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A review by anubhaghoshal
The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith
5.0
I loved this book. Honestly, in a very long time I found this perfect YA fantasy book that was such a wonderful and comforting read. It literally transported me to another world. As one can see, the cover is beautiful but "never judge a book by it's cover" quote doesn't apply here as the story and the world this book created was just magical.
So the story starts with the main character Elena transforming from a frog to a human girl. No, no prince charming kissed her and helped this transformation, it was instead her swallowing her toad skin which helped her transform back into a human and break the curse. After the transformation, she blamed her ex fiance to have had put a curse so her main aim after this transformation becomes to kill her ex fiance and seek revenge. She goes back to her old vinehouse to find that the vinery has been sold to a mortal soul named Jean-Paul.
Jean-Paul believes in science rather than magic. Elena is a witch, she can address the auras through her intuition and also travel through shadow world. She also mastered in making deadly poisons and potions. Apparently this story is set in a world where the existence of the witches in vineries was common knowledge and wine was thought to have been made from magic. For Jean-Paul this was a different society to adjust to, where people weren't scared of witches but welcomed them. Elena without any money, only offered to revive the vine business to its former glory for a shelter.
The mystery part of this story starts when several animal killings as ritual sacrifices are found and evidence of someone practicing the illegal dark magic is spread. Elena's identity as a witch is known to Jean-Paul and her ex fiance who she thought put a curse on her, is found dead as a part of the dark magic ritual. Elena is then blamed as the practitioner of this abhorred practice and she must now clear her name and find out the truth about the real culprit.
The unique element of this book was the wide acceptance of witches and the scientific explanation provided by the magic practiced by these witches. Further, one can also see various intuitive elements like that from the show of "Good Witches", a little bit of "Sabrina" and tidbits of "The frog prince". I really liked the elements and the magic that was very well written. Loved it. Thanks to the publishers for sending this book and providing me a lovely reading experience.
So the story starts with the main character Elena transforming from a frog to a human girl. No, no prince charming kissed her and helped this transformation, it was instead her swallowing her toad skin which helped her transform back into a human and break the curse. After the transformation, she blamed her ex fiance to have had put a curse so her main aim after this transformation becomes to kill her ex fiance and seek revenge. She goes back to her old vinehouse to find that the vinery has been sold to a mortal soul named Jean-Paul.
Jean-Paul believes in science rather than magic. Elena is a witch, she can address the auras through her intuition and also travel through shadow world. She also mastered in making deadly poisons and potions. Apparently this story is set in a world where the existence of the witches in vineries was common knowledge and wine was thought to have been made from magic. For Jean-Paul this was a different society to adjust to, where people weren't scared of witches but welcomed them. Elena without any money, only offered to revive the vine business to its former glory for a shelter.
The mystery part of this story starts when several animal killings as ritual sacrifices are found and evidence of someone practicing the illegal dark magic is spread. Elena's identity as a witch is known to Jean-Paul and her ex fiance who she thought put a curse on her, is found dead as a part of the dark magic ritual. Elena is then blamed as the practitioner of this abhorred practice and she must now clear her name and find out the truth about the real culprit.
The unique element of this book was the wide acceptance of witches and the scientific explanation provided by the magic practiced by these witches. Further, one can also see various intuitive elements like that from the show of "Good Witches", a little bit of "Sabrina" and tidbits of "The frog prince". I really liked the elements and the magic that was very well written. Loved it. Thanks to the publishers for sending this book and providing me a lovely reading experience.