{"id":727,"date":"2014-10-14T12:53:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T16:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=727"},"modified":"2014-10-07T20:57:14","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T00:57:14","slug":"review-any-witch-way-by-annastaysia-savage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=727","title":{"rendered":"Review: Any Witch Way by Annastaysia Savage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/anywitchway.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-728\" alt=\"anywitchway\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/anywitchway.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a>Sadie has spent the last three years of her life in foster care due to her mother\u2019s death in a car wreck.\u00a0 However, Sadie doesn\u2019t believe her mom is dead\u2026.and has suffered the ridicule of her classmates over it.\u00a0 Now, on her thirteenth birthday, Sadie has a very strange dream and awakens to find magical creatures surrounding her and ultimately having to take her into hiding.<\/p>\n<p>Sadie is a witchling, and an organization called The Syndicate is out to kill her.\u00a0 The Syndicate is made up of humans whose mission is to destroy all magical creatures.\u00a0 Recently The Syndicate has gotten more daring and ruthless, and time is running out for Sadie and the other magical creatures of the world.\u00a0 Sadie will eventually learn her family legacy, what she is, and what really happened to her mother\u2014all while facing down some very dangerous people.<\/p>\n<p><i>Any Witch Way\u00a0<\/i>is a well-done book with very good character development.\u00a0 It is a sweet yet scary story about what it means to grow up.\u00a0 There are plenty of interesting characters and a solid fantasy world has been created by Ms. Savage.\u00a0 There is 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