Hey ForeverBookers,
I’ve just finished “Spellbound,” book 6 in the Sweep series by Cate Tiernan and I LOVED it! We continue the story with Morgan finding out who she truly is through Wicca, as well as battling enemies and falling in love. This book in the Sweep series is more filler than significant events but the significant events that DO happen are important! I always read a Sweep omnibus in October and this was the last story of the second omnibus!
I read “Spellbound,” one readathon, which was:
Reading Rivalry - Book celebrating a quarter quell - “Spellbound,” was published in 2001 so it’s its 25th anniversary!
The Sweep series deals with family trauma and truths.
Spoilers Below…
“When I’d found out about being a blood witch, I hadn’t known my clan and had hoped that I was a Rowanwand, a Wydenkell, a Brightendale, a Burnhide. Even a mischievous Leapvaughn or warlike Vikroth would have been fine. But no. I was a Woodbane: tainted.
Robbie and Bree had saved my life three weeks ago, when Cal, the guy I’d loved, had tried to kill me.”
Morgan is a blood witch. She finds this out in book 1, “Book of Shadows.” She also finds out that she’s from the most evil clan there is, the Woodbane clan. She tries to make discoveries about her heritage through the first books in this series. By this point, book 6, she knows that her birth mother died but not how. What does she find out in “Spellbound?” I’ll let you read for yourself but it’s illuminating.
“You don’t understand,” she said patiently. “You don’t know enough to realize what you’re doing. Hunter here is simply weak and misguided, and who cares? He isn’t worth anything to anyone. But you, my dear. You have potential I can’t ignore.” She smiled again, but it was creepy this time, like a skeleton baring its teeth. “I offer you the chance to be more powerful than you could possibly imagine.”
There are shocking parts to “Spellbound,” as well as parts where Morgan finds out who she is. An example of this is where Cal, Morgan’s ex comes to hurt her, and then at the end when Selene, Cal’s mother tries to again persuade Morgan to become the evil Woodbane witch she wants her to be. She uses her sister, Mary K to do this. Does Morgan do as Selene wants her to? Or can she somehow stay on the good side of things? I’ll let you decide for yourself but it’s a great adventure getting there.
I, personally HATE Selene and Cal because they’re written so well! They’re great villains, but I also love how Hunter starts as an uncertainty to Morgan, like she doesn’t know who he is but is inexplicably drawn to him. How does this play out over the rest of the series? I’m really excited to reread the next books to remember what happens. It’ll probably be next year, though!
I’m reading “A Court of Splintered Harmony,” my most anticipated read for 2026 next, so stand by for my review of that!
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