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as a hedge witch, premonitions come to me shrouded in the mists of dreams. but when I’m awake, I watch the forest.
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read in 2025 ↝ a dark and secret magic by wallis kinney
as a hedge witch, premonitions come to me shrouded in the mists of dreams. but when I’m awake, I watch the forest.
A Dark and Secret Magic | Wallis Kinney
This was read as an ARC provided by NetGalley.
This was described as a love letter to Halloween and it is! This was a super cute, fun, fall story that I just really enjoyed drinking coffee and reading. If you're looking for a solid witchy story that feels like a mug of warm coffee, this is pretty great.
Format: e-book
Read in: June 2024
A Dark and Secret Magic || Wallis Kinney || 304 pages Top 3 Genres: Fantasy / Romance / Witches
Synopsis: Hecate Goodwin, Kate to her friends, has curated the perfect life as a hedge witch, living in a secluded cottage with only a black cat for company. She spends her days foraging herbs from the Ipswich forest, gardening, and creating tinctures to sell at the apothecary she owns. Most evenings pass without her speaking to another human being, an arrangement she quite prefers.
Kate’s solitude is thrown into disarray when her older sister, Miranda, reaches out and asks her to host their coven’s annual Halloween gathering. The day marks the beginning of the new year for witches and is also Kate’s birthday. The pressure from her coven to make the evening memorable mounts as the event draws near. To complicate things further, a handsome man from Kate’s past turns up at her cottage, asking for sanctuary. It is Kate’s duty as a hedge witch to honor this request, much to her dismay. Matthew Cypher is no ordinary lost soul–he’s a practitioner of forbidden magic who’s tricked Kate once before, and her guard is up.
As she juggles Matthew’s arrival and the preparations for Halloween, Kate comes across an old tome shrouded in dark magic. She is horrified when she realizes the blood-red inscription is written in familiar handwriting: her recently deceased mother’s. Afraid to even touch the dark magic her mother secretly studied, Kate can turn only to Matthew for help. Her idealized memory of her mother begins to distort, and as she and Matthew grow closer, Kate has to reevaluate whom she can really trust.
Publication Date: October 2024. / Average Rating: 3.92. / Number of Ratings: ~5210.
"It's an ungracious thought, but I'm too angry to care."
A Dark and Secret Magic by Wallis Kinney
A Dark and Secret Magic by Wallis Kinney
"I am alone, yes. But that's okay. I am fine to be alone with my thoughts."
A Dark and Secret Magic by Wallis Kinney
"How disappointing for my subconscious to bring up old wounds. Hadn't I gotten over my stolen choice?"
A Dark and Secret Magic by Wallis Kinney