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The Secret Witch (The Witches of London Trilogy) Kindle Edition

by Alyxandra Harvey (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.0 21 ratings

Book 1 of 3: The Witches of London Trilogy

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The “gorgeously gothic and gripping” YA fantasy novel about three witchy young women in Regency London who discover both their legacy and their destiny (The Guardian).

For Emma and her cousins Gretchen and Penelope, the stuffiness of 1814 London society is simply unbearable—even as Emma wishes the roguish Cormac Fairfax would pay her any kind of attention.

But that all changes when Emma accidentally breaks a glass memento left to her by her mother. Suddenly, all three young women find themselves gifted with powers of witchcraft—and they will most certainly need them.

For they have unwittingly unleashed a scourge upon London: an evil coven whose powerful members gain their strength from killing young witches.

And Emma has just caught their very unwanted attention . . .

In this fun, frightful, and thrilling tale, Alyxandra Harvey invites you to be enthralled by her “elaborate fantasy world filled with whimsy, magic, and love” (Publishers Weekly).

The Secret Witch is the 1st book in the Witches of London Trilogy, which also includes The Whisper Witch and The Bone Witch.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07H9NQW15
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media Teen & Tween (November 20, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 20, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5020 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 461 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #419,770 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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Nikole Lewis

Great book!

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2019

Hard to put down!

Don’t read if you are arachnophobic

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2020

1.5-2 stars

I liked this book but had some issues with it. First the issues: It was needlessly looooong. And it seemed jagged, by which I mean it jumped here and there. It was hard to keep track of who was who and what they were doing and why. The first part of the book was scattered and didn’t seem to be going anywhere. The prologue with Moira was great!

“Gargoyles of all shapes and sizes, all sneers and smiles, deserted their posts. A few crumbled to dust but most-too many-launched off roof points, dormer windows and drain spouts. They took to the air, the stretch and flap of their wings leathery and brittle. They cast off pieces of shingle and stone all over London. Moira has never seen anything like it.

With the gargoyles gone, the rooftops weren’t safe.

London wasn’t safe.”

How awesome is that to start a book? Very fricken awesome in my opinion! Yet Moira disappears after that for long enough that you forget about her and are surprised when she pops up again in Chapter 18.

And there seems to be a LOT of backstory that you should already know when reading this book. Transitions from the various (and numerous!) characters is jumpy and I will state it again; jagged.

That being said I did like the close bond of true friendship and love the three cousins shared with one another. They had each other’s backs no matter what. I liked that there are witch schools around London for the daughters and sons of the ton. I liked the idea of there being two Londons; one that everyone sees and one that those with magic can see. I enjoyed the mythology the author created for these stories. It’s a fantastic concept and could be a great set of books. I want to love this...

But I don’t. And that makes me sad because there is SO MUCH POTENTIAL here. But the negatives outweigh the positives. I’ll start the next one hoping that the author figured out how to properly transition from one scene to another more smoothly because that lack of smoothness is jarring and kills the book

One last thing... if you are TRIGGERED by SPIDERS and crawly bugs this book is not for you.

**Avoid at all costs if you are ARACHNOPHOBIC!**

Avoid the whole series if you are because those fricken spiders will be in every damn book.

A side note to the author (and ALL authors): arachnophobia is real and is in the top 5 (sometimes #1) on all lists of phobias. Why make something a feature in your book you worked so hard on when it will turn potential
fans/customers away? Also why not list it as a trigger the way other authors do with things like suicide and rape? You owe it to the public to be forthcoming.

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