Hayle Coven Novels
I’m an international, multiple award-winning author with a passion for the voices in my head. As a singer, songwriter, independent filmmaker and improv teacher and performer, my life has always been about creating and sharing what I create with others. Now that my dream to write for a living is a reality, with over a hundred titles in happy publication and no end in sight, I live in beautiful Prince Edward Island, Canada, with my giant cats, pug overlord and overlady and my Gypsy Vanner gelding, Fynn.
***WORLD'S BEST STORY2014***
Her mom's a witch.
Her dad's a demon.
And she just wants to be ordinary.
I batted at the curl of smoke drifting off the tip of my candle and tried not to sneeze. My heavy velvet cloak fell in oppressive, suffocating folds in the closed space of the ceremony chamber, the cowl trapping the annoying bits of puff I missed. I hated the way my eyes burned and teared, an almost constant distraction. Not that I didn't welcome the distraction, to be honest. Anything to take my mind from what went on around me.
Being part of a demon raising is way less exciting than it sounds.
Sydlynn Hayle's teen life couldn't be more complicated. Trying to please her coven is all a fantasy while the adventure of starting over in a new town and fending off a bully cheerleader who hates her are just the beginning of her troubles. What to do when delicious football hero Brad Peters--boyfriend of her cheer nemesis--shows interest? If only the darkly yummy witch, Quaid Moromond, didn't make it so difficult for her to focus on fitting in with the normal kids despite her paranormal, witchcraft laced home life. Add to that her crazy grandmother's constant escapes driving her family to the brink and Syd's between a rock and a coven site. Forced to take on power she doesn't want to protect a coven who blames her for everything, only she can save her family's magic.
If her family's distrust doesn't destroy her first.
Patti Larsen · Urban
I always find these back-in-time stories interesting, but they have to be historically accurate. Otherwise, it must be set in a comparable time period in another world, since this takes place on Earth in the late 9th century. I do have a small comment about the historical accuracy of the story, by which I mean the fact that the potato was already present in Europe. I know that potatoes are an indispensable part of modern European culture, but they weren't brought to Europe until the 16th century. Before that, we ate grains and barley. Since this story takes place in the 9th century, there weren't any potatoes until the main character discovers them in South America. I may have some OCD about this, but this historical inacuration prevents me from fully immersing myself in the story. I have no other problems with this book, and I'm very interested in the rest of the story.