The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke

 

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

Title: The Lighthouse Witches
Author: C.J. Cooke
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: 10.5.21

Publisher’s Summary
Two sisters go missing on a remote Scottish island. Twenty years later, one is found--but she's still the same age as when she disappeared. The secrets of witches have reached across the centuries in this chilling Gothic thriller from the author of the acclaimed The Nesting.

When single mother Liv is commissioned to paint a mural in a 100-year-old lighthouse on a remote Scottish island, it's an opportunity to start over with her three daughters--Luna, Sapphire, and Clover. When two of her daughters go missing, she's frantic. She learns that the cave beneath the lighthouse was once a prison for women accused of witchcraft. The locals warn her about wildlings, supernatural beings who mimic human children, created by witches for revenge. Liv is told wildlings are dangerous and must be killed.

Twenty-two years later, Luna has been searching for her missing sisters and mother. When she receives a call about her youngest sister, Clover, she's initially ecstatic. Clover is the sister she remembers--except she's still seven years old, the age she was when she vanished. Luna is worried Clover is a wildling. Luna has few memories of her time on the island, but she'll have to return to find the truth of what happened to her family. But she doesn't realize just how much the truth will change her.


My Review

This is the first C.J. Cooke book I've read but it will definitely not be the last!

Single mother Liv runs away from a recent realization when she relocates her family to a remote Scottish island. Painting a mural inside a dilapidated lighthouse may not be what she believes is the ideal artist's commission but the location will allow her ample quality time with her three daughters. Told in time jumps with history of both the lighthouse and the witch trials of the British Isles and Scotland, this book kept me wondering and questioning what in the world was going on--but in the best way. Creepy, spooky, and a little horror, this is the perfect story to cuddle up with on a cold autumn night.