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A Caçada by L.J. Smith, Aubrey Clark

flor_hyggecorner's review against another edition

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4.0

This was my favorite from the second trilogy.
An evil (bitch) sister? You got me there.
A powerful book full of dark magic? I’m in.
Casey faces not just her dark sister, who is more powerful than she is, but also the witch hunters, whom have secret resources to hurt Casey’s friends.
And the circle has to face a tragic death, amd nothing will be the same.
Wait for the twist end. I was like: yeah, it was obvious that she will betray you!

wellreadbadlybehaved's review against another edition

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fast-paced

2.75

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

anbeasley91's review against another edition

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4.0

So this book took a few turns I wasn’t expecting but it has definitely added to it and made it so much more attention grabbing. I feel so bad for Diana, I want a happy ending for her so bad. I definitely can’t wait to see what happens next!

ladyladyloveme's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

kilkennyraces's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

3.5

mari1532's review against another edition

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4.0

I own all six books in the series but had listened to the first four on audiobook. I finished them in like a week because I was obsessed. I enjoyed this book because of the plot twists that continued to happen and I did not see them coming. That being said I did feel that there were a couple of plot holes throughout. For example, why did Scarlett just give up the master tools after stealing them from Cassie and the circle? Is she able to see the future and she just knew that the circle would do what she wanted?

I also wish that Diana and Faye would have been more rounded out as characters. It felt a bit repetitive their competition and their relationship not evolving felt inauthentic given everything that happened in the story.

constantin's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 stars.

It is a good book, but I can't really enjoy it the way I would due to its "magic". I was expecting more elaborate spells and styles of magic but almost everything in the book is as if someone is reading from a bad copy of the book of shadows of their wiccan friend.

Other than the fact that the spells are extremely simplistic, to the point that seem childish "example calling to mother earth and the moon to beat a baddie), the author doesn't even put the effort to make them sound like and at least rhyme! Just random words as if it is a speech.
And another magic related thing that puts me off, is that the spells that are in Latin, are so bad, as if the author used google translate or a bad dictionary to write them.

Still a good read, but I have a feeling that the Author should focus on crime and mystery books instead of fantasy/magic.

ina_97's review against another edition

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5.0

One of the most amazing books!!!!!!!!!!!

landscapesofink's review against another edition

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4.0

The first half of this book was really boring, but the second half picked up. It was kind of repetitive, but still pretty good. I still hate Cassie's selfishness, and her indecisiveness, and the way she's the strongest witch around even though she had no idea a while ago that she even was a witch. Just rather annoying, how that works. But I was surprised about
Spoilerthe silver cord between Adam and Scarlett, and then Scarlett being accepted into the Circle.
Of course
SpoilerFaye wouldn't die. She's like the elected mean one, and they never die.
I'm kind of confused how
Spoilerthey all knew that Scarlett was evil, seeing as how she stole the Master Tools in the previous book, but then they all accepted her into the Circle, assuming she was good?
Doesn't make too much sense. Oh well. It's just a book. I thought the
Spoilersilver cord between Diana and Max was cute. Wish she'd said something during that meeting where she was trying to convince the group that Max was legit.