SPORTOCHICK’S MUSINGS: Author Ava Morgyn’s characters are well developed and kept the flow of the storyline moving smoothly.

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The Bane Witch
A Novel
by Ava Morgyn

Pub Date Mar 18 2025
St. Martin’s Press | St. Martin’s Griffin

DESCRIPTION

Practical Magic meets Gone Girl in Ava Morgyn’s next dark, spellbinding novel about a woman who is more than a witch—she’s a hunter.

Piers Corbin has always had an affinity for poisonous things—plants and men. From the pokeweed berries she consumed at age five that led to the accidental death of a stranger, to the husband whose dark proclivities have become… concerning, poison has been at the heart of her story.

But when she fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her volatile marriage and goes to stay with her estranged great aunt in the mountains, she realizes her predilection is more than a hunger—it’s a birthright. Piers comes from a long line of poison eaters—Bane Witches—women who ingest deadly plants and use their magic to rid the world of evil men.

Piers sets out to earn her place in her family’s gritty but distinguished legacy, all while working at her Aunt Myrtle’s cafe and perpetuating a flirtation with the local, well-meaning sheriff to allay his suspicions on the body count she’s been leaving in her wake. But soon she catches the attention of someone else, a serial killer operating in the area. And that only means one thing—it’s time to feed.

In Ava Morgyn’s dark, thrilling novel, The Bane Witch, a very little poison can do a world of good.

REVIEW

If you love thrillers this book is for you. I didn’t realize when I started the book how much it would effect me. I am a reader who gets scared easy so this book for me kept me from sleeping because I couldn’t get out of my mind what I had just read. This did not stop me from reading it though. I continued to the very end.

The storyline was extremely unique and unlike anything I’ve read before. The concept of poison eater witches definitely created a storyline that was original.

Author Ava Morgyn’s characters are well developed and kept the flow of the storyline moving smoothly.

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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