Review: The Secret Circle: The Captive Part II and The Power

Title: The Secret Circle: The Captive Part II and The Power

Author: L.J.Smith

Release Date: June 1^st, 2009 (first published 1992)

Series: Secret Circle #2-3

Number of Pages: 390

Publisher: Harper Teen

Source: Bought

Cassie has joined the most alluring and deadly in-crowd imaginable. But power comes with a price, and it's more dangerous than she knows. Torn between the dueling desires of the two leaders of the Secret Circle, she must ultimately choose between saving all of the New Salem, and her own dangerous love for bewitching Adam, which threatens to tear the circle apart. In the ultimate battle between good and evil, will Cassie's supernatural powers be strong enough to lead the coven out of danger? Or will she fall prey to the dark forces within?

Really short review for the second part of the Secret Circle series!

If you haven’t read my first review, and you haven’t read this series yet, go read it NOW!

I simply love the second part. Love the strength we can find in Cassie, and in her friends. They aren’t afraid to stand for what they believe is right, and will fight to protect the innocents. I like Diana a little more in this one. Faith too! I don’t know, we simply see them in a different light I guess. There’s a side shown, especially at the end, which makes them less of an extreme than in the first book.

I love how the ending played out. I think it ends the series really well. It gives the reader a satisfying ending to the main plot, yet it gives the character an opening for much more to come.

Little laugh at the pager reference… It reminded me that it was published when I was 1. Meaning I probably wasn’t born when she started writing them…

I really can’t wait to see the new show on CW based on this series. Hope they don’t screw it up!

Review: The Secret Circle: The Initiation and The Captive Part I

Title: The Secret Circle: The Initiation and The Captive Part I

Author: L.J.Smith

Release Date: August 1^st, 2008 (first published 1992)

Series: Secret Circle #1-2

Number of Pages: 396

Publisher: Harper Teen

Source: Bought

The circle's power has lured her home

Forced to move from sunny California to gloomy New England, Cassie longs for her old life. Even so, she feels a strange kinship to a terrifying group of teens who seem to rule her school. Initiated into the coven of witches that's controlled New Salem for hundreds of years, she's drawn into the Secret Circle, a thrill that's both intoxicating and deadly. But when she falls for the mysterious and intriguing Adam, Cassie must choose whether to resist temptation or risk dark forces to get what she wants—even if it means that one wrong move could ultimately destroy her.

I saw the trailer for the new series by the CW, and it got me interested in reading this series again.

I simply love most of L.J. Smith’s books. They are simply so good. I love this series. I love the witchy side of it.

I like Cassie. She’s a fun character, simply because she isn’t perfect. Where Diana was too goody two shoes and Faith was simply too rebellious for my taste, Cassie was more balanced. I felt like I could connect more with her than the other characters. Adam was an okay character. I think I preferred Nick because he felt less like god-like character. Adam was presented like the perfect guy (well if you forget the fact that he kissed an other girl than his girlfriend…)

I can’t really comment on the ending, because the copy I have ends in the middle of book two, so there is of course a cliffhanger in that.

Can’t wait to see the series, to finally see what they did change. I think if you liked the Vampire Diaries book series, you’ll probably enjoy this one. Now lets simply hope they don’t mess up too badly with the series. They did a good job with the Vampire Diaries, so maybe they will do a good job with this one too!

Here’s the preview for the series!