

The Orphan Witch
Books | Fiction / Fantasy / Paranormal
3.5
Paige Crutcher
"Mystical, magical, and wildly original...If Alice Hoffman and Sara Addison Allen had a witchy love child, she would be Paige Crutcher. Do not miss this beautifully realized debut!"--- JT Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of Her Dark Lies on The Orphan Witch.A deeper magic. A stronger curse. A family lost...and found. Persephone May has been alone her entire life. Abandoned as an infant and dragged through the foster care system, she wants nothing more than to belong somewhere. To someone. However, Persephone is as strange as she is lonely. Unexplainable things happen when she’s around—changes in weather, inanimate objects taking flight—and those who seek to bring her into their family quickly cast her out. To cope, she never gets attached, never makes friends. And she certainly never dates. Working odd jobs and always keeping her suitcases half-packed, Persephone is used to moving around, leaving one town for another when curiosity over her eccentric behavior inevitably draws unwanted attention.After an accidental and very public display of power, Persephone knows it’s time to move on once again. It’s lucky, then, when she receives an email from the one friend she’s managed to keep, inviting her to the elusive Wile Isle. The timing couldn’t be more perfect. However, upon arrival, Persephone quickly discovers that Wile is no ordinary island. In fact, it just might hold the very things she’s been searching for her entire life.Answers. Family. Home.And some things she did not want. Like 100-year-old curses and an even older family feud. With the clock running out, love might be the magic that saves them all.
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Author
Paige Crutcher
Pages
352
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published Date
2021-09-28
ISBN
1250823633 9781250823632
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"Just finished this witchy fantasy! Now I want to drink chamomile tea on my misty front porch and occasionally curse people. 😍"
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Kara Strohmeyer
"The Ravens by Kass Morgan and Danielle Paige!"
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Isabella Grosskopf
"DNF at about 36%. I wanted to love this book, I really did. The premise is super intriguing to me and the magic system promised to be unique. But I just can’t get past the confused feeling characters and chaotic storytelling. <br/><br/>Ended up dropping shortly after an abrupt change mid-chapter to another character’s POV. I’m not opposed to dual POV storytelling, not at all, but no change over 100 pages in after the “prologue” sequence and then BAM new character? It jarred me out of it and I couldn’t find the will to get back into it. Especially after I had finally felt like I was understanding rhythm of the storytelling."
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Lauren