Witches of East End

From the author of the highly addictive and bestselling Blue Bloods series, with almost 3 million copies sold, comes a new novel, Melissa de la Cruz's first for adults, featuring a family of formidable and beguiling witches.

The three Beauchamp women--Joanna and her daughters Freya and Ingrid--live in North Hampton, out on the tip of Long Island. Their beautiful, mist-shrouded town seems almost stuck in time, and all three women lead seemingly quiet, uneventful existences. But they are harbouring a mighty secret--they are powerful witches banned from using their magic. Joanna can resurrect people from the dead and heal the most serious of injuries. Ingrid, her bookish daughter, has the ability to predict the future and weave knots that can solve anything from infertility to infidelity. And finally, there's Freya, the wild child, who has a charm or a potion that can cure most any heartache.

For centuries, all three women have been forced to suppress their abilities. But then Freya, who is about to get married to the wealthy and mysterious Bran Gardiner, finds that her increasingly complicated romantic life makes it more difficult than ever to hide her secret. Soon Ingrid and Joanna confront similar dilemmas, and the Beauchamp women realize they can no longer conceal their true selves. They unearth their wands from the attic, dust off their broomsticks, and begin casting spells on the townspeople. It all seems like a bit of good-natured, innocent magic, but then mysterious, violent attacks begin to plague the town. When a young girl disappears over the Fourth of July weekend, they realize it's time to uncover who and what dark forces are working against them.

With a brand-new cast of characters, a fascinating and fresh world to discover, and a few surprise appearances from some of the Blue Blood fan favorites, this is a page-turning, deliciously fun, magical summer read fraught with love affairs, witchcraft, and an unforgettable battle between good and evil.

Title: Witches of East End
Author: Melissa De La Cruz
Publisher: Disney Hyperion (Adult)
Page Count: 272
Series: Book One
Discloser: North Bay Public Library

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So If you have been reading my blog for a while you know I am a huge Melissa De La Cruz fan. I love her Blue Bloods books. They were one of the first series I have ever read. (I was a late bloomer when it came to reading.) I've reviewed all of the Blue Bloods Books, and The First Au-pair's Novel (I am savouring them and once I'm done reading The Ashley's ) but reading her first adult novel that is set in the world of blue bloods, and having characters that you know and love show up in a novel and learn that they play a big roll is kinda surreal.

NOTE! THIS IS AN ADULT BOOK! +18

(and there are Blue Bloods Characters in this book, but what you learn from them in this isn't important to the main story line arc.)

OMG I love this! love love love it. (sorry this is going to be fan girly) I savoured this novel, I read it bit by bit, and seriously it's not just because its Melissa, its because the writing is amazing.

There are three Beauchamp women and I love them all. They all are witches who are not aloud to use there powers. They are all are having issues with this thought its been centuries. And They are just starting to use there magic again, be damned with the consequences.

Joanna is the mother, she has been there mothers for there entire lives. In every cycle she becomes pregnant, as much as she loves her children (unlike Blue Bloods the children are actually hers) Along with her daughter her son is missing. That is the hardest part of being pregnant over and over again, because she keeps wishing that her son will come back to her, and he never does.

Ingrid, is the Librarian, who's can somewhat see into the future she also does knot work charms. And she just starts buy losing up one of her friends, and then word spread and she is soon the witch (new age) for all the town's wants and needs, straying husbands, child bearing issues, the list goes on and on.) Ingrid is also doesn't feel like she has a love life, and she's getting lonely fixing everyone's else's love lives mostly.

Freya: the local barmaid, and she loves it. She is also the "youngest." of the Beauchamp. And she makes tonic's, mostly love tonic's but tonic's none the less. She is also engaged to be married, and on the night of the engagement party she meets her fiancé's brother, and there is an instant physical reaction that ends in up leading into the bathroom. And she is having conflicted feelings for brothers.

The girls stories are woven together in a way that not many authors can do as elegantly as Melissa does. There are a lot of mythology in this. I like the Norwegian myth's in contrast to the mainly christian in the origins of the blue bloods books. All in all this is an amazing book, and I can not wait for reading the next book. And last week Melissa announced the title of the next book in the series which is:

Serpents Kiss