Thank you to the publishers, Netgalley and the author for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Juliet is a young peasant woman living in France when a painter takes a fancy to her and they begin a love affair. However, the painter, Marchant, is faithless and abandons Juliet when she needs him the most. Juliet's mother curses him, but unbeknownst to her, she also binds Juliet to him for eternity causing them both to live out lives of pain, loss and misery. In each past life Juliet's incarnations have the assistance of a man named Luke who is also inevitably tied to the curse and tries to aid her.
Helen, living in 2012, encounters Luke on a blind date after her divorce and after this meeting starts to remember the lives she has lived before - and perhaps she also has the power to break the curse and finally be the one one she was meant to be with forever,
I absolutely loved this book. From the moment I picked it up I could not put it down. I cannot wait to hear more from this author.

This book had such promise. A girl cursed by her mother. Demons and blood curses. But what I got was a slightly pedophilloic love story that was doomed throughout the ages and some weak magic about the power of suggestion.

The story focuses the first 40% on Juliette, a 16 year old in provincial France. She is not a likeable character. She is whiney, even for a 16 year old. Her lover Marchant is a creepy middle aged man who preys on her naivety. When her mother find out she tries to curse the relationship but instead dooms them to be reincarnated forever and have their relationship.

Her other lives are almost as equally insufferable. I didn't really like any of her reincarnations and found they didn't have many redeeming qualities. Nora was the exception but she was also incredibly naive. Granted as we go through the reincarnations the "magic" gets stronger, but it felt like a sleepy romance novel rather than one of magic and the macabre.

Thankyou to NetGalley, Hatchette Australia and the author, Constance Sayers, for the opportunity to read a digital copy of A Witch In Time in exchange for an honest and unbiased opinion.

I was captivated from the beginning. I was intrigued by the premise of the storyline and was not disappointed.

The narrative was well written with well developed characters. The scenery was highly descriptive. The time slips are blended really well. Very enjoyable read.

Well worth a read.

I really enjoyed reading A Witch in Time. It does remind me of other books of a similar nature which may be why I enjoyed it (eg. Fallen series) and once I got sucked in I read most of it in a day.
The story follows the lives of four women through history who are the same person reincarnated. Juliet from the 1890s, Nora/Norma from the 1930s, Sandra from the 1970s and Helen from 2012.
After Juliet is cursed by her mother after becoming the artist Marchant's muse and falling pregnant she is sent to live with the allusive Lucian (Luke) Varner in Paris. From here the lives of Juliet, Marchant and Luke are forever linked to keep living the same mistakes over and over again through time even though their lives are very different each time.
It is an interesting story and as each women lives her life and Helen recollects their memories we put more pieces of the puzzle together and see what needs to be done to break the curse.
It is a story of love, past lives and the power of curses (dont expect much magic even though more witch powers are developed each life).
If you are looking for a not so simple romance this may just be the perfect book.
Thanks to Hachette Australia and Netgalley.com for sending me an ARC ebook copy for my honest review.

I think it should get 3.5 stars.
The tags for this book suggest there is more witchy and occult content that it actually has, so if you have picked up this book looking for that, then you are likely to be disappointed.
A Witch in Time follows the 4 lives of the main character. Helen in the present and Juliet, Nora and Sandra in the past. I liked the way you were introduced to the character with Helen and Juliet’s lives weaving in and out of each other. As Helen discovered the past you are discovering the story as well. I quite liked Juliet as a character despite her flaws which put the curse into motion. Each past life takes about a third of the book. It switched to Nora’s life next, and I have to say I found this part a little boring. It was more of the same just in a different life. I feel that we didn’t really learn anything new until Luke reappeared. The film star life could have been shortened here and I think it would have made for a much better flowing story because in this life it is really about her time with Luke. Two-Thirds of the way though we switch to the final past life of Sandra. I didn’t mind the back story here as it blended better and made more sense. The whole time we flick backwards and forwards to Helen’s life until Helen has learnt everything she needs to know to break the curse, or not. I think it is an easy reading good stand alone story.

Thank you to Netgalley, Redhook Books and the author Constance Sayers for the opportunity to review A Witch In Time.

This book is less about the magic and more about the four lives of the main character Helen, in her first life as Juliet she was cursed by her Mum who placed this curse on her to protect her from her father. As the story unfolds it becomes clear that Juliet will relive her life every 30 years or so and will be doomed to love the same man every time.

I loved how this book told the four lives of each woman and was rich in its depiction of each time period. I loved getting to know each character and as the book progressed a little more of the story unfolded and to me the ending was unexpected.

This is a fantastic read for those who love reading about past lives, romance and a splash of magic and curses.

Helen has lived three lives before. Each time she has died on her 34th birthday. And now her birthday is only days away. Can she break the curse in this lifetime?

A Witch in Time is a blend of historical fiction and magical realism - I guess the most similar title I can think of is Practical Magic (the book, not the movie). But I did at times find myself wishing there was a little more magic and a bit less realism - the title suggests that Helen's witchiness is more important than it is. So for me that was disappointing.

The beginning of the novel is hard to get through, because Helen's first couple of incarnations aren't especially interesting and they (along with us readers) don't really learn anything important. But once we are introduced to Sandra and are actually given the necessary plot details, the book hits its stride and becomes engrossing. I'm glad I stuck with it, but I can see why other readers might give up before halfway.

The book is saved by its ending, but let down by what precedes it.