I could not even get past the first chapter of this book.
I usually pride myself on reading through any of the books I choose to review on netgalley however this book hit all the wrong buttons. It jumped all over the place and read live an overzelous vegan explaining wicca.

this book would benefit from a slower space and editing.

Unfortunately I did not read the first part and it was really hard to understand the relationship, who is who and the relatationship between the different persons. A recap at the beginning would have helped and improved the reading experiend.
The pace was really fast, even a bit frenetic. The cover and the title suggested something lighter and less dark.
I wanted to like this book but I was not able for the above mentioned reasons.

Bernice O’Hanlon has returned to the island she grew up on. She is looking for answers- and two of the people who could provide those answers are now dead: her grandparents. The farm she feels should be hers by inheritance is lived on by a pair of brothers, who have been working the farm for her grandparents for years- and they have moved into the house. Bernice is a witch, and in this story she works with the Tarot to figure out how to proceed. The action alternates between the island and Glasgow.

This is the middle novelette of a trilogy, and while it’s said to be readable as a standalone, I had trouble figuring out who all the characters were and how their relationships worked- and there are a lot of characters. The action switches between them rapidly. I felt like I was watching a sped-up film; unable to catch up with what was going on. I enjoyed the premise that there were a group of witches on the island, and that the skills had been passed on to Bernice. I could understand her need to find out what happened to her parents and to her infant son. But with so much going on, I couldn’t form a connection to her or any other character. There was not enough time spent with anyone to care about them. I can only give it three out of five stars.

I decided giving this a go even though it's a sequel to an earlier novella, and in the preface the author says that they can be enjoyed alone. However, I'm finding this quite confusing and think I'll revisit it after reading the first one. I am very intrigued by the story. I live in Glasgow, and I am very interested in reading a magical story set in Scotland.