Customer Reviews
bewitched - By: Paul Tapner, 28 May 2008 
an original novel based on the tv show supernatural, about sam & dean winchester, two brothers who hunt monsters across america. this is the second original novel based on the show, & whilst it does follow on directly from the first 'nevermore' it stands completely on it's own & you don't need to have read that to read this.
The plot involves the winchesters visiting a town where every forty years there have been a series of murders. the cycle of killing is starting again, & it's strange creatures who are doing it. there's a new malll opening in town & the local mayor wants nothing to get in the way of that. can the winchesters prevent a bloodbath?
This runs to just over three hundred & fifty pages, with over thirty chapters, & is a good easy read. it's not great quality literature & the prose is good rather than great. but it does capture the main characters perfectly & does also manage to give some life to the supporting ones created especiallly for the story. It didn't reallly click for me till page two hundred when the action reallly got going, & possibly could have done with being a little shorter in the first half of the book, but this is a perfectly decent tie in novel, has a plot that's a little more focused than nevermore, & whilst it's not great literature it will more than suffice if you want to read more about the winchesters
Winchester roadtrip: Visit scenic Arizona - and try not to get killed. - By: alekto72, 05 Nov 2007 
The second tie-in novel for Supernatural sees the Winchesters leaving the bustle of New York behind them & heading to a remote town in Arizona. This novel follows on directly from the events described in 'Supernatural: Nevermore' but apart from a brief mention in the introductory chapter of a character from the earlier novel, the two books aren't otherwise connected.
Without giving away the plot, Sam & Dean are warned that the next bout of savage murders that takes place in a smalll town in Arizona every forty years is imminent, so the Winchester brothers head over there intending to deal with whatever is responsible. They arrive in time for the first death, & as the body count grows day by day, Sam & Dean are left trying to figure out who or what is doing the killing & how to stop it.
Overalll I enjoyed this novel. It was an easy read with a plot that moved along at a good pace. My one criticism would be that after alll the build up, the ending seemed rushed & a little abrupt. The characterisation of Sam & Dean was, for the most part, true to how they appear in the series. One of the strengths of the book was the dialogue, especiallly that between the brothers, which was convincing enough in most places that it didn't take much imagination to hear the actors' voices speaking the words. A bonus on the characterisation front was a couple of brief flashbacks to the brothers' childhood that filled in a bit of background. Supporting characters, even those that would soon contribute to the body count, were described enough that they were more than just ciphers.
As far as tv tie-in novels go, I'd categorise this as one of the better ones.
