Rose M. Channing

Rose Channing has been a believer of magic and other worlds since childhood. In her Fantasy novel 'The Mansion's Twins,' we see a bit of her adventurous side. Fourteen year old twins Ellie and Savannah Senka were separated at birth and forced to live with horrid foster families. When the girls find themselves unexpectedly united, they are taken to another world, full of magic, and misery. Although they find the family and friendships they've long craved for, they are also tasked with a mission of grave importance, which could very well be the death of them.

The Senka twins make for refreshing characters. They are bright and determined, with a sense of humour that is sure to put a smile on the grumpiest of faces. We view their exciting journey from their perspectives, through a land of people with magical abilities. I found the pot to be interesting and well formed, with a good amount of action packed into its pages.

There was a strong theme of 'not belonging,' something which I think is easy to relate to. Ellie and Savannah often felt like they were outcasts, having never grown up alongside others with their unusual gifts and strange behaviours. I related on a personal level to the twins and could not put the book down. A delightful read with an enchanting setting. Rated 5/5 stars.… (mais)

I really wanted to like this book but the major problem I had was it seemed as if the essence of the plot was almost exactly the same as from a series of books and movies that were put out about ten years ago called Twitches.

The idea of this being something cool and unique got lost when so much of this story has already been done before; granted there were lots of differences but the similarities just felt overwhelming so I was disappointed in the lack of originality.

In the original story a set of twins was sent from their magical world to a nonmagical one (Earth) because of the threat of an evil darkness which was storming over the world, it seemed to have killed their father as he was trying to save them, was destroying the world and turned out to be the work of a man. The twins were adopted by different families with no idea of each other, their powers or their true home until they were much older. They eventually found each other, discovered their powers and a way home where they found out the truth that only they, together, had the power to overcome the darkness.

Granted this version is a lot more violent, bloody and there are other differences but I just wish the author had used something more unique for her plot outline because the entire time I’m reading this I just kept picturing Tia and Tamara Mowry, the actresses who portrayed the characters in the original movies.… (mais)

I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.

If you are looking for a new fantasy then you should definitely check this book out. Ellie and Savannah are twins born in an alternate world who are separated as babies in our world. As tweens, they find each other and end up traveling back to their original world and learn that their destiny is to restore and save the Mansion and keep it out of the hands of darkness. It’s a magical coming of age story complete with action, drama and comedy. I really enjoyed reading this book. I loved the characters and it was really interesting to watch the twins grow and get used to their new world.… (mais)