Witchlight

When I read this book I found it to be a little crazy. As a fan of zimmer I had decided to read most of her books. This story begins as a girl who cannot recall most of her life and is quite disterbed. In the beging I was "hooked" because I wondered Why. Well to my surprise the rest of the story was one that was so crazy that it remains in my memory till this day. Although I am writting this review today I in fact read the story about two years ago, and forgot alot about it. Even the author. But again the "story" has been with me ever since. It wasn't until today that I saw it was one of my "recommended" books. I read the brief explanation and the whole story came back! This is a great book if you are looking for somthing "diffrent" The story is one that it will be stick!

I thought it was an amazing book, to which I could hardly put down for a second. It has opened up new doors for me and I would now like to look into reasurching goasts and psychic investigations as a field of work. Overall it was wonderful and I plan to reread it as well as her other books in the near future.

THis novel continues the **Light series. As with Ghostlight, the fictional magickal system is quite realistice, though with certain leaps of imagination that might be occultically impossible. I say "might" because that phrase is itself a troubling one. Can we really say that a magickal childe cannot form its own consciousness and go beyond it's creator's intnet intent? In any case, the diversions from acccepted theory help keep the general reader from getting bogged down in explinations of magick that can't possibly be all that intersting to those interested in the mystery of an occult novel, not its minute acuracies or innacuracies. The storyline is more intimate than Ghostlight. We learn more about Winter's family, and more about Truth Jourdemain, than the above novel allowed for. Those concerned about occult accuracy, which overall is quite present in this novel, should pardon leaps of imagination. It is, when all is said and done, a FANTASY. Don't take it so bloody seriously. Recommended.

although some of those reviewing this book did not seem to appreciate it,i feel this stems from a lack of understanding or interest in the occult...i found it brilliant...once again bradley portrays this modern day story of magick as it truly is, and i can appreciate it being a "witch" myself...winter musgrave is released from a mental hospital with a bad case of amnesia...she seems incapable of remembering even why she was admitted there...what she is aware of is that strange things are happening to her...small animals are found mutilated upon her doorstep, windows and doors have a way of being opened when she remembers locking them, and all manner of strange things happen when she becomes upset or angry...she has given up her wall street high-paying job to rent an old house called grey angels...the incidents are getting worse...instead of getting the peace of mind she seeks, she finds herself spiraling toward oblivion...is she doing the bad things and forgetting them or is she being stalked by something more horrible than her nightmares???...an act of desperation lands her at a college that has its own parapsychology team...can truth jourdemayne help winter fight off this evil???...challenging enough without having to convince winter of her sanity first...gradually throughout this exciting book winter is regaining her memory and realizing that she might would have preferred the lack of it to the truth...her revelations put her on a road trip across the country trying to figure out what happened to the missing piece of her life's puzzle...and the answers are so unpredictable that you will be gasping until the very end when you learn that love conquers all...thank you marion zimmer bradley!!!!!

I am an MZB fan and was given this book as a gift. The cover (which we never judge by, right?) made me think it was geared for a teen audience but I found the story intriguing and was unwilling to put it down. I wanted to know what was going to happen next. You know, "just one more chapter.." I think this book is definitely worth reading and am looking forward to "Ghostlight."