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Post by Tim on Feb 6, 2021 13:00:47 GMT -5
BOOK: Dark Vengeance AUTHOR: Diana G. Gallagher YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2002 NOTE: This review may contain plot spoilers.
Life has become complicated for the Halliwell sisters. Phoebe is missing Cole, who has gone away on a retreat, Paige is still adjusting to her life as a Charmed One, and Piper is busy with P3. Things are very hectic, it seems.
Then they meet three new friends, Kevin, Kate, and Karen. Of course, these new friends also have names that start with the same first letter, K. Coincidence? Nope, the three K's are three magical warriors whom had lost a battle to the ancestors of the Halliwell family, some 3000 years before. The three K's had used their powers to transport themselves to the present time, hoping for a second chance. Will they succeed?
This was another good novel. Unlike the evil Power Of Three's that the show threw at us, who were all pathetic jokes, the three K's are villians you can take seriously. They are out to settle the score for their long ago defeat and will do anything to achieve that goal.
9/10 for this one.
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Post by Tim on Feb 6, 2021 13:02:15 GMT -5
BOOK: Mist And Stone AUTHOR: Diana G. Gallagher
YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2003 NOTE: This review may contain plot spoilers.
Paige has a good role in this book. The events take place when she was still a Social Worker, and this allows her to help others by non-magical means.
One day, the case of a boy named Todd Corman crosses her desk. Todd has been bounced from one caregiver to another for so long that he no longer has any faith in authority figures. However, Paige is bound and determined to get through to him.
Things get complicated when Phoebe has a vision involving Todd, however, this vision is all misty. Leo tells the sisters that this means that Todd's future is in flux. There is a chance that Todd has an important destiny ahead of him, but what is that destiny.
As it turns out, Todd is being targeted by a Darklighter named Scar. Just why is Scar after Todd? Does it have something to do with that possible future destiny. The sisters must unravel the mystery, before it's too late.
Another excellent novel from the pen of Diana Gallagher. Once again she has all the characters spot on right. Paige really shines here in her role as a Social Worker (and one has to wonder why the show abandoned this idea). She wants to help Todd, by both magical and non-magical means, and you rally want her to succeed.
10/10.
And on that note, this is my final review, because I have now done all the Charmed books I currently own. If anyone else here wants to have a go... 
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Post by Tim on May 17, 2023 11:27:10 GMT -5
This interview was originally on Andrea's long gone site.
The reason I took part in the interview was because I had reviewed Paul's novel, Leo Rising, which had just come out at that time.
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