Witch Wood

The Harvesting Series, Book 4

By: Melanie Karsak

Narrated by: Kristin James

Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

Harm none, and be ready for zombies.

In the little town of Brighton, Amelia's practice of Wicca has always marked her as odd. But Amelia can't change what she is. Knowing how to see auras, heal, and create spells comes naturally to her. Only Madame Knightly, the ancient matriarch and owner of Witch Wood Estate to whom Amelia plays caretaker, doesn't seem to mind her conjoining. In fact, the crumbling old mansion is full oddities.

When modern treatments fail to make a dent in the flu outbreak sweeping the globe, those who once ridiculed her white witchcraft turn to Amelia for help. While her eucalyptus tinctures prove no more effective than Western medicine, her spell-casting is another matter. The residents of Brighton soon depend on the very magic they once ridiculed to save their lives.

©2015 Clockpunk Press (P)2015 Clockpunk Press

Another Solid Story!

I really enjoyed Witch Wood. I enjoy these origin stories for characters that join the main storyline. Each girl is unique but badass. In this entry, Melanie Karsak blends witches and magic into the story seamlessly. I love the characters and can't wait to see how this story plays into the bigger story at large.
I received an audio version of the book from the author; all opinions are my own.

Witch Wood

In Witch Wood, we meet Amelia. She will soon join up with the rest of the characters in the Harvesting series. Amelia has some abilities of her own. I wonder about the next book in the series if all these people with abilities come together to try to help get rid of the Zombies once and for all. I won't know until I read on. This series has everything you can imagine in it. All kinds of great characters and supernatural characters, anything you can think of I believe are all in the pages of these books and this series. I enjoy this series very much. I am not much into zombies but this series has soo much more and keeps me coming back until the end. I can't wait to see what happens next. "This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review."

Loved Amelia!!

Loved this edition!! Amelia was amazing. She lives in Brighton and practices Wicca but is kind of shunned by others for it. Amelia has always been different, she sees auras, and she loves going to Witch Wood Estate and helping Madame Knightly. She is at the estate when her mother rings her and tells her to stay there as she has caught the flu that is going around. Little does she know that it's the beginning of the end!

Amelia was such an amazing character. She is strong, capable, brave, sure in herself and all round amazing, She is able to heal people with her touch so will be called upon to use her powers soon.

The setting of this edition was stunning. An old estate that has been magically fortified. It is the type of place that would be amazing to visit (if there were no Zombies, shifters etc there!!!) The library sounded stunning!!

In all, another winner from this author. Amelia is amazing and you just know that when she meets up with the rest it will be stupendous ;)

Kristin James again nails it. Despite most of the main characters being female, it is easy to follow which is talking at any given time. Loved her as Amelia and she is by far my favourite of the characters so far.

*I received a copy of this for free but voluntarily reviewed it. This in no way affected nor influenced my thoughts.*

There's a good witch in the midst of all going bad

What made the experience of listening to Witch Wood the most enjoyable?

Kristin gets to share her adverse vocal talents once again. She not only does different tones for different characters, but also gets to do a young girls voice then the teachers older and more stern voice. There is such a variety that it's amazing to see her slip into different personas. Kristin does a hurt, upset girl along with other voices.

What did you like best about this story?

I enjoy the combination of Kristin's vocal acting and Melanie's writing that brings new elements to the world with each story. As with each book, this one brings a new element into the world of the harvesting. Magic. A witch. I couldn't quit listening. I knew what was going to result, but I was drawn to know for sure. What would happen and see what Amelia could do. She's special! Oh we discover with Amelia something new that she can do.

Have you listened to any of Kristin James’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Kristin is a voice talent to listen to. This story ranks up at the top with her works. She does different voices, personalities, and accents for the characters. She feels as she lives the emotions for us to hear.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I felt for Amelia in the end. She has losses that hurt, but in the end there was one that was hard. But then the very end had me excited and ready for the next book!

Any additional comments?

Amelia is a white witch. It's sweet hearing her thank the trees and for pumpkins and many others. She's connected to nature. She even sees the aura of people, and tries to help all when sees dark spots by clearing them from their aura. She believes in using natural herbs to help heal and maintain good health. This mention of natural herbs brings into question something that's mentioned in Shadow Aspect, something that might have spread this disease.

Oh where this story ends! Eee! I can't wait to follow on in the series. It's all coming together now. And I'm curious about Logan. I have a few thoughts on him, but I'll keep that to myself so you can experience him in your own thinking.

A little taste of witch magic in a zombie world.

This book goes back to the beginning of the outbreak and this times tells the story from Amelia the good witch's side. I can't wait to see what will happen next, now that all the main characters have meet up, I can see that there will be some serious zombie and vampire butt kickage. I really like this series, I know there is only one more book left and that makes me sad. Each book is just long enough that it reminds me of a TV miniseries episode, I do wish they were longer books. This book probably can be read by itself the same as Cricket's book but the ending would leave you wondering who the others are, but that is just the last few minutes of the story. I hope that Melanie Karsak writes many more works, I like what I have seen so far. Same narrator she does a good job, I enjoy listening to her

My only complaint....

IS OH HOW I WISH THIS BOOK WAS LONGER!! I REALLY GET INTO BOOKS SO THAT IS MY ONLY COMPLAINT!! IF YOU PAYING CASH THAT IS GREAT BUT DON'T USE A CREDIT... NOT THAT IT'S NOT CREDIT WORTHY, JUST THAT I REALLY WISH IT WAS LONGER!!

Amazing series!

Witch Wood is the 4th story in the Harvesting series.
In this shorter novella, we get to meet Amelia. Still in high school, a practicing wiccan, her life get completely turned upside down when the apocalypse finally finds her hometown.
I love this closer look into these different characters that the author has created with each novella. I cant wait to see how this story ties in with the main storyline and Layla! The audio narration is very well done also!!

good YA novel

this has a good creepy story. I need to read the 3 before to get the whole atmosphere. I know I will get the concluding story when it comes out.

FAVE SO FAR!!!

Would you consider the audio edition of Witch Wood to be better than the print version?

ALWAYS IS!!! But I only listened!

What did you like best about this story?

I liked this whole story!!! I wish it would have been longer!

Which character – as performed by Kristin James – was your favorite?

Amelia

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

This series would make a cool movie!

Any additional comments?

** I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review **

I loved this short story!! I really love this series too...this was actually my fave so far....Amelia is a great character and I can not wait to see how this ties in with Layla and Crickets group....I highly recommend this book for anyone who has read the series, or even a a stand alone!!!

2 THUMBS UP!!!

Great As a Stand Alone but Would Love to Hear More

WITCH WOOD was a nice, easy listen with great world-building and likable characters. The author, Melanie Karsak sets the stage for the reader/listener and the story quickly becomes absorbing and takes a neat twist.

I don't know how I missed the others in the series but this was really good and I'd be interested in listening to more of the series. Especially book five. I love the way this one ended.

I loved the protagonist Amelia. She was charming and interesting with her medicine bag of herbs and crystals. I also liked Madame Knightly and I found her to be a somewhat mysterious character.

This was an overall great listen and the narration by Kristin James was terrific. Her voice was exactly perfect for that of Amelia's. She also gave the other characters distinct personalities. She proved to be a skilled voice actor and she's easy to listen to with her soft as well as strong inflections.

"This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of Audiobook Blast."