Monday, July 15, 2019

The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston



I've read The Little Shop of Found Things (Found Things series #1) and I have an ARC of Secrets of the Chocolate House (Found Things series #2) but I had not read any of Paula Brackston's "Witch" books! I love books about witches (fiction and non-fiction). This was fun historical fiction and I'd recommend it to lovers of magic realism or fans of Alice Hoffman's Rules of Magic and Practical Magic.⁠


Summary:⁠
My name is Elizabeth Anne Hawksmith, and my age is three hundred and eighty-four years. Each new settlement asks for a new journal, and so this Book of Shadows begins.⁠

In the spring of 1628, the Witchfinder of Wessex finds himself a true Witch. As Bess Hawksmith watches her mother swing from the Hanging Tree she knows that only one man can save her from the same fate at the hands of the panicked mob: the Warlock Gideon Masters, and his Book of Shadows. Secluded at his cottage in the woods, Gideon instructs Bess in the Craft, awakening formidable powers she didn't know she had and making her immortal. She couldn't have foreseen that even now, centuries later, he would be hunting her across time, determined to claim payment for saving her life.⁠

In present-day England, Elizabeth has built a quiet life for herself, tending her garden and selling herbs and oils at the local farmers' market. But her solitude abruptly ends when a teenage girl called Tegan starts hanging around. Against her better judgment, Elizabeth begins teaching Tegan the ways of the Hedge Witch, in the process awakening memories—and demons—long thought forgotten.⁠

Also pictured: Ree Drummond's "Funeral Potatoes". I think they are named that because they are so good you could just die! Or because all the butter, cheese, sour cream, and POTATO CHIPS are likely to give you a heart attack. What a delicious way to go...⁠
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