Ivy was abandoned as a baby and has lived in care or foster homes. She wants to find her real mom and when the opportunity arises she goes to a remote Welsh island to find her mom and her past.
I requested and won this book through Readers First and was drawn to it by its premise. When a book has a witchy theme and set in Wales which has plenty of folklore what more could you ask.
I read the book quite quickly but didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to. Firstly the book is aimed at the YA audience although of course anybody can read it. I think if I had been about 14 again I would have loved the book.
I really enjoyed the first part of the story following Ivy on her quest for her mom and her past. I also enjoyed the superstitions, folklore and the witchy elements to the story. What lost me was the second half of the book. The story is fantasy based and even light in this case I struggle. Fantasy is not for me even though you can give me a good horror any day.
Another element to the story is based on Merlin from the King Arthur stories. This book I felt though is not a King Arthur retelling just the characters are used in this story. To be honest it didn't have to be Merlin just a wizard and the story would have been the same.
Fantasy is not for me so that is why I haven't enjoyed the book as much as I would have liked.
Thank you to the publisher via Readers First for the book.
I requested and won this book through Readers First and was drawn to it by its premise. When a book has a witchy theme and set in Wales which has plenty of folklore what more could you ask.
I read the book quite quickly but didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to. Firstly the book is aimed at the YA audience although of course anybody can read it. I think if I had been about 14 again I would have loved the book.
I really enjoyed the first part of the story following Ivy on her quest for her mom and her past. I also enjoyed the superstitions, folklore and the witchy elements to the story. What lost me was the second half of the book. The story is fantasy based and even light in this case I struggle. Fantasy is not for me even though you can give me a good horror any day.
Another element to the story is based on Merlin from the King Arthur stories. This book I felt though is not a King Arthur retelling just the characters are used in this story. To be honest it didn't have to be Merlin just a wizard and the story would have been the same.
Fantasy is not for me so that is why I haven't enjoyed the book as much as I would have liked.
Thank you to the publisher via Readers First for the book.