5th July 2016- This is my stop on the blog tour for The Witch's Kiss by Katharine and Elizabeth Corr. Sixteeen-year-old Meredith is fed-up with her feuding family and feeling invisible at school – not to mention the witch magic that shoots out of her fingernails when she’s stressed. Then sweet, sensitive Jack comes into her life and she falls for him hard. The only problem is that he is periodically possessed by a destructive centuries-old curse. Meredith has lost her heart, but will she also lose her life? Or in true fairytale tradition, can true love’s kiss save the day?
Video recorded at The Witch's Kiss Book Launch on 4th July 2016
Merry is a witch, but her powers are very sporadic and sometimes non existent. However, a great evil has been unleashed on the world in the forms of Jack and Gwydion. People are being attacked in Merry's hometown and it is up to her and her brother Leo to stop this evil before it can be unleashed on the whole world. Merry needs to stop people from being killed, but does she succeed and does she regain the use of her magic?
I found this to be quite a fast paced novel with action throughout the whole story. The action parts weren't just confined to the end of the novel. The main action did come at the end as you would expect, but there was also scenes throughout the rest of the novel such as Jack being released from the lake, people being attacked, Merry trying to use her powers, etc. I did kind of predict what would happen at the end of the novel, but I wasn't expecting the little twist in the action at the end of the novel. That was a good surprise as I wasn't expecting it.
Merry and Leo were good main characters as they were brave, would do anything to protect the people they love and they just wanted to save their town from the evils that haunted it. Even though Leo didn't have magical powers he was still important when it came to stopping Gwydion. Gwydion was a good villain as he just wanted to kill and control people and he didn't care who he hurt in the process of doing that. Jack just wanted to be human again, but he couldn't while Gwydion was controlling him so he knew that a sacrifice had to be made by him in some way shape or form.
The language flowed really well throughout the whole novel. However, in some parts throughout the novel I found that some words in sentences were missing so some of the sentences didn't make much sense. I liked the use of dreams and nightmares throughout the novel so Merry could see what happened to her ancestors in the past when they tried to stop Gwydion. I also liked the use of visions in which Merry could see events which were about to happen or had just happened.
Overall, I gave this novel 4/5 stars. I found it a good, fast paced, enjoyable read which I didn't want to stop reading. This story will be continued in the next novel The Witch's Tears which should be released at some point next year. I can't wait to see what happens next to Merry and Leo on their journey to stop the forces of evil and darkness from taking over the world and their quiet little town.
Sunday 8th May 2016
This event took place in Foyles down Charing Cross Road. The signing was 15 minutes late starting, but I didn't mind that as I had to wait about an hour and 15 minutes to meet them anyway. John said his friend would take people's phones and take photos of them if they wanted this. They made jokes throughout the whole book signing and people were always taking photos of them as they were waiting in the queue. I had 3 books for them to sign which were Bone Quill, Book of Beasts and Torchwood Exodus Code. Some people had come from different countries just to meet them. For example, there were people from France, Germany and China there. They got quite a few presents from people aswell.
When I finally got to meet them they were really lovely to talk to. I told them that I did own the first book in their series, but it was already signed. Which they said was a good thing and some were pre-signed. I even got a hug from John Barrowman aswell as I asked him nicely if I could have a hug. John's friend took a photo of me, John and Carole on my mobile phone. So happy to finally meet John Barrowman and to get him and Carole to sign my books by both of them. This was a fun day out and I hope to go to another book signing again soon.
These are statues and items I have seen within Forbidden Planet and CEX that I really like. There is also a picture of something I saw at Cineworld in Enfield when I was last there.
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