It will be a surprise to nobody that I came up short of my book review goal again. At least this year I have a good excuse. I jumped through a lot of immigration hoops and moved a big truck full of stuff from Canada to the US, all while planning a wedding.
It went more or less as planned, but of course everything took more time and work than anticipated. Fortunately, I have a great husband and in-laws to help make the transition to my new home and country all go smoother.
With so much on my mind, my memory for books hasn’t been so good. But, I really wanted to finish The Dark is Rising Sequence this year properly at least. I already wrote a review for Greenwitch – twice! On paper, and lost them both during the packing and then the moving. I listened to the audiobook three times over the year, which should say a lot about how good this series is in itself. The third time was just as entertaining as the first and made me continue right on to the 4th book, The Grey King, without stopping to do the review properly.
Greenwitch is the shortest books in the series at just under 4.5 hours. The characters from the first two books, the Drew children in Over Sea, Under Stone and Will Stanton in The Dark is Rising, finally meet through Merriman, back in the same village from the first book. This nicely brings the books back to a more connected series as they all work to recover and understand an item stolen by the Dark.
I didn’t fully understand why Merriman decides it is better not to explain anything about Will to the Drews. They resent him at first, thinking that they have to keep secrets from him but then a friendship progresses. Maybe they think better of him coming to this conclusion on their own? Or maybe it is better for Will that he has some distance from them?
Happily, Jane has a more active role in Greenwitch.
Please read the rest of my review at Loopy Ker’s Life.
I feel ya on not meeting your goal. Life happens, but at least we got to read some books, right? :)
Yes! I managed to squeeze a few in. I have to get better at doing the reviews when I finish, instead of going onto other books right away. I always read/listen to a lot more than I review.
Congratulations on the wedding. I feel an urge to shout, “you’re going the wrong way,” but I’m guessing you moved before the election, or had things too firmly in place to reverse direction. I read this series a few years ago and really enjoyed it. I was also glad when Jane got to do something.