I've received a copy of this book for an honest review from Netgalley. Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin Press.

A story of longing, found family, love, and sisterhood.

Brigid loved, breathed, and loved her goddess until she found she wanted more. More she got when she met Luc. You are whirled into memories of happy times then darkness as Brigid wakes up to current day with no memories and has to find her way back to them. On her journey back to her memories she finds family, friends and a coven. The book ends so delightful and was an enjoyment to go through the turbulent ride and action packed ending to prevent the chaos magic from creating a bigger rift.

The Lost Witch by Paige Crutcher
Pub date 12/27/2022
⭐⭐💫 2.5 stars

Synopsis:
Brigid is a powerful witch who wants nothing more than to have a child. She makes a deal with the mysterious Luc to make this possible. After her daughter becomes ill, she’ll do whatever she has to do to save her but things don’t go as planned.
Brigid wakes up 100 years later, in 2022, and has to work with her magical descendants to help stop the curse she unleashed on Evermore.

My thoughts:
This book is perfect for real fantasy lovers.
We've got goddesses, witches, magical mirrors, magical lakes, the Damned, multiple worlds, monsters galore and so much more.
I was confused at times by who was talking and what was going on. There was a LOT going on in this book. It almost contained too much for me. I wish there was more shared about Finola and Ophelia - I thought they deserved a bit more backstory and development with their characters. I think I was overwhelmed trying to make sense of some things.

I did love the moments of surprise for Brigid as she encountered new inventions/scenarios a century later.

I think this book would be a fantastic outrageous fairy tale and would be a fun play to watch.

Recommended for big time fantasy readers who love beautiful descriptions and a lot of different magical elements in one book.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this eARC in exchange for my honest review!

The beginning of this book sucks you right in. That is my absolute FAVORITE when that occurs because I don’t have to force myself to “get to the good parts.” You just get hooked right in. The characters were great, the setting was beautifully described, and the folklore was excellent. I really enjoyed this book and I am now looking for others by this same author.

I enjoyed reading The Lost Witch. I read Paige Crutcher's, The Orphan Witch, last year and was impressed with the beautiful writing and ability to create a unique world. Like The Orphan Witch, The Lost Witch is also set on an Island. This time we are on Evermore an island off the coast of Ireland. This fantasy story is complex and includes time travel, other-worldly creatures from folklore. Brigid has found herself 100 years in the future with no memory of how or why it has happened. The story follows Brigid as she uncovers her missing memories and works with her modern day relatives to protect the town of Evermore from the monsters attacking them.

When Brigid learns the truth of her story, it will take all of them working together to set things right. The story felt just a little bit long, but it was an amazing ride none the less. Crutcher provides a very satisfying ending as well. I can't wait to read what she writes next.

Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin's Press St.Martin's Griffin for the ARC. This is my honest review.

“Each failure is a step to success.”

This book was enthralling and beautiful from the very first page; the prologue instantly sucks you in and sets the vibe for the rest of the book. The world building was phenomenal and the writing was just so lyrical and descriptive. This is a magical fantasy that shows how much love a mother has for her daughter and how nothing can stop the love one has for their family. I was really sucked into this book and I absolutely LOVED how complex and relatable the characters were. I instantly fell for Finola, Ophelia, Knightly, and Brigid.
It wasn’t at all what I was expecting, but it was still an amazing book that keeps you entertained and wanting more. This is a fantasy, not a romance as so many other reviews seemed to think, so there is a lot of information up front that can be overwhelming if you’re not familiar with the genre, but the characters and plot in this were so thought out and really kept you invested in the story. The ending was absolutely perfect. It was everything I ever could have wanted from this journey. Everything was wrapped up beautifully and I really really loved this book.

Thank you so much NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the chance to review this eArc. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

It was a good read and had a lot of promise but it felt like it was lacking.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I am loving how great these witchy spooky reads have been this year!! Another perfect seasonal book that’ll have you really feeling the spooky season spirit!!

“The Lost Witch” is the story of Brigid, a witch from 1922 who wakes up 100 years in the future with no memory of how she got there. It’s a fun, witchy fantasy complete with love and monsters.

It did take me a while to get into this book because the beginning is very much a slow burn of Brigid trying to figure out what exactly happened and where she is. Things do pick up a lot once Brigid starts gaining her memories back, but it’s not until quite a while after that when the plot becomes fully clear. While I don’t mind a slowly revealed plot, it did bother me a little bit in this book because I felt there were things about the world that weren’t entirely clear or explained very well because they weren’t part of the main mystery/plot even though they were important background details.

Ophelia and Fin were fun, but Knightly really made this book for me. He’s dark, mysterious, and a bit of a trickster. I loved his relationship with Brigid and their chemistry was amazing, but I wish it was a larger plot. I needed more flashback Knightly and Knightly with Brigid after all her memories are back. He was a really complex character and I don’t think it was explored enough.

Overall I did really enjoy this book, I just wish there was more Knightly!!

*Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I did not finish this book at 33% It was a weird premise and it didn't grab me in the way I had hoped it would. The FMC was fine and I related to her, but the more modern witches who were her descendants were awkward and unrelatable. The world building was weak. 33% in and I wasn't sure if the town was real or a shadow of the real world or hidden from the real world or total fantasy. It was not clear.

The Lost Witch was a decent fantasy novel about witches in the 1920s and today, but not my favorite!

Brigid Heron lives in Evermore, off the coast of Ireland. She worships The Goddess, who gives her powers. However, Brigid makes a deal with Luc Knightly, a demigod with his own followers. What Brigid wants more than anything else is a child, and her Goddess can't grant that wish (saying that Brigid can't do her work for the Goddess and raise a child). When her daughter Dove turns 12, Dove gets sick, and she takes her to the lough. The lough is guarded by the Witches of Knightly, who don't take kindly to Brigid taking their golden cauldron and giving Dove water from it. Giving Dove the water cures her, but it also opened the lough, which is a portal to another realm, a realm full of monsters. A tentacle comes up and takes away Dove, and Brigid uses dark magic to try to get her back.

When Brigid wakes up, she's in her cellar. But now it is 2022, and two witches, Ophelia and Finola, are living in her house. She is disoriented, not just because she's traveled 100 years into the future, but also because she doesn't remember much of her past life. As the story unfolds, she remembers bits and pieces of her history, and why she is the reason the lough is open, and the Witches of Knightly are releasing monsters to create chaos and gather the power of the lough for themselves.

This book has promise, and I finished it, but there were times when I was skimming rather than reading every word, and I put it down several times and read something else instead. But some lovers of dark witch fiction may enjoy this story.

Thanks to Netgalley for the advance copy.

Brigid Heron was a mother and a witch, and she refused to give up being either

The Lost Witch follows the story of Brigid Heron. a witch who serves the Goddess Brighid on the enchanting isle of Evermore. We begin Brigid's story in 1922, but we very quickly find ourselves in 2022 when Brigid wakes up in her cellar with no memories of her former life. Her beloved Evermore has changed; no one can leave the isle and it's plagued by an evil coven of witches and their damned creatures.

Brigid teams up with her two descendants, Ophelia and Fineola, to figure out what's going on and how to free the town. The trickster god, Luc Knightly, squirms his way back into Brigid's life but what does he really want? And can he be trusted?

My thoughts:
- the WRITING. It is sublime. My kindle is full of highlighted phrases like
It was the perfect garden for walking barefoot across, letting your feet sink into the earth softer than the best rug money could buy
Unruly magic, ancient powers, and chaos were everywhere, and they were terribly seductive</i>
He was a god of mischief who courted chaos like flowers seek rain </i>
I have been waiting for you, and I have been fighting for you, for Evermore. For one hundred years, Brigid

- I thought the plot was good but it moved too slowly. Everything is from Brigid's perspective and I think maybe multiple perspectives (especially Lugh's) would have moved things along. I trudged through the first 40%, skimmed the next 30%, and really enjoyed last few chapters of the book. But it was work to get me there.

- The author did her research. The folklore and witchcraft is expertly written, I loved the attention to detail on the spells and components

- I struggled to connect with the characters. I can't pinpoint why but they fell flat for me. Again I think this might come down to the perspective. I would have loved to get inside the head of Ophelia or Finola to break up what Brigid is doing or feeling. I felt like Luc was the most well written character and I loved his interactions with Brigid, Ophelia, and Finola.

My final recommendation for readers - if you love well written, well researched books then this is a good choice for you. If you want a fast paced romantasy then you'll probably be disappointed.

Brigid wakes up 100 years in the future without any of her memories. Her town, Evermore, is cursed. Monsters are attacking the townspeople, the lough’s seal is broken, and the two witches who have been living in Brigid’s house need her help to lift this curse.

The premise of this book was interesting, the prologue was great, and I felt invested in Brigid’s story at first. However, the plot’s execution fell flat for me; I didn’t feel engaged or invested in the characters or their one goal throughout the book.

The writing was well done during parts of the book. I understand that Brigid will speak differently than Ophelia and Finola because they are from very different time periods, but I felt that the references were disconnected at times. Also, I didn't personally care for the way the author jumped from third person narrative to news paper clippings to how-to guides. It was a bit distracting.

The romance between Brigid and Knightly was fine. Even though he doesn’t seem trustworthy at first, we get to understand Knightly—and the reasons behind his past choices—as the story progresses. It’s clear that they have a strong physical attraction, but it was nice to see them work together and get to know each other; It made the romance a bit more substantial.

The Lost Witch wasn’t for me, but I thought the story was interesting and could’ve benefited from more engaging writing.

Brigid Heron taps into magic to save her daughter and ends up not in her time of 1992 but in 2022. How she seeks to save her daughter and berry future of her descendants is a fun and heartwarming story.

When I read the synopsis for The Lost Witch, I thought the premise was fantastic, I loved the idea of a witch traveling to the future and helping other witches to fight back against evil, and thought it was a great idea for some hilarious confusion and for some great combined spell casting. However, the execution sadly left me wanting for more. The language in the sections with Brigid was just plain tough for me to read and the dialogue was stilted and old fashioned. I didn’t feel much of a connection to her character, so it wasn’t exciting to me when she got a love story and I didn’t feel the bond between her and her missing daughter.

I think my biggest critique is that the book tried to do too much, and it just became confusing. Astral planes, projecting through a mirror into the Underworld, multiple perspectives in third person….it just became confusing to me.

I did adore Finola and Ophelia, the witches that help Brigid in present day. They were funny and added some much needed levity to the story.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martins Press for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

If you are a fan of Discovery of Witches and are looking for a book that can fill that void then this would be that book. The writing is beautiful and the idea is fantastic. It took a while to get into but overall it was an interesting read. I would love an audiobook version of this but would be a little weary on who the narrator was.

I love a good witchy tale and Paige Crutcher gave me that. This was a lovely easy to read romp that kept me hooked.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read The Lost Witch.
A witch trying to regain her memories from 100 years ago. What was she doing in the year 2022 and how did she get there? It was an entertaining romp with Brigid finding out just what happened 100 years before with the help of other witches Ophelia and Finola. And then there was Luc Knightly, Demigod. Dangerous and handsome- they had a history. I liked the characters in the story, I just wish that the tale had more bite to it. It was just an OK read for me.
3 out of 5.

This book follows the life of Brigid Heron, a witch whose only wish was to have a daughter. After her goddess denied her that wish, she made a deal with a mysterious god, but her child fell ill and when Brigid’s spell to save her went awry, she found herself 100 years in the future with no memories of what happened. Now, Brigid must work with two of her descendants and the mysterious god to undo the curse she may have caused, retrieve her lost memories, and find her daughter.

There was a lot packed into this book and I frequently found myself wondering what was going on. The middle was pretty slow, but the beginning hooked me and the ending gave a good resolution. I loved Brigid and Knightley’s relationship. I started out skeptical and a little annoyed at what he put her through, but the further into the story I got, the more invested I became. Finley and Ophelia, her descendants, were the comic relief throughout the story and while they were set 100 years in Brigid’s future, they almost seemed out of place with the writing style of the book.

While this book fell just a little flat for me, it did have some interesting magic and I was intrigued to find out how it would end.

This book fell flat. At times it was confusing for me as well. I don’t love when things are in third person.

Thank you NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review

The Lost Witch is a fun read. Brigid is a witch who wakes up 100 years in the future. The world building is so well done and a quick read. It was my second book by Paige Crutcher and was just as engaging as her first.
Thank you to NetGally for my review copy of this book.