Finished Wintersmith
Well, I finally finished Wintersmith last night and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. Mind you, the witches have always been my favourite characters, so that may well have had something to do with it.
It seems to me that this book is written for a slightly older audience than the first two ‘Tiffany’ books. Possibly an acknowledgement that the readers of the first book, “Wee Free Men”, are now a few years older? Or maybe it just reflects that fact that Tiffany herself is now 13?
Either way, I enjoyed being able to read the behind-the-scenes goings-on of witch training and the usual rivalry between Granny and just about every other ‘professional’ witch. Even Nanny seemed to have far greater depth than the earlier books (I’ve always found her character to be a little two-dimensional). All in all, a pleasant change from some of the more recent Watch orientated books.
