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The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke
4.0

Thank you NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for this eARC in exchange for my honest review.

The Lighthouse Witches is a very imaginative Nordic mythological story with a witchy twist. The book flashes back and forth between the 1600's to 1998 to the present and in multiple POV's. It is impressive with how well put together the plot and characters were written. It is 1998 and Liv Stay has moved her and her 3 young daughters to Lon Haven, a tiny island with a spooky past. She has been commissioned to paint a lighthouse that once held and tortured accused women of witchcraft. The women of Lon Haven warn Liv about wildings, fae who turn into identical versions of children on the island, a curse made by the lighthouse witches. Not long after, two of Liv's daughters, Clover (the youngest) and Saffy (the oldest), go missing. It is now 2021 and Luna is an adult. She has not stopped searching for her sisters. One day Luna gets a call that Clover has been found, reunited with her sister she sees that Clover has not aged since 1998. They both return to the island for answers and what they discover questions everything they thought they knew. I loved how there was a background story for the witches and how the characters seemed to clash and flow with each other at the same time. The single mom, rebellious teen, and their spooky new home. This was a fantastic read.