Teen Witch Powers Activate!

Thanks to the fine people at Penguin Books, I have recently discovered Cate Tiernan’s very entertaining YA supernatural/suspense series Sweep*. Ms. Tiernan produced this fifteen-book-long series between 2001 and 2003 (a release schedule that must have thrilled her readers) and now Penguin is reprinting the lot with new, attractive, Goth-lite covers. Tiernan’s series isn’t as nuanced as L.J. Smith’s Secret Circle trilogy, and each story leaves you hanging for the next, so I don’t recommend starting the series unless you’re prepared to finish it, but the Sweep books make for a fast, stylish read with a deliciously soapy plot.

*Known as the Wicca series in England, Australia, and the Netherlands