Things just get more and more interesting with this book. Fortunately, the book has little summaries of where we are in the story at the beginning of the book or I would be lost. ( )

This was def a roller-coaster book. I can see the problems that Morgan was facing. I cannot wait to see where the next story goes. ( )

I liked this whole series a lot, the whole wiccan thing wasn't as much of a hype so I really treasured these books.
I looked up to the main character and I wanted to be so much like her :)
Overall a really nice read back in the day, now it would be just one of the many out there.
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The first 2-3 books in this series are addictive, a fresh "modern-teen" POV in the tired genre of witches/kids with supernatural powers finding themselves (and the wonder of Wicca) among families/communities who "don't get it".

After #3, it goes downhill. There is no psychological development of the main characters (and the secondary characters are quite shallowly described and hard to distinguish throughout the series; even the more promising and believable ones, BFFs Bree & Robbie are essentially dropped from the books by #4) a lot of the narrative suspenseful points are all "tell" and no "show", the conclusions are hurried and tied up nicely--except for a minimum of predictable suspense that the publisher made you have to draw people through the series. Also, each book is so short, (it's like a single chapter of a Harry Potter) that the narrative arc is predictable and hasty, and makes one wonder if these were paid by the book, or that the series was extended way beyond what should have been its natural life span by the publisher, or what.

It's no Harry Potter, that's for sure. Apart from the above flaws, here's no humor (unless you count Morgan's drinking Diet Coke all the time, which gets tired really fast) and no writing good enough to be enjoyed by adults as well (a sure sign of a good children's book).

Also there's way too much touchy-feely Wicca rituals and pseudo Gaelic chanting, which is not well enough written to be convincing and also gets tiresome.
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Morgan Rowlands has just broken up with her boyfriend, Hunter, after discovering that her father was evil and the reason for her mother's death. Morgan is convinced that if she has such an evil, corrupted father, then she must be tainted and would only harm those who come in contact with her.

As Morgan is moping around the house, she gets a surprise visit from one of the council members who have a dangerous task for her. They want her to get to close to her father in order to learn his evil plans to stop his coven from calling on the dark wave to wipe out another coven. Morgan knows that this task could be the end to her life, especially since her father had already tried to destroy her soul in New York, but people she cares about are in grave danger if she refuses. She has no choice, not if she wants to keep those that she cares about safe.

In order to get in touch with her father, Morgan seeks at her half-brother, Killian. She tricks Killian into getting their father to come to town and Morgan does her best to gain each of their trust, while the whole time she's trying to resist the temptation of performing dark magic and becoming emotionally close to her father and brother.

Changeling is an intriguing addition to the Sweep series. The power, deceit, manipulation, temptation, love, and sacrifices that fill the pages are intoxicating. As Morgan struggles with the task set before her, she also struggles with the inner turmoil of never straying from the path of light. Cate Tiernan has done an outstanding job with the series and I can not wait to continue. ( )