Waking the Moon

Hardcover, 390 pages

English language

Published July 1995 by HarperPrism.

ISBN:
978-0-06-105214-9
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OCLC Number:
31866848
ASIN:
0061052140
ISFDB ID:
829
Goodreads:
1149005

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Sweeney Cassidy is the typical college freshman at the University of the Archangels and St. John the Divine in Washington, DC. She drinks. She parties. And she certainly doesn’t suspect that underneath its picturesque Gothic façade, the University is a haven for the Benandanti, a cult devoted to suppressing the powerful and destructive Moon Goddess. But everything is about to change as Sweeney learns that her two new best friends are the Goddess’s Chosen Ones. Rich and engrossing, Waking the Moon is a seductive post-feminist thriller that delves into an ancient feud, where the real and magical collide, and one woman is forced to make a decision that will change the world.

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I liked the subtly off-kilter parallel world, and I could go along with the horror novel goddess resurrection stuff. The book is best when doing some magic and theology. If only that weren't embedded in some stultifying St Elmo's Fire knock-off starring the most boring and passive set of characters...

I nearly finished it, over several weeks, largely because of airplanes with broken wifi. Reminded me of grinding through crappy hardcovers because I'd bought the damned thing and was gonna get my money's worth.

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  • Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.

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