Serpent's Kiss: A Witches of East End Novel (Witches of East End, 2) Paperback – July 22, 2014

I fell in like with the Beauchamp women from the very first preview of them I received in Melissa's Ya series Blue Bloods and so far that like as held through the series.While the start of this one was a little slower than the first book is still held pretty strong. Once again de la Cruz captures your imagination with her spin on witches and gods and goddesses in the second installments of the Witches of East End series, Serpent's Kiss.Not only in this installment do we get the wonderfully crafty Beauchamp women but we get the men as well. Freddie has escaped imprisonment and with his escapement comes doubts on Freya's love and soul mate Killian as Freddie accuses him of stealing his trident and blowing up the bridge that held all their power world, weakening them all, so many centuries before. If that wasn't bad enough pixies are reeking havoc on the town and a ghost is out to get Joanna, the oldest of the Beauchamp women.Once again we are thrown into their world of magic, mystery, danger and deceit. Where nothing is what it seems and no one can be trusted.Okay, that may have been a little dramatic but it seems there are constantly twists and turns around every corner and nothing really is ever what it seems to be. So much is happening in this. Not only is Freya trying to clear Freddie's name and keep him and Killian out of Limbo but Ingrid is trying to build a relationship with a man for the first time in her long existence and deal with why the pixies are suddenly in her world. There is a ghost lose that is demanding help and Joanna is still sorting through her feelings for Harold and Norman while trying to figure out what the ghost haunting her wants before it is too late. It is hard to know whom to trust and what is real and not real, whom are friends and who are enemies.I loved that while Joanna was helping her ghost friend, we get more background on the Salem witch trials and how Freya and Ingrid were hung. It brought out a lot of emotions for her and made her deal with feelings she had buried long ago. In fact, we get a lot of background info on the whole Beauchamp family as the story unfolds. We get to see them fall in love, learn from past mistakes and grow.This was slow in parts but nothing too bad and the ending definitely left me wanting to start the next book.

This book is soo good. I know that I didn't review the first book but I read the first book last year so I can't exactly do that. But this book is soo good. It basically continues off with the end of the last book where Freddie is having Freya spy on her fiance so that they could find his trident so that they can prove Freddie's innocent.But in doing so we find out a whole lot of things. This book series is a lot different from the television series, that even though has the same name, is not the same as the book series. For one Ingrid isn't the same at all. A lot of is different and that is a good a good thing.I love this book and even more so when we find out who actually took Freddie's trident and is still around just not in the same year/time of when everyone else is. But this book is a good one and it's just so good.I will recommended this book to everyone that has read the first book. There is one other book and I so can't wait to read it after I get caught up.To read more of my reviews please go onto my blog: [...]

I really enjoyed the second installment of The Beauchamp Family Series by Melissa de la Cruz. We got to see more of Freya, Ingrid, and Joanna, as they are now able to practice magic, and are now embracing their love lives as well.In Serpent's Kiss, we get to see Freddie, Freya's twin brother return after being gone forever, and the mystery that surrounds him, as well as get to see more mythological creatures, and get more backstory of the whole family. I started this book last night and was unable to put it down. I was so intrigued by all the plot twists and turns, and everything that was happening that I needed to know what was going to happen next.I loved watching Matt and Ingrid's love story play out, even if I did get really annoyed with both of them. Watching Killian and Freya continue to fall more and more in love with one another was amazing, even with everything that was thrown at them in this book was beautiful. I really want them to get their HEA in the third and final book!This book definitely had a lot of plot twists and turns, and there wasn't much of page fillers that made the story drag on, like most second installments in a series. I truly adore Freya, Ingrid and Joanna and after how this book ended I am definitely diving into the third and final book ASAP to see how everything plays out for this family.If you love paranormal with a side of mythology romance, I highly suggest picking up this series today. The writing is beautiful and the characters amazingly written and unique in their own way!

Really liked these books. The show is great too. Wish she wrote more than three. Great story.

good reading

I bought all three books in the Witches of East End series. They are well written and fun. I will buy more of her books.

enjoyed the book, I like this author so far, just started reading her. I would recommend to anyone who likes kind of story

Another excellent book in the series.