Saturday, November 17, 2018

WITCH MYTH SUPER BOXSET by Alexandria Clarke


Title:  WITCH MYTH SUPER BOXSET
Series:  Yew Hollow Mysteries #1 - 3
Author:  Alexandria Clarke
Narrator:  Tia Rider Sorenson, Elizabeth Lagalee, and Jo Nelson
Length:  35 hours, 24 minutes
Publish Date:   02.04.2018
Audible Release Date:  03.02.18
Publisher:  DBS Publishing LLC
Category /Genre:  Paranormal Cozy Mystery
Recommended for:  16 + due to dark elements
Listenability:  OK  or  NSFW
Received from:  Audible.com purchase
Goodreads link: Witch Myth Super Boxset
Date completed: 04.26.2018

Description from the publisher:
Best-selling Cozy Mystery author Alexandria Clarke brings you the complete collection of the highly-rated “Witch Myth Christmas and Witch Myth Yew Hollow” Series. These stories have accumulated over 500 five-star reviews and have been boxed together for the first time! That's THREE COMPLETE SERIES totaling 9 BOOKS!

Witch Myth Christmas

When one of her first grade students goes missing the day after Christmas, Noelle Summers becomes an honorary detective for the Yew Hollow Police Department to find him. With help of her two best friends and her cousin Morgan, Noelle discovers that an evil witch has plans to abduct all of the kids in town. Can she find her student in time to save him and the rest of Yew Hollow’s children?

Witch Myth Yew Hollow

Morgan Summers hates talking to ghosts, but when the victim of a ghastly murder asks her for help from beyond the grave, Morgan can’t say no. Soon, Morgan herself is blamed for the murder, and the town is out for blood. Can Morgan clear her name, discover the real killer, and help her new ghostly friend cross over to the next life?

Witch Myth Wildfire

When a sixteen-year-old girl disappears from her hometown without a trace, stumping the local police force, the only person who has any hope of finding her is her older sister, Kennedy. The siblings share an otherworldly bond, which leads Kennedy to the peculiar, deserted town of Yew Hollow. Kennedy soon uncovers a coven of witches, a tragic secret, and something that she never knew about herself. When her number one priority is her little sister’s safety, Kennedy’s decision to stay in or leave Yew Hollow is the hardest one she’ll ever make.
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The three stories were each divided into three part serials.  Each serial needs to be read in the order of release. 

I do not agree with the order of the books in the boxset.  The characters are not progressing in age and growth.  This causes confusion.  

WITCH MYTH YEW HOLLOW is the second book in the series.  Again, this was originally released as a three part serial and the three parts do need to be read in the order of their release.  This serial was originally released prior to A YEW HOLLOW CHRISTMAS, and should be book one, not book two.  It is confusing, in my opinion, to have Morgan going from Coven leader to newly returned to the Coven and her mother is the leader.  I am not certain why the author chose to rearrange these two from their release order.

I loved the characters in the first book.  I loved them at the beginning of the second book.  Towards the end of the second and all through the third, the story took a very dark turn with kidnapping in the name of helping the coven.  In the end, I loved them all again, but the darkness was overwhelming for a while!

Narration:  The narrations were well done, but odd choices in my opinion.  Especially when listening to WITCH MYTH YEW HOLLOW (the second story).  The narrator is a middle-age sounding Brit voicing a mid-twenties young lady from Massachusetts.  The voice didn’t match the character and that made it discombobulating.   The best was the voice for the third book.  Unfortunately, I do not know which narrator did which book.

In summary: 
Overall, though emotionally dark, I did enjoy these stories very much.  These were the first books that I have read from this author and I would love to listen to more!

Yew Hollow Mystery series:
1.      A Yew Hollow Christmas (three part serial)
2.      A Witch Myth (three part serial)
3.      Witch Myth Wildfire  (three part serial)
Also from Alexandria Clarke:
·         Blackout (three part serial)
·         The Haunting of Winchester Mansion (three part serial)
·         Little Girl Lost (three part serial)
·         Missed Connections (three part serial)
·         The Professor (three part serial)

 











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