Reseña de ARC: American Witch (American Witch #1)

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American Witch (American Witch #1)

by 

Thea Harrison

476 pages

Published April 25th 2019 by Teddy Harrison LLC

ISBN: 1947046179 (ISBN13: 9781947046177)

Edition Language: English

Series: American Witch #1

 

BLURB: Power can change a person…

For months Molly Sullivan endures the inexplicable: electrical surges, car breakdowns, visions. She even wonders if she might be the cause… and wonders if she might be crazy. Then she discovers her husband has cheated on her. Again. Now Molly realizes she is a newly awakening witch and a woman pushed over the edge.
Revenge can shape a person…
Josiah Mason is a Powerful witch and the leader of a secret coven with a shared goal: to destroy an ancient enemy who has ruined many lives. Josiah lost years to this man, and his sole focus is revenge. He’s prepared for every contingency—except encountering a beautiful new witch who understands nothing of the immense Power building within her or the attraction she wields over him.
As the danger escalates, so does the tension between them. Is a lasting relationship possible? Will either of them live long enough to try?

 

My rating: 3.8 stars

Molly's life changes forever when she decides to divorce her unfaithful husband after 20 years of marriage. Somehow she finds a force in her that is unknown, in more than one sense, because she discovers in this way that she is a witch. But not everything is spells and herbs in that world, because there are powerful individuals willing to do everything to obtain more power.

The only one who seems to know what is happening to Molly with a sort of psychokinetic power is Josiah, so she makes a deal with him to help her control her power in a basic way, more than anything to cover herself and not attract the villain of the story, a warlock who steals magic/power from other witches.

Josiah Mason is the ultimate alpha with bad temper and with a grudge againts the villain. Revenge is his goal.

Molly is presented as a woman almost in her forties, practical and strong, who no longer wants to accept rubbish from anyone.

A younger, softer Molly might have listened. She would have been eager to please and anxious to smooth things over. But she wasn’t that younger, softer Molly anymore. She felt no need to contort herself into another shape just to fit other people’s desires or expectations.
So she interrupted. “I don’t care what you would like. I don’t want to hear from you. I don’t want to think about you. I don’t want to be manipulated by you anymore. If I have something to say to you, I’ll call. Otherwise, leave me the hell alone.”

They clash, fight, and end up in bed.

I like Molly , I like her interaction with Josiah.

quote:

Don’t hang up.”
“Why? What are we trying to do here — sort of carry on a relationship but not really, while you get to be in danger and embrace a vendetta, or sometimes not, and I can’t know about any of it? I already told you once. I can’t be the mistress to your wife.”

quote:

If she’d thought she’d seen Josiah angry before, it was nothing compared to the rage that transformed his face now. He snapped, “The hell you will!”
“Yes. I will.” She stopped to consider him. “Did you really think this was all about you — your coven, your needs, your enemy, your transformation, your timetable? Oh, bless.”

I like how she can make plans and stick with it /SPOILER--->though the stupid mistake of calling her friend to came to her room when she knows her life is in danger is so intended to push the plot. Also I knew the friend did it, was really obvious<---SPOILER/

I like even how is depicted Josiah. Poweful, and tormented for the past.

There are some things that remind me of Charmed, like the house, the powers, potions, pendulum, etc but it's ok.

I will read the next book of this series.

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A pesar de que se menciona aqui a los demesnes y las razas de Wyrd, elfos y djins que aparecen en las novelas de Thea Harrison de las razas Elder, este libro tiene un sabor diferente. El inicio es como una novela muy moderna con Molly Sullivan la esposa perfecta del abogado ambicioso, en el dia que un hecho más se convierte en la proverbial 'gota que rebasó el vaso' de su esposo infiel, justo cuando hay una fiesta en su casa y manda todo a la punta del cerro. Y , coincidencia, como uno de los testigos hay un hombre que es el nuevo fiscal de distrito: Josiah Mason, y resulta ser que sabe más de la fuerza que ha despertado en ella.

Aprendemos entonces que en este universo ficticio, las brujas y brujos (o hechiceros) despiertan a sus poderes a diferentes edades, por un hecho traumatico, un accidente, o por la menopausia (?) . Asi que deben aprender desde cero con ayuda de otros brujos o aquelarres.

La novela quiere presentar el crecimiento personal de Molly desde cuando decide divorciarse, y como enfrenta el desafio de quedarse sin amigos. Me gusta que ella luche por conseguir lo suyo, aunque parezca de repente que es bastante apegada al dinero, en el fondo es bastante práctico todo lo que hace. Con excepción de ponerse a limpiar la casa cuando va el agente de bienes raices y no buscar a alguien que lo haga por ella (incluso podria haberle pedido a la misma agente un servicio y pedirle que le buscara las fotos) . Por otra parte como ella separa su relación con el fiscal y su ayuda magica con lo que necesita hacer para mantenerse a salvo, incluido alejarse de este tipo empecinado en una venganza peligrosa que desea encontrar y matar a su enemigo es bastante sensato pese a toda la lujuria que la embarga.

Eso del superpoder , bueno es asunto de novela de fantasia que presenta heroina superpoderosas. Es agradable la mentora que encuentra y el lugar que habla mucho y recuerda a las famosas "Charmed" o Encantadas de la serie de brujas hasta con casa victoriana incluida.

Josiah tiene un pasado que le hace perseguir una venganza y ha juntado a otros como él. Pero debe tomar una decision si seguir con eso o cambiar por una relacion.

Sí la novela tiene cliches, la pareja convence, hay sexo, no hay triángulo a la vista, pero igual entretiene, y me leeria la novela siguiente. Y hay bastante sexo.

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I have a separate comment: It strikes me is that I have recently found in books published recently, which still shows that the perfect happiness of couples is when a woman becomes pregnant ... even when she is forty or fifty years old. Excuse me, but WTF! (And I thought that I only could found this in fanfiction by teenagers who like to put that the couple has twins.)

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