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How I spent this grey and snowy Sunday afternoon: book, fuzzy blanket and hot chocolate.

This book is getting spooky! 😆

Dark. Feminist. Gothic. Angry. Dual timelines. Short chapters. Yesssssss

One thing I know when reading a C.J. Cooke novel is that it‘s going to be unique and it‘s going to be mysterious. This is no exception, weaving together two timelines of motherly love and devotion, magic and witchcraft, and finding your place in a world that doesn‘t always make room for you. Definitely recommend!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

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I found the story interesting but questions were left unanswered, and some things just didn‘t make sense. An ancient pagan book that is supposedly cursed is somehow the connection between a 16th century woman burned at the stake, and a young woman performing a modern day pagan ritual gone wrong. I feel like the author should have stuck to one story instead of trying to combine the two. Alison‘s character is based on a real historical person.⬇️

I‘m recycling a picture because I really loved this book! 📕 🔥

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I really enjoyed this book. It covers the lives of three women, Alison from the 1500s who is accused of witchcraft, Clem a woman from this century whose daughter has been badly burned and Erin Clem's daughter. This book covers some of the graphic history of witchcraft in the Orkney Islands as well as the power of modern-day cults and ancient curses 🖤
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I loved it! I couldn't put it down. I would recommend it to anyone else interested in the plight of women thought to be witches in the 1590s Scotland. It is scary and interesting at the same time. The story goes back and forth between 1594 and the present day, and the two time periods are tied together by a creepy book.

I read this now so it wouldn‘t linger on my TBR until next October, and I really liked this witchy Scottish story. Alternating chapters between 1594 and 2024 works well for me because I can lose interest in books set early and in the last millennium. Here I was invested in how the two timelines came together and had equal interest in both stories. Also, good to be reminded how easily one can fall victim to a cult in this millennium.