Calling

Sorcery and Society, Book 3

By: Molly Harper

Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi

Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

“A spunky Cinderella story with a heroine who’s equal parts compassion, determination, and pure magical delight.” (Rachel Vincent, New York Times best-selling author)

Now that Sarah has found more Changelings just like her, will they, along with her best friends, Alicia and Ivy, finally defeat Miss Morton and her ever-growing revenant army? Only if they all learn how to work together...easier said than done!

©2022 Molly Harper (P)2021 Audible, Inc.

Hopefully, there will be another in this series

The team of Harper and Ronconi have done it again!
Molly writes the most wonderful tales and Amanda brings them to life.

Magical Battle

I enjoyed this third book in the series, magical battles with the reanimated dead and those that control them. I enjoyed the continued storyline and loved the excellent narration by Amanda Ronconi. I reccomend this series.

Entertaining but shallow

This series was a fun listen but felt a little like a Harry Potter knock off without the depth of story.

Entertaining

Mildly entertaining. Probably better for a younger audience than myself. I have other books by this author and absolutely loved them.

Great conclusion to a great story arc!

I have enjoyed all 3 books in this series! I'm just not convinced it's necessarily over. To avoid spoilers, let's just say, I have my doubts. I think depending on sales and reviews, we may or may not see more from our favorite trio. I hope so!

cool!

a nice soft fantasy, all about girls. The story is engaging, the narrator is excellent

Glad I stuck it out for the final book

I was a little hesitant after how slow and predictable book 2 was, but I’m glad I stuck it out for the final book. Less predictable, though there are some missing pieces, plot holes that felt like the author meant to add another chapter or twist that never happened. And I can’t help but feel there was a change in how the author or reader said a few words which always throws me off, but all in all a good listen! Enjoyed the story!

Not as good as the first book, re-uses themes from Half Moon Hollow

The first book in the series was excellent. It pushed the boundaries of Harper’s hero’s usual paths and allowed for world-building. The books that followed were not as good. There are many parallels to the half moon hollow books and some of the lines feel repeated from that series.

For example: sisters that bicker/are enemies coming to an uneasy truce. A heroine who doesn’t plan anything but lucks into everything. When they try to plan things they make mention of how past events were unplanned but now, hopefully with a plan things will be better (Jane gets mocked for this relentlessly in the half-moon hollow series). The idea of an evil
Librarian, the librarian in the half moon hollow series caused issues in book 1 and many references to librarians were made throughout the series.

The issue with parents. The discussion between Mary and Sarah about their mom never praising them is exactly what Jane and her sister say about their mom.

Gavin gives off very strong Gabriel vibes. And owen is like Dick with the jokes alluded to instead of said. Ivy and Alicia are like Andrea. The character parallels are very strong which takes away from the story. It would have been nice to see her break away from the plot outline, themes and character roles of her precious series.

The reliance on a book to solve issues is used in both series.

The guilds are a huge parallel to the Council in the half moon hollow series. An explanation of the guilds and world order feels copied almost word for word from the Council for the Equal treatment of the Undead’s explanation in the half moon hollow books.

The bond between characters that is so integral to the story feels rushed. It seems like Harper can’t decide if she wants her magic in the books to be spell based or based on feelings/emotion.

The narration in book 1 was better. Most of the tome Alicia talks it feels like a fake voice is being used. The first book was beautiful narration.

I feel this series could have been great but instead it feels like a re-make in a different world/timeline of Harper’s previous series. The narration started good but suffered in the later books. Ronconi is a great narrator but her changed voices for book 3 hurt the series.

Overall not a bad series. Of you haven’t read half moon hollow you will enjoy it more. If you have, then you know what to expect.

Cute series!

Overall, I enjoyed the whole series. This book was also good, but I thought too much time was taken to review details from previous books.

Good story despite a few minor inconsistencies

I didn’t notice it much my first time through this series, but there are a few inconsistencies in the lore laid out in previous books. Fortunately, they are relatively minor and do not affect the plot in a meaningful way. This was definitely a good (by which I mean well written, #NoSpoilers) resolution to the story begun in Changeling.