SPORTOCHICK’S MUSINGS: Author Paige Crutcher does an excellent job of involving all the senses in her writing by creating fear, love, anger, and hope. Her writing style is full of descriptive scenes gripping the reader’s mind emotionally throughout the book.

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A Circle of Uncommon Witches
by Paige Crutcher

Pub Date Feb 25 2025
St. Martin’s Press

DESCRIPTION

“A mind-bending, heart-wrenching adventure to unravel a curse as intricate as any lacework. Unforgettable!” – Ava Morgyn, author of The Bane Witch

A witch generationally cursed to never find true love sets out to break the spell cast on her family, and must team up with the last person who wants to help her – the witch who set the curse in the first place.

Doreen MacKinnon is doomed to die of a broken heart – if she can’t break the centuries old curse placed on her family.

Three hundred years ago, Ambrose MacDonald, a powerful male witch, fell in love with a MacKinnon. And when the MacKinnon witches forbade him from seeing his love, by secretly hiding her away, he retaliated by cursing the family and its future generations to never find love. But it wasn’t without a cost. Now, Ambrose is imprisoned by those same witches, trapped in a tempest and doomed to outlive everyone he has ever loved.

But Doreen isn’t like the other MacKinnon witches. As the 13th generation of the MacKinnon line, Doreen is one of the most powerful witches in centuries… and one of the loneliest. So when she discovers where Ambrose has been trapped, she releases him to help her break the curse, once and for all. Ambrose agrees to help, but with his own motive: vengeance. He plans to use her as bait to enact his revenge on her family.

Together, they enter a series of trials, which take them to a castle in Scotland, off a cliff, and into a world beyond their wildest dreams. As they work together, sparks start to fly, but soon Doreen must choose how far she is willing to go to break the curse, and what she’s willing to sacrifice.

Paige Crutcher’s A Circle of Uncommon Witches is a story of adventure, romance, and destiny, that asks: is true love worth the cost?

REVIEW

Author Paige Crutcher does an excellent job of involving all the senses in her writing by creating fear, love, anger, and hope. Her writing style is full of descriptive scenes gripping the reader’s mind emotionally throughout the book.

Doreen MacKinnon (main character) and her cousin Margot (secondary character) have been very close since childhood. They are so close they understand each other’s thoughts and are protective of one another. Through some tragic generational history their family line has been cursed by Ambrose MacDonald, a powerful male witch who fell in love with a MacKinnon three hundred years ago.

Meanwhile, Ambrose is imprisoned and trapped in a tempest by the MacKinnon witches. Angry and heartbroken, he barely exists but he wants to be free and more importantly he wants revenge. When Doreen frees him, he decides to use her to get back at the witches who caused him so much pain.

These three characters with their intense dynamic personalities create a fascinating storyline as they rush to break the curse that controls all of them. What a surprise the last few chapters are when choices are made in the name of love… you may set them free or even die for them! I know readers will enjoy this book.

I give it 5 STARS.

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

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