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Official Review: The Turning by Tiffany Kahapea

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[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Turning" by Tiffany Kahapea.]
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3 out of 4 stars
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Mary Bates is living a normal life with her sisters Miranda, Annie, Ashley, Stephanie, and Sydney when their powers awaken. Soon after, their friend Rebecca is revealed to be a seer when she goes into a trance in front of them and repeats a prophecy about the fated six sisters who will defeat the Master to All. With a dire need to learn how to use their powers, the women receive help from a surprising ally in training their abilities while fighting against the demons that continually attack them before eventually facing the Master to All. Will the sisters succeed or fail? If they do succeed, will all of them survive?

The Turning is the first book in The Bates Sisters series by Tiffany Kahapea. The story has an exciting opening that quickly drew me in, and the rest of the book is action-packed. There are a lot of fight scenes between the sisters and demons and when the sisters are training. These scenes are very well written. They have plenty of detail but are not confusing or hard to follow.

My favorite part of this book was the humor. The sisters often tease and play pranks on each other, especially early on. This shows the close relationship they all have to each other and breaks up the suspense with lighter scenes. It also helps to give some of the sisters more personality, which was great because some of the characters were a bit interchangeable at times. Miranda and Ashley had very specific character traits, but the other women had very similar personalities.

Something that was a bit of a letdown was that of the three revelations that come at the end of the book, only one of them surprised me. I suspected early on what the weapon was that could kill the Master to All. The other revelation I had just guessed about because it made sense for the story, so it wasn’t a shocking reveal.

My least favorite part was the many editing mistakes I found. Most of the errors were misspelled words and missing apostrophes, like “moms” instead of “mom’s.” A few times this caused me to pause and re-read the sentence. One example of this is, “Ashley stated as she tried truning the door knob.”

While there are some things that could have been better, I enjoyed this book overall. Therefore, I am rating it 3 out of 4 stars. I recommend it to fans of the fantasy genre who like strong female characters. There is a lot of swearing, so this should definitely not be read by children.

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It is a good review of Tiffany Kahapea's “The Turning” Mbrooks2518, and you explained the fantastic conflict in the work between sisters, and the devils which contains also some funny scenes. While I was reading the published part at Amazon, I found a unique narrative description of some mysterious events, and interested details in worlds of characters. Have a good day.
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Super powers, training to wield them, demons to fight, super-evil to conquer; these all sound like the elements of a simple, fun, action packed story to indulge in and excite ones senses.
Good review!
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what is the difference between magicians and mystery stories might be more appropriate this novel for children but by the cover I think this is what I'm looking for still less attractive in my opinion
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I like plot driven novels, it's good how the author structured the book, must read this. Thanks for the great review.
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This sounds like an interesting read. Your review was engaging, I hope all the sisters survive and fulfil the prophecy. This is definitely a book for me
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Six sisters all discovering their abilities at the same time? That's a lot of powered individuals right off the bat. I wonder how the author does justice to each character.
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This seems a good novel, but it needs another round of proofreading to be really interesting. Thank you for your terrific review!
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Lovely review. Sisters joining forces for a good cause.Hope they succeed and survive it.
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The book has a theme similar to many books I've read. I'm curious as to what makes this one unique. The main characters' attempt to defeat the Master of All sounds intriguing. I look forward to reading this.
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Very interesting fantasy plot! I enjoy books that describe strong female bonds and the occasional humor makes them even more delightful. Thank you for the very cool review!
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I enjoyed the plot of the story. It shows how much the sisters have been through and how they knew they had to learn to control their powers to defeat someone. They go through this and it shows how much they need each other too. This story should be read by book lovers.
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Mohammed_Sameer2 wrote: 04 Jun 2020, 09:04 It is a good review of Tiffany Kahapea's “The Turning” Mbrooks2518, and you explained the fantastic conflict in the work between sisters, and the devils which contains also some funny scenes. While I was reading the published part at Amazon, I found a unique narrative description of some mysterious events, and interested details in worlds of characters. Have a good day.
Wyzdomania_Gskillz wrote: 04 Jun 2020, 11:17 Super powers, training to wield them, demons to fight, super-evil to conquer; these all sound like the elements of a simple, fun, action packed story to indulge in and excite ones senses.
Good review!
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Chimdi_3 wrote: 05 Jun 2020, 07:47 Lovely review. Sisters joining forces for a good cause.Hope they succeed and survive it.
SiUpweb wrote: 04 Jun 2020, 12:59 what is the difference between magicians and mystery stories might be more appropriate this novel for children but by the cover I think this is what I'm looking for still less attractive in my opinion
Thanks for reading and commenting!
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NetMassimo wrote: 05 Jun 2020, 05:09 This seems a good novel, but it needs another round of proofreading to be really interesting. Thank you for your terrific review!
Yes, hopefully the author fixes the mistakes. Thanks for reading and commenting!
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