Now She is Witch: ‘Myth-making at its best‘ Val McDermid

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Having lost not just her mother, but her home and roots to accusations of witchcraft, Lux sets of on a journey into the woods. Lux's description of her time with 'Him' at the sanctuary, and when the narrative shift's to Else for one part, her description of the 'large man on the large horse' was harrowing. From the past perspective of lux I found the writing style of no capital letters or full stops really difficult to get through and lost the flow of the book.

It’s definitely manipulative but it’s also brooding and nicely atmospheric and I liked Lux as a character.It’s a moment of grace and vindication, one that Logan lets the long-suffering Lux experience utterly, triumphantly alone. A brilliant stand-alone story to read on cold, wintery nights with the wind howling and the rain pouring outside. The littlest prick and all those stories will simply explode out, shrieking like fat in a fire, and anyone nearby can hear it all. On every level, from the poetry of the prose to Lux’s courage and sheer canny-ness, it’s absolutely essential reading. The soft, silky, slippery gift of the Earth, which is being twisted, bent and broken, dried out, cracked so many times.

She is supremely talented and has a fantastic imagination, and I love that she weaves folklore and other elements into her stories.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. It’s little wonder that for a time Lux, who as the novel progresses becomes in turn an actor on a frozen stage, a servant in a hall of delicacies, a food-taster to a lord and companion to a fine lady, is tempted to turn her back on Else’s revenge and set her own dreams of finding freedom in the wild country aside. Now She is Witch has me sleeping easy again in the knowledge that I can keep my self-appointed position as chair of the unofficial Kirsty Logan fanclub.