Witches of East End (The Beauchamp Family #1)

I had this book in my library for a while now but had not listened to it. I had started to listen to it but then between school/work I just couldn\’t find the time to finish it. I finally finished though and I must confess it was pretty cool. Katie Schorr seemed made to narrate this genre of books and is able to voice all three characters quite well. She does somewhat slow down the pace of the book a bit too much at times but that could be blamed on the story itself really rather than the narrator I believe. It wasn\’t a \’brilliant\’ performance but it wasn\’t a bad or simply adequate performance either. This is my first Melissa de la Cruz and I was pleasantly surprised. I am not too much of a romance novel kinda guy but it had a strong enough storyline for me to forgive the romanticism that I saw involved. The story was fun to listen to especially when everything started to tie in together. It was slow at times however. I do think the characters could be developed better but seeing that these are all grown characters there wasn\’t much character development to be done (I blame the fact that I have come accustomed to really long and detailed titles rather than this relatively short title). There are some pretty nice twists in the book as well, I was surprised how the book tied everything together in the end. Overall not a stellar title, but a pretty good one. I found it kinda light but also fun and cool to listen to. I would hope that there is another book because the book ends with an epilogue that left me with a whole bunch of questions.

Slow start but ending leaves you wanting more. Don\’t expect it to be like the tv series if you saw it first. Matter of fact…the tv series will make you kind of mad. Books are always better.

This book and the one after, Serpents Kiss, are more about sex than witchcraft. The narrators voice isn’t bad but she doesn’t change tone for different characters or situations which makes it kinda blah.

The idea that Gods are living among us captured my interest, but this book had such an underdeveloped plot, and very little captivating drama. for a book that was written for adults, it developed like a YA novel. the narration was poor.

Interesting story but I made the mistake of watching the show before reading the book. When I do that I usually find I enjoy the book more but alas… I liked the show better. So though the story was interesting it was not what I was expecting and left me confused and bored at some parts.

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