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Circle of Three #7: Blue Moon

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I have read all the other books but this one particularly caught my interest. It was very clever and as much with the other books I finished it in a day. Annie learned from her experience and Kate was trying to be more open about her Wiccan interests. Cooper was learning how to be a girlfriend but still reeling from her experience in "In the Dreaming". Very well put together.

Kate, Cooper, and Annie are 3 best friends brought together with the help of the year and a day study of the Craft. So far they have done many things together and have gone through a great deal. So one would expect that on the Blue Moon, all 3 would preform a ritual together, right? But when Annie brings up the idea, she realizes that she is quite different from the others. Kate and Cooper both have boyfriends and have a confidence about them that Annie has never had. And since they cannot attend the ritual, Annie decides to hold one by herself. During the ritual she asks for the help of a goddess to help her become more like her friends. After the ritual Annie has changes in her appearance and attitude, so dramatic that Kate and Cooper are worried for her. But can they help get the old Annie back before it's to late?

I'm an avid reader of the Circle of Three series. I was kinda sketchy when I read "So Mote it Be" but I was hooked. This book definitely lives up to its predecessors and I'm sure that the next will be just as good if not better. This is a must read for all witchcraft fans!

Annie has always been my favorite character in the CIRCLE OF THREE SERIES. In this book she gets her chance to shine, even if she does get into some trouble along the way. Her transformation from mousy bookworm to femme fatale is hysterical. I especially love how she shows up Sherrie, surely the nastiest literary bad girl ever. Isobel Bird must have been in a good mood when she penned this one, because it's really funny while still being filled with lots of good info about Wicca. It's good to see her let loose, especially since book 6 (IN THE DREAMING) was so serious. The wedding scene alone is worth reading the whole book for. This series just gets better and better.

The Circle of Three series is about three teenagers - Kate, Cooper and Annie who are practicing the Wiccan religion. The difference in this series (and perhaps the problem) is that each book does not have a beginning, middle and end, but is rather the continuing story of three girl's lives. Reading one out of sequence is confusing as it picks up right where the last one left off, and the events that take place are more like a sequence of events, rather than a structured plot with character building, suspense and a climax. For that reason it is hard to review just one book separately, as each one should be considered as one big novel divided into separate books.
However, the books do have their merits - they successfully jump onto the Wiccan/witchcraft/pagan bandwagon that everyone seems to be so obessed with lately, and provides an unbiased and realistic view of this religion as it appears today. Whether you believe in it or not, the books serve to shatter several damaging stero-types.
In this case, one of the main heroines, the slightly shy, bookish Annie invokes the goddess Freya to uplift her self-esteem in a ritual known as 'aspecting'. Gaining some of the goddess's characteristics such as confidence and assertion, Annie struts her new life-style, causing minor damage on the way. But it is only minor damage, and when her friends tell her how she's behaving, she reverses the 'spell' and regains her normal personality. See what I mean about no climax?
But I'm being unfair, because these books aren't written for riveting reading. They are written for a open-minded, realistic view at the Wiccan religion seen through the eyes of three young people, and in doing that it succeeds.

In this book Annie is upset when Cooper and Kate blow off her idea for a blue moon ritual. She's beginning to notice that they're more focused on there own lives (and boyfriends) lately and she hates it. So she decides to do something for the full moon herself, a special ritual in which she invokes a goddess and spends time with her. At first the ritual dose nothing more than gives her confidence but soon Cooper and Kate are disturbed by the new Annie. She's turned into someone that they don't recognize anymore. But her friends have other serious problems on their minds. It's becomming obvious to Kate that's she's going to have to tell her mother about Wicca. And Copper's offended by TJ's responce to her wiccan poetry. Can they save Annie and solve there own problems at the same time?

I thought this book was one of the best in the series so far. Annie has always been my favroite charecter and in this book she really gets to shine. If you're a fan of the last 6 books you HAVE to read this one. I fully reccomend it. I can't wait until the five paths come out!

I have actually never read this book but i have read the other 6. They have all captured my attention so much i finished 2 a day! These books not only keep your attention but they wet your fet in paganism. If you have no idea about it these are good books of learning and storys. If you are starting some is new and some is review and if you are experinced witch it might all be reviews. I find myself caught up with the characters and there lives and i easily read a book in two hours and when i finish say, wow well that was quick. Well whatever age i'm sure you'll love it. Please give these books a try, they should be worth while. Each book has a pretty belivable real life story, with witches of course.