Review: Moonset by Scott Tracey

Moonset by Scott Tracey

Legacy of Moonset #1

Release Date: April 8^th, 2013

Number of Pages: 384

Publisher: Flux

Source: NetGalley

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Moonset, a coven of such promise . . . Until they turned to the darkness.  

After the terrorist witch coven known as Moonset was destroyed fifteen years ago—during a secret war against the witch Congress—five children were left behind, saddled with a legacy of darkness. Sixteen-year-old Justin Daggett, son of a powerful Moonset warlock, has been raised alongside the other orphans by the witch Congress, who fear the children will one day continue the destruction their parents started.  

A deadly assault by a wraith, claiming to work for Moonset’s most dangerous disciple, Cullen Bridger, forces the five teens to be evacuated to Carrow Mill. But when dark magic wreaks havoc in their new hometown, Justin and his siblings are immediately suspected. Justin sets out to discover if someone is trying to frame the Moonset orphans . . . or if Bridger has finally come out of hiding to reclaim the legacy of Moonset. He learns there are secrets in Carrow Mill connected to Moonset’s origins, and keeping the orphans safe isn’t the only reason the Congress relocated them . . .

Moonset was an interesting novel. I was a little uncertain when I first started this novel, as I was not the biggest fan of Witch Eyes. I still wanted to give this new series a chance. I thought it sounded like something I would enjoy, and I die enjoy the story to a certain level. You know when you read a book and there is a little something missing, but you can’t pinpoint it? Well, that’s what happened here. The premise was really interesting, with the coven, and the story revolving around the children of a terrorist coven. There is a good intrigue, an interesting plot, and I did enjoy reading the novel. Yet, there was still a little something that made it hard for me to love it. I guess it might have something to do with the main character.

The story is told from Justin’s point of view. I didn’t always enjoy following his narration, and I think this book would have gained a lot if there had been maybe a second point of view. There was something about his voice that drew me out of the story, and I can’t really explain why, since I still find Justin to be an interesting character. Jenna was one character I really wish I could have learned more about. We only know she is the troublemaker of the group, and she sounded like a character that could have been really interesting had I learned more about her. She’s not the only one that stood out as one-dimensional. We don’t get to learn much about Malcom, Cole, Bailey, and Jenna. There are characters we do get to know more in dept, like Quinn and Ash, but it wasn’t enough for me.

Overall, I think Legacy of Moonset has a lot of potential, and I will certainly continue this series. Moonset was interesting, and I’m really curious to see where Scott Tracey will be taking the story next. I found the world of magic and witch politic to be really interesting. I do know we will get to know the other characters more in the sequels, and I am really curious to see what will happen next to Justin, Jenna and company.

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Scott wrote his autobiography at age six, and its all been downhill since then. He traveled the country on a Greyhound for a month, devoted a semester of school to starting a series of urban legends, and spent five years perfecting how to say "would you like fries with that" for a short story. Or so he claims.

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Review: Witch Eyes

Title: Witch Eyes

Author: Scott Tracey

Release Date: September 8^th 2011

Series: Witch Eyes #1

Number of Pages: 332

Publisher: Flux

Source: Bought

Braden was born with witch eyes: the ability to see the world as it truly is: a blinding explosion of memories, darkness, and magic. The power enables Braden to see through spells and lies, but at the cost of horrible pain.

 After a terrifying vision reveals imminent danger for the uncle who raised and instructed him, Braden retreats to Belle Dam, an old city divided by two feuding witch dynasties. As rival family heads Catherine Lansing and Jason Thorpe desperately try to use Braden's powers to unlock Belle Dam's secrets, Braden vows never to become their sacrificial pawn. But everything changes when Braden learns that Jason is his father--and Trey, the enigmatic guy he's falling for, is Catherine's son.

To stop an insidious dark magic from consuming the town, Braden must master his gift—and risk losing the one he loves.

First of all, can I say how excited I was to read a YA book where the main character is a male main character? Even better, a gay male character! There are so few! One of the main reasons I found about this book was that I follow Scott Tracey on twitter (and holy smoke is he and Leah Clifford hilarious together.)

I don’t really have much to say about the characters, strangely. None of them really stood out. Trey annoyed me, which isn’t so great when he that important to the main character. Braden didn’t really make me fall in love with him, as a main character. He is still pretty interesting. The others were slightly too in the background for me to really appreciate.

Now, when it comes to the story itself, I did enjoy it. It wasn’t love, but I am excited for what will come next. That’s the thing. I felt like we had the story building, and building and it makes you think that something really big will happen. Yet, nothing big happen.

There were a couple of thing that didn’t really excited me in the book, as there were a couple of moment where I couldn’t get why Braden would do one thing or an other, or why something was presented in one way and not another… Am I losing you?

It was one of those light and fun reads that you could easily read within a day. As much as I wanted to love this book, there were things that did bother me. Still, it wasn’t enough for me to say that I won’t read the sequel. I was just expecting more from it. It was one of these books you simply want to love, but can’t. I really want to know where Scott Tracey will be taking us, because I felt like Witch Eyes sets a story that I could end up loving. Now, we only have to wait and see!