Author: Jody Gehrman
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
ISBN: 978-0615658445
ASIN: B008G7L6TS
Number of pages: 295
Word Count: 97800
Cover Artist: David Wolf
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Book Description:
Falling in love, baking a magical cake, fighting an evil necromancer—it’s all in a day’s work for Audrey Oliver, seventeen-year-old witch-in-training. When her mother goes missing and her mysterious "cousin" shows up out of the blue, Audrey knows something’s gone horribly, dangerously wrong. Now it’s up to her to get her own magical powers up to speed before everyone she loves is destroyed by the sorcerer intricately connected to her mother’s secret past.
Review:
Audrey's Guide to Witchcraft is a fun and exciting book that follows the main character, Audrey Oliver, as she deals with teenage life and with being a witch-in-training. Among her daily activities include school, crushing on a cute boy, learning spells, and trying to fight evil.
The first book in a series, this novel is full of excitement and tons of magical energy. The story's heroine, Audrey, is a perfect example of a modern day teenage girl - only with the added benefit of being a young witch on top of everything else. Audrey has to deal with normal teen angst along with normal problems like boys, school, friends, and family; but being a witch brings its own issues. Audrey is a very likeable character and I was able to easily identify with her and root for her throughout the book. The story was very fast paced with lots of magic and adventure - which made it a page turner that I couldn't put down. The narrative had a great flow and was written really well - both of which are needed to make a great book. Overall, I really enjoyed this novel and I will definitely be reading the next installment in the series.
Author Bio:
Jody Gehrman is the author of seven novels and
numerous plays. Audrey's Guide to Witchcraft is her most recent Young
Adult novel. Her other Young Adult novels include Babe in Boyland,
Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty, and Triple Shot Bettys in Love,
(Penguin's Dial Books). Babe in Boyland has recently been optioned by
the Disney Channel and won the International Reading Association's Teen
Choice Award. Her adult novels are Notes from the Backseat, Tart, and
Summer in the Land of Skin (Red Dress Ink). Her plays have been produced
in Ashland, New York, San Francisco, Chicago and L.A. She and her
partner David Wolf won the New Generation Playwrights Award for their
one-act, Jake Savage, Jungle P.I. She is a professor of English at
Mendocino College.
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