The Witch’s Kiss
Rating: 5/5
Buy or Borrow: Buy
Source: Copy from the publisher (Released 30th June 2016)
Sixteen year old Meredith is fed-up with her feuding family and feeling
invisible at school – not to mention the witch magic that shoots out of her
fingernails when she’s stressed. Then sweet, sensitive Jack comes into her life
and she falls for him hard. The only problem is that he is periodically
possessed by a destructive centuries-old curse. Meredith has lost her heart,
but will she also lose her life? Or in true fairytale tradition, can true love’s
kiss save the day?
One of the authors of
this book followed me on Twitter and when I went to follow her back, I saw what
book she’d written and it just so happened to be on my “to be read” list when
it was released so you can imagine my joy when she agreed to send me a copy of
the book to review…I was over the moon! The
Witch’s Kiss came yesterday. I finished work at 3pm and by 8pm, the book
was finished. There are some books that simply need to be devoured in one
sitting…this was one of them.
The Witch’s Kiss is a novel written by sisters Katharine and
Elizabeth Corr. The fact it was written by sisters really interested me, there’s
no way on Earth I could ever write anything with my sister. I’d say the
recommended audience age is 14+. I’m 22 and thoroughly enjoyed it. My question
when I finished the book: IS THERE A SEQUEL? I turned the page and my prayers
were answered. The Witch’s Tears is
coming soon! My second question: HOW SOON? Sadly, that prayer has not been
answered yet.
The Witch’s Kiss is written from Meredith’s point of view. She
is 16 years old and has the usual teenage worries, friends, boys…magic. She’s a witch. Well, a suppressed
witch. She stopped practising her powers for two reasons. 1. Her mum goes ballistic
at the mention of the word magic. 2. She cast one too many spells on a boy
named Alex… (But I don’t want to give away too much about that, it’s an
integral part of the story.
She finds herself
dreaming about an extremely hot, yet slightly insane boy named Jack. Well, that
is until she walks into her bedroom one day and the man of her dreams is
standing right there…seemingly trying to kill her. The course of true love
never did run smoothly.
Nothing ever happens in
Tillingham but recently, stabbings have been occurring every night. Surely these
stabbings couldn’t be connected to the boy from her dreams? Merry is about to
find out…
Merry and her brother Leo
find an old trinket box in the attic of their house. It contains a bit of old
parchment, the hilt of a sword and a braid. They are both baffled as to what to
do with it but their meaning is revealed soon enough and Merry finds herself
thrust into a world of magic, fighting and gruesome stories about a man that
goes around cutting out people’s hearts and putting them into jars…or is it
just a story?
Merry discovers that
being a witch and fighting a centuries old enemy, Gwydion has been her destiny
for a very long time and she must not suppress her powers any more as she has
to defeat him…and his (not so willing) apprentice Jack. This is the same Jack
she’s having dreams about and now spends most of her evenings kissing under
trees.
By the end of the book,
Merry and Leo find a way to where Gwydion has been hiding and they must defeat
him now before he becomes strong
enough to enter the human world.
There are some parts in
this book that ripped my heart out of my chest (excuse the pun) and trampled
all over it but my god was it brilliant. It was fast-paced, action packed
(honestly, you barely have time to come up for breath!) and included everything
you want in a good book.
I don’t think the
synopsis or this review does this book justice as I don’t think it’s possible
to describe just how incredible this book is. It’s released next week so go and
grab yourself a copy and lose yourself in Merry’s world.
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