by Paige Crutcher
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Pub Date: February 25, 2025
Genre: Adult, Magic, Fantasy
Format: ARC
Source: Publisher
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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?
My Review: This book was okay. I didn't hate it but I didn't love it either. It's one of those books you could pick up to pass the time.
I couldn't really get into
the story at first. It took a few chapters to grab my interest. But when it
did, I liked it just enough to at least finish it.
The characters were really
just okay, I wasn't wowed by them and at many parts found a lot of them
annoying. The pace is a bit slow but does pick up after a bit.
Overall, it's a good
filler book to read or if you just need a new witchy read to give a try.
