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Jude-broken, rebuilt, fueled by anger and a sense of powerlessness-has never recovered from watching her adoptive Faerie father murder her parents.

Underdeveloped characters, a dull plot with high page count and hollow moralizing make for very little to recommend.īlack is back with another dark tale of Faerie, this one set in Faerie and launching a new trilogy. The main villain, a holdover from the Roman Empire, is laughably evil, and readers will find her Achilles’ heel to be utterly banal. Jessica adapts to her dual nature much too easily and adjusts to her role as mother with little disconnect. Pike’s knack for melodrama is in evidence, but the worldbuilding never takes off here. When Jessie learns a sinister organization has kidnapped the daughter she bore in the alternate world, she embarks on a mission of vengeance to recover her child.

After blacking out when she is locked in a freezer, Jessie wakes up in the morgue and discovers she is in a different world, one in which she has special abilities built into her genetic sequence.

The plan derails when she meets Russ, a dangerous man who shows her the arts of blackjack and of a mysterious new card game, 22. Originally published as Witch World, this classic edge-of-your-seat thrill ride from #1 bestselling author Christopher Pike keeps you guessing right until the last page.Jessica Ralle expected her graduation trip to Las Vegas to go smoothly-a little bit of drinking, some entertainment and a smidge of gambling before going off to UCLA-but…. Are there really witches? Is she one of them? Suddenly Jessie discovers that she's stumbled into a world where some people can do the impossible, and others may not even be human. Curious, Jessie wants to know his secret, and in response, alone in his hotel room, he teaches her a game that opens a door to another reality. In Las Vegas she meets Russ, a mesmerizing stranger who shows her how to gamble, and who never seems to lose. The guy who's finally ready to tell her why he did it, because he wants her back.īut what Jessie doesn't realize is that Jimmy is the least of her problems. The guy who broke her heart five months ago when he dumped her for no reason. Heading off for a weekend in Las Vegas with her friends, Jessie Ralle has only one worry-how to make it through the road trip in the same car with her Ex, Jimmy Kelter. Jessie never suspected that witches are real, or that she is one, in the start of this paranormal suspense saga from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike.