War of the Witches by Maite Carranza

Maite Carranza is a Spanish writer, author of the War of the Witches trilogy, a YA contemporary fantasy. The first book, called Clan of the She-Wolf in Europe, was published in America as War of the Witches in 2005. I’ve checked Amazon and Amazon UK and I cannot find either of the other books, Desert of Ice or Curse of the Odi, available in an English translation.

The word “translation” brings me to the biggest problem with this book. War of the Witches is poorly served by a very bad translation. “Reigns” instead of “reins,” and my personal favorite, “filter” instead of “philtre” (love potion) were bad enough, but then I hit the thuddingly inaccurate “mi... Read More