Waiting on Wednesday (15)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week I'm waiting on 

A Witch Alone by Ruth Warburton

Title: A Witch Alone

Author: Ruth Warburton

Will be published on: February 7th, 2013 (Hodder Children's Books)

Pages: 400
Series: The Winter Trilogy

Synopsis from Goodreads: Where do you go when your heart has been ripped out?

For Anna there is only one answer; into her past, where the truth about her mother, her power, and her real identity lie hidden.

But as Anna delves deeper into her history, she begins to fear that the truth about what set her mother running may be darker than she ever suspected. With the witches of the world on the brink of war, Seth gone, and her friend Abe wanting more from her than she can possibly give, Anna is in crisis.

As the clouds around her gather, Anna is torn between friends, family and rival tribes of witches and – at the last – between love and magic.

Last week the cover of this last installment in the Winter Trilogy was revealed and I love it! I can't wait to read it and to know how this series will end!

What are you waiting on?

Cover Reveal: A Witch Alone (Winter Trilogy #3)

I always get really excited when I see a beautiful cover, especially when the book isn't published yet. It's makes the waiting a little bit better! 

A Witch Alone 

Title: A Witch Alone

Author: Ruth Warburton

Expected publication: February 7th, 2013 (Hodder Children's Books)
Pages: 400

Series: Winter Trilogy #3

I can't wait to read A Witch Alone! The ending of A Witch in Love was a real cliffhanger and I want to know what happens next! I love this cover! Purple and yellow go so well together! This cover makes me even more curious about the story!

What do you think about this cover?

Review A Witch in Love by Ruth Warburton

Title: A Witch in Love

Author: Ruth Warburton 

Published: July 5th, 2012 (Hodder Children's Books)

Pages: 401
Source: bought

Series: Winter Trilogy #2
Rating: 4 stars

Synopsis from Goodreads: Anna still finds it hard to believe that Seth loves her and has vowed to suppress her powers, no matter what.

But magic – like love – is uncontrollable. It spills out with terrible consequences, and soon, Anna is being hunted.

For the review of A Witch in Winter go here. 

This second book in the Winter Trilogy is even better than the first. I just couldn't put it down and most of the book I read in one sitting. 

It takes place six months after the ending of A Witch in Winter. Anna is in a happy relationship with Seth, but she still can't believe he truly loves her. And there is her uncontrollable power. She still wants to know where her magic comes from, but her father is as closed as ever on the subject of her lost mother. But everything turns around when Anna starts receiving creepy threats from an outwith enemy. 


In my review of the first book I told you what an amazing writing style Ruth Warburton has and that hasn't changed. I would say it got even better! A very important thing for me, it can really ruin a book. 


But also the story is so good. It's full of tension. The relationship between Anna and Seth is on edge at some point, because she can't let go of the fact she bewitched him at first and she's still not sure if the spell is broken. But also the threats from the outwith enemy is so strong. Especially when Anna thinks them as less dangerous than the Ealwitan and other witches, you just know she's in even graver danger. You'll have a hard time putting this down. 


I love Anna. She goes for what she wants, but she isn't a stupid heroine who goes running off to all sorts of dangers. Danger just finds her, but she has a great way of getting herself out of it, with or without help from others. She still is getting to know her powers and I absolutely can't wait to read the next book, A Witch Alone, and find out more. I just read the synopsis and it sounds amazing! 

Review A Witch in Winter by Ruth Warburton

Title: A Witch in Winter

Author: Ruth Warburton 

Published: January 5th, 2012 (Hodder Children's Books)

Pages: 346
Source: bought

Series: Winter Trilogy #1
Rating: 4 stars

Synopsis from Goodreads: Anna Winterson doesn't know she's a witch and would probably mock you for believing in magic, but after moving to the small town of Winter with her father, she learns more than she ever wanted to about power. When Anna meets Seth, she is smitten, but when she enchants him to love her, she unwittingly amplifies a deadly conflict between two witch clans and splits her own heart in two. She wants to love Seth, to let him love her – but if it is her magic that's controlling his passion, then she is as monstrous as the witch clan who are trying to use her amazing powers for their own gain.

As with many of my books I bought this title a while ago and it just set there on my TBR pile. With the second book (which is published today!) on the way I decided to finally read it. Why didn't I read this sooner?! Once I started reading it was hard to stop (but I had to, work and all). I absolutely loved Ruth Warburton's writing style. The first chapter wasn't all that exciting, it's mainly about Anna moving into her new house with her dad, but even then I just couldn't stop. It's not without reason that the writing style is one of the most important things of a book for me, but this book proved it once more. 

Luckily it didn't end with the writing style, because the story was great too! Anna is a lovable character. She doesn't know she's a witch until after she enchants Seth. But there is even more to her than that, because the most important witch clan takes an interest in her. And this is why I can't wait for the second book because it's not clear why exactly at the end of the first book.
I didn't really know what to think of Seth. When Anna first arrives at school she's warned against him, but he turns out to be a pretty nice guy. He starts acting weird when Anna enchants him and until the end I didn't know if he was sincere. Hopefully we'll find out in the second book! 


The story was nice and I really liked it. It's not really fast paced, but I didn't mind that at all. Everything happens in the right time. Sometimes I have this feelings that things are rushed or too slow, but there was a nice balance in this story. Apart from that I just love books about witches and I think there are way too many good books about them. A great debut novel! 

Upcoming (7)

In Upcoming I talk about the books that I will review on this blog. So you know what you can expect here in the upcoming days. 

Review Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there. 
Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.

But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.

Synopsis from Goodreads

Review A Witch in Winter by Ruth Warburton

Anna Winterson doesn't know she's a witch and would probably mock you for believing in magic, but after moving to the small town of Winter with her father, she learns more than she ever wanted to about power. When Anna meets Seth, she is smitten, but when she enchants him to love her, she unwittingly amplifies a deadly conflict between two witch clans and splits her own heart in two. She wants to love Seth, to let him love her – but if it is her magic that's controlling his passion, then she is as monstrous as the witch clan who are trying to use her amazing powers for their own gain.

Synopsis from Goodreads

Next week

At this moment I can't say what reviews will go up next week. I'm waiting on some books I have ordered, but I'm not sure when they will arrive and if I can read and review them for next week. But there will be some reviews. 

Last week

And here the posts which were posted last week. 

* Top Ten Tuesday: Ten characters who remind me of myself

* Waiting on Wednesday: A Witch in Love by Ruth Warburton

* Review Between by Jessica Warman
* Cover Reveal (1)
* Feature and Follow

* Review Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

* June in books

Hope to see you soon!

Waiting on Wednesday (2)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week I'm waiting on 

A Witch in Love by Ruth Warburton

Title: A Witch in Love

Author: Ruth Warburton 

Will be published on: July 5th, 2012 (Hodder Children's Books)

Pages: 304

Series: Winter Trilogy #2

Synopsis from Goodreads:  Anna still finds it hard to believe that Seth loves her and has vowed to suppress her powers, no matter what.

But magic – like love – is uncontrollable. It spills out with terrible consequences, and soon, Anna is being hunted.

I'm currently reading A Witch in Winter and I really like it, so I want to read the second book in the series asap. In 8 days it will be released and I can't wait to read it!

Upcoming (6)

In Upcoming I talk about the books that I will review on this blog. So you know what you can expect here in the upcoming days / weeks. I hope you enjoy it!

This week

Review of Between by Jessica Warman

Elizabeth Valchar-pretty, popular, and perfect-wakes up the morning after her eighteenth birthday party on her family's yacht, where she'd been celebrating with her six closest friends. A persistent thumping noise has roused her. When she goes to investigate, what she finds will change everything she thought she knew about her life, her friends, and everything in between. As Liz begins to unravel the circumstances surrounding her birthday night, she will find that no one around her, least of all Liz herself, was perfect-or innocent. Critically acclaimed author Jessica Warman brings readers along on a roller-coaster ride of a mystery, one that is also a heartbreaking character study, a touching romance, and ultimately a hopeful tale of redemption, love, and letting go.

Synopsis from Goodreads

Review of Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ann Brashares comes the welcome return of the characters whose friendship became a touchstone for a generation. Now Tibby, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget have grown up, starting their lives on their own. And though the jeans they shared are long gone, the sisterhood is everlasting.
Despite having jobs and men that they love, each knows that something is missing: the closeness that once sustained them. Carmen is a successful actress in New York, engaged to be married, but misses her friends. Lena finds solace in her art, teaching in Rhode Island, but still thinks of Kostos and the road she didn’t take. Bridget lives with her longtime boyfriend, Eric, in San Francisco, and though a part of her wants to settle down, a bigger part can’t seem to shed her old restlessness.

Then Tibby reaches out to bridge the distance, sending the others plane tickets for a reunion that they all breathlessly await. And indeed, it will change their lives forever—but in ways that none of them could ever have expected.

As moving and life-changing as an encounter with long-lost best friends, Sisterhood Everlasting is a powerful story about growing up, losing your way, and finding the courage to create a new one.

Synsopsis from Goodreads

Next week

Review of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Uglies was one of the first dystopian young adults and it's really good. 

Review of A Witch in Winter by Ruth Warburton

With A Witch in Love coming next week, this review is for the readers out there who haven't read the first.

Hope to see you soon!