Review Detail

Reader reviewed by Christi

Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough is something of a coming of age story about teenager Tamsin Greene.
 Born into a family of witches, Tamsin is the outcast. She, unlike those before her, never specializes in a 'Talent". Seemingly so, she lives her life as a misfit. Forced to watch her perfectly powerful sister prance around planning her wedding, grabbing all the spotlight, Tamsin is always painfully aware of her normalcy.
 One night a stranger comes in, and triggers Tamsin to innocently fall into her family's warped history, nearly taking down those she loves most with her.
 The theme in this book is time. Time, a fragile thing, if tampered with, can pull the delicate thread of a carefully constructed sweater of consequences. Those consequences will keep you up well into the night, racing through the pages to see what happens next.
 This book is like a perfect piece of chocolate. It melts, and flows smoothly until the very last page.
I loved the character of Tamsin, a normal, yet emotionally conflicted girl. There are great moments that I kept thinking about long after I closed the book. The humor is deliciously wrapped into this wonderful urban fantasy, it was truly great fun to read.