I know the other day I was thinking that it would take me awhile before finishing “Season of the Witch”, but I finished it up this morning and I didn’t even read in the car yesterday!  Apparently my reading snippets are longer than I supposed they were.  Anyhow, having been up since 7:30 and not being able to do anything ’til  noon gave me plenty of time to finish up the 150 pages I had left in the book from yesterday afternoon.

I loved it.  I really really loved it and it wasn’t as creepy as I thought it might become.  To pinpoint what exactly I loved about this book….

1. ‘Remote Viewing’ is an interesting concept.  Even more interesting is that the author based it off of the US’s STARGATE program, which I’ll have to look into a bit more.  But the idea that there are some people there that can enter into someone else’s mind space is…cool and creepy at the same time.  I’m not gung ho about thinking that someone can see my personal thoughts, but the ways in which they (allegedly) use it is interesting.

2. Alchemy.  Alchemy in and of itself is just such an interesting topic.  I love how the sisters used it for several different purposes.  They used it to make perfumes, lotions, body wash, teas, wines, etc…  But they also used it to explore the deeper regions of the mind, specifically where it comes into play with memory.

3.  Strengthening the brain as a muscle.  The sisters were also interested in expanding the useage of their minds to its fullest potential through use of ‘high magic’ and alchemy; they were referenced as ’solar witches’.

4.  How one can be addicted to knowledge, the ride/rush of being powerful over someone else.  You see it in Gabriel (the main character) when he ’slams rides’ and within the sisters’ game which they play with Robbie.  That sense of ownership over someone else and how it can take you from a purely curious/learning perspective to something more sinister.

Even though towards the end as Gabriel was just starting to figure out the whodunnit part of the book, I was 98% sure I knew who the ‘murderess’ was, it was still written well and I didn’t feel letdown by already knowing.  I definitely recommend this book!