{"id":167,"date":"2012-02-27T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2013-12-12T19:38:55","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T01:38:55","slug":"always-a-witch-fiction-time-travel-magic-battle-prophecy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"Always a Witch, by Carolyn MacCullough (book review) – Time travel, magic battle, prophecy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bookFace her sister’s wrath or buy the world’s most unflattering bridesmaid dress<\/a>?
\nStay here to be with true love<\/a> Gabriel or travel back in time to save the world?
\nWhy doesn’t Tam ever have any easy choices?<\/p>\n

As the first book in MacCullough’s duet ended, high school senior Tamsin Greene learned that she does indeed have a witch Talent and is one of the few skilled at time Travel<\/a>. Oh, and that somehow she is now keeper of the Domani, the magical object that keeps the malign Knight family of witches under control.<\/p>\n

No wonder Alistair Knight goes back in time to help his ancestors keep the Greene family from creating the Domani… no wonder Tamsin time Travels to stop him.<\/p>\n

Twisted witch souls, lust for power<\/a>, a big magical battle – be sure to read Once a Witch<\/i> (book 1 – my review<\/a>) before you race through the conclusion of this exciting duet.
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/b>: Always a Witch \/ Carolyn MacCullough. Clarion HMH, 2011. [author’s website<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My Recommendation<\/b>: Tamsin can\u2019t let evil Alistair Knight go back in time to wipe out her family! Yes, she knows that time Traveling is dangerous, but the fate of the Greenes \u2013 and of all unWitch humanity – hangs in the balance.<\/p>\n

Few can Travel, and no one else can repel another witch\u2019s Talent or take it away – finding her magic Talent late is better than never, Tam decides, even if she doesn\u2019t want to be \u201cmost powerful of them all,\u201d as her grandmother reads the prophecy from the past and future pages of the Greene family book.<\/p>\n

Clues indicate that Alistair intends to contact his 19th century relatives with information they could use to ambush the Greenes and prevent them from creating the Domani which controls the powers that witches have over mere humans. So Tamsin decides to get into the Knight household before he can arrive in 1887. Surely Gabriel will be able to draw her back into the present before her sister Rowena\u2019s wedding next weekend\u2026<\/p>\n

Posing as a lady\u2019s maid, Tam finds that more than just modern conveniences are lacking in the huge house. The matriarch, La Spider, is using highly unconventional means to retain her youthful appearance and to control her grown son and daughter. And the son is experimenting with ways to use humans, such a bother when they are used up\u2026<\/p>\n

Blood and a dungeon, an uncanny stone statue, a stealthy war of magic power that bustling New York City cannot even see \u2013 will Alistair succeed in giving Liam Knight the key to defeating the Greenes? Can Tamsin stop the Knight family without stranding herself in the past? Why are the pages of her grandmother\u2019s prophecy book blank past the day Tam left for 1887?<\/p>\n

The prophecy heard in Once a Witch<\/i> (my review here<\/a>) echoes over and over through the closing book of the duet, as Tamsin strives to do what\u2019s best for her family without destroying the world. One of 5,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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