#51 The Orphan Witch by Paige Crutcher

 

Persephone has always lived apart from anyone that cares for her. She was abandoned as a child and raised in the foster system. Anytime she got close to an adoption or a making a close friend it would fall apart. Now she wanders from job to job still not making connections and never making eye contact due to the magic that happens that seems the other person to have something horrible happen.  She has made one friend on the internet and when things happen again decides to take the friend up on the offer of a visit.  Hyacinth isn’t telling Persephone the complete story; it seems that she is her long lost cousin and a witch. She needs Persephone to come to the island she lives on to help break a 100 year old curse. Time is running out and Hyacinth and Moira need her to break the curse. But cousins from the other side of the curse also live on the island and things are not what they seem. Persephone needs to learn how to use the magic she has had all her life if the curse will be broken.  I wanted to like this book since it gave off such a strong “Practical Magic” vibe, but I just couldn’t fall in love with it in the end. 

 

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley