A review by stephk23
Magic in the Wind by Christine Feehan

2.0

Ultimately, I feel like this was a rough draft of a book that should have been fleshed out more before being published. The story is OK, really it's easy to tell that the book is just setting up a series and getting you into the small town and an introduction to the Drake sisters. The characters are likable and not annoyingly perfect. Everything does lean to cliche and predictable... and really, if you're going to make so many references to an ancient family prophecy, can the readers at least read that prophecy once? In a prologue? or a chapter heading if you don't want a character to recite it?

I feel like Feehan had an idea, formulaic yes, but an idea nonetheless, and didn't know how to execute it. The subject matter, POV, and train of thought seems to jump around so much I often felt that I had missed a page or a paragraph. Also, everything was so rushed and unrealistic; Damon and Jonas spilling their guts out to each other after meeting a day ago? Riiiight... Sarah and Damon going from talking, to deciding they are in a relationship, to being totally in love, in about 2 days... really would have benefited from more time spent on story development.

I'm curious enough about the sisters to give this another try, but if you attempt it, keep your expectations low.