Summer (Witch Season)

(Author), Michael Frost (Photographer)

Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse; 1st edition (July 6, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689866658
• ISBN-13: 978-0689866654
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,162,170 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So good, I even prefered it over my video games., August 31, 2004

By	a rater (USA) - See all my reviews

This is the best book I have ever read. It is both entertaining and well done. Jeff Mariotte does an excellent job in creating both humor and suspense in this book and knowing when one should be present more than the other. This book does not have one mood throughout the whole book. Instead, there are many. There is suspense, love, excitement, and mystery. This makes for a more interesting book.

Plot: Kerry is doing her summer job at a resort in San Diego to make some extra money. One day while she is at her lodging house provided by the resort she notices a young man, half dead lying in the bushes. Kerry finds out his name is Daniel Blessing and he is in pursuit of an evil witch named Season. Daniel also has magic powers and says he must kill Season because she has caused hundreds to die an undeserving death. Daniel, Kerry, and all her friends must track down Season to kill her so Season can not hurt anyone else. Will they succeed? Read this book to find out.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great Gripping Story ... Terrible Plotting, August 31, 2006

By	asianlily "kristen" (NJ) - See all my reviews

If you're expecting romance in this book, you will be VERY disappointed. I wanted a romance/magic/witchy kinda thingy. I have to admit, it was all of the above. Very mysterious, the kind that sucks you into the novel and won't let you go b/c the writing is just great.

Its about a girl's summer and a hot witch(Daniel) that lands half dead on her doorstep. She helps him although she doesn't know him. Her curiousity gets to her and they learn more about each other, magic, and a powerful witch named Season. As you probably know, Season wants to kill Daniel.

But if you really wanna know why its NOT a good read, read further. . . However, I am warning you.

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The ending is just about the Biggest Letdown of all the books. Worse is that I bought the second book with high hopes that there'd be some kind of miracle b/c the story was so good. Well folks, there is no miracle.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Start to A Bewitching New Series, October 26, 2004

By	Erika Sorocco (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Kerry Proffit's summer couldn't be going better. She's having the time of her life working at a quaint resort on the coast of California, and livving with a group of amazing people - Rebecca, Josh, Mace, Brandy, and Scott. Everything is just perfect, until a severely injured stranger shows up on their doorstep, or, to be exact, behind their bushes. The stranger, Daniel Blessing, possesses a mysterious past, one that makes Kerry look past his handsome demeanor, and deeper into his life history, which is how she finds that Daniel is on the run from a powerful witch known as Season. Kerry and the rest of her crew think that Daniel is pulling their leg, after all, there are no such thing as witches. But the more time that Kerry spends with Daniel, the more that she believes that he's telling her the truth. Which is bad, because Season is now on the trail of Kerry and her friends, and in the end, someone might not survive...

As a fan of Jeff Mariotte's work on the BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER novelizations, I knew that I had to have WITCH SEASON: SUMMER. However, I am surprised to report, I enjoyed the book even more than I originally thought that I would. Kerry is a wonderful character, whose inquisitiveness, and many journal entries placed sporadically throughout the book, will keep you gripping your seat until the very last page is read. Overall, this is a wonderful book. In fact, it's one of the best new series to hit the YA genre in a long time.

Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper