| Title | : | Soul of the Bride (Charmed, #9) |
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| ISBN | : | 0743412370 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780743412377 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 180 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2001 |
Soul of the Bride (Charmed, #9) Reviews
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While this book took me way too long to actually finish I did like it! I thought it was fun for a side story in the Charmed universe. I really liked the fact that is was based so much in Greek mythology and found it refreshing that it wasn't just a typical run of the mill demon. I have always loved the original three Charmed sisters so it was wonderful being back in the world with Prue! The novel did drag, which is saying something because it's not even 200 pages but at the end of the day I did enjoy it, even if it was slow!
Longer review coming soon! -
Every time I pick one of these books up from my library, I chuckle. The books are completely threadbare and taped and re-taped in an attempt to hold them together. I didn't even know these books were out here until I hit a challenge where I needed to read them.
They are pretty silly, they are just like watching the show. This one was so short it felt like I'd barely started and it was over. but it's still fluff and cute. I'm enjoying them. -
I really enjoyed this addition to the charmed series. The Greek gods playing a part was very interesting and something I liked a lot. The solution at the end seemed to easy, which is probably my only complaint. I would recommend this book to fans of the show.
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The TV show Charmed is gone, but if you miss the series there are a bunch of Charmed books that you can read. This was a fun read. All three sisters are equally involved in this story. In fact, all three sisters become romantically involved. But why? That's one of the twists in this story. It seems that most book series and TV series that are involved with SciFi or fantasy end up working the Roman or Greek gods in one of their stories. This time it's a modern version of the Greek gods,including the big guy himself, Zeus. As I said,it's a quick, fun read.
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This was the only Charmed book I hadn’t read and it was a flop. Consistency errors and deviations from the show happened too many times. Season 3 started this whole ordeal with time travelling and in this novel it’s suddenly plausible? Also, Prue knows how to physically fight? Like Phoebe? The use of Greek mythology was basic, at best; it made no sense that Piper would know so much about it, considering she never did in the show.
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I recently found a whole box of these in my parent’s basement so I read this out of pure nostalgia. I specifically remember enjoying this one, but this time it didn’t measure up to my expectations.
Although I did like the Greek mythology premise, the writing was cringy and it was lame that the two new love interests wound up being the demons, it was too obvious! But I give it points for the nostalgia factor. -
This was honestly quite disappointing. I love Greek mythology and I love charmed. So obviously I was excited for this book! But it was an ill informed interpretation of the mythology and the charmed ones were written VERY strangely. It was hard for me to imagine the actresses actually saying or doing some of this stuff.
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Quite a quick read. I can only imagine all the CGI and special effects that would have gone into this were it an episode of the show.
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Short, fun and the nostalgic kick I needed. Just like reading an episode from the show...
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Perfect mix of classic Charmed and Greek Mythology!
Fluff of the best kind 😍 -
This was written much better than a lot of the others. I didn’t get bored and I didn’t think it was too cheesy. I had a good time.
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I highly enjoyed the story! It kept my interest, but especially once they ended up in Hades. The tie-in of Greek mythology made it more entertaining.
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Somewhat average and somewhat contrived, but I knew what I was getting into!
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I liked learning of Piper's Greek Anthology knowledge in this particular Charmed series.
As I keep on reading the series, I am rooting for the love lives of the Halliwell sisters!!! -
In a land of lost, wandering souls,
Journey with care on the River Styx
A prince of darkness playing his roles
protect the Charmed ones from
his tricks.
I love Greek mythology and Charmed, combining that should have been great, but I just couldn't get into this book at all.
Phoebe is trapped in Hades, Piper goes to heaven and Prue is left on earth, but that isn't how it started and thankfully didn't end.
Prue gets her big break when she gets a chance at the cover of 415 magazine. She is competing against others, but she is also stumped until she goes to the library to look at photography books. That is also where she first meets Mitchell who seems to be a charming guy.
Phoebe has also met a guy that she likes, Nikos. They go out for coffee dates and she begs Prue to let her have him as one of the models of the photo shoot along with her and six others she promises to find from college. Phoebe comes through and the photo shoot is on even Mitchell and Piper are helping too.
Everything was going perfect until the camera that Phoebe's guy brought took a picture. After that everything went to Hades, literately.
After the models fall into a slumber the Charmed Ones race to find a way to get them back. Little did they know that it was all a trap to get Phoebe into Hades. Nikos is the son of Hades who has said his son must be married before his 25th birthday. Once he has Phoebe he sends Prue and Piper back.
The beasts of Greek Mythology come into play to keep them from succeeding in getting Phoebe back. Piper takes their problem up to Nikos Uncle, Zeus himself. As long as Phoebe doesn't eat or drink anything she can return home.
Thankfully after another trip to Hades the sisters reunite and with another spell fixed Nikos and Mitchell who turned out to be evil as well. Mitchell went from National Geographic magazine to writing the obits in the paper.
I hope the next book will be better. I think it was Nikos and Mitchell that turned this book into a bore. I also don't remember reading this Charmed book back in high school. -
Mix Greek Mythology and Charmed to together and what do you get? Soul of the Bride, of course. I remember Greek Mythology was used multiple times on the TV Show, but I don't ever think that it was the main focus for and entire episode or the gods such as Zeus and Hades ever appearing. Soul of the Bride showed off the potential of mixing it all up. It's a damn fine formula which brings out an exciting book. If you are a fan or the show you will love it, and if you aren't, don't worry, this book still has something for you.
Prue Halliwell works at Magazine 415 as an editor and her boss soon takes notice for her excellent work and gives the opportunity of getting on the cover if she takes a photo that is magnificent, magical, and blows his mind away. This is Prue shot at the big time, that is if she can come up with something by the deadline. However, at the shoot things go wrong, demoniacally wrong, with cameras sending the models spirits to Hades, fending off against monsters from Greek Mythology, taking a trip to Hades, evil demon boyfriends, spells that take you to Olympus, tempting food, and a demonic wedding. Everything basically goes wrong. So the question is, can Prue and Piper save Phoebe, and Prue still take magical photo?
A very fun and entertaining read with great writing. -
When I read the back of this, I thought that with a Greek myth tie-in, it might be really good. I started reading it and something about it just kind of turned me off on the whole thing.. I didn't really care for the way it was written (SO didn't realize this book series was written by different authors. what?!) and at times I didn't even really see the Charmed sisters' personalities come through at all. I don't remember which parts, but I do remember thinking at times how they would act so unlike their characters on the show. It's hard to explain and pinpoint one thing, but it really had me just pushing to finish the book just so I could start with another, better, book. The Hades part if it was pretty cool, I'll give it that. The creatures were neat. One major issue though was how it OOZED the Charmed 'cheesiness' that the show sometimes gives off. The corny jokes and puns? They're everywhere in this book. The bad guy with the annoying laugh and flamboyant personality? He's in here, too. Ugh, I cringed in his parts. I wanted to just set this book on fire anytime I had to read a part with him in it. Everything about him was corny.
I don't know.. the plot was a wonderful idea. It just didn't do it for me. -
Despite being totally inaccurate to the show including referring to Phoebes levitation as flying and contradicting future books containing Gorgons and episodes where they get the powers of Greek Gods, it’s Charmed and I will always love anything that has to do with it, so it has to be truly atrocious for me not to love it. So while not the best Charmed novel, it’s not the worst and is a fun nostalgic quick read. Rereading these old Charmed books are my guilty pleasure though, so I’m biased. Plus the closing line of ‘“And I’ll just make a general declaration to anyone who might be listening,” Prue says. She pointed at the floor. “And this means you! Don’t mess with the Charmed Ones!”’ is just perfectly cheesy and I love every second of it.
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I love the Charmed TV series and read this because I love the show so much. I found that while I liked the book, the show is definetly better for the magical aspects, pacing etc. This might be biased as I loved the show so much but I thought that it was a good read but I would pick the show over these spin off books any day.
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Pretty good with plot twists and turns I wasn't expecting. The only thing that annoyed me a bit was that while Prue is the antiques expert and Phoebe the one interested in historical stories and myths, in this book Piper was the Greek myth expert, but it did work as a plot device. I also liked the fact that each of the sisters had their own story, own part to play.
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Read this book when I was at school. I loved watching the series on the T.V. and I was thrilled I could own the books to the series too! I just can't remember what they were like to read, or how many I owned!
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F CHA
Fantasy -
Good characters and plot
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For fans of the tv show who want more. Charming little book.
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Phoebe shut up. just shut up. also, get dressed. this book makes it sooo clear to me why I love Prue and Piper.
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