Describe About Books Bewitching Season (Leland Sisters #1)
| Title | : | Bewitching Season (Leland Sisters #1) |
| Author | : | Marissa Doyle |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 346 pages |
| Published | : | April 29th 2008 by Henry Holt & Company |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Romance. Magic |
Marissa Doyle
Hardcover | Pages: 346 pages Rating: 3.69 | 4975 Users | 464 Reviews
Explanation Toward Books Bewitching Season (Leland Sisters #1)
In 1837 London, young daughters of viscounts pined for handsome, titled husbands, not careers. And certainly not careers in magic. At least, most of them didn't.Shy, studious Persephone Leland would far rather devote herself to her secret magic studies than enter society and look for a suitable husband. But right as the inevitable season for "coming out" is about to begin, Persy and her twin sister discover that their governess in magic has been kidnapped as part of a plot to gain control of the soon-to-be Queen Victoria. Racing through Mayfair ballrooms and royal palaces, the sisters overcome bad millinery, shady royal spinsters, and a mysterious Irish wizard. And along the way, Persy learns that husband hunting isn't such an odious task after all, if you can find the right quarry.
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| Original Title: | Bewitching Season (Book 1) |
| ISBN: | 0805082514 (ISBN13: 9780805082517) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Leland Sisters #1 |
| Characters: | Persephone "Persy" Leland, Penelope "Pen" Leland |
| Setting: | London, England(United Kingdom) |
| Literary Awards: | South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult Book Award (2011), Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Nominee (2011) |
Rating About Books Bewitching Season (Leland Sisters #1)
Ratings: 3.69 From 4975 Users | 464 ReviewsJudge About Books Bewitching Season (Leland Sisters #1)
Sort of the poor man's "Sorcery and Cecelia". Rather predictable, a smattering of loose ends, and a protagonist who whines too much and has so little smarts that you almost begrudge her her happy ending. Oh, and woe betide the lower classes. They get pretty short shrift here. Fun enough to read but it doesn't hold up to close scrutiny.I wasn't especially enthusiastic about this book. Sometimes it's charming, and I smiled a few times at clever bits (most often including the main character's precocious little brother Charles), but it suffers from a couple of fundamental problems which keep it from being a book that I would strongly recommend or keep to read over and over.First, it has the surprisingly common problem of being a book set in a world with magic, but then not having all that much magic in it. Any number of things
Usually the London season is a backdrop, not the entire plot of a book. This may be the most boring Regency I've ever read, and that's with a kidnapping, secret magic, and a plot to take the throne. So much potential unrealized.
The book reminded me of The Season (Maclean) and A Great and Terrible Beauty (Bray). As you read it the story pulls you in further and further into the characters and the intrigue in the plot. Persephone and Penelope are twins that are about to start their first London season. They are also witches who have been getting trained by their governess who is also a witch. Only their younger brother knows that they are witches as they practice some of their spells on him. Persy (Persephone) is far
I *loved* the idea behind the book. I even liked the plot. I HATED Persephone, the twin this book focuses on. Her self-denigrating attitude gets old REAL fast.. within the first 50 pages or so. AND IT DOESN'T STOP. EVER. Most of the storytelling is her self-loathing monologues talking about how ugly she is (compared to her IDENTICAL twin), how lame she is, how she'll never be good enough. I wanted to scream through 90% of this book. I kept reading hoping she would gain her confidence (she
This book was a good meld of debutante society, love, magic and adventure. The characters were interesting even if the main plot was lacking a little at times. I would have liked to see more action, but it was a good read. I was a little disappointed by how it ended. Not the ending she chose, but really the last page of the book - the last few paragraphs. I don't feel like it was wrapped up real well.
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