Skinned:Alive❄'s Reviews > Wicked 2: Legacy & Spellbound

Holder and Viguie's "Legacy" & "Spellbound" were a nice addition to the series. Very much needed after "Wicked" and "Curse", since there was a lot of character development that was neede. I agree with some of the comments in here about the fact that there were a lot of intense scenes, I agree given that this series started out as a young adult fantasy novel, not in any way disliking it. The research gone into the aspects of the covens and pagan beliefs is explored further, but not dealt into much, seems like the authors are waiting for the fifth installment "Resurrection" to wrap up how they feel about these issues. I did enjoy many scenes and parts of the book, despite many others saying the book narrative felt scattered. I find Holder's way of jumping from one action to the next, very captivating. In one paragraph you may be going down a set of stairs, for example, and in the next, you are already elsewhere and characters are introduced before you very quickly, yet all seems to fall out nicely in the story. I would've loved if the books went deeper into spellcasting or anything related to coventry more indepth, but I'm sure given the themes explored, (for a book published so early on in the 2000's) I'm surprised I was given this book by a high school girlfriend that was reading this in 9th grade back then. I'm really glad I went back to these series however.

I truly enjoved Alex as a character, as well as Jer, Phillipe, Pablo, Tommy, Eli, James and even Michael. The male characters stand out and have good narratives, with their lenience to the Light. We'll see if these terms ultimately mean anything to them in "Resurrection.