What do You think about The Whitby Witches (2006)?
Fantastic, we enjoyed every single page!I came across The Whitby Witches whilst looking for a new book to share with my children aged eleven and twelve. I cannot tell you how much we all enjoyed reading this book together. We visited Whitby last year and they loved the fact that they could spot the places we had visited during our stay. Anyone who has been to Whitby will tell you that there is something magical about this little seaside town and Robin Jarvis has been able to capture a little bit of that magic between these pages.The story is an absolute delight the kids were gripped immediately and begged for a few more pages every night. I love being able to share my love of reading with my family and I have read to them since they were small, even hubby comes in to have a listen. The characters in this story allowed me to provide them with a full theatrical performance, during the scary bits you could have heard a pin drop in our bedroom. If you are looking for a bedtime read to share with older kids then this is it, they were washed an PJs on by 8pm each night waiting for their story.Robin Jarvis is an original and extremely talented author, the next book in the trilogy, A Warlock In Whitby was delivered by Amazon today and the kids cannot wait to start it! Neither can we!
—Pippa
It's very hard for me to be objective about Robin Jarvis - he's a childhood author that I think has infiltrated my very consciousness and I love his worlds dearly. But it was interesting to re-read a favourite with the jaded enthusiasm of an adult and find that, actually, this still stood up as a superb piece of children's fiction. Like Pullman, Jarvis is an author that anyone from ages 8 to 80 could read and adore. The Whitby trilogy isn't as JESUSCHRISTDARK as say, The Deptford Mice trilogy, but it is just as compelling. And man I really, really need to visit Whitby.If you like magic firmly rooted in place, myths and legends and richly drawn worlds lying just a step away from our own, if you like Rowling and Pullman, I'd even say, then read Robin Jarvis.
—Laure Eve
I'm sure I must have read this as a child, but I didn't remember what was going to happen, so if I did I'd forgotten it. I can't think where else my desire to visit Whitby came from though. The book is really quite dark and scary, the book uses the setting of the town of Whitby brilliantly to add atmosphere and interest. The characters have depth and I was rooting for them, I had quite different ideas about how the story was going to develop, but I enjoyed the supernatural elements, if not the peril! Looking forward to parts 2 and 3
—Bethnoir
