Tome 2 de The Witches of Orkney
Résumé :
Abigail has just started her second year at the Tarkana Witch Academy and is already up to her ears studying for Horrid Hexes and Awful Alchemy! Worse, Endera’s malevolent spellbook has its hooks in her, whispering in her ear to use its dark magic. Meanwhile, the entire school is talking about the Rubicus Prophecy; a sign has arrived that the chosen witchling is among them, the one who will one day break Odin’s curse over them. When an Orkadian warship arrives carrying troubling news, Abigail and her friend Hugo are swept into a new mystery after a young boy from the ship, Robert Barconian, asks for their help retrieving a missing item.
Along with the former glitch-witch, Calla, the four friends end up deep in the catacombs beneath the Tarkana Fortress—a place where the draugar, the living dead, wander about. Abigail discovers there is more to the Rubicus Prophecy than anyone ever imagined. Can she stop it in time before she and her friends are destroyed?
Filled with magical spells, spine-tingling ghosts, and visits from the Norse gods, The Rubicus Prophecy pits Abigail against a sinister power greater than anything she has ever imagined.
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Midgard
Odin’s Fifth Realm
Home of Mankind Ancient Times
Hermodan, King of the Orkney Isles, stood alone in the center of the Ring of Brogar. The ring, formed by oblong stones thrown down by the gods eons ago, cast ominous shadows around him. In his hands, he held Odin’s Stone, a heavy shield made of carved granite inlaid with bronze and imbued with magic from the powerful all-father god himself.
“Catriona!” he called. “I challenge you to face me.”
A witch dressed in an ankle-length black gown stepped into the ring. She had waist-long gray hair and piercing green eyes that blazed with power.
Catriona. The most hateful witch alive.
Her seven sister witches moved in to stand behind her. They were the last of the Volgrims, an ancient line more powerful than their sister coven, the Tarkanas.
Outside the ring, a battle raged on, but Hermodan blocked out the noise. In this, he would not, could not, fail. All of mankind depended on him being brave.
Catriona sneered with laughter as she eyed Hermodan. “You think you can defeat me with a chunk of stone? I swore vengeance on you and your kind when Odin removed my father’s head.”
“Rubicus would have killed everyone, even you, with that curse on the sun,” Hermodan answered.
“No. He would have found a way,” she spat back. “He just needed time. Now you will have eternity to regret what that insufferable god did in your name. Mankind will crumble at my feet. My army of witches will spread throughout the nine realms until we chase Odin into the netherworld, never to be seen or heard from again.”
“That’s where you’re wrong.” Hermodan thrust the shield into the sky. “I call on the power of the gods to have mercy on mankind. Protect us in our hour of need.”
A jagged burst of lightning split the sky and hit the shield, sending a jolt through him that nearly buckled his knees. Pale blue fire erupted from the shield, sending dazzling fingers of light to each of the standing stones in the ring. As the bluish fire encircled the stones, they began to glow from within.
“Let this be an end to war!” Hermodan shouted. “Send these witches away forever!”
The seven witches behind Catriona began sliding backward, each pulled toward a different glowing stone until their backs were stuck against the rocks.
“Catriona, help me!” one of them called, flailing at the air like a turtle on its back.
“Agathea!”
Catriona whirled, sending out a blast of magic, but before it could destroy the rock, Agathea was sucked inside. One by one, the other six witches were entombed until only Catriona remained.
Extrait du prologue
Mon avis :
Un second tome que j'ai trouvé un peu en dessous du premier mais tout de même bien agréable à lire.
J'ai un peu moins été emballée par le personnage d'Abigail, je l'ai trouvé moins attachante que dans le premier bien qu'elle soit tiraillée entre la magie "blanche" et la magie "noire". Par contre, j'aime toujours autant Hugo et j'ai bien plus apprécié le personnage de Calla que dans le second tome car on sait enfin réellement dans quel camp elle est. Endera est toujours autant une peste mais on a un peu plus d'empathie pour elle étant donné le comportement absolument horrible de sa mère. Alors, bien sûr, ça n'excuse pas son comportement odieux mais on le comprend un peu mieux. J'ai bien aimé l'introduction et l'évolution du nouveau personnage, Robert.
J'ai beaucoup aimé en apprendre plus sur la mère d'Abigail, Lissandra, et la mère d'Endera, Melistra. J'aimerais bien avoir un tome préquel qui les concernent pleinement, en apprendre plus sur leur relation et sur leur quête. J'ai aussi aimé découvrir la prophétie et la voir se réaliser.
J'ai malgré tout trouvé que ce tome était émouvant et certaines scènes m'ont mis les larmes aux yeux.
J'aimerais bien voir un peu plus les cours de magie car, évidemment, j'adore ce genre de scènes. Alors, bine sûr, il y en a quelques unes mais pas assez à mon goût...
J'ai été très surprise de la fin ! Je ne m'attendais pas à ça et ça me donne très envie de lire la suite et de rentrer dans le vif de la guerre entre les sorcières et les protégés d'Odin.
De manière générale, j'ai trouvé le tome divertissant et plutôt équilibré, avec un développement de l'histoire qui m'a beaucoup plus, mais avec des personnages un peu moins agréables à suivre que dans le premier tome (ils sont pas non plus désagréables à suivre hein, mais je les avais vraiment adoré dans le premier et là, un peu moins). Hâte de lire le dernier tome de cette trilogie !
Ma note :
15/20
Infos complémentaires :
Genre : Fantasy, Jeunesse
Editions : Sparkpress
Date de parution : 2019
Nombre de pages : 216
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