The Snow Witch
by Rosie Boyes
Published: October 1,
2018
Publisher: KDP
Genre: Fantasy,
Middle-Grade, Magic, Witches
Blurb:
A GRANDFATHER CLOCK. A GLASS LOCKET. A POWERFUL CURSE
UNLEASHED ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
Twelve-year-old Kitty Wigeon can't wait for Christmas at St
Flurries, a grand old manor house in the countryside, until one chilly night
she vanishes without a trace.
One hundred years later… Still grieving over the death of
their mother, Kes Bunting and his younger sister Star, are sent to live at St
Flurries. They find a house steeped in mystery and brimming with secrets.
Who, or what, is making footprints in the snow?
And what evil force is taking a cold grip on Star?
Wrap up warm as you join Kes, and a cast of eccentric snow creatures,
in a race against time to solve a hundred-year-old curse. Will he succeed? Or
will the fate of his sister be decided by a shivery kiss from… the Snow Witch?
My Review:
When Kes and Star Bunting’s mother dies they are sent to live
in foster care. They have no relatives that they know of except for their
father who left them a long time ago before their mother died. Kes and Star
have no idea if he is even still alive and don’t actually care. Their father
loved to drink and gamble and became very abusive.
Kes and Star are later sent to live with their grandmother
at St Flurries, an old house in the country with grand staircases, libraries
and lots of rooms filled with mystery with an eccentric staff. Kes and Star had
no idea that they had a grandmother. Kes and Star thought they were alone in
the world with no one to love or care for them until they meet Granny Bird as
they call her and found out that she spent most of her money looking for them
over the years and is now left with no money and no way to keep the manor at St
Flurries so she has made plans to sell it.
100 years ago twelve year old Kitty goes missing and is presumed
dead but what no one knows is that a curse was placed on Kitty by an old witch.
Kitty must find someone who can break the curse or she will die. The only
person who can break the curse or is even strong enough has to be blood kin to
Kitty but she has no idea who that is. Can Kitty find a way to break the curse
before it is too late? How will she break the curse? Who is the blood relative
who may be able to break it? Does Kitty even have any relatives left alive
after all these years?
The Snow Witch is a very fast paced read that shows the love
between brother and sister. It also shows that you don’t have to be blood kin
to be family. It takes more than blood to make a family. It takes love and
caring and thinking about someone other than yourself. I loved all the
characters in The Snow Witch like Kes, Star, Kitty, Granny Bird, Goldie and Genevieve.
Each character deserves a standing ovation as well as the writing. The Snow
Witch flows along smoothly and keeps you coming back for more.
I would highly recommend The Snow Witch to all ages who
loves a good fantasy with a little magic thrown in.
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