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Witches' Brew
Written by Terry Brooks
Narrated by Dick Hill
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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Fifth Book in the Magic Kingdom of Landover series
Former Chicago lawyer Ben Holiday was proud and happy. And why not? The Magic Kingdom of Landover, which he ruled as High Lord, was finally at peace, and he and his wife, the sylph Willow, could watch their daughter Mistaya grow.
And grow she did - shooting through infancy in months, learning to walk and to swim in the same week. Mistaya had been born a seedling, nourished by soils from Landover, Earth, and the fairy mists, come into being in the dank, misty deadness of the Deep Fell. With dazzling green eyes that cut to the soul, she was as lovely as her mother, and Ben wanted nothing more than to enjoy his daughter's childhood and his peaceful kingdom forever. But his idyll was interrupted when Rydall, a king of lands beyond the fairy mist, assembled armies on Landover's border and threatened to invade unless Ben was able to defeat Rydall's seven champions.
Some counseled the High Lord to refuse Rydall's challenge, but Holiday could not, for Mistaya had been snatched from her guardians by foul magic. And Rydall held the key to her fate . . .
Former Chicago lawyer Ben Holiday was proud and happy. And why not? The Magic Kingdom of Landover, which he ruled as High Lord, was finally at peace, and he and his wife, the sylph Willow, could watch their daughter Mistaya grow.
And grow she did - shooting through infancy in months, learning to walk and to swim in the same week. Mistaya had been born a seedling, nourished by soils from Landover, Earth, and the fairy mists, come into being in the dank, misty deadness of the Deep Fell. With dazzling green eyes that cut to the soul, she was as lovely as her mother, and Ben wanted nothing more than to enjoy his daughter's childhood and his peaceful kingdom forever. But his idyll was interrupted when Rydall, a king of lands beyond the fairy mist, assembled armies on Landover's border and threatened to invade unless Ben was able to defeat Rydall's seven champions.
Some counseled the High Lord to refuse Rydall's challenge, but Holiday could not, for Mistaya had been snatched from her guardians by foul magic. And Rydall held the key to her fate . . .
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Reviews for Witches' Brew
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'm not sure what to think of this book. This is the fifth book in the series and I loved the first one so much, I've wanted to read all of the others. And most have been decent -- but not as good as the first one.In this one, Ben Holiday and Willow's daughter, Mistaya, is growing at an astounding rate. She's two, but looks 10 and acts 15. In other words, she's a spoiled little bitch and entirely unlikeable and I didn't like this about the novel. And it centers around her, for the most part, so we're inundated with her attitude. So, someone comes to the castle and issues Ben a challenge for the kingdom of Landover. If he can defeat seven monsters, he'll keep his kingdom. If not, the challenger gets it. Strangely, though, Mistaya is kidnapped almost immediately and used as bait for Ben to follow this stranger's rules. While traveling with Mistaya in a fruitless effort to find her safety, Questor and Abernathy are sent back to Ben's home world of Earth, where Abernathy is turned from dog back to human and he is elated. Of course, not all is as it seems. Nightshade, the witch, is behind everything and steals Mistaya to train her to become a witch -- and to unwittingly kill her father.In the last book, I complained that Ben seemed pretty dense, which was odd considering that he had been a high priced, successful attorney in Chicago and was now king of the land. In this book, he's just as dense and so is Willow. In fact, they spend most of their time together in the book "holding" each other for support -- and that gets pretty damn old very quick.There is magic in this book, of course. And we get to see some of the characters we know and like, such as the Earth Mother and her mud puppy and Strabo, the dragon. And Ben does somehow defeat several monsters through the help of his alter ego, the Paladin. But by the time Ben has figured out what's going on, the reader figured everything out eons before and is annoyed by his ineptitude and I've got to fault Brooks for that. I want to give this three stars, but because it's a Landover book and I enjoy the series and because it does introduce some new people and elements to the setting, I'll give it four. Cautiously recommended.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another enjoyable entry in the Landover series. I have really enjoyed this series, and I hope Brooks pens more in this series after the next entry.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wow- this was so beyond my typical read. I consider myself more of a classical reads. I don't reach to deep into paranormal or sci-fi or anything in that general area, I stick to the basics. When I do reach out, its usually something many friends have read, and this book is NOT that case! I had seen some people talk about Baby, and wondered what it consisted of. While starting the book I was confused I think about what was actually going on with the theme, not because the author wrote it that way, but because I had a preconceived notion of what I thought the book was. By the end of chapter one I was drastically enthralled into the book needing to keep reading. Although, I do have little feet and hand interruptions, so reading went a lot slower than I would have liked. In some sense I felt like I could understand what Netty is going through, but never as close. Honestly, JK has skill in writing because she captured me into the world, and the destruction, the greed, the heart-ache, and then created a sense of healing, comfort, and success. I don't know how to get you to read what is going on, other than say, you will not be disappointed, and you will want more. Not to spoil anything, but the storyline is simply unique and unknown. I LOVE that Netty suffers an "arraigned" marriage, because its something very real to the period. And then the escape, and the heartache that comes, and then finding that one true love, or is it love, is it possible that this can really be love, confusion becomes bliss when you understand the connection Netty feels to Baby, and how truly wonderful it must be. And just when you think its a fantasy with a twist, JK throws something so out there you just want to jump in the book and shake it. Shake the reality and say WHOA, what just happened here! The book again, is just something that captured me. Not a typical read by far, but I am so thankful I stepped outside my boundaries for this! And you my friend---should step too! I've already finished the next book in the series, ECHO, and I will be reviewing that shortly as well! *AMAZING--- 5+ stars for sure*
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Each of the sixteen loosely related stories in this collection features food as a common thread. Some, foods such as creme brûlée, muffins, and espresso would see to be familiar and comforting. Others, such as menudo and cholent are less familiar. But these are not familiar and comforting stories. Each has an unexpected and sometimes unsettling twist. A man who suddenly loses his memory, between one step and the next. A dysfunctional family faces a deflating tofurkey at a dismal Thanksgiving dinner. A petty shoplifter gets hooked on caviar. An orange drink becomes key in a political contest. Food is iconic and intimate. In these stories we get a glimpse of how it links people to their roots, whether Jewish or cajun. We also see how food can mark the outsider such as the anthropologist who wants to make inroads with the last speaker of a dying language but can't stomach the Soup which includes fish eyes. Those in these stories who cannot decipher the message and meaning embodied in the food they encounter are also not able to decipher the meaning and message in the life in which they are adrift.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I love this series! It's simple reading but just the kind of easy escapism read you need sometimes.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The final (until the next one is written) book in the Landover series! I couldn't believe how disinterested I was in Ben and Willow's storyline. I wanted to spend much more time with Nightshade and Mistaya or Abernathy, Quester, and Elizabeth. Maybe that's because I feel like Willow and Ben have gone about as far as they can go as characters. They do reveal some very personal secrets to each other in this book, but they're always accepting of each others' (mostly Ben's) faults. Mistaya, on the other hand, gets to hear Nightshade's history, though somewhat edited, and they develop a strange friendship that you know can only be doomed in the end. I think that Terry Brooks has some real potential with his villains, but we spend so much time with the heroes of the story, who are fairly bland in comparison, that we hardly ever get the villains' perspective. More Nightshade!Maybe it's just the move to Washington, but it was very cool to see Abernathy and Quester set in a local environment for me as a reader. I was hoping Elizabeth would reappear in the series, but the potential relationship between herself and Abernathy gets dumped by the wayside for Ben and Willow's story. *grumble*Okay, I'm complaining a lot. I did like this book, but I never felt pressed to keep reading, so I started and stopped several times along the way. The side characters her are much improved and, while it's not my favorite Landover book, I thought it was a good one.