A Circle of Ashes (Balefire, No. 2) [Paperback]

Cate Tiernan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 18, 2005

After seventeen-year-old Thais Allard loses her widowed father in a tragic car accident, she is forced to leave the only home she’s ever known to live with a total stranger in New Orleans. New Orleans greets Thais with many secrets and mysteries, but none as unbelievable as the moment she comes face to face with the impossible— an identical twin, Clio.Thais soon learns that she and the twin she never knew come from a family of witches, that she possesses astonishing powers, and that she, along with Clio, has a key role in Balefire, the coven she was born into. Fiery Clio is less than thrilled to have to share the spotlight, but the twins must learn to combine their powers in order to complete a rite that will transform their lives and the coven forever.

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About the Author

Cate Tiernan is also the author of the popular Sweep series. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Razorbill (August 18, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595140468
• ISBN-13: 978-1595140463
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #465,295 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Cate Tiernan lives in Durham, North Carolina.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great follow-up, September 23, 2005

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Mr. Andrew T. Anderson "Andy A" (Southampton, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Circle of Ashes (Balefire, No. 2) (Paperback)

In my review of A Chalice of Wind I said I'd saved this second book as a treat to read on a plane. In the end, I read the whole thing in one sitting, on a coach crossing the mountains to Antalya in Turkey. I hardly noticed the scenery.

The narrative picks up neatly where Chalice... left off, neatly developing the twins - Thais and Clio - and the other main characters, with a minimum of 'what has gone before'. It's a great read, Cate's really getting into her stride and we learn more about Bonne Magie.

So why only four stars? Well, in my review of the previous book I expressed the hope that this one would actually bring some of the plot-lines to a conclusion. Sadly for me, it doesn't: we need to rad book three (October) and presumably four as well (now slated for March) to find out what's happening.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Witchy series part 2, August 24, 2005

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Little D (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Circle of Ashes (Balefire, No. 2) (Paperback)

This is the second book in the Balefire series by Cate Tiernan (author of the very good Sweep series).
In this sequel, Thais and Clio (identical twins who found eachotehr in the first book) get to know eachother better. Thais moves in with Nan, their grandmother, and Clio. By working a little magick, Nan now has legal guardianship of Thais. Things start to heat up, literally speaking, when Clio and Thais try to do spells together and end up being thrown across the room the first two times, and setting their house on fire the third. They try to figure out what's wrong with this while the twins are getting magically attacked. Someone must be trying to kill them. But who?
The next book is A Feather of Stone due out in November. I can't wait!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars kindle edition, February 9, 2010

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jessie (wyoming) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Circle of Ashes (Balefire, No. 2) (Paperback)

i read the entire sweep series a few years ago, which is now one my favorite series so i decided to try this series out as well, i just recently bought a kindle and got chalice of the wind (the first balefire) on it, which i thought was a very good book, finished it last night and was really excited to read the next one, come to find out they only have the first and third books of this series on the kindle so im really hoping they decided to make a kindle version of this book soon so i can continue the series.