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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Detour From the Normal Formula, 12 Feb 2006
Origins is an odd addition to Cate Tiernan's riveting series about a teenager discovering Wicca. It's the tenth book in the series and is only the second installment to move away from the perspective of main character, blood witch, Morgan Rowlands. Morgan has had an explosive three months; she fell in love for the first time with powerful witch Cal Blair who betrayed her for his and his mother's own dark magickal purposes, she discovered that she was adopted and that her biological parents were powerful hereditary witches known as blood witches, who were murdered in a fire. Amidst all of this Morgan forms a new relationship with British witch Hunter Niall her soulmate and tries to harnass her natural powers against those who would harm her. One of the many reasons that made the Wicca series so readable was the strong link between the reader and Morgan and the unrelenting pace as events unfold. This is were Origins begins to suffer- aside from the prologue and epilogue Morgan and the regular cast are largely absent. Instead Morgan sits down to read a distant ancestors Book of Shadows and the narrative is we plunged back in time to 17th century Scotland and told from Woodebane ancestor Rose MacEwan's point of view. In context of the series the narrative is interesting in that the reader begins to understand how and why the dark wave of magic that wiped out many covens of witches was created. However, I couldn't help but feel cheated when I got this installment initially I wanted more of Morgan and Hunter's lives and this felt a wee bit like Tiernan was stalling us. This installment isn't as well written as the others and would have been better left in an anthology to accompany the series. The time period seems slightly off with very little supporting details to authenticate it and the main love plot between Diarmuid and Rose is slight and lacks the passion and subtlety present in the contemporary books. Truthfully you could skip this installment and not miss too much, luckily the next book returns to the normal formula and is all the better for it. Three stars because this is a borrow from the library title whereas the rest of this compelling series is most definitely one that you need to own.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
This was a good one by cate tiernan, 21 Aug 2003
I really love Cate Tiernan's Wicca books, and this one was no exception. At the beggining it started out a bit boring, but as you got into the book, you started to understand the characters and flow with the storyline more.
It was great how there was romance, evil and magic all linked into one, it made it very tense and interesting to read. I was shocked at the end to find out about what the main character was like (Rose) and what she did, it left me thinking about it for days afterwoods. I must admit that it wasn't quite up to the standard of her other books but it is still definately worth a read. Heres a tip for anyone who is going to or is reading this book, DON'T give up, after the first few chapters it starts to get better, so give it a chance and you never know, you may be suprised! *~*Han*~*
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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Cate Tiernan, " Origins " Review, by Alexus, 11 Feb 2003
Well, what to say. After reading all the other Wicca books out there,i frankly had to say i was slightly disappointed. The book which carried on the life story of 17-yearold Morgan Rowlands, usually really influences and affects me as Morgan always seems very real with real emotions and problems. The thing about this book though is the fact there is evry little about Morgan herself and her soulmate/boyfriend Hunter Niall. Now i wasn't expecting everything to be resolved in this book, such as the council betraying Hunter or Morgan meeting Hunter's father, but when i found out that only the first chapter and the epilogue ( consisting of maybe 10 pages ) was about Morgans life i felt almost betrayed. Now i may be overreacting but after hoping and longing for the 11th book to come out i was a bit taken aback by the story of Morgan's ancestor within this story.Not to discredit Cate tiernan though, the book was still very well written and contained somevery powerful feelings like Rose's anger at her soulmate Dairmuid's betrayl. I would maybe like to make a suggestion though that this book, which contained a lot of information needed for the next books, should be retitled to become book ten-B as i still felt that there wasnt really enough to credit another book without using more about Hunter and Morgan.
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