Hocus Pocus & The All New Sequel - Reshelved Books

Hello Dewey Readers!

There is nothing better than the movie Hocus Pocus.  It's 90s nostalgia at it's very best.  BUT the one thing that might even come close to being better than the movie is the book.  

Hocus Pocus & The All New Sequel is JUST like the movie.  Yes you read that right.  I am super excited that the book (based off the movie) is just like the movie.  It's like the movie is playing in my head right down to the dialogue and I am in love with it.  But while I was loving part 1, I became worried.  Would I love the "all new sequel"?     

I didn't.  An that's why this review has taken me so long to type. This is also why you are now reading a witchy book review at the very end of November.  While I devoured part 1, part 2 left me bored.  In fact, it left me so bored that I put down this book and read a few others in between. 3.5 others to be exact.  

So why didn't I love it?  Really it's mainly because I don't know what I read.  Hocus Pocus part 1 (and the movie) set the bar incredibly high.  I really don't know what I read in part 2 or why I finished it.  I guess I just wanted it to count in my GoodReads 2018 challenge.  

So Dewey Readers, my advice to you: read part 1, but don't other with part 2. I give it 2.5 out of 5 Coffee Beans.  

Until the next read!
~Jessica 

The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernsahw - Reshelved Books

Hello Dewey Readers!


I just finished another book *yay!* (Just kidding, this review has been sitting in our drafts folder for about a month, BUT it takes place in June.)

 Shea Ernshaw's The Wicked Deep has a Hocus Pocus-esc vibe to it, but unlike Hocus Pocus which takes place in Salem, Massachusetts, The Wicked Deep takes place out on the coast of Washington State.  

Two centuries ago, three sisters were drowned.  They were accused of being witches, but were really sentenced to death  for being beautiful, for breaking hearts, and for allowing men to fall both in love and in lust with them.  Penny Talbot has grown up in this coastal town, where this legend became a way of life.  You see, every year during the month of June the sisters return, overtaking the bodies of three young girls who are unable to resist that call of the ocean's song.  Once they are in human form, they continue their torment by making young men fall in love with them and by luring these boys out to sea where they drown, just like the sisters drowned all these years ago. For the residents of the town, the fear of death, the toll of drowned victim bell, and a month of fear is normal and even accepted as penance.  

This summery tale is part witchcraft, part mystery, and part siren lore. I loved how the chapters alternate between the story of the present and the legend of the past. It kept me guessing with twists that I never anticipated or saw coming.  And the best part?  I read it in ONE day.  So Dewey readers, I leave you with a rating of 5 out of 5 Coffee Beans.  

Until the next read!
~Jessica