My Personal Review for Enchanted No More by Robin D. Owens

I loved Ms. Owner's Summoning Series through Harlequin/Luna Fantasy Line and she is back with a brand new fantasy/urban fantasy series. Enchanted No More kicks off the Mystic Circle series and I fell in love with it from the first page. Who wouldn't love fae, goblins, pixies, brownies and more enchanted creatures in their stories.

          Jenni Weavers is a Mistweaver and a half blood. Fifteen years before, her family is destroyed while trying to help the Lightfolk and Jenni hasn’t forgiven them or herself for the price her family paid that day. Forced to walk away from her last remaining brother, alienated from her lover and magic community, Jenni lives in the human world trying to ignore her heritage and live a human life. All was well until the Lightfolk come back into her life and wants the help of the last surviving Mistweavers for an important mission. Can Jenni forgive herself, the Lighfolk and find a way to stop the darkness that will consume all if she fails?

          I was absolutely thrilled to see one of my favorite authors start up a new fantasy series for Harlequin’s LUNA line. I was pulled into the story from the first page and couldn’t get enough of the Mistweavers, fae and other fantasy creatures that pop up throughout ENCHANTED NO MORE. This first book does a lot of setting up of the backstory for Jenni so it does seem repetitive at first but gradually the action picks up and the reader is then pulled into the story completely. Ms. Owens is a talented author who knows how to completely captivate her readers. Tight writing, intriguing characters and fast paced storyline help keep the reader glued to the pages until the very end.

If you are looking for a different sort of fantasy story to enjoy, then I highly reccommend Enchanted No More and settle in for hours of reading entertainment.

I give it 4 our of 5 stars.

It's Banned Books Week (Sept. 25-Oct. 2nd)

About Banned Books Week

Information found at www.bannedbooksweek.org

Banned Books Week is the only national celebration of the freedom to read. It was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than a thousand books have been challenged since 1982. The challenges have occurred in every state and in hundreds of communities. Click here to see a map of book bans and challenges in the US from 2007 to 2009. People challenge books that they say are too sexual or too violent. They object to profanity and slang, and they protest against offensive portrayals of racial or religious groups--or positive portrayals of homosexuals. Their targets range from books that explore contemporary issues and controversies to classic and beloved works of American literature.

According to the American Library Association, out of 460 challenges reported to the Office of Intellectual Freedom in 2009.

The top TEN Challenged books are as follows:

1) ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle

   Reasons: nudity, sexually explicit, offensive language, drugs, and unsuited to age group

2) And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson

    Reasons: homosexuality

3) The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky

   Reasons: drugs, homosexuality, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, suicide, and unsuited to age group

4) To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

    Reasons: racism, offensive language, unsuited to age group

5) Twilight (series), by Stephanie Meyer

 Reasons: sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group

6)Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger

   Reasons: sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group

7) My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult

   Reasons: sexism, homosexuality, sexually explicit, offensive language, unsuited to age group, drugs, suicide, violence

8) The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things, by Carolyn  Mackler

   Reasons: sexually explicit, offensive language, unsuited to age group

9) The Color Purple, by Alice Walker

   Reasons: sexually explicit, offensive language, unsuited to age group

10) The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier

   Reasons: nudity, sexually explicit, offensive language, unsuited to age group

Go HERE to see what you can do to fight this censorship

During the last week of September every year, hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the country draw attention to the problem of censorship by mounting displays of challenged books and hosting a variety of events.

You can help as well to get the word out and stop this censorship.