Advance Review of Tina Connolly's Seriously Wicked
Release Date: May 5th, 2015
Synopsis as found on GoodReads.com:
The only thing worse than being a witch is living with one.
Camellia’s adopted mother wants Cam to grow up to be just like her. Problem is, Mom’s a seriously wicked witch.
Cam’s used to stopping the witch’s crazy schemes for world domination. But when the witch summons a demon, he gets loose—and into Devon, the cute new boy at school.
Now Cam’s suddenly got bigger problems than passing Algebra. Her friends are getting zombiefied. Their dragon is tired of hiding in the RV garage. For being a shy boy-band boy, Devon is sure kissing a bunch of girls. And a phoenix hidden in the school is going to explode on the night of the Halloween Dance.
To stop the demon before he destroys Devon’s soul, Cam might have to try a spell of her own. But if she’s willing to work spells like the witch...will that mean she’s wicked too?
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I know I say this about lots of genres, but I am a fan of books about witches. They are one of my top five favorite characters to read about. I love seeing what an author does with the idea of a woman (or a man) who can cast spells found in a spell book. Because even though the idea can sometimes be the same, what an author does with it is completely different.
In Seriously Wicked, Connolly tells the story of a girl named Camellia (Cam for short) who is all but the hired help for her bossy Mother figure, Sarmine. Cam is sure that she was kidnapped at birth from a loving mother and father, because there is no way she could be related to this... witch! She can't even perform spells herself, no matter how hard Sarmine tries to make her. When she isn't doing house hold chores, homework (for the human school that she demanded she go to, because it is the one place that makes her feel normal), or taking care of the very large and loveable dragon in their garage, she is going errands for the witch to get ingredients for her spells.
When the new boy at school, Devon, helps Cam to find the last ingredient Sarmine needs to cast a spell calling forth a Demon to do her bidding, he unwittingly gets the Demon as a new body guest. Now the cute and kind guy she likes is doing things that are very unlike him. Luckily the Witch gave him a list of tasks to complete in the next 3 days and then he has to go back to where he came from. So Cam is doing everything to help the Demon complete those tasks before he eats Devon's soul and she never gets the chance to have her first kiss with him.
This book is full of quirky humor that will appeal to any young teen girl (or those of us who have the spirit of a teen girl). It is quite short, clocking in at 208 pages, so should be a relatively quick read. Connolly's writing is very reminiscent of books written by Tera Lynn Childs. It's very fun, mostly happy, and very family friendly.
If you enjoyed this book, you may like these as well (or vice versa):
Sarah Mlynowski - Bras & Broomsticks
Kelly McClymer - The Salem Witch Tryouts
Tera Lynn Childs - Oh. My. Gods.
Cara Lynn Shultz - Spellbound
Laurie Faria Stolarz - Blue is for Nightmares
Lynne Ewing - Daughters of the Moon
Cate Tiernan - Balefire
Cate Tiernan - Sweep
I could probably name some other series based around witches, but some would be much darker than this book was. As it is, a few of the books I listed above are pretty dark as well.
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