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Sister of the Moon: A Paranormal Women’s Fiction Series (Book 2)
‘Blending folklore and family secrets...’
Sarah Painter
‘Beautiful, evocative storytelling and fascinating attention to detail. This is a wonderful book.’
Suzy K Quinn
Reader reviews for The Winter Crone (Book 1):
‘A mixture of English mystery crime village with darkness and magic that makes this series very compelling.’
‘A beautifully written book. It mixes folklore, magic and well written characters.’
‘A tale of mystery and magic, with just the right injection of humour.’
Magical, mysterious and a little bit murderous...
Exiled for twenty-eight years, Annalise Pride is returning to Much Wenlock, regardless of how unwelcome she is.
Kept from her daughter and her family home, Annalise has built a rather lucrative career away from the chitter chatter and idle gossip of small town life. Accused of a crime she did not commit, she is keen to claim back what was cruelly taken from her all those years ago.
But her daughter Tamysn has already left. Driven into hiding in the Scottish highlands, Tamsyn has fallen in with an unsavoury crowd. After witnessing a harrowing murder, she can't be sure if she's more haunted by the man's death, or the fact that people seemed to believe she was the one responsible.
The Archbishop has always known that the Pride women pose a threat to peaceful village life, and this time he won't stop until he has put an end to them once and for all.
If you reads with witchesMagical mysteriesQuirky small town communitiesParanormal Women’s FictionLocal folklore and mythologyHumorous charactersA contemporary fantasyThis book is for you!
Sarah Painter
‘Beautiful, evocative storytelling and fascinating attention to detail. This is a wonderful book.’
Suzy K Quinn
Reader reviews for The Winter Crone (Book 1):
‘A mixture of English mystery crime village with darkness and magic that makes this series very compelling.’
‘A beautifully written book. It mixes folklore, magic and well written characters.’
‘A tale of mystery and magic, with just the right injection of humour.’
Magical, mysterious and a little bit murderous...
Exiled for twenty-eight years, Annalise Pride is returning to Much Wenlock, regardless of how unwelcome she is.
Kept from her daughter and her family home, Annalise has built a rather lucrative career away from the chitter chatter and idle gossip of small town life. Accused of a crime she did not commit, she is keen to claim back what was cruelly taken from her all those years ago.
But her daughter Tamysn has already left. Driven into hiding in the Scottish highlands, Tamsyn has fallen in with an unsavoury crowd. After witnessing a harrowing murder, she can't be sure if she's more haunted by the man's death, or the fact that people seemed to believe she was the one responsible.
The Archbishop has always known that the Pride women pose a threat to peaceful village life, and this time he won't stop until he has put an end to them once and for all.
If you reads with witchesMagical mysteriesQuirky small town communitiesParanormal Women’s FictionLocal folklore and mythologyHumorous charactersA contemporary fantasyThis book is for you!
- GenresFantasy
340 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 24, 2024
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November 11, 2024
Really enjoyed the twists in this second book, there was alot to unpack and although some parts a little rushed, i loved the context that has been building to the pride girls lives. Looking forward to the third book next year.
June 15, 2024
3.5 stars rounded up.
Picking up about a year after The Winter Crone ends, Tamsyn is ensconced in a small community learning as much as she can about the magic she had forgotten while she attempts to recover mentally from the trauma she experienced back home.
I didn’t like this one quite as much as the first book, but I have more good than bad to say about it. I’ll get started with what I disliked. We are introduced to a host of several new characters making up this settlement and I found that they seemed to almost appear out of nowhere, with very little background given on them. It’s like when you’re talking to a friend and they start telling a story about someone you haven’t met but they act like you know. It felt odd to me and I just couldn’t bring myself to care about them. When those characters are used to further the story and push the plot forward, I took it on faith and went with it, but I wasn’t attached to any of them.
One of the things I liked most was Annalise. I really like that we get to meet Tamsyn’s mother and get her POV in this book. I felt like she was very well-written and while I felt like I’d gotten to know her, I couldn’t predict what she would do throughout the story. I also like that we continue to get Celia’s POV.
Tamsyn takes a bit of a backseat in the story for the first half or more of the book, while we get background information from other characters. She is dealing with the mental and emotional fallout from the previous year, using alcohol to cope, and trying to learn as much as she can about magic, the Otherworld, Journeying and controlling her abilities. Add in her estranged mother, it’s a lot and our girl is reeling a bit. But as more of the story unfolds, she begins to come to life for those she cares about.
I really like how Tamsyn is evolving in her character arc across the series so far. She’s not some perfect, magical heroine with zero complications and a moral compass pointing due north. She’s complex, human, and not afraid to stray into the gray area. I will say we get to see her temper a bit though and I hope that the next book continues to show her growth in controlling her magic and her addiction, and getting down to the business of cleaning up the Church.
Picking up about a year after The Winter Crone ends, Tamsyn is ensconced in a small community learning as much as she can about the magic she had forgotten while she attempts to recover mentally from the trauma she experienced back home.
I didn’t like this one quite as much as the first book, but I have more good than bad to say about it. I’ll get started with what I disliked. We are introduced to a host of several new characters making up this settlement and I found that they seemed to almost appear out of nowhere, with very little background given on them. It’s like when you’re talking to a friend and they start telling a story about someone you haven’t met but they act like you know. It felt odd to me and I just couldn’t bring myself to care about them. When those characters are used to further the story and push the plot forward, I took it on faith and went with it, but I wasn’t attached to any of them.
One of the things I liked most was Annalise. I really like that we get to meet Tamsyn’s mother and get her POV in this book. I felt like she was very well-written and while I felt like I’d gotten to know her, I couldn’t predict what she would do throughout the story. I also like that we continue to get Celia’s POV.
Tamsyn takes a bit of a backseat in the story for the first half or more of the book, while we get background information from other characters. She is dealing with the mental and emotional fallout from the previous year, using alcohol to cope, and trying to learn as much as she can about magic, the Otherworld, Journeying and controlling her abilities. Add in her estranged mother, it’s a lot and our girl is reeling a bit. But as more of the story unfolds, she begins to come to life for those she cares about.
I really like how Tamsyn is evolving in her character arc across the series so far. She’s not some perfect, magical heroine with zero complications and a moral compass pointing due north. She’s complex, human, and not afraid to stray into the gray area. I will say we get to see her temper a bit though and I hope that the next book continues to show her growth in controlling her magic and her addiction, and getting down to the business of cleaning up the Church.
November 10, 2024
Loved it!!
I enjoyed Sister of the Moon so much, having thoroughly enjoyed book 1. I live just a few miles away from Much Wenlock and am familiar with the pubs, church, hotel mentioned in the book. The references to the Isle of Skye made me smile as I holidayed there this summer. That aside, the author is brilliant at building tension in the plot and keeping you guessing. The fantasy/magical element is perfect reading for this time of year. Natasha is also brilliant at bringing the Mirror and Other Worlds alive. It was great to see the heroine, Tamsyn, and some of the characters from book 1 again. I won’t mention the introduction of new characters in book 2 except that they are exceptionally drawn.
I savoured the final few chapters as didn’t want the book to end and was thrilled to discover a third book is to be released in 2025!
I enjoyed Sister of the Moon so much, having thoroughly enjoyed book 1. I live just a few miles away from Much Wenlock and am familiar with the pubs, church, hotel mentioned in the book. The references to the Isle of Skye made me smile as I holidayed there this summer. That aside, the author is brilliant at building tension in the plot and keeping you guessing. The fantasy/magical element is perfect reading for this time of year. Natasha is also brilliant at bringing the Mirror and Other Worlds alive. It was great to see the heroine, Tamsyn, and some of the characters from book 1 again. I won’t mention the introduction of new characters in book 2 except that they are exceptionally drawn.
I savoured the final few chapters as didn’t want the book to end and was thrilled to discover a third book is to be released in 2025!
December 29, 2025
I'm actually very glad that I came to this series after all three installments were available so I don't have to wait to start the next one.
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