The Fire of Friendship
W.I.T.C.H. series, No. 4
Adapted by Elizabeth Lenhard

        With Taranee captured by the Elyon and the horrible Cedric, the girls are in a tail-spin. They have to get Taranee back before anything bad happens to her. Will is lost on what to do. The guilt and constant mental bombardment of Taranee’s telepathic cries for help are making it harder for Will to keep control of her friends long enough to find a way back into Metamoor, to get her best friend back. And as if things couldn’t get any worse, the entire gang has to deal with humans butting in on their lives, too. Irma has to deal with pimple-faced Martin and his incessant pleas for a date. Hay-Lin is still finding it hard to go about her life without her caring, warm grandmother there to cheer her up, Cornelia is STILL finding ways to try to out-do Irma, who doesn’t help by being a total smart-alek. And on top of it all…Will’s mom is dating her HISTORY TEACHER. With the help of the heart of Candracar and some strange characters, the girls set about to saving their teammate. But are they already too late?

         This is the fourth book of the still ongoing series, and I have to say it is the cutest of the four. With the constant clashing of titanic egos of Irma and Cornelia, to the unexpected events following up their plan on how to get Taranee back without making anyone suspect anything, the story is filled with amazing adventure and hilarious comedy relief. It, like the others in the series, has spoilers at the beginning about the previous books, but if you’re anything like me, you’ll have already read them anyway. It’s an incredible series with the definite flavor of fantasy and innocent teenage humor that will have you smiling the entire time your reading until the muscles in your face start to cramp. I definitely recommend this for anyone who is into fantasy cartoons or anime.