Reviewed on May 20, 2020

Worth reading 😎

The writing drew me in. While I did find some sections a bit slow to read, there was just something about Anna's writing that I liked.

This book was provided to me through Netgalley in return for an honest review.

This book follows Faye Morgan, who runs the Mistress of Magic shop, in a small town in Scotland. She and her female ancestors are witches. When Faye and two of her friends attempt a love spell to find a partner, things change for Faye, setting her on a journey where she discovers a lot more than romance...

I don't often read adult novels and I don't like knowing much about the books I read before starting them. This book starts off with a witch trails day in 1590, Scotland.

From the lips of Grainne Morgan:

"You do evil today by taking the name of the Fair Ones in vain! They are no devils; they are our own angels, the light ones that are a part of our lands. That have always been in the streams and rocks and trees and moss, since before there was Man, and certainly before there was this village."

"But they will curse you, you men that bring pain to this land of magic! I curse you! In the name of the Kings and Queens of Falias, Gorias, Murias and the Shining Castle of the Moon! In the names of earth and stone, air and winds, fire and hearth, water and sea, I curse you! Let no more the Fair Folk help you. Let a blight be on this land!"

Faye is an interesting and, at times, confusing character. There were parts where she did not at all react the way I would have thought, given how she is portrayed as a conservative woman. She has a uniqueness that makes her stand out. Her best friend, Annie, was my favorite character by far. She has sass and a directness that I can relate to.

The world is shown to you only as Faye learns of it, so I didn't have too much info thrown at me.

I love this quote from Faye's grandmother: "There are more things in heaven and earth than can be dreamed of. And many of them are stranger than you can ever imagine."

All in all, not a book I'd recommend for younger readers, but if you love faeries, an interesting world within our own and don't mind a few sexual scenes, then this is a great book to read. And it ends on a cliffhanger... just so you know. ♥

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