I have never read THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW by Washington
Irving. I have seen Tim Burton's movie Sleepy Hollow and parts of the
TV series Sleepy Hollow. So, my knowledge of the story of Sleepy
Hollow is based on that. Which made this story feel pretty different and
slightly less paranormal from what I expected. Not that the story lacks
a supernatural angle, for which I'm grateful since I love some magic in a
story.
Ichabod Crane arrives in the little town of Sleepy Hollow. He's the new
schoolmaster and he quickly befriends Katrina Van Tassel who, like
him, loves music and books. However, since he's just a schoolmaster
and not a rich landowner like Brom Van Brunt, he has little chance to
marry Katrina, but that won't stop them from falling in love. Their
romance turns into a passionate love affair and they try as often as
they can to sneak away and meet in the woods. All the while hoping
that they will not run into Sleepy Hollow's most famous ghost the
Headless Horseman. All is well until Ichabod disappears on All Hallows
Eve...
Reading THE SPELLBOOK OF KATRINA
VAN TASSEL without having read the original story gave me one
advantage: knowing next to nothing about the story. Since the original
story is very different from the film versions, I didn't know what would
happen in some regards. The writing is excellent and I was quickly
drawn into the story. I found Katrina to be a very likable person and her
friendship with Charlotte Jansen, who has some special powers, made
the book intriguing to read. This is a love story, but it's also a story
about superstition, the difficulties about being a woman in a man's
world, and having the ability to choose your future. Personally, the only
drawback I had was I kept waiting for the Headless Horseman to show
up! Of course, he's part of the story, just in a more subtle way than
riding around decapitating people... I eagerly await the next book by
Alyssa Palombo.
An unforgettably romantic, often chilling, retelling and
continuation "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" from the point of
view of Ichabod Crane's forbidden love, Katrina Van Tassel
When Ichabod Crane arrives in the spooky little village of
Sleepy Hollow as the new schoolmaster, Katrina Van Tassel is
instantly drawn to him. Through their shared love of books
and music, they form a friendship that quickly develops into
romance. Ichabod knows that as an itinerant schoolteacher of
little social standing, he has nothing to offer the wealthy
Katrina – unlike her childhood friend-turned-enemy, Brom Van
Brunt, who is the suitor Katrina’s father favors.
But when romance gives way to passion, Ichabod and Katrina
embark on a secret love affair, sneaking away into the woods
after dark to be together – all while praying they do not
catch sight of Sleepy Hollow’s legendary Headless Horseman.
That is, until All Hallows’s Eve, when Ichabod suddenly
disappears, leaving Katrina alone and in a perilous position.
Enlisting the help of her friend – and rumored witch –
Charlotte Jansen, Katrina seeks the truth of Ichabod Crane’s
disappearance, investigating the forest around Sleepy Hollow
using unconventional – often magical – means. What they find
forces Katrina to question everything she once knew, and to
wonder if the Headless Horseman is perhaps more than just a
story after all. In Alyssa Palombo's The Spellbook of
Katrina Van Tassel nothing is as it seems, and love is a
thing even death won't erase.
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