#the Witch's daughter by paula brackston

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The Witch's Daughter - Paula Brackston

My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Loved it! The story kept pulling you in, it was easy to watch as the story unfold through Bess. I love how she grew, how no matter who she was or where she went, she was still true to herself. The ending was satisfying, not too long drawn, yet ambiguous enough to allow for a sequel. (I haven't seen if there is a sequel yet, but I do hope there is).

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If you enjoyed reading "Practical Magic" by Alice Hoffman and are looking for more books with a similar vibe, you're in luck! Here are some book recommendations that might appeal to fans of "Practical Magic":

"The Rules of Magic" by Alice Hoffman - This prequel to "Practical Magic" tells the story of the Owens siblings - Franny, Jet, and Vincent - and their magical upbringing. Set in the 1960s, the novel explores the joys and dangers of witchcraft as the siblings discover their powers and fall in love.

"Garden Spells" by Sarah Addison Allen - This novel is a charming story about a family of women who have a gift for using herbs and plants to create magical dishes. The Waverley women's garden is said to have a life of its own and their dishes have a way of affecting people's emotions and desires.

"The Witch of Willow Hall" by Hester Fox - This historical fiction novel is set in the 1820s and tells the story of the Montrose family as they move to a new home in Massachusetts. The family is haunted by past tragedies and strange occurrences, and the youngest daughter, Lydia, begins to uncover the secrets of the mysterious witch who once lived in Willow Hall.

"The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane" by Katherine Howe - This novel is a mix of historical fiction and fantasy, set in both the present day and during the Salem witch trials. It follows the story of Connie Goodwin, a graduate student studying colonial history who uncovers a family secret that connects her to the witch trials.

"The Witch's Daughter" by Paula Brackston - This novel follows the story of Elizabeth Hawksmith, a witch who has lived for centuries, using her powers to help and protect others. But when a young woman comes seeking Elizabeth's help, she is forced to confront her own past and the dark magic that has followed her throughout the centuries.

Whether you're looking for a story about witches and family, magical gardens, or historical mysteries, these books offer a similar mix of magic and drama to "Practical Magic". So, grab a cozy blanket, a warm drink, and dive into these enchanting tales!

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book review || The Witch’s Daughter by Paula Brackston 

Check out my July Wrap Up A bit formulaic, but I didn’t mind that. I liked the tie ins to major historical events like the plague, Jack the Ripper, and WWI. However, Elizabeth didn’t have much personality past the first timeline, making it difficult to connect with her as a character. I was pleased enough with the ending, that I have no urge to pick up the second book in the duology. CW: Rape

3.5 / 5 stars

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Currently Reading:

The Witch's Daughter, by Paula Brackston

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Started listening to The Witch's Daughter, and it is so nice to have a female protagonist who is older than me. <3

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“There is comfort to be had in the company of wild things and delight to be found in their trust.” 

“Which means we must keep secrets, Tegan and i. And secrets are dangerous. They start small but grow with every evasive answer or outright lie that protects them. Nevertheless, I confess to finding the closeness such conspiracy breeds irresistibly delicious.” 

“Not for the first time I marveled at the human capacity for bravery; at the strength of spirit some possess. And at the ability of man to inflict such merciless suffering on his brothers.” 

Book: The Witch’s Daughter (The Witch’s Daughter #1) Author: Paula Brackston Published: Thomas Dunne Books (2001)

My Review: It took me what feels like forever to find a good book to read after finishing Lonesome Dove. Book hangovers like that are the absolute worst. No matter what comes after, even objectively wonderful books feel like garbage after being so invested in such a masterpiece... 

So needless to say, I had a couple of false starts with a couple of different books, but finally found The Witch’s Daughter which seems to have been the perfect blend of easy to read and entertaining enough. It’s definitely not a profound book like Lonesome Dove, but it’s certainly delightful in its own ways. 

Elizabeth is a witch. And she’s running for her life, century after century, from a warlock who is hellbent on making her pay for what he perceives to be quite a significant debt owed him. Elizabeth settles in one place after another thinking that she’s safe... but safety is illusory at best. 

But when everything important is on the line, Elizabeth discovers her breaking point. She’s had enough, and she’s making a stand-- even if it means sacrificing her very own life. 

Fun, adventurous, magical, and slightly predictable... I wouldn’t call this book YA, but it’s definitely got just the slightest bit of that flavor. That said, I’m really not complaining-- I very much enjoyed it and it successfully pulled me out of my Lonesome Dove mourning period, so I’m calling this a win.  

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And the rest of my haul from yesterday. 😊

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October book haul…

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Book recs based on Sofia Lee/Bikes from TUC

These recs are based on either the title or the vibes. I have not read all of these books. Especially for this list look up!!! the content warnings (just in general, CW for many of these is grief. Enjoy!

Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales. 

The Astonishing Colour of After by Emily X. R. Pan. 

The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver.

Marlena by Julie Buntin. CW: Alcoholism

The Witch’s Daughter by Paula Brackston. Warlock, babey

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Magic fuckin’ cat, ya get it?

Trying to remember Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo. (for back when she was a drunken master).

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour. 

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Currently Reading: The Witches Daughter by Paula Brackston

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Witches, Werewolves, and Vampires

Last week I asked you to recommend books on the subject of witches, werewolves, and vampires. Here are all of the books that were recommended!!

Bold = the books I’ve read * = the books I personally would recommend + = want to read/on my TBR

Witches

Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha #1), by Tomi Adeyemi +

Undead Girl Gang, by Lily Anderson

The Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly Barnhill

Chime, by Franny Billingsley

The Witch’s Daughter (The Witch’s Daughter #1), by Paula Brackston

The Gemma Doyle Trilogy, by Libba Bray

The Lost Coast, by Amy Rose Capetta +

The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch #1), by Rin Chupeco +

The Binding, by Bridget Collins

Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas #1), by Zoraida Córdova +

Witches of Lychford (Lychford #1), by Paul Cornell  

City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1), by Cassandra Clare

The Witches, by Peter Curtis

The Witches, by Roald Dahl

Truthwitch (The Witchlands #1), by Susan Dennard

The Wicked Deep, by Shea Ernshaw +

Bitter Greens, by Kate Forsyth

Wise Child (Doran #1), by Monica Furlong

Coraline, by Neil Gaiman +

The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman +

The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman +

Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles #1), by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Hex Life: Wicked New Tales of Witchery, by Christopher Golden

A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy #1), by Deborah Harkness

Chocolat (Chocolat #1), by Joanne Harris

Practical Magic, by Alice Hoffman

Born At Midnight (Shadow Falls #1), by CC Hunter

Sanctuary,  by V.V. James

Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle #1), by Dianne Wynne Jones

Literary Witches: A Celebration of Magical Women Writers, by Taisia Kitaiskaia  

Summer of Salt, by Katrina Leno

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer (Necromancer #1), by Lish McBride

When the Moon Was Ours, by Anna-Marie McLemore *

Wicked, by Gregory Maguire

Circe, by Madelline Miller

Witch Hunt, by Syd Moore

A Secret History of Witches, by Louisa Morgan

The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern +

The Worst Witch (Worst Witch #1), by Jill Murphy

Akata Witch (Akata Witch #1), by Nnedi Okorafor

Wyrd Sisters (Discworld #6, Witches #2), by Terry Pratchett

The Wee Free Men (Discworld #30, Tiffany Aching #1), by Terry Pratchett

Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms #1), by Morgan Rhodes

The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches #1), by Anne Rice

Carry On (Simon Snow #1), by Rainbow Rowell

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter #1), by J.K. Rowling *

A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1), by V.E. Schwab *

Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women and Witchcraft, by Tess Sharpe

Secret Vampire (Night World #1), by LJ Smith

A Curse of Ash and Embers (Tales of the Blackbone Witches #1), by Jo Spurrier

These Witches Don’t Burn (These Witches Don’t Burn #1), by Isabel Sterling +

The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1), by Maggie Stiefvater

When My Heart Was Wicked, by Tricia Stirling

Cirkeln (Engelsfors #1), by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren

Book of Shadows (Sweep #1), by Cate Tiernan

The Price Guide to the Occult, by Leslye Walton

The Babysitters Coven, by Kate Williams

Sorcery & Cecelia: or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot, by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

Castle Hangnail, by Ursula Vernon

Werewolves

Bitten (Otherworld #1), by Kelley Armstrong

Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate #1), by Gail Carriger +

City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1), by Cassandra Clare

Silver in the Blood, by Jessica Day George

Fateful, by Claudia Gray

The Silvered, by Tanya Huff

Born At Midnight (Shadow Falls #1), by CC Hunter

Cycle of the Werewolf, by Stephen King *

Blood and Chocolate, by Annette Curtis Klause

Hemlock (Hemlock #1), by Kathleen Peacock

Red Moon, by Benjamin Percy

The Fifth Elephant (Discworld #24), by Terry Pratchett

Secret Vampire (Night World #1), by LJ Smith

Shiver (Wolves of Mercy Falls #1), by Maggie Stiefvater

Vampires

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, by Holly Black *

Eighth Grade Bites (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod #1), by Heather Brewer

Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate #1), by Gail Carriger +

City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1), by Cassandra Clare

The Passage (The Passage #1), by Justin Cronin *

The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman +

Evernight (Evernight #1), by Claudia Gray

The Radleys, by Matt Haig

A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy #1), by Deborah Harkness

My Blood Approves (My Blood Approves #1), by Amanda Hocking

RoseBlood, by A.G. Howard

Bunnicula (Bunnicula #1), by Deborah and James Howe

Blood Price (Vicki Nelson #1), by Tanya Huff

Born At Midnight (Shadow Falls #1), by CC Hunter

The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1), by Julie Kagawa

‘Salem’s Lot, by Stephen King *

The Silver Kiss, by Annette Curtis Klause

The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova

Let the Right One In, by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy #1), by Richelle Mead

Sunshine, by Robin McKinley

Anno Dracula (Anno Dracula #1), byKim Newman

Carpe Jugulum (Discworld #23), by Terry Pratchett

Interview with a Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles #1), by Anne Rice +

Night Owls (Night Owls #1), by Lauren M. Roy

Strange Practice ( Dr.Greta Helsing #1), by Vivian Shaw

Tantalize (Tantalize #1), by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Secret Vampire (Night World #1), by LJ Smith

Dracula, by Bram Stoker *

Dracul, by Dacre Stoker and J.D Barker *

If you recommended books but don’t see your recommendations here, feel free to message me to let me know I missed your response

Other Chain Recs Masterposts

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Top 5 Movies and Top 10 books

Movies:

The Wizard of Oz

Interview With The Vampire

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

Marie Antoinette

The VVitch

Books:

The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Frostbite by Richelle Mead

The Sekhmet Bed by Libbie Hawker

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

Voyage of The Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

Hawk of May by Gillian Bradshaw

A Wounded Name by Dot Hutchinson

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

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Weekend Away Book Haul 1.5.20

I found a lovely pile of pages at the local secondhand bookstore. At the Goodwill I found three more books (Stephen King Goes to the Movies | Astrophysics For People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson | The Witch’s Daughter by Paula Brackston) the day after I took this photo. 

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Reading List 2019 (January - June)

Below are the list of books I’ve read so far this year. I’d like to write short reviews for the books, however, I don’t know if I’ll be able to do it for all them but I’ll try. Once I write the review I’ll edit this post and add the link to the review. Also, we still have another week until the end of June so I’ll edit this list with any other books I read in the following week. 

ADULT FICTION

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

The Palace of Illusions

Paula Brackston

The Silver Witch

The Winter Witch

The Little Shop of Found Things

The Witches Daughter 

The Return of the Witch 

Dana Chamblee Carpenter

Bohemian Gospel

The Devil’s Bible

Yangsze Choo

The Ghost Bride

Deborah Harkness

A Discovery of Witches

YOUNG ADULT

Alexandra Christo

To Kill a Kingdom

Y.S. Lee

The Agency: A Spy in the House (Book 1)

The Agency: The Body at the Tower (Book 2)

Tricia Levenseller

Daughter of the Pirate King

Daughter of the Siren King

ROMANCE

Tessa Dare

Girl Meets Duke Series

The Duchess Deal

The Governess Game

Josi S. Kilpack

Mayfield Family Series

Primroses and Promises

Daisies and Devotion

Lisa Kleypas

The Ravenels Series

Cold-Hearted Rake

Marrying Winterborne

Devil in Spring

Hello Stranger

Devil’s Daughter

Mimi Matthews

The Matrimonial Advertisement

The Love Letter: A Victorian Romance

The Viscount and the Vicar’s Daughter

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10 Books To Read This Autumn & Halloween

1. The Secret History' by Donna Tartt

I think it’s fun to read campus novels during the fall and winter, and the twisty, murderous stylings of Donna Tartt's The Secret History bring the perfect air of mystery to your fall reading lineup.

2. The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

i read this myself in the summer I loved it and can't wait to read it this Halloween with it's theme of witches, a cursed town and death the story takes place in summer but to me it felt far more like fall then anything else, like walking in a old mystery.

3.The House of the Spirits By  Isabel Allende 

This family saga centers on the descendants of Clara del Valle, a Chilean woman whose psychic powers allows her to predict the misfortunes that will befall her family. This book was lyrical, magical, and at times frightening, as the author describes the horrors that followed them.

4. Harry Potter By J.K Rowling

I put this on the list last year but let's face it, harry potter is one of those books you have to read at laset once a year and autumn is the best time with it's witches and wizards, magic, spells, cats, and good vs bad it's the perfect series for this time of the year.

5.The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

Mara Dyer doesn't know if she is crazy or haunted--all she knows is that everyone around her is dying. i read this series a few years ago and it's stayed with me with it's haunteding, beautiful, but also horror and mystery.

6. Night Film' by Marisha Pessl

Unlike many of the other books on this list, Marisha Pessl's Night Film is actually set during the fall. This mystery novel begins with a body discovered on an October night, a body that turns out to belong to the director of grisly cult films.

7.   A Small Revolution' by Jimin Han

A Small Revolution blends the decidedly fall feeling of college romance with the tension of a horror-thriller. After taking a tour of 1980s South Korea with other college-bound Korean-Americans, Yoona returns to her studies with a romantic interest on the horizon and a kinship with that boy's friend. But when a car crash kills one of her new acquaintances, Yoona lands in the sights of the other, who has grown delusional with grief. i've just put this on my tbr list and i can't wait to read it, it sounds amazing.

8. Another Brooklyn' by Jacqueline Woodson

In this semi-autobiographical novel, Brown Girl Dreaming author Jacqueline Woodson transports readers back in time and space to 1970s Brooklyn, where her protagonist, 11-year-old August, bonds and grows up with three other girls: Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi. The memory of Another Brooklyn captures fall's retrospective nature, so be sure to get it on your nightstand before winter rolls around.

9. The Uninvited by Cat Winters

a masterfully crafted story of love, loss, and second chances. Set during the fear and panic of the Great Influenza of 1918, The Uninvited is part gothic ghost-story, part psychological thriller, perfect for those who loved The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield or The Vanishing by Wendy Webb. Twenty-five year old Ivy Rowan rises from her bed after being struck by the flu, only to discover the world has been torn apart in just a few short days. This was an amazing read. I didn't expect much, but it blew me away. There are some really amazing twists and I have rushed through it.

10.   First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen

Lose yourself in Sarah Addison Allen’s enchanting world and fall for her charmed characters in this captivating story that proves that a happily-ever-after is never the real ending to a story. It’s where the real story begins.

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11. The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston

My name is Elizabeth Anne Hawksmith, and my age is three hundred and eighty-four years. Each new settlement asks for a new journal, and so this Book of Shadows begins.. taking place in two time periods  one is today and other one we see through the main characters memories is 17th century.  this story is about a woman who lived in days when witches were hanged and who ended up being turned into a witch herself. Ever since the demon made her into a witch she has been sorta promised to him and he has been following her through the time. I have read a lot of Witch books and I have to say that this book is one of the best! It’s a perfect read for everyone who likes to be transported back to old magical times and away fantastic unique worlds. It really is a good piece of historical fiction! 

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I did some quick sketches for each book I read this month:

1. Dream a little dream- Kristen Geir  (319 p.)

2. Dream on-Kristen Geir (317 p.)

3. The witches daughter- Paula Brackston (305 p.)

4. Shiver-  Maggie Stiefvater (392 p.)

5.  The sleeper and the Spindle - Neil Gaiman (69 p.)

6. Wildwood- Collin Meloy, Carson Ellis (560 p.)

7. Miss Peregrine’s Home for peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs (9hr audio-book) 

8. Eleanor and Park- Rainbow Rowell (324 p.)

9. The Princess Academy- Shannon Hale  (339 p.)

10. A palace of Stone- Shannon Hale (336 p.)