Wit'ch Storm: The Banned and the Banished, Book 2

This is a very fun and entertaining book. It is on par with every great fantasy novel . I am an avid fan of James Rollins who is also James Clement. His adventure novels are as entertaining as his fantasy series. If you want to enter another world filled with excitement and interesting characters, this book will be for you.

I'm a big fan of this second book. The first book sets up the story but this one just completely opened up all the possibilities of this series. We get a new set of characters to follow with very interesting back stories from different cultures that just drew me in. I actually liked reading more about the new characters than anything else in the book. Clemens does a very good job in telling the history of each race and weaving the characters into their own history and the history of others. There is also plenty of action with a good amount of violence that keeps the pages turning. Very good read and have picked up the next in the series.

Title says it all. If you have read the first book, the second book is a no brainer to pick up and immerse yourself in. Somehow, James Clemens managed to pick up the pace of his fast paced action in this sequel. There was never a boring moment. Most of the time, you will feel as if you want to skip chapters just to see what will happen. Plenty of times, when he did his characteristic skip of cliffhangers to shift the spotlight to other developments, I did. Then I dutifully went back and paced myself while I read through it all.I've noticed a lot more cliffhangers at the end of chapters and a lot more shock value. This series has quickly become on of my favorite fantasy series. I'm appalled and surprised how it has such a small following. I'm even more surprised there has not been a TV series or movie on this as there was with the 'Sword of Truth' series by Terry Goodkind which spawned the TV series 'Legend of the Seeker' or the upcoming movies based on Stephen Kings 'Dark Tower' series.Having been a loyal fan of Stephen King's Dark Tower series and Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series, James Clemen's Banned and Banished series is now on my top list of fantasy series.

I read the first book because it was a free kindle download on Amazon. Well, if their plan was to get people interested in the series, it worked like a charm! I loved the first book & couldn't put it down. This second installment carries on with the journey of our witch & friends. It's a little darker than the first, but I think as adults we've all moved past the everything must be sunshine, roses and happy endings, right? If you enjoyed the first book, I highly recommend you read this one and the rest of the series. This is the best series of books I've read in quite some time! I'm thrilled that the 1st was offered free for the Kindle or I'd have never discovered this author!

Every fantasy reader should have a copy of this series

Great books! Very under-appreciated. As a heads-up for James Rollins fans, they're the same guy. His non-fantasy writing is a bit more polished, but this story was pretty darned good, and he wasn't trying to retell Lord of the Rings or Wheel of Time. Also true to Rollins/Clemns fashion, there will be bad guys that you hate so much you want to pull off your own arm and beat them to death with it, were it the only potential weapon available.

Very creepy start! If you suffer from arachnophobia, this certainly won't help!I really liked this book. Just enough characters to fully develop yet not get lost in their importance (as in, every one played a significant role), histories revealed, more mysteries presented, and teasers for what's next to come.As an aside, I don't mind the apostrophe's. How else can you know how to pronounce a name? RA Salvadore used them in Menzoberranzen.

It might sound a little dramatic, but this series changed my life. I found it when i was a teenager (many years ago) and i loved every page so much. I would read and read and read and it got me through a lot of bad stuff. Every book in this series is amazing, and worth the read. I have reread them and replaced them more times than i can remember.

Merci

Great book as expected from this author. Can't wait to read the next book, hopefully it will be as good if not better than this one,(although I can't see how).

plot was awfull

Désolée, je ne suis pas sure du titre en français! Celui là m'a posé le problème que j'ai mis trop longtemps pour commander : ils m'ont envoyé le suivant qui était relié avec des écritures, mais c'est peu-être de ma faute pour ne pas avoir réagi à temps lors de ma commande.

Love this series of books. Read them years ago and thought I'd read them again.