The Lighthouse Witches: The perfect new haunting gothic thriller you won’t be able to put down

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Sapphire is the teenager I mentioned, and I loved writing her – she’s smart, surly, and she thinks she hates her mother, but really that hate is just grief at losing her stepdad. She’s also vulnerable and craving someone to fill the hole her stepdad left, and unfortunately this leaves her wide open to predatory behaviour. C.J.: I love this cover. Lighthouses are such iconic buildings that I had imagined the cover would feature one from the outside – instead, this one shows the spiralling staircase, which is utter genius. The thing that always intrigued me about the lighthouse we lived next to was how beautiful it was from the outside, but how terrifying it was once you climbed the stairs and looked down into the abyss! It captures the gothic undercurrent of the story, and of course the witch symbols gesture towards the history of the island which comes crashing into the present. A secluded Scottish island with a century old lighthouse, is steeped in a past of women accused of witchcraft in the 17th Century. The women, held in an underground prison, were tortured and burned without trials. Before the burning, these brutalized women screamed a curse on the island and its people causing fear and superstition for centuries to come. From the first word, the story throws you into the fray of long ago women being accused of witchcraft, with no chance of them being judged anything but guilty. So be it, as the aggressors, and all that come after them, are cursed, the curses to be carried out by wildlings. There seems to be no escape from this curse as those cursed do the unthinkable. The sense of foreboding and danger is constant and it seems impossible that things can ever change for the better.

Many of the characters are quite intriguing, even though I couldn’t connect with the decisions of a few of them. To pinpoint one, Liv’s reason for wanting to escape London and go to an unknown island seemed utterly illogical to me. Then there is this big hullabaloo about some mysterious numbers. Tell me honestly: if you see the numerals “2 0 2 1” appear somewhere, will you think “Oh, what a mysterious number!?” or will you think “Why is the current year mentioned here?”Two sisters go missing on a remote Scottish island. Twenty years later, one is found–but she’s still the same age as when she disappeared. The secrets of witches havereached across the centuries in this chilling Gothic thriller from the author of the acclaimed The Nesting.

My only issue is of personal preference where I try to avoid books where children play a large role... as I find them annoying usually. Moving the girls there is a big decision, but unfortunately, she really has no other choice. Boarding the ferry on the day of their move, Liv, Saffy, Luna and Clover say goodbye to their old life. For me, the biggest pro points of this book were its plot idea and its ability to spring surprises almost till the end. Where it could have worked a little better for me was in making the characters, especially Liv, seem more realistic. Luna was the best etched character, but even her arc contained some wild stretches at times. But she gets a call from officers informs her: her little sister Clover is found! But she’s not an adult. She’s still the same seven years old girl she got missing. Could she be a creature acting like her sister or she’s suffering from the same disease Benjamin Button had.

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The island is not the idyllic place one would imagine, there is talk of witches being burned in a cave beneath the lighthouse, and murmurings of wildlings (supernatural beings who mimic human children) and though sceptical, Liv has to admit that there is definitely an air of menace, a feeling that something bad is about to happen. When she receives a commission to paint a mural in a historical lighthouse on a remote Scottish Island, she jumps at a chance for a fresh start. I've always been interested on witches, especially on the "trials" held against thousands of women in Europe, acussing them of practicing witchcraft, torturing them and killing them in awful ways. Thank you to Berkley Publishing Group and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own. When single mother Liv is commissioned to paint a mural in a 100-year-old lighthouse on a remote Scottish island, it's an opportunity to start over with her three daughters--Luna, Sapphire, and Clover. When two of her daughters go missing, she's frantic. She learns that the cave beneath the lighthouse was once a prison for women accused of witchcraft. The locals warn her about wildlings, supernatural beings who mimic human children, created by witches for revenge. Liv is told wildlings are dangerous and must be killed.

Liv doesn't know what to make of these eerie tales, but it is clear her new friends whole-heartedly believe every word.

The move comes after The Picture Company and Studiocanal reupped their multi-year deal to make a number of films per year. Part of the deal sees the two companies move into TV – they are already working on a series adaptation of the Johnnie To action thriller Drug War, with Jett’s Sebastian Gutierrez attached. When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist. Linus must set aside his fears and determine whether or not they’re likely to bring about the end of days. Twenty Two years later, Luna gets a call that her younger sister has been found but when she arrives to reconnect with her-Clover is still seven years old-how can this be? Could she be a wildling (fairy that takes on human form with one touch of a child)?

Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, their noble captain. My thanks to HarperCollins UK Audio for providing a gifted advance listening copy for review via NetGalley. The Lighthouse Witches is now available.The grimoire’s story was my favourite, though it was the most horrifying at times. The idiotic thinking behind the witch hunts were written very well. Single mother Liv has been commissioned to paint a mural in the lighthouse of Single mother Liv has been commissioned to paint a mural in the lighthouse of a remote Scottish island. Liv takes it as a golden opportunity to make a fresh start with her three daughters. She soon discovers that the island harbours dark secrets. But who in this modern day can believe in those old ladies tales and superstitions? Not Liv, for sure. Until things take a dark turn. For me this was a pleasure from beginning to end. It had the right amount of atmosphere, Gothic vibes, and mystery to keep me engaged and wanting more. Liv Stay accepts a commission to paint a mural in an old lighthouse on the small Scottish island of Lon Haven. This is her opportunity to make a new life for herself and her three daughters, Sapphire, Luna, and Clover.