Brackston is a story-teller. After reading some of the bad reviews on Goodreads, I could have been put off reading this book. Luckily, I only saw those reviews after I was about half-way through. The Odyssey this is not. Shakespeare this is not. I'm sure all the literary purists out there wi...
I just finished The Winter Witch for the third time. I love it!!! I can't stop re-reading these books! Paula brings to life the emotions and struggles of each character, they leap from the pages at you!!! From the get go, you know what Morgana will be, but you have no idea the extent. Her lov...
I really enjoyed this book. This is such a worldly and exciting character, she really likes this book come to life as you read it. Her laugh going back and forth for Tom throughout the book is such a great way to keep the hooked.The epic battle of good and evil in this book is done in such a way ...
I wanted to read this as I’ve had Brackston’s previous novels as audiobooks. I quite enjoyed The Witch’s Daughter, but was less enamoured by The Winter Witch. However, when I’m in the mood I like my witchcraft/ magical themed stories and so wanted to give the author another go.Lady Lilith becom...
The feeble sunlight has compounded her lighting problems, however, so that she has resorted to candles and a storm lantern to light the space. She put a match to the fire in the wood-burning stove more than an hour ago, so that now the room is warm enough. Thistle, who has become her gray shadow,...
Reason told her that it had not been more than a day, but already it seemed an eternity. She could be patient. She had to be. But there was, under the loneliness of waiting, the ever present fear that he might never return. He was, after all, a small boy, barely seven years old. It might happen t...
She was expensively dressed, her clothes somber but of fine quality. Her bearing further suggested a woman of some wealth and standing in the community. I tried to identify her, but dared not look at her too boldly. “Madam,” I replied quietly, “you are mistook.” “I think not,” she insisted. “But ...