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    Witchling
    Witchling
    Witchling
    Audiobook10 hours

    Witchling

    Written by Yasmine Galenorn

    Narrated by Cassandra Campbell

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    We're the D'Artigo sisters: Half-human, half-Faerie, we are savvy-and sexy-operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. But our mixed-blood heritage short-circuits our talents at all the wrong times. My sister Delilah shapeshifts into a tabby cat whenever she's stressed. Menolly's a vampire who is still trying to get the hang of being undead. And me? I'm Camille-a wicked-good witch. Except my magic is as unpredictable as the weather, which my enemies are about to find out the hard way.

    At the Wayfarer Inn, a portal to Otherworld and the local hangout for humans and beasties alike, a fellow operative, Jocko, has been murdered. Every clue points to Shadow Wing, the soul-munching, badass leader of the Subterranean Realms. He has made it clear that he aims to raze humankind to the ground. Our assignment: Keep Shadow Wing and his minions from creeping into Earth via the Wayfarer. The demons figure they're in like Flynn. After all, with only my bumbling sisters and me standing in the way, how can they miss? But we've got a secret for them: Faulty wiring or not, nobody kicks ass like the D'Artigo girls.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateDec 15, 2008
    ISBN9781400180004
    Witchling

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    • 5/5
      one of my favorite books.I enjoyed every minute of it.
    • 4/5
      Witchling is the first that I have read by Galenorn, and I must say I don’t know why I waited so long. This book was a quick, fun, and adventurous read that grabs your attention from the beginning and never lets go. I really liked how Galenorn made her three female lead characters relatable by making their magic a little quirky. Camille never knows when her magic will act up, Delilah shifts into a tabby cat when she gets nervous, and Menolly is very new undead vampire. All three have their own problems, but the fact that they are a family makes them strong. The book’s mystery is well done, and Galenorn does a great job with her world building. I liked how she merged together our world with the Fae. I liked the potential romantic leads for the three sisters, and I am looking forward to seeing where things go next. Overall this was an amazing read that I would most definitely recommend.
    • 3/5
      A decently written story of three sisters who are assigned by Otherworld to live on Earth and keep the peace between others and full blooded humans. According to the story, Camille, otherwise known as the witchling, is a sex goddess because all of the men in the story are sexually interested in her. I'll try the next book in the series....just not sure at this point if I'll finish the series. The story didn't really grab me.
    • 2/5
      I find it interesting that depending where you go, you can find this book, or one of the sequels, in either the Fantasy section or the Romance section of a book store. One may say that it is depends on the standards for shelving differing at each story. Another would say that it is the balance of Urban Fantasy and Romance that the Paranormal sub genre strives to maintain. I, on the other hand, would say that it's a central flaw that practically ruins the book.If you were to take away everything but the central plot, the characters at their base level, and the style of Galenorn's writing, Witchling would be a good Urban Fantasy story. In fact, towards the end, when the plot actually took over, I finally found I wanted to keep reading for the most part. Granted, if you take it down to just those elements, it would no longer than novelette, at best. But I think that is really how long this story needed to be. The reason to write a novel is because the story needs space for deep character development, time to pace the story so that it isn't rushed, and space for twists to keep the story engaging. None of those things actually happen at all in Witchling.The main character, Camille, I wanted to like, but instead of developing her into a character I could sympathize with, Galenorn creates a didactic mouth piece for polyamory and environmentalism who verges on racism at few points with the humans around her. Camille gets better towards the end of the book, but because so much of the story before is like this, I found her as annoyance I had to tolerate to see the characters I did like, mainly her sisters and two other mystical allies they gain in their adventure.Now, I haven't read a ton of urban fantasy, but I have read some, and one of the trends that I find always decides if it's a make or break book for me is when the author makes some sort of paranormal agency to help the police the mythical creatures in the world of humans. Sometime this can work. Many times, it doesn't. The OIA in here just didn't work for me. It felt more like Galenorn wanted an agency because she saw it in others, but found the convenient idea of it being more bureaucratic then anything humans came come up with to make it nearly pointless to even have it in the first place. The rest of the fantasy elements were handled well and is one of the strengths of the book.As for the romance...Let's just say there is more romance in a Andy Sidaris movie. In fact, an Andy Sidaris movie has better sex scenes than this book. I swear, the brevity of the erotic moments after the long set ups during the story, I thought all these guys had premature problems. There is nothing here that would make me see it in a romance section, left alone being called paranormal romance.Anyway, like i said, there is a descent story hidden in there, but there is a lot that many my struggle with like id, if not out right put the book down. I heard the next book in the series is better and maybe I'll pick it up, but based on the first, I'm not in a rush to get it.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed everything about this book; the style, the mythology, the characters. A fantastic mix of just the right about of humour and wit. Really hope the rest of the series is as good!
    • 3/5
      Good story line but very slow. Never got attached to the characters.
    • 2/5
      problems with this book/series

      1) there is a bit where the main character goes on about how boring rain is on earth, compared to the, "mineral rich" rains of Faerie. Either Faerie has a dramatically different precipitation cycle, or the author doesn't understand evaporation.

      2) (this may be from Bloodling, but I think it was mentioned in this one as well.) let's say you have a super secret hiding place that you can not risk the bad guys finding. why would you think that putting this place on a dead end would make sense? from either an escape or a hiding pov, having only one route in or out is just stupid. "well, someone came into this room, but they didn't leave, guess I'll just have to give up!" luckily the bad guys were even stupider than tbe plan, so it all worked out okay.
    • 5/5
      WITCHLING IS THE FIRST IN THE OTHERWORLD/SISTERS OF THE MOON SERIES BY YASMINE GALENORN . The d'Artigo sisters: They're Not your ordinary sisters,thats for sure. Half human/half Faerie the sisters are here on Earth to investigate crimes against and by what we earthlings know as mythical beasts. Camille ,the oldest and a witch just cant quite get her spells to work. She has more than bad guys to worry about,she's in love with two men, one a shapeshifter and one a titan both of whom could, and want to tear each other apart. Delilah, a werecat who,when upset or nervous changes into a tabby cat, and last but not least Menolly,who is a vampire. She was changed against her will and is still trying to deal with all the undead stuff. Together the three sisters, along with a human go after four demons who are trying to rip the barrier between Otherworld and this world, as well as rip the three sisters into pieces .I found WITCHLING totally and completely hilarious and cant wait to see what more trouble the threesome gets into .
    • 2/5
      I'm not sure I like fae stories.
    • 3/5
      A decently written story of three sisters who are assigned by Otherworld to live on Earth and keep the peace between others and full blooded humans. According to the story, Camille, otherwise known as the witchling, is a sex goddess because all of the men in the story are sexually interested in her. I'll try the next book in the series....just not sure at this point if I'll finish the series. The story didn't really grab me.
    • 1/5
      This book tries to be everything. A witch, a shapeshifter, and a vampire as sisters. Check. All also fae. Check.
      Quirky, tough heroine. Fail. Hard edged adventure. Fail. Humor. Mostly fail.

      Observation: during the final *intense* action scene is the absolute wrong time to introduce backstory that will save them all. Interrupts the flow and should have been foreshadowed. pfft.

      Observation: much overwritten. No need to call one thing by three different names. No one needs to know all of the thesaurus entries for anything.
    • 2/5
      Any mythos you can think of is in this book. Yes they are, she (the main character) talks about them to death, so much information ! The first 50 pages were enough for two books, TMI. I also did not care for the constant reminder that they are half-something and what their body sizes are, yes she is big breasted we remember. The vocabulary keep changing from smart women to silly highschool student, arguh. So I did not finish the book I don't like being talked too, I like being shown things slowly as they fit into the story. I will not read any more books by this author
    • 5/5
      Looking forward to the next one. :)
    • 4/5
      This was quite a good book. I don't have my whole collection of books with me at the moment, as I'm in the middle of a move, so I went to Border's yesterday to find something enjoyable to read and found this. It was a fast read, fast paced and entertaining. It calls itself a romance, but I don't know how I feel about that. There was 'romance' in it, yes, but the plot took precedence over the romance story in almost every way. Usually I hate it when romances go this way, but it worked in this book. I will be buying the next one in the series ASAP.
    • 2/5
      Witchling is told from Camille's point of view. Camille is the oldest of the three sisters. They are half-faerie and half-human. Each of the sisters possess their own special talents, but with a slight twist. Because of their half-human side their faerie powers do not work like they are supposed to. Camille is a witch whose spells backfire. Often. Delilah is a werecat who, instead of changing into a big cat, shifts into a golden tabby cat. Menolly is a vampire, but was not born this way. Menolly was a top-notch acrobat who could climb anything. Shortly after the sisters joined the OIA, they assigned Menolly to spy on a rogue group of vampires. Menolly was collecting information on them when here wall climbing ability shorted out. Menolly fell. The vampires caught her, tortured her and, when they were done, turned Menolly into a vampire.I really wanted to give this book 3 moons for the storyline alone, but I just could not do it. The entire book was just flat. The fight scenes and sex scenes are written in the same tone as the mundane scenes. Like I said. Flat. I really did love the idea behind the story though.The characters were a little off as well. I cannot quite put my finger on it, but something about the dialect was off. It's quite possible that I've gone completely insane, but there was something about the way they spoke that just drove me nuts. My biggest problem was that the characters seemed to contradict themselves. Camille did not seem to have any problems using magic during the fight scenes, but when she tries to magically lock a door it explodes. You would think that during at least one fight scene that something would go terrible wrong.Witchling, for me, was just okay. There were some low points: Instead of feeling immersed in the story, it felt like I was being read to. Which is exceptionally sad considering I read the eBook. There were definitely some high points as well: Smoky the shape-shifting dragon who turns into a gorgeous piece of man candy who is all attitude.Will I read the next book in the series? I'm seriously considering it. I realize that this is Yasmine Galenorn's first urban fantasy book. There was bound to be a few bumps in the road. What do you think?
    • 4/5
      This was quite a good book. I don't have my whole collection of books with me at the moment, as I'm in the middle of a move, so I went to Border's yesterday to find something enjoyable to read and found this. It was a fast read, fast paced and entertaining. It calls itself a romance, but I don't know how I feel about that. There was 'romance' in it, yes, but the plot took precedence over the romance story in almost every way. Usually I hate it when romances go this way, but it worked in this book. I will be buying the next one in the series ASAP.
    • 3/5
      I read this one after the second book, and I think if I'd started here: (1) the second book would have made a bit more sense, but (2) I probably would not have continued with the series. A shaky beginning; not terrible just not very compelling either.
    • 3/5
      For the month of July, my book club read Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn. I would categorize Witchling as adult Urban Fantasy. There are a few racier scenes in book one of the Otherworld/Sisters of the Moon series so I would say this book is for adults or older teens. At first, I couldn’t get into the book. I don’t know if that’s the fault of the writing, or whether it had to do with external circumstances in my life. I eventually got down to business, and finished the book rather quickly. Witchling is the first book in a series about three sisters who are half faery and half human. The faery blood and human don’t mix well, so the three sisters have some rather unusual and complicated abilities. Camille is a witch, and the human blood often causes her spells to misfire or have unusual consequences. Witchling is told from Camille’s point of view. Delilah is a werecat. Yeah, that’s right – werecat. The human blood causes her to turn into a golden tabby cat – not a fierce puma, leopard or tiger. Menolly is a vampire. She wasn’t born a vampire she was attacked and turned about five years before this story takes place. As far as special abilities – hers kind of suck – well pre-vamp anyway. She was a really good climber. She could climb high and vast. Her human blood however caused her climbing to fail her and she fell into a pit of vampires. As far as powers go, I’m not really seeing anything special about climbing.Anyway… the sisters are all agents for the OIA, the CIA of the magic world. They got sent to earth to take on positions that are considered less than desirable – all due to the fact that they’re considered screw-ups in the Otherworld. While the queen of the otherworld is lost in an opium haze, a demon leader has gained control of the Subterranean Realm and is plotting to take over the Otherworld and Earth as well. He sends a harpy and two demons to gather intelligence and find one of nine mystical seals that when put together will allow for total worlds domination. I enjoyed reading this book once I got into it, but I only rate it at a three star level. It’s obvious that this is a freshman attempt at writing urban fantasy (I’m told by the book club member who suggested this book as July’s selection that the author has other books – but this is the first UF). The author spends a lot of time trying to create backstory. Yasmine Galenorn is very descriptive – which is usually a good thing; however, Ms. Galenorn tends to tell us over and over that Camille is busty and has stars in her yes and Menolly has red Bo Derek braids. Sometimes she describes the characters physical attributes just pages apart. I didn’t forget what Camille or anyone else looked like between page one and page five. Another thing we are regularly reminded of is the fact that Faery don’t look at copulating and relationships the same way humans do – which serves as a way to show us that Camille isn’t doing anything wrong by dating and sleeping with several …uh…mythological creatures at the same time.Something about the series that I both like and dislike is the number of magical creatures involved. On the one hand I think it’s cool that there is a kitsune – and a dragon that takes human form, and faeries, and wereanimals, etc. The problem is that she throws so many into this first book in the series that it almost seems like a cliché. I do think it is ok to have all these beings, but maybe to have spread them over the series would have been better. It seems like we’re getting a crash course in mythical and fantastical creatures 101. That being said, I would like to restate that I did enjoy the book. The dialogue was nicely done and I found many parts humorous. I like the fantasy world that Ms. Galenorn depicts and many of the characters we are introduced to in this first book.I will be reading the next book in the series, Changeling, which is told from Delilah’s point of view as aprt of a reading challenge next month. I am interested to see how Ms. Galenorn’s writing develops and whether it improves over the next 12 books in the series. I’d like to learn more about Delilah and Menolly as we learn only the basics about them in Witchling.
    • 4/5
      It waffles between feeling like it is young adult (scenes where characters act immaturely, or in a manner that seems to be trying to impart some sort of "moral" to the reader, rather than a manner that actually suits the situation in the book) and not feeling very young adult (some polyamorous loving going on here).It has an interesting world and I sort of liked the concept, but... the "battles" were pretty lame (Estep's are better) and the main character... well, she tries too hard. And is always second guessing herself, and comes across as inconsistent (both in magical powers and mental strength) and yet is in charge of the OIA on Earth... seriously?I already have the next book in the series so I'll read it but I don't think this story was strong enough that I'd buy it now if I hadn't already. Estep's Elemental Assassin is the same sort of story and is less young adult-feeling but if you want a fairy story that's well written and angst-full - try Moning's Fever series.
    • 1/5
      This book is eat up with Teh Stupid. To be honest, I read maybe two chapters and was very proud that I did not throw the book or harm it in any way. It was, instead, gently transported to the "back to the library" stack. I even refrained from putting in a warning note to future would-be-readers, but it was hard.
    • 4/5
      I heard of this author from a fellow book blogger. She was reviewing a different book in the series and the cover looked amazing. So what did I do? I went to the library and checked out. It sat and sat and sat on the pile as I moved through others on that pile or my other pile. I knew that I wanted to read it but I wasn’t pressed to do it immediately. Then I started reading it, and I must say that I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the characters and the action. I can’t really say that I was transported into the story; some of the settings weren’t detailed enough for me to visualize. Like Otherworld, the homeland of the three sisters and the other Fae-folk. For some people that would have been a deal breaker. Is it important? Sometimes - if the setting is supposed to act as a character in the book, or if it plays an actual role and holds some significance to the plot than it’s important. If it is just used to transport you from one place to another than no so much. Otherworld is important to the sisters, which makes it important to the story. But only so you can understand how much of an outsider the sisters were and so you can understand their homesickness. This was accomplished without focusing too much on the actual description the place. Home can change settings for many people but it will never change the way it makes us feel. Can you enjoy the tale of Delilah, Menolly and Camille without falling into Otherworld or Earthside (their current home)? Oh yes, you most certainly can! Or at least I can. The characters spark to life and force you to focus on them and the action and emotion that they’re tangled up in at the moment. You are totally engaged in Camille’s bout with temptation-pretty much wherever she finds a hot guy. (Ok, maybe that was a little exaggeration, but she is definitely in tune with the sexual side of the world). While, each sister has a role to play in the story, Witchling seemed to focus more on Camille then the other two. She tough and sexy, and I couldn’t help but immediately liking this character. There was enough vulnerability and “girlness” that she was believable. I will definitely be keeping an eye out for the rest of this series.
    • 3/5
      Synopsis: Meet the D'Artigo sisters: half-human, half-faerie, savvy and sexy-operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. But their mixed-blood heritage short-circuits their talents at all the wrong times. Delilah shapeshifts into a tabby cat whenever she's stressed. Menolly's a vampire who's still trying to get the hang of being undead. And Camille is a wicked-good witch, except her magic's as unpredictable as the weather, as her enemies are about to find out-the hard way.Narrator Camille is a good witch who runs a Seattle bookstore while working as an Otherworld Intelligence operative, sent Earthside to keep an eye on things. When an operative from the Wayfaerer, a human/Faerie hangout, is killed, Camille springs into action with her sisters.Tracing the murder back to evil demon leader Shadow Wing, the sisters find evidence of a far-reaching plot, but the Otherworld Intelligence Agency offers no help, stifled by bureaucratic red tape and a nasty Otherworld battle. This is the first book of the series, and the POV by Camille is interesting to say the least. I actually preferred the character of Menolly better. Yes, she's a vampire, but she doesn't hesitate to do what needs to be done, including killing a demon by drinking his blood. Camille seems to have alot more hangups than Menolly, including a former sex toy who creeps back into her life. Not only do we have witches, werecats, and vampires, but we also have a Dragon who has the best dialogue in the story. Sorry, but I love snarky dialogue. It keeps the story hoping along, and it adds another element to the storyline.We have, of course, two love interests for Camille; Trillian who they just can't seem to keep their hands off each other. We also have a kitsune (fox) who also desires Camille and ends up almost tearing each others clothes off while under a spell. (Of course, that storyline is left wide open with nothing solved and Trillian was hurt badly.)If you liked the TV series Charmed, then you will like the similiarities between the two. You have three sisters with different powers and they end up fighting against demons.My question for the author is, did you really mean to make Camille have 34DD breasts? I mean, come on already. And really, she can't wear pants, she can only wear dresses that make her look like a street walker? Just asking!Anway, 3.5 stars I rate this first book, and am looking for Changeling to read next.
    • 4/5
      I was entertained by this book. Light, fun, reading. Although, and I don't say this very often, the sex scenes felt gratuitous. They felt out of place. I don't know if they just didn't fit where they were placed in the book or if I am becoming a fuddy duddy in my aging (I doubt that). Otherwise, I liked the range of characters and the plot line that will obviously take at least a couple more books to finish. Fun.
    • 4/5
      Witchling is about three sisters half human and half farie. Who are sent to protect relations between humans and farie. This one mainly deals with the oldet, Camille who is part witch. Demons are after the seals that keep the worlds apart. It is a very slow read until abot half way thru. The last battle is anti-climatic. If I could I'd give the book a 3.25 but I can't so it'll have to be 3.5.
    • 4/5
      The author creates two vibrant and... sketched in rather than fully painted.. worlds and a third for extra spice. We get to see bits of Other World and Earth. They've rejoined and the various faerie species have come home, and some that never went away have come out of hiding.There's a race to stop the demons (from the third world) grabbing the goodie to turn all three worlds into Hell.Enter three sisters, a werecat, a witch and a vampire, all half-bloods with various interesting problems. They have to race to save the worlds. Camille, the witchling of the title, has a sexual appetite to die for and some interesting adventures along the way.It's easy reading, but it's a good solid book.Short on sex but long on sexiness, probably just too adult for the typical YA reader.
    • 4/5
      I've been wanting to read a book by Yasmine Galenorn for awhile, so when I came across the first three books in The Otherworld Series (aka Sisters of the Moon Series) at a local book store, I snagged them up.The Otherworld Series follows the lives' of the D'Artigo sisters, who are half-human and half-faerie. They have come to Earthside from Otherworld to work as agents for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency (OIA). The beasties of Otherworld have come out of the closet, so humans are now aware of creatures they had always thought were just fairy tales. These beasties are the Sidhe, vampires, weres, dwarves, gargoyles, dragons and many more fairy tale creatures. The OIA are the police to the Otherworld beasties that live on Earthside.Even though the three sisters share the same parents, a Sidhe father and a full blooded human mother, each sister is different from each other. Menolly is a brooding, tough as nails vampire, Camille is a sexy witch and Delilah is gentle, seemly naive, werecat. But there is a catch to the magic they inherited from their father, it is unpredictable and sometimes has some unwanted results. This happens because they are half-human, which apparently didn't mix 100% with the faerie genes. Like when Delilah gets upset, she uncontrollably turns into a tabby cat and Camille's spells don't always produce it's intended results.Witchling is told from Camille's point of view. Camille has a sassy and witty personality, a live for the moment but do the right thing, type of gal. Camille and her sisters are given an assignment to find out who murdered another OIA agent, Jocko, at the Wayward Inn. The Wayward Inn houses a portal to Otherworld, a gateway that is guarded by OIA. Camille suspects Shadow Wing, the ultimate bad-ass demon, and his minions of killing Jocko. So with their wishy-washy magic, you can imagine the tasks and situations ahead of them for this assignment but the sisters are smart and very resourceful.During Camille's investigation, she crosses paths with a delicious, Svartan ex-lover, who she finds she still can't resist, a drop dead gorgeous, dangerous dragon and a mysterious, sexy fox-demon. Camille quickly finds herself in some compromising situations, to say the least.Witchling was an enjoyable read for me, and moved along at a good pace with some steamy, well placed scenes and plenty of action. Yasmine Galenorn has created a multi-dimensional world that you will find familiar but at the same time unfamiliar. She mixes in various myths and legends as we know them with a nice, wicked twist. I'm looking forward to the next book in this series, Changling, told from Delilah's point of view.
    • 5/5
      This Book is Amazing how it only has an average rateing is beyond me. All the other people readign it must be Happy go lucks Preppy Freeks or this would be % stars all the way!
    • 5/5
      I have had WITCHLING by Yasmine Galenorn sitting around for a while but for whatever reason I never found the time to sit down and read the entire book from start to finish. I read it in sections here and there, losing a bit of the story as I forgot what I had read in the last section. I’m sure many of us have experienced that and it isn’t fun. Well, last week I made the commitment to sit down and finish WITCHLING and I think I might have to go sit down and read it again.WITCHLING was a fantastic book and already I’ve been searching around for Changeling, book two in the Sisters of the Moon series. What made the first book in the series so fantastic to me was the quirkiness of the characters, especially Camille. I love strong female characters, but I rarely choose favorites. Before WITCHLING I had 3 favorite female characters. Now I have four. Ms. Galenorn has written Camille in such a way as to make her relatable to the average female reader and yet she gave her that extra spicy little edge. Camille is funny, quirky, sexy and completely believable. If I could grab someone to go out and have coffee with, she would be up in the top five of my choices.Combining fantasy with the modern world, Ms. Galenorn creates a compelling story full of complexity. Camille and her sisters are half Faerie, caught between two worlds and yet belonging to neither. Assigned to work on Earth, the sisters are supposed to keep an eye out for suspicious Otherworld activity. When some actually pops up, however, the sisters are unprepared to deal with the potential end-of-the-world crisis that they find themselves in the middle of. Problems back home mean that any sort of help may be slow in coming as well. With myths, legends, some attractive men, and powers that threaten to go haywire at any moment, these sisters must uncover the plot that threatens to destroy the world as they know it.I have to give props to Ms. Galenorn for really considering every aspect of her story. So often I see books which seem almost under developed. The story is told and we get to know the main characters, but we never really learn the “full” story. In WITCHLING, I can tell that Ms. Galenorn puts a lot of work into fleshing out the story complete with subplots, twists and turns to keep the reader hooked, and side characters that help to pull the story forward. By the end of WITCHLING, I really felt that the story could easily be real. It became quite simple to imagine myself into the story, following the exploits of the D’Artigo sisters.If I had to narrow it down to just a few things, I would say that my favorite aspects of WITCHLING were the fantastic plot and Camille. It’s hard not to love a great story and it is even more difficult not to fall in love with a wonderful character. Camille’s men aren’t too bad either! A dangerous dark lover, a delicious fox demon, and a mysterious white dragon do quite well in terms of getting the hormones and blood pumping.I highly suggest WITCHLING. The story is action-packed, the characters are phenomenal, and the world incorporates the perfect amount of magic and modern. I’m fairly certain that any fans of Urban Fantasy or Romance will find something to love here.Yasmine Galenorn is the author of the Sisters of the Moon series, the Chintz ‘n China series, the Bath and Body series, and the new Indigo Court series, the first of which is Night Myst - due out June 29, 2010. She also has various pieces of shorter fiction out and a few metaphysical nonfiction books out.
    • 4/5
      I got this at my daughter's request & thought I'd read it first, only to realize quickly I had read it before. Not a bad book, but forgettable, I guess. It is yet another of the current paranormal fantasies that portray our current world with the addition of a fantasy element. In this case, we have 3 half-Sidhe sisters who are stationed on our Earth as part of a government agency from the OW (Other World). A third world is ruled by demons. The 3 worlds were once all in constant communication, but years ago separated except for a few portals, to protect them. Now the bad guys want to take over all 3 & the sisters stand in the way. Fairly predictable, but well written & an interesting take on the idea.The pace is well done. Lots of action with background information doled out as needed. The characters were pretty well done too. At first, they seemed a little clichéd, but as the book progressed, the characters filled in & one developed especially well. While I never doubted the outcome for a moment, the paths taken to arrive there were interesting. I'm looking forward to the next!
    • 3/5
      Shelf Talk: On Mind TrashIt happens to everyone. Over winter break it happened to me. It always strikes when you least expect it. One day you’re fine and the next day you wake up, go to school, pull out your textbook, and none of the words make any sense. Your mind just goes into hibernation. I refer to this common ailment as “word fatigue,” and I had developed a wicked case of it. Now, the best cure for “word fatigue” is a day or two spent playing video games or watching mindless television. What you can’t do, or at least shouldn’t do if you want to avoid a mental meltdown, is look at words on a page…any page. However, if you are a self proclaimed bookaholic, as I am, “word fatigue” poses a major problem. The problem? Duh! You can’t read!So, there I was beginning of winter break, stacks and stacks of wonderful books, and absolutely no desire to read them, let alone the ability to comprehend them. At first, I didn’t panic. Being the bookaholic I am this was just another routine “word fatigue,” and I had a contingency plan. First, I pulled all of the books I had been dying to read out of my collection, stacked them up, and systematically read the first chapter of every one until something stuck. Nothing stuck. Then, I attempted to bribe myself into reading by driving to the nearest bookstore and buying anything that looked remotely interesting. I left with an armful of books. I was optimistic; by the time I got home, I wasn’t interested. I started to panic a little…okay, a lot. Two weeks into winter break, the situation had escalated from panic to desperation. It was time to pull out the big guns; it was time to pull out the “mind trash.” Books, lovingly referred to as “mind trash,” are the soap operas and reality T.V. shows of the book world. What can I say? I was a desperate woman. I tore through every corner of my home looking for my “mind trash” fix and came out empty handed. I had not one “mind trash” novel on hand, a mistake I would soon remedy. I sped to the bookstore, dashed in with fifteen minutes till closing, and came out with four “mind trash” books and five minutes to spare. One of those books was Yasmine Galenorn’s Witchling.Camille D’Artigo, the first part of a sister trio, is a witch who is working earthside in the OIA (Otherworld Intelligence Agency) whose magic could be considered faulty at best. She and her two sisters, Delilah (a werecat) and Menolly (a vampire), all work earthside for the same agency. It is their job, along with their side-kick Chase (a human working for the Seattle Police Department), to monitor and investigate any otherworldly crimes happening earthside. Of course, little do they know (at least in the beginning) that all Hades is about to break loose. A wicked civil war is brewing in the otherworld, and a demon uprising, from a forbidden realm threatens to take over both the otherworld and earth. The reader follows Camille and her sisters on an adventure to discover new places, old people, new romances, and yet another piece of a mysterious puzzle. On every page of this book, one can find murder, mayhem, mystery, or magic. This book is a whirlwind assault on the senses that will leave you wanting more. Galenorn’s Witchling is a superb piece of “mind trash.” This book is the first in her Otherworld series, which, to date, consists of five books. I devoured all five within a week and a half and am left salivating for more. Galenorn, who seems to be very well read, pulls bite size pieces from classic literature and ancient mythologies to create a multi-faceted fantasy world. This fantasy world she has created is “mind trashy” enough to get you hooked but solid and smart enough to keep you interested.Witchling is a Paranormal Romance, and I give it an easy R rating. This book is not for everyone, especially for those under the age of 18. It is, however, for people who enjoy reading a non-standard book about witches, demons, dragons, vampires, werewolves (of a sort), elves, goblins, sprits, gods, and humans. It is also for those who like a good murder with their romance. Don’t expect the dull with this novel. Happy Reading!!!