Title: The Witch of Willow Hall
Author: Hester Fox
Publisher: Graydon House
Rating: 📖📖.5 / 5
Guys, it seems more common these days that I'm finding books that just disappoint me. Unfortunately, this is one of those books. I wanted to like this book. The cover rocks, the premise alludes to the Salem Witch Trials (which is always interesting in my opinion) and it promises magic and overall doom and gloom. But in all three of these categories the story falls short.
We meet Lydia Montrose and her family who move to Old Newbury in 1821 after a family scandal uproots the family from their home in Boston. The home they move into is the epitome of countryside, lacking the familiarity of the city that the family is used to. It also comes with an overall supernatural presence that Lydia and her family can't seem to shake. Lydia finds herself at the center of a power that has lived in her but is starting to grow without her control. How will this power affect her and her family and will she be able to control it before something happens to those she loves?
If you're looking for a horror story centered around witchcraft, look elsewhere. I would call this book more of a romance with some witchcraft thrown in the background. There were so many times where the author started a good thread of plot but then ultimately did nothing with it. There are ghosts that appear to Lydia, both good and evil, but they never actually DO anything. Evil little boy ghost? Well all he does is laugh. Ghost lady that walks through the garden? Not even a word.
Nothing really happened until the end, and even then it was a big letdown. A conflict with no real resolution and no real action. I'm sorry to sound so negative, but this is a book that never grew any legs. It is a good base for a story but overall did not feel developed. But if you're looking for a historical fiction/romance/quasi-witchcraft story, then this book is up your alley.
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