Thais (pronounced Tie-ees) has had her world turned upside down.Her father has died in an accident.But as the will is settled, she does not get to go with the woman she thought would be her guardian.Instead she is given to the care of a strange woman from New Orleans.She has no choice, at least until she turns eighteen in four months.Her new guardian is strange and seems unconcerned with things like Thais going to school.Thais has to enroll herself for senior year.But once at school things get even stranger.For also attending school is the identical twin she never knew she had.Then Thais learns her sister (Clio), family, and guardian are all witches and that magic is real.But things just don't settle down.Near-death and romance come into her life as well as the knowledge of her family history and what parts she and her twin may play in it.
The book oscillates between Thais's and Clio's viewpoints with a few others sprinkled in to add necessary information.The flow is good and the revelations just keep coming.I am glad there are only four books in this series because at this pace anything more would be trivialized.Thais and Clio are typical twins having almost opposite personalities.Clio is a firebrand and party animal while Thais is more straight laced and responsible.A large cast of unusual characters make up the rest of the cast.And make sure you have the next book handy because when you read this one you will want to know what happens next.
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