Anna Winterson doesn’t know she’s a witch. She’d mock you for believing in magic. But when she moves to the small town of Winter, she learns more than she ever wanted to about power. As soon as Anna meets beautiful Seth, she is smitten. So when her friends find a spell book, she enchants him to love her. But as her immense power is freed, she stirs up a deadly conflict between two witch clans – and tears her own heart in two. She wants to love Seth, to let him love her. But if her magic is controlling his passion, then she is as monstrous as the evil witches who want to control her gifts…

“It’s a great read, steeped in witchcraft, with a steamy romance, feisty leads and a brooding coastal setting.” Bookseller

“This is a very enjoyable read, and an impressive debut novel.” Books for Keeps

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781444904697

Publisher

Hodder Children's Books

Date published

January 5th, 2012

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Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 5.1; Upper years; 11.0 points

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Ruth Warburton

Ruth Warburton grew up on the south coast of England and went on to study English at the University of Manchester, where she developed a fascination with Old English and Middle English texts. While researching A Witch in Winter she found herself returning to them, in particular Beowulf and Le Morte D’Arthur, and seeds from these mixed with ancient Mesopotamian demons, Voodoo spells, Tudor superstitions and 15th century witch-hunting guides, to create the Winter Trilogy. Ruth is a publicist for adult fiction at Random House and lives in North London.

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Reviews

Niamh, Book Club Review Team
on 23 February 2012

Witchcraft and romance

It’s a very interesting book, but there are times when you can lose track of what’s going on. I love the mixture of witchcraft and romance. I liked the whole plot of the story and I like how there were random twists. There are parts where you expect one thing to happen but then it turns out that something completely different happens, it’s good because it’s not predictable. Overall, I loved A Witch In Winter and thought it was a great book!

4out of 5