Books like Witch & Wizard

If you are expecting this to be "the next Harry Potter", you will be deeply let down. I saw the ads for this book and had very high hopes that this would be the next series to captivate audiences around the world, gain its own movies, and achieve its own fansites. I honestly don't think it will even get close.The plot of this story had great potential, but the way it was executed made it hard for me to enjoy this book. I felt as though it was trying to be HP so much that it, quite frankly sucked.I found it hard to believe that with magical parents, you would not know you had magical powers until you were convicted for them and then suddenly have complete control on them in a matter of days. I had several problems with the writing also, I thought the language the teenagers in this book use was not realistic to what it actually is. For example, when Whit finds out he will be put to death he says, "tough noogies". I find it very hard to believe that I would say something like that if I had just found out I would die in a matter of weeks. I also thought that it was hard to remember who's POV the story was in because it kept changing back in forth. Another problem I had was that everything happened so fast that I didn't know what was going on, especially at the end.The cliffhanger ending indicates that several more books in the series will follow, but I am not so excited to find out what they hold in store.