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Ellen Dugan (1) (1963–)

Auteur van Garden Witchery: Magick from the Ground Up

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Ellen Dugan is an award-winning author, a psychic-clairvoyant, and a regular contributor to Llewellyn's almanacs, datebooks, and calendars. She has written more than fifteen books that have been translated into ten languages. Ellen lives in St. Louis, Missouri, and can be found online at toon meer www.ellendugan.com. toon minder

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Werken van Ellen Dugan

Herb Magic for Beginners (2006) 87 exemplaren
Witches Tarot (2012) 50 exemplaren
Legacy of Magick (2015) 23 exemplaren

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Llewellyn's 2008 Witches' Companion (2008) — Medewerker — 33 exemplaren

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Geboortedatum
1963-09-14
Geslacht
female

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Noting about this book was really bad.
It is just unoriginal all the way.
This book is a crossover between a cozy mystery without a murder and a typical YA novel except the MC is 23.
Even tho the author put obvious effort into making some of the characters appear more layered it doesn't come across this way. They still seem like a cardboard cutouts but labeled "20% deeper!".

I think a big problem with this novel for me is the endless flavours of this story I've already read over the years. It's just yet another instanciation of the same old clichées.
It's not doing anything particularly good. It doesn't have any interesting and unique twist. There is just nothing to make it stand out from the UF soup.

The plot was so predictable and onedimensional calling it a plot is already generous.

The magic basically only acts as plot device. And it's used a LOT for that purpose. I don't think I want to read a book by this author without the magic to steer everything.
Despite that I never perceived it as particularly annoying. While it's not particularly subtle, it's always low-key enough to not stand out uncompfortably.

It has successfully taken up 7 hours of my time which was what it was supposed to do but it just wasn't interesting enough for me to continue with the second book.
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omission | 1 andere bespreking | Oct 19, 2023 |
Secret of the Rose is the second book in the Legacy of Magick series by Ellen Dugan. We pick back up with Autumn and the search for the Blood Moon Grimoire. There is (another) ghost haunting the Bishop family manor, someone is after teenage girls in the town and things are heating up with Autumn’s love interest, Duncan. Family secrets emerge which could split the family apart as they try to come together to learn the secrets of the Blood Moon Grimoire.

The Lovely: This book was an improvement over the the first book of the series as the romace was more realistic. The sub-plot with the incidents happening to the teenage girls was actually my favorite. The twist at the end was unexpected and gut-wrenching.

The Mundane: Again, even pace, even characters. In some ways, this book just chugged along.

The Dreadful: Again, Autumn just does not come across as a 24 (now 25?) year old. She seems almost as immature as her teenage cousins and does not learn from her own actions.

Rating: 4/5 Stars

Recommendation: Again, another quick read (or in my case, an audiobook). Much like the first book, it still reads more like a YA book and I didn’t connect to any of the characters. Even four months later I haven’t gotten past the first chapter of the next book of the series, although I do plan to at some point.
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FloofyMoose | Apr 10, 2023 |
Legacy of Magick by Ellen Dugan is the first book in a series that follows Autumn Bishop, a young women that moves back home to attend graduate school near her father’s family, family she hasn’t seen since childhood. Autumn quickly learns of her family’s magickal legacy and exactly where she fits into that legacy. Woven next to that storyline is Autumn’s chance meeting with a romantic stranger who just happens to be on the other side of a family feud. This feud develops and darkens as Autumn learns about her family history, culminating in a dangerous and dramatic collision of the feuding families.

The Lovely: The author excels at illustrating the characters and how they develop. I can picture Autumn and her cousins in particular.

The Mundane: There was an even pace to the book as events kept happening just fast enough to hold interest.

The Dreadful: The romance is predictable and it is just one cliché after another. They literally run into each other while out jogging. It became a bingo game of romance book clichés and sadly went on like this for the first 2/3 of the book. The main character is 24 years old but feels younger most of the book based on how she thinks and acts.

Rating: 3/5 Stars

Recommendation: This is a cute quick read (or in my case, an audiobook) that weaves together a romance, witchcraft and, later in the book, some mystery and tension. That said, it does read more like a YA book and I just didn’t connect to the characters. Perhaps most telling of all, I didn’t run out and plow through the sequel immediately, which is what usually happens in a series. That said, I did listen to the second book and a lot of issues were improved.
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FloofyMoose | 1 andere bespreking | Apr 10, 2023 |
The Enchanted Cat: Feline Fascinations, Spells and Magick by Ellen Dugan (who is also the author of the Legacy of Magick fiction series) is a book about cats and their connection to magick. The narrative provies information on cat mythology, folklore and history, as well as a selection of rituals involving cats.

Rating: 4/5 Stars

Recommendation: As someone who has three cats, this book was a must for me and will stay in my print collection. I noted a couple of the rituals I would like to add to my practice (or at least try, depending on the cooperation of my cats) and I learned a lot about dieties related to cats and their history. This would make a wonderful gift for the cat loving witch in your life. Obviously, if you have no interest or negative feelings towards magick, this is likely not the book for you.… (meer)
 
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FloofyMoose | 1 andere bespreking | Apr 9, 2023 |

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Werken
28
Ook door
1
Leden
1,689
Populariteit
#15,217
Waardering
3.8
Besprekingen
26
ISBNs
73
Talen
2
Favoriet
2

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