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deighz's review
4.0
I do not normally read novellas, but since this is a prequel to Maggie Shaynes new Portal Series, I just had to. I wish there was a bit more romance in this. Like many novellas, the story is to the point with little fluff and the characters' connection is immediate. I look forward to the new series and hope that Ammarrah and Harrison make appearances.
novelesque_life's review
3.0
3 STARS
"Once upon a time, there lived three witches…"
As a child, Amarrah loved her grandmother’s stories of three witches who were members of the king’s harem—but they were more than just stories. Amarrah knew she had been there with them…and now their legacy, along with an ancient box that once belonged to them, lies in her hands.
Charged with keeping the box safe, Amarrah is heartbroken when it is stolen from her while she moves to America. Years later, she is shocked to see it on TV and is determined to get it back. Tracking the artifact leads her to Sergeant Harrison Brockson, a handsome soldier who stirs memories of a man she knew centuries ago in ancient Babylon. Is Harrison the key to finding the box—or could he be her destiny?
Prequel novella to Maggie Shayne’s exciting trilogy, "The Portal" (From Amazon)
A fair prequel to a paranormal romance. Not sure it has peaked my interest but may try the series as a later date.
"Once upon a time, there lived three witches…"
As a child, Amarrah loved her grandmother’s stories of three witches who were members of the king’s harem—but they were more than just stories. Amarrah knew she had been there with them…and now their legacy, along with an ancient box that once belonged to them, lies in her hands.
Charged with keeping the box safe, Amarrah is heartbroken when it is stolen from her while she moves to America. Years later, she is shocked to see it on TV and is determined to get it back. Tracking the artifact leads her to Sergeant Harrison Brockson, a handsome soldier who stirs memories of a man she knew centuries ago in ancient Babylon. Is Harrison the key to finding the box—or could he be her destiny?
Prequel novella to Maggie Shayne’s exciting trilogy, "The Portal" (From Amazon)
A fair prequel to a paranormal romance. Not sure it has peaked my interest but may try the series as a later date.
booklvrkat's review
5.0
Awesome! A quick novella to start a trilogy from Maggie Shayne. Already I drool for the first book!
renpuspita's review
3.0
Legacy of The Witch is a prequel for The Portal series. I know about the new series by Maggie Shayne, since she make a gorgeous website for The Portal. Even make a song for this series. Such a dedication!
As for this novella, I enjoy the story. Its fresh! Love the Babylonian myth and I always love anything that connect to Middle East culture. Amarrah is a slave girl to slaves girls. Nah, this already make me "huh, what the meaning of this?". To know about it, of course you must read this first, lol! Her grandmother just passed away and inherit a mysterius box to her. Alas she lost it. 10 years later after she move to America, she finally see the box, just to realize that the box now is hold by Sgt Harrison Brockson. Amarrah encounter him to get the box, but then she recognize him as her lover in the past. While destiny once again unite them, a dark force is try to prevent Amarrah to get her precious box.
There are some things are bugged me. Such like :
- The 1st POV. I'm not fans of this POV. Especially on PNR genre.
- The destiny and reincarnation things. While I'm okay with the reincarnation, my feeling is a little bit mixed about the destiny part. Don't get me wrong. I love destiny trope, but I can't feel the connection between the heroine , Amarrah and the hero , Harrison Brockson. Yes, they're both had reincarnated, but is the chemistry from the reincarnation? How if Harrom, Amarrah's Babylonian lover born into another man? I just can't feel the connection between this two.
- When Amarrah remember her memory in Babylonia era, there's 2 things that really bugged me. First, the word "sarong". Is that word exist like 5000-10000 BC? Sarong is a term for clothes from Indonesia (yes, my country!) and Malaysia. Even though people in Arabic peninsula use it, I doubt the word "sarong" already invented thousands year ago. Then when Amarrah called Indira with "Indy". Is the nickname too modern?
Anyway, with the pro and con, I still enjoy Legacy of The Witch. And I can't wait to read the first book of The Portal series, Mark of The Witch. Hope the book is better than this :)
As for this novella, I enjoy the story. Its fresh! Love the Babylonian myth and I always love anything that connect to Middle East culture. Amarrah is a slave girl to slaves girls. Nah, this already make me "huh, what the meaning of this?". To know about it, of course you must read this first, lol! Her grandmother just passed away and inherit a mysterius box to her. Alas she lost it. 10 years later after she move to America, she finally see the box, just to realize that the box now is hold by Sgt Harrison Brockson. Amarrah encounter him to get the box, but then she recognize him as her lover in the past. While destiny once again unite them, a dark force is try to prevent Amarrah to get her precious box.
There are some things are bugged me. Such like :
- The 1st POV. I'm not fans of this POV. Especially on PNR genre.
- The destiny and reincarnation things. While I'm okay with the reincarnation, my feeling is a little bit mixed about the destiny part. Don't get me wrong. I love destiny trope, but I can't feel the connection between the heroine , Amarrah and the hero , Harrison Brockson. Yes, they're both had reincarnated, but is the chemistry from the reincarnation? How if Harrom, Amarrah's Babylonian lover born into another man? I just can't feel the connection between this two.
- When Amarrah remember her memory in Babylonia era, there's 2 things that really bugged me. First, the word "sarong". Is that word exist like 5000-10000 BC? Sarong is a term for clothes from Indonesia (yes, my country!) and Malaysia. Even though people in Arabic peninsula use it, I doubt the word "sarong" already invented thousands year ago. Then when Amarrah called Indira with "Indy". Is the nickname too modern?
Anyway, with the pro and con, I still enjoy Legacy of The Witch. And I can't wait to read the first book of The Portal series, Mark of The Witch. Hope the book is better than this :)
ajenkins979's review
2.0
Even though this was a very short story, I had to keep stopping. I just could not get into it.there is no sense in it taking me that long to read 53 pages!! I hope that the actual books in this series are better. But it will be a little while before I start those. I'm just not ready to give it a go yet.
amshofner's review
3.0
Well, that was interesting. I can see how this short story goes toward setting up the stories of the three witches. It did make me curious enough to see what happens with the first book in the series.
Legacy of the Witch was a free Kindle ebook I downloaded for the Why Buy the Cow? challenge on September 3, 2012.
Legacy of the Witch was a free Kindle ebook I downloaded for the Why Buy the Cow? challenge on September 3, 2012.
littlemainelibrarian's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this quick prequel. It definitely wet my appetite for the first book and if it was not just past 2am I'd probably start right in on it! LOL!
That said I'll definitely be starting it tomorrow! :-)
The premise of witches in Babylonia, in a harem no less, lends an air of mystery and intrigue. I can't wait to get started!
That said I'll definitely be starting it tomorrow! :-)
The premise of witches in Babylonia, in a harem no less, lends an air of mystery and intrigue. I can't wait to get started!
jeansbookbag's review
2.0
This was a short novella, a prequel to a new series Shayne is releasing starting in October. It was actually a pretty good story, and the writing was fairly good. The story was very rushed, however. I understand that novellas are supposed to be short, but to me this felt like the story was one that Shayne would have liked to have written as a full length novel, but instead crammed it into a novella. I wished that the characters could have been just a little more fleshed out. Overall, not a bad read, but I'm glad I got it free on my Kindle, and didn't pay for it.
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