Customer Reviews

Witches' Night of Fear (Witches' Chillers Series)

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I found this book to be a great improvement on the first book.

Nam deals with a very real problem in a realistic manner, although some of the book's events, like those of the first book, seem a little farfetched. Nevertheless, if you are simply looking for entertainment, it is written in a fastpaced and very readable style. Sidney is a welcome addition to the cast. The ending is wrapped up in a far more satisfactory manner than the first book.

Isobel Bird's CIRCLE OF THREE is a more accurate portrayal of life as a Wiccan teenager. WITCHES CHILLERS focus on being murder-mysteries as much as being Wiccan books for teens. They're pretty good as thrillers go, but like thrillers, require more suspension of disbelief on the part of the reader to overlook some things that tend not to happen to the average person. This is a thriller first, rather than a depiction of life as a typical Wiccan teen. That being said, it's a gripping and entertaining story.

This is a great book. I love the that Silver Ravenwolf wirtes her ficton books. This story deals with the magick from the religion of wicca, not the fairytale stuff you know about. Bethany Salem, a 16 year old girl, along with her friends Tillie and Nam search for new members for their coven WNO(Witches' Night Out). During the book some strange things are happening with Nam. She get a new boyfriend and sunndenly she forgets to do things for the coven that she's supposed to. Also she stops showing up at meetings. Well bethany and tillie with the help of new friends try to figure out what's wrong. What they find out is very disturbing. All tuns out well in the end and the action and the mystery never stop. Another thing I like about this book and her other books in the series is that in the back she's listed hotline numbers for abues and other things. I really enjoyed this book and I hope she writes more for this series.

Seller was honest about the condition of the book. Book received earlier then latest estimated date of delivery. I was very happy.

I am a Thelemite, but I also practive witchcraft. I got the Witches Chillers series because they were pretty inexpensive compared to other titles by the same author. I have read and liked both Silver Broomstick and Magick Cauldron. I read the first book in the series first to start chronologicly. The book was good, but not really a classic and while I liked it thought it could be better. That being said this second entry in the series is better than the first because it contains more depictions of actual teens practicing witchcraft and IMO better written so as to keep turning the pages. The first book didn't do that for me; I was hesitant to continue reading the book in chunks because I wasn't as interested in the subject matter. A clever book that at times reminded me of the brilliance of the fiction of Aleister Crowley. Recommended for younger occult practitioners.

I like this series but this book felt pretty lacking.

There were some continuity problems. Bethany mentions that her dad was dating a psychologist a month ago but as I recall he was engaged to a lawyer. The book was also pretty violent. Now I know thath it's murder mystery but it got to the point where I couldn't buy that people were willing to accept that much violence and not need therapy. The end is filled with bloodshed and the teens manage to take it all in stride. I thought that the first book handled their reaction sto violence much more realistically.

I bought Witches' Night of Fear because after having read her first book. I do like Silver and her books for Wicca have been great. But this foray into non fiction is seriously lacking. For starters this is supposed to be for the teen set but Silver seems so out of touch with her readers for that to happen. Her characters, story line and use of phrases dates her back to a teen novel of maybe the 70's or 80's. "Mean machine"?? Nam for the name of a character sounds like it's an old Nancy Drew novel from the 50's. She has a great nack for her helpfull wiccan books but not as a novelist.

I have read all of the Witches' Chillers books and they all are amazing. But because this one introduces them all and give background makes it the best one in the series. I personally wish that there were more teen fiction books from her. It combines her knowledge of Wicca and the art of fiction which makes the best combo. I would recommend this and everyone of Silver Ravenwolf's books for anyone interested in Wicca or just a very cool read.