Day Twenty One - All About Born Wicked + Giveaway

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Book Profile

Name - Born Wicked (Goodreads)

Author - Jessica Spotswood

Genre - Historical Fantasy

Release Date - 7th of February 2012

Available - The Book Depository

Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse: they're witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of the Brotherhood, it would mean an asylum, a prison ship—or an early grave.

Before her mother died, Cate promised to protect her sisters. But with only six months left to choose between marriage and the Sisterhood, she might not be able to keep her word . . . especially after she finds her mother's diary, uncovering a secret that could spell her family's destruction. Desperate to find alternatives to their fate, Cate starts scouring banned books and questioning rebellious new friends, all while juggling tea parties, shocking marriage proposals, and a forbidden romance with the completely unsuitable Finn Belastra.

If what her mother wrote is true, the Cahill girls aren't safe. Not from the Brotherhood, the Sisterhood—not even from each other.

The Insider's Scoop

Character Interview -

I'm interviewing Miss Maura Cahill, age 15, my protagonist Cate's younger sister. 

Maura: Excuse me, that's quite aggravating. I'd rather not be defined as Cate's sister. I am my own person in my own right. I'm twice as interesting as Cate. 

Me: Yes, of course you are.

Maura (blue eyes snapping): Don't be condescending. I'm twice as clever as Cate, too. She barely even reads.

Me: Well, she has other interests. Gardening. Keeping you out of trouble.

Maura: Keeping me out of trouble is not her responsibility. I don't care what she promised Mother. I am perfectly capable of looking out for myself. Besides, she's not protecting us--she's stifling us.

Me: To be fair, you could be in a great deal of trouble if the Brothers found out you're a witch. 

Maura: I know that! Don't you think I know that? I have no desire to be put on trial and thrown into the asylum. I'm careful.

Me: Cate says you're not careful enough. That you do magic whenever her back is turned. 

Maura: Cate's jealous that I'm a much better witch than she is. If it were up to her, we'd never learn practice magic. We'd never learn anything about the history of witchery. It's almost as though she's actually taken the Brothers' ridiculous sermons to heart, and now she thinks using our magic is wicked! 

Me: But you don't feel that way?

Maura (twirls a red curl around her finger): No. Absolutely not. Magic makes us extraordinary. It gives us power. Cate might be content to marry Paul McLeod and have his babies and waste away in this stupid little town for the rest of her life, but--

Me: I think you'd be surprised.

Maura: But I was made for more than that. I'm going to travel the world and have adventures, and no one's going to stop me.

~Giveaway~

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