, 2014 Maddie rated it really liked it

Shelves: owned-physical

4.25/5. It started off a bit weirdly imo, just your basic ya, but halfway through it got unexpectedly good. really looking forward to reading the next one, fingers crossed it won't fall under the curse of sequels haha ...more

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Nov 18, 2013 Rachel (aka Ms4Tune) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, fantasy, series-read, bought, 2014, an-ebook

My review can also be found HERE

’‘…I’m a Black Witch.’
‘No, you’re not. That’s your body, not you. The real you is nothing to do with being a Black Witch. You have some of Marcus’s genes in you, and some of Saba’s. But that’s physical. And the physical stuff, the genes, your Gift, they are not what makes a Black Witch. You have to believe that. It’s how you think and how you behave that shows who you are. You aren’t evil, Nathan. Nothing about you is evil. You will have a powerful Gift – we ca ...more

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