Audiobook7 hours
Curse of the Night Witch
Written by Alex Aster
Narrated by Ramon de Ocampo
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
A fast-paced series starter perfect for fans of Aru Shah and the End of Time and filled with adventure, mythology, and an unforgettable trio of friends.
On Emblem Island all are born knowing their fate. Their lifelines show the course of their life and an emblem dictates how they will spend it.
Twelve-year-old Tor Luna was born with a leadership emblem, just like his mother. But he hates his mark and is determined to choose a different path for himself. So, on the annual New Year's Eve celebration, where Emblemites throw their wishes into a bonfire in the hopes of having them granted, Tor wishes for a different power.
The next morning Tor wakes up to discover a new marking on his skin...the symbol of a curse that has shortened his lifeline, giving him only a week before an untimely death. There is only one way to break the curse, and it requires a trip to the notorious Night Witch.
With only his village's terrifying, ancient stories as a guide, and his two friends Engle and Melda by his side, Tor must travel across unpredictable Emblem Island, filled with wicked creatures he only knows through myths, in a race against his dwindling lifeline.
On Emblem Island all are born knowing their fate. Their lifelines show the course of their life and an emblem dictates how they will spend it.
Twelve-year-old Tor Luna was born with a leadership emblem, just like his mother. But he hates his mark and is determined to choose a different path for himself. So, on the annual New Year's Eve celebration, where Emblemites throw their wishes into a bonfire in the hopes of having them granted, Tor wishes for a different power.
The next morning Tor wakes up to discover a new marking on his skin...the symbol of a curse that has shortened his lifeline, giving him only a week before an untimely death. There is only one way to break the curse, and it requires a trip to the notorious Night Witch.
With only his village's terrifying, ancient stories as a guide, and his two friends Engle and Melda by his side, Tor must travel across unpredictable Emblem Island, filled with wicked creatures he only knows through myths, in a race against his dwindling lifeline.
Author
Alex Aster
Alex Aster is a New York Times bestselling author and graduate of The University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in English with a Concentration in Creative Writing. The Emblem Island series is inspired by the Latin American myths her Colombian grandmother told her as a child before bedtime. She lives in New York. Explore the world of Emblem Island at www.asterverse.com.
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Reviews for Curse of the Night Witch
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5It is very entertaining and full of adventures. It does have some really dark passages, so I wouldn't recommend it for too young children.
It touches on subjects of self definition that attack us early on when we are teenagers. It also shows a bit how our decisions have severe consequences sometimes, and hiw this consequences also affect the people around us, our families and friends especially, but not only, the ripples can be a lot bigger.
I am not sure if I will read the nezt installment, it was a bit too young for me ? - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved loved loved this book I can't wait to listen to the next one ?
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A beautifully written and inventive quest adventure with a neat twist at the end that might even make me pick up the next volume in the series. The author was, supposedly, inspired by Colombian folklore, but without knowing any Colombian folklore, it was hard for me to distinguish those elements in the book. The only thing I didn't love was the lack of connection between the adventures that made up the quest journey. Some could have been rearranged or cut entirely without affecting the plot at all.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tor, Engle and Melda all become cursed. The curse shows up damaging their emblems and shortening their live lines. In order to reverse the curse, they must work together to get to the Night Witch. The search takes them on a treacherous quest across Emblem Island. The decide their best strategy to get there quickly is to follow a book of old stories to find the storyteller, the only person that seems to have survived meeting the Night Witch. Treacherous encounter after encounter, paired with an old myth pulled from what seemed to be Latin American mythology. While the three kids start out misunderstanding each other, they soon learn to work as a team and develop a deep bond. Likeable characters, intense action, and questing inside a story are all parts of this read.