The Promise Witch

Celine Kiernan. Walker Books. (224p) ISBN: 9781406373936
The Promise Witch

The Promise Witch

I’d been waiting on The Promise Witch forever, or that’s how it felt as the first two in the trilogy were soooo good.

From the start I realised that I was really going to enjoy this adventure with Mup and Crow, we see old enemies return and new friends step up.

There were some solid bits of humour throughout the book and there was one spot with the Grey Girl (from book two) which had me splurting my coffee as it reminded me so much of the Ghost of Christmas Present from Scrooged. This didn’t detract from the adventure and peril though, it just highlighted it.

The old Queen is still exerting her influence over Witches Burrough, playing with the weather and environment once more, but Mam is working really hard at getting the people to work together and realise their strength.

During this Magda, Crow’s mum returns and things take a massive turn for the worse, she is trying to return to the old queen, and everything gets caught up in this.

A story about love, sacrifice, loss and acceptance, where people have to help each other and trust each other to finally overcome.


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The Little Grey Girl

Celine Kiernan. Walker Books. (224p) ISBN: 9781406373929
The Little Grey Girl

The Little Grey Girl

The Little Grey Girl is the second in Celine Kiernan’s Wild Magic Trilogy and, if anything, is scarier than the first.

Again I was hooked from page one, following this new adventure of Mup and her family in Witches Borough. The evil witch has departed but what has been left behind?

While Mum is trying to sort the Kingdom out and deal with all the conflicting needs and complications from a sudden power vacuum, the ghosts of the past rise from the dark depths of the castle to enact their revenge.

The darkness threatens to overwhelm all who are in the castle and Mup is pushed to her limits to deal with it to save her family and Kingdom.

Dark and haunting with some wonderfully creepy scenes, this is another great book by Celine Kiernan, so looking forward to the next instalment.


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Begone the Raggedy Witches

Celine Kiernan. Walker Books. (288p) ISBN: 9781406366020
Begone the Raggedy Witches

Begone the Raggedy Witches

Begone the Raggedy Witches was going to be a hard one to beat as my favourite book of the year, and it wasn’t even officially released when I read it! It has the feel of a classic children’s book, with the evil queen and the hero’s quest and will sit well with others such as The Snow Queen, but is also part of a wonderful trend of excellent fantasy books for that 8-12 age range.

The action begins from the moment you open the book with Mup noticing the raggedy witches following them in the trees as they are returning from the hospital.

She has been told not to mention these to her mum, but to tell her aunt if she sees these, but there is a problem… Which I will not give away.

We follow Mup, her mum, little brother (who turns into a dog) in their search through Borough for her dad who has been abducted.

The search also uncovers who the family really are, with twists and turns throughout.

The world that Celine Kiernan conjurs with her writing is both terrific and terrifying in equal measures, with some wonderfully exciting action scenes supported by humour and emotional development of the characters.

I absolutely loved this book, it was so fast-paced that I read it in an evening and wanted more, and hopefully there will be more soon (I know it says it’s a trilogy but I want the others now!)

If I am ever in the position to vote for this book to win anything it will definitely get my vote.


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