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Winds Of Salem

Winds Of Salem, October 2013
The Beauchamp Family #3 (Witches of East End)
by Melissa De La Cruz

Hyperion
Featuring: Freya Beauchamp
288 pages
ISBN: 1401324703
EAN: 9781401324704
Kindle: B00BATAP46
Hardcover / e-Book
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"A Good Look Into What Life Was Like During the Salem Witch Trials"

Fresh Fiction Review

Winds Of Salem
Melissa De La Cruz

Reviewed by Samantha R
Posted August 2, 2013

Young Adult Paranormal

WINDS OF SALEM picks up right where the last book left off: Freya is trapped in time, specifically during the Salem witch trials where she has already died once in her life. With the memory of who she really is gone, she doesn't know which girls to stay away from and which ones to show her gift with herbs.

Back home in present time, Ingrid and Joanna are frantically looking for ways to bring her back. Ingrid starts to unintentionally drift from Matt in her search and when an old flame, none other than the god Thor, shows up, will she be able to stay faithful to her mortal?

I've read most of Melissa de la Cruz's work, and while I loved the first two books in this series, this one was a bit disappointing. It was still good; the action was fast-paced, and the display of how life was during the Salem witch trials was wonderful. It painted a great picture to set the story to. However, it didn't come with the you'll-never-guess-what-happens-next twists and turns that the other two books had. It was a bit more toned down, and I missed the big unveiling on what the overarching battle is.

I liked that Ingrid had her moment when two guys were after her as Freya is so accustomed. However, I think it took a while for her to grow in this one. I felt she was going to develop further and not as slowly. She did make some great discoveries; they were just drawn out a little. I enjoyed seeing more of Freya's twin, Freddie, but I was sad with the note it ended him on with. I can see how it was appropriate, but I had higher hopes for him. I hope he will come back later in the series to end more positively.

If you are a reader of this series, I would still tell you to read WINDS OF SALEM. It certainly won't stop me from picking up the next book, because I know great things still await this series, assuming there will be more of it. WINDS OF SALEM didn't end on a cliff-hanger, but I can't see this book being the last.

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SUMMARY

Modern-day witch Freya Beauchamp is cast back in time to 1692 amongst the Salem Witch Trials by an enemy spell, as her present-day family attempts to reopen the passages of time to bring her home.

SOON TO BE A LIFETIME TELEVISION SERIES!

Freya Beauchamp is trapped in 1692, in Salem of all places, with no recollection of her past. A powerful enemy spell has sent her spiraling away so that she is separated by centuries from her mother, Joanna, and sister, Ingrid. This is not good news for a twenty-first-century witch. Not to mention the immediate threat she faces from the wealthy and influential Putnam family. When little Annie Putnam is one of the first to make accusations of witchcraft, her landowner father jumps at the opportunity to consolidate his power and expand his holdings in Puritan Salem Town. If Freya is caught using magic, she will be forced to relive the witch trials, and this time, even her immortality is in question.

Meanwhile, twenty-first-century North Hampton has its own snares. Joanna and Norm consult the Oracle for advice, and Freddie and his pixie allies search for a missing totem that could reopen the passages of time and help bring his sister home. When Ingrid bumps into an old flame, she finds that her new love for Detective Matt Noble is in doubt.

Moving between past and present, Winds of Salem's dizzying plot twists and page-turning suspense is sure to bewitch fans old and new.


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