Cooke with a review copy via NetGalley of its unabridged audiobook edition. I accompanied my reading of the ebook edition of ‘The Lighthouse Witches’ by C.J. ![]() Thank you to the author and the publisher for the chance to read this ARC. Well written and with some memorable characters, it is a story that will remain with me for some time. The author keeps the mystery and tension going all through the book, right up to the surprising final reveal.īased on the witch hunts in Scotland in the 1600s, it is a story of folklore and magic through the centuries, and how fear of the unknown can lead to tragedy and sorrow. The story is set in the present day from the point of view of Luna, one of Liv's daughters, but is interspersed with excerpts from an ancient grimoire, and flashbacks to 1998, when the family stayed at the lighthouse. But when she arrives, she hears stories of children disappearing and being replaced by wildlings, which are feared by the locals. Liv, a single mum to 3 daughters, has been commissioned to paint a mural inside the lighthouse by its mysterious owner. The setting is both mysterious and wild, and is perfect for the story. This is a haunting story of witches, fae, and wildlings, centred around an old lighthouse on an island in Scotland. But she doesn't realize just how much the truth will change her. 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. Clover is the sister she remembers-except she's still seven years old, the age she was when she vanished. When she receives a call about her youngest sister, Clover, she's initially ecstatic. Twenty-two years later, Luna has been searching for her missing sisters and mother. Liv is told wildlings are dangerous and must be killed. The locals warn her about wildlings, supernatural beings who mimic human children, created by witches for revenge. ![]() She learns that the cave beneath the lighthouse was once a prison for women accused of witchcraft. When two of her daughters go missing, she's frantic. 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. ![]() The secrets of witches have reached across the centuries in this chilling Gothic thriller from the author of the acclaimed The Nesting. Twenty years later, one is found-but she's still the same age as when she disappeared. A Most Anticipated Novel by Pop Sugar * Book Riot * Betches * Bustle * and more! "Utterly spellbinding.Witchcraft meets thriller." - Pop Sugar Two sisters go missing on a remote Scottish island.
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