The opening pages are crammed with tension, hints about what could happen in the novel filling the pages, but this is soon lost, Green taking a few chapters to pick up this prose again. Beginning with mixed feelings on this novel, finding the narrative confusing, I contemplated returning to it later rather than continuing this debut. Told using different narrative styles, switching from second person to first, Half Bad is an enjoyable and exciting novel that overcomes the stereotypes that we have come to accept surrounding the supernatural. With a unique take on the world of witches – where no broomsticks or cauldrons are included – we experience Assessments, Giving Ceremonies and are introduced to the idea of a council for White Witches in England and Wales. Sally Green's debut, the first in her Half Life trilogy, is promising setting out possible plot lines for the sequel, Half Wild, with almost a year until its release. When I saw this in WHSmith, I knew I had to pick this up, placing it at the top of my To Be Read pile before reads that have been on my shelf for months.
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