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A review by traceyreadsandrambles
The Lost Witch: A Novel by Paige Crutcher
4.0
The Lost Witch is a stand alone fantasy romance novel by Paige Crutcher which is due for publication on December 27, 2022. It’s a quirky and heartwarming journey of a witch from a town called Evermore who makes a leap in time from 1922 to 2022. It is a tale of found family with a slightly morally gray love interest.
The main character of the story, Brigid, finds herself in 2022 after being missing from Evermore for a century with few memories of her life. The town’s lough is now serving as a portal to the Otherword and creatures are terrorizing the island. She must now work with two witches, Ophelia and Finola, who now live in her former home, and the mysterious Luc Knightly to close the lough and save the town.
The plot is interesting and entertaining, if a bit quirky in a charming sort of way. Brigid is a compelling heroine and Knightly is the perfect tall, dark, and handsome morally gray leading man. It started a bit slow, but I found myself unable to put it down once I reached the halfway point and the action picked up.
The characters had a lot of depth. With the exception of the main villain no one is truly good or truly evil, there’s simply a lot of gray area. It makes the characters of The Lost Witch believable as they are not cartoon versions of people. Their dialogue also flows quite naturally which is also a big positive.
The one thing I wished had been between in the edition I received was the editing. There were a lot of typos, missing words, and the repetition of the same descriptive words within the sentence. The story itself is still enjoyable, but these mistakes were a bit distracting.
Overall I very much enjoyed this sweet and eccentric story and gave it a 4 out of 5 stars. The spice level is definitely a 1 (it’s almost non existent) but it wasn’t really necessary for this book either. If you like Crutcher’s book The Orphan Witch definitely check this one out.
The main character of the story, Brigid, finds herself in 2022 after being missing from Evermore for a century with few memories of her life. The town’s lough is now serving as a portal to the Otherword and creatures are terrorizing the island. She must now work with two witches, Ophelia and Finola, who now live in her former home, and the mysterious Luc Knightly to close the lough and save the town.
The plot is interesting and entertaining, if a bit quirky in a charming sort of way. Brigid is a compelling heroine and Knightly is the perfect tall, dark, and handsome morally gray leading man. It started a bit slow, but I found myself unable to put it down once I reached the halfway point and the action picked up.
The characters had a lot of depth. With the exception of the main villain no one is truly good or truly evil, there’s simply a lot of gray area. It makes the characters of The Lost Witch believable as they are not cartoon versions of people. Their dialogue also flows quite naturally which is also a big positive.
The one thing I wished had been between in the edition I received was the editing. There were a lot of typos, missing words, and the repetition of the same descriptive words within the sentence. The story itself is still enjoyable, but these mistakes were a bit distracting.
Overall I very much enjoyed this sweet and eccentric story and gave it a 4 out of 5 stars. The spice level is definitely a 1 (it’s almost non existent) but it wasn’t really necessary for this book either. If you like Crutcher’s book The Orphan Witch definitely check this one out.