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When Phoebe Halliwell returned to San Franciso to live with
her older sisters, Prue and Piper, in Halliwell Manor, she
had no idea how much her life - all of their lives - would
change. Because When Phoebe found the Book of Shadows in the
manor's attic, she learned that she and her sisters were the
Charmed Ones, the most powerful witches of all time. Battling
demons, warlocks, and countless evil spirits, Piper and Phoebe
lost Prue but discovered half-witch, half-Whitelighter Paige
Matthews, the sister they never knew. The Power of Three was
reborn...
The
Book of Three is
the first fully authorised companion to Charmed. Usually,
when I see the words "official" on a guide book,
alarm bells start ringing. This usually means that the contents
have been checked and double checked by someone working for
the production company - to make sure nothing even remotely
derogatory to the show is printed. An example of this is the
"official" Stargate SG-1 companions which
are far inferior to the unauthorised efforts of, for example,
Telos Publishing's Beyond
the Gate.
Thankfully
though, The Book of Three doesn't fall into the trap
of just running pages of lengthy episode synopsis, followed
by a few behind the scenes snippets of information - all of
which are already in the public domain.
Authors
Diana G. Gallagher and Paul Ruditis have really put
a lot of work into this book. It kicks off with a tongue-in-cheek
introduction by Charmed's legendary executive producer
Aaron Spelling.
The
episode guides don't actually begin until page 103, so you
know you're in for more than your fair share of exclusive
content. And the synopses (seasons one to five are covered)
are very short and to the point - which is exactly how they
should be. How many times have you picked up a guide book,
only to see page after page of lengthy explanations on each
episode? If it can't be retold in less than a page then something
is going wrong - for starters you are already going to know
the episodes and the idea of the synopses is to refresh your
memory.
Everything
you ever wanted to know about the The Charmed Ones - Piper,
Paige and Phoebe and their world of Wicca is covered in this
complete guide. It features a series overview, character profiles
and interviews with the cast and crew. This companion to Charmed
also includes "The Beginners Book of Wicca," which
looks at the basic tenets of Wicca and how they relate to
the show; "The Book of Shadows," which includes
a compilation of the spells used on each show; and "The
Book of Evil," which represents a complete who's who
of the various demons that appear in the hit show.
There
is also "A Chronological Halliwell Family History"
which includes a lot of the alternate history from the series
- where a spell changed the past etc.
And
to round everything off, there is a good collection of colour
photographs included in the centre. There are quite a few
black and white images used to illustrate this book throughout,
although there are huge sections of the book where you don't
see a picture for quite a number of pages - and that's my
only real complaint.
This
is an indispensable guide for anyone who claims to be a true
Charmed fan.
Amber
Leigh
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