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Fallow Sisters #2
Blackthorn Winter
As they make preparations for Christmas, four fey sisters are drawn ever further from the familiar world of contemporary London and their Somerset home, from motorways, fashion design and music, into darker realms where no one is who they seem and nothing is to be trusted.
When Serena’s latest collection is mysteriously shredded on the eve of fashion week, the arrival of a wealthy benefactor seems a godsend, but is he all he seems? And what of the green-skinned girl Bee takes in after finding her cowering in a churchyard? How are these connected to the magpie changeling (who claims to be an angel) sent to watch over Stella or the timeslips Luna is experiencing with ever greater frequency now that she’s pregnant?
Something is coming for the Fallow sisters, for their friends and their lovers, but they have no idea what, and their mother Alys is no help as she’s gone wandering again, though she did promise to return by Christmas, and December is already here...
Rediscover your sense of wonder in this stunning follow-up to Comet Weather, which is just as thrilling, warming, and magical as the first book.
When Serena’s latest collection is mysteriously shredded on the eve of fashion week, the arrival of a wealthy benefactor seems a godsend, but is he all he seems? And what of the green-skinned girl Bee takes in after finding her cowering in a churchyard? How are these connected to the magpie changeling (who claims to be an angel) sent to watch over Stella or the timeslips Luna is experiencing with ever greater frequency now that she’s pregnant?
Something is coming for the Fallow sisters, for their friends and their lovers, but they have no idea what, and their mother Alys is no help as she’s gone wandering again, though she did promise to return by Christmas, and December is already here...
Rediscover your sense of wonder in this stunning follow-up to Comet Weather, which is just as thrilling, warming, and magical as the first book.
343 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2021
About the author
Liz Williams
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Liz Williams is a British science fiction writer. Her first novel, The Ghost Sister was published in 2001. Both this novel and her next, Empire of Bones (2002) were nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award.[1] She is also the author of the Inspector Chen series.
She is the daughter of a stage magician and a Gothic novelist. She holds a PhD in Philosophy of Science from Cambridge. She has had short stories published in Asimov's, Interzone, The Third Alternative and Visionary Tongue. From the mid-nineties until 2000, she lived and worked in Kazakhstan.[2] Her experiences there are reflected in her 2003 novel Nine Layers of Sky. Her novels have been published in the US and the UK, while her third novel The Poison Master (2003) has been translated into Dutch.
Series:
* Detective Inspector Chen
* Darkland
Liz Williams is a British science fiction writer. Her first novel, The Ghost Sister was published in 2001. Both this novel and her next, Empire of Bones (2002) were nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award.[1] She is also the author of the Inspector Chen series.
She is the daughter of a stage magician and a Gothic novelist. She holds a PhD in Philosophy of Science from Cambridge. She has had short stories published in Asimov's, Interzone, The Third Alternative and Visionary Tongue. From the mid-nineties until 2000, she lived and worked in Kazakhstan.[2] Her experiences there are reflected in her 2003 novel Nine Layers of Sky. Her novels have been published in the US and the UK, while her third novel The Poison Master (2003) has been translated into Dutch.
Series:
* Detective Inspector Chen
* Darkland
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April 12, 2022
I have a small group of truly lovely English (tho not all written by English people) "perfect" fantasies. They include:
Hope Mirlees, Lud-in-the-Mist
Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising
Elizabeth Hand, Mortal Love
They are all about the edge world, about the power of the seasons. They are all quiet, all closely told.
Blackthorn Winter joins this special group on my shelves. I'll be re-reading it for years to come.
Hope Mirlees, Lud-in-the-Mist
Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising
Elizabeth Hand, Mortal Love
They are all about the edge world, about the power of the seasons. They are all quiet, all closely told.
Blackthorn Winter joins this special group on my shelves. I'll be re-reading it for years to come.
February 14, 2024
This just hit the sweet spot for me as a tale involving English folklore, the supernatural, plus contemporary landscapes that I’m familiar with.
It’s a while since I read the first book in this series, Comet Weather. Too long. Once again I got the same initial apprehensive feelings about the story as I did starting the previous book - four close sisters, originally from a rural Somerset home near Glastonbury, a home with some supernatural connections. They’ve gone their own way as adults. One is a fashion designer in London, one a popular DJ, another a sort of New Age hippie with only the fourth still at home, leading a domestic life keeping the family home as a base for all of them to meet. Oh, and a strange mother! Three of the sisters have male partners/boyfriends who are supportive and maybe a bit too nice (admittedly one is a ghost!). Really, all this sounds a little too pleasant a set-up for excitement and drama. My thoughts last time were ‘is this Chick-Lit’ and I can see why I thought that.
But, as in the previous book, the author skilfully makes you like them, as strong willed, independently minded women. No ones fools. The author has chosen not to let family conflicts play a role but how a close knit family might face adversity from outside. The supernatural thread is subtle, and cleverly woven into the sister’s routine lives. In the last book the ‘world building’ took a while before anything dramatic emerged. Now we know the world we’re plunged into supernatural action kicking off much earlier this time, and not mainly local to the sister’s home but in plenty of other locations too, including modern London.
I won’t spend anytime on the plot. It involves plenty of apparently independent weird incidents, which gradually show some links later. It could seem a bit confusing in parts initially but bear with it. Some characters, particularly on the supernatural side, can be favourable or hostile to humans, and sometimes both depending on circumstances, which I quite liked.
For such a twisty, involved story it was always going to be difficult to tie it up the threads at the end. But in general I liked the ending, though some supernatural features remain a mystery (the supernatural isn’t meant to be well defined!) and there is a bit of ‘deus ex machina’ concluding the main story.
But I very much enjoyed it. This, and another recent set of self published books I’ve coincidentally read also set in my home area, has the sort of English folklore vibe I like, without the grand drama of Lord of the Rings, or wizards weaving powerful magical spells, for example. This is more personal, and a bonus for me is that it’s set in English locations I’m familiar with then where I can almost imagine stumbling across events like this in my countryside travels. My only criticism is that maybe some descriptions of locations on some of the travels can be overly descriptive - I was ticking off a long list of places I’ve visited too. I suspect people not familiar with Southern England would find this unnecessarily detailed.
I’m going to move onto the next in this series as soon as I can.
Enjoyable 5*.
It’s a while since I read the first book in this series, Comet Weather. Too long. Once again I got the same initial apprehensive feelings about the story as I did starting the previous book - four close sisters, originally from a rural Somerset home near Glastonbury, a home with some supernatural connections. They’ve gone their own way as adults. One is a fashion designer in London, one a popular DJ, another a sort of New Age hippie with only the fourth still at home, leading a domestic life keeping the family home as a base for all of them to meet. Oh, and a strange mother! Three of the sisters have male partners/boyfriends who are supportive and maybe a bit too nice (admittedly one is a ghost!). Really, all this sounds a little too pleasant a set-up for excitement and drama. My thoughts last time were ‘is this Chick-Lit’ and I can see why I thought that.
But, as in the previous book, the author skilfully makes you like them, as strong willed, independently minded women. No ones fools. The author has chosen not to let family conflicts play a role but how a close knit family might face adversity from outside. The supernatural thread is subtle, and cleverly woven into the sister’s routine lives. In the last book the ‘world building’ took a while before anything dramatic emerged. Now we know the world we’re plunged into supernatural action kicking off much earlier this time, and not mainly local to the sister’s home but in plenty of other locations too, including modern London.
I won’t spend anytime on the plot. It involves plenty of apparently independent weird incidents, which gradually show some links later. It could seem a bit confusing in parts initially but bear with it. Some characters, particularly on the supernatural side, can be favourable or hostile to humans, and sometimes both depending on circumstances, which I quite liked.
For such a twisty, involved story it was always going to be difficult to tie it up the threads at the end. But in general I liked the ending, though some supernatural features remain a mystery (the supernatural isn’t meant to be well defined!) and there is a bit of ‘deus ex machina’ concluding the main story.
But I very much enjoyed it. This, and another recent set of self published books I’ve coincidentally read also set in my home area, has the sort of English folklore vibe I like, without the grand drama of Lord of the Rings, or wizards weaving powerful magical spells, for example. This is more personal, and a bonus for me is that it’s set in English locations I’m familiar with then where I can almost imagine stumbling across events like this in my countryside travels. My only criticism is that maybe some descriptions of locations on some of the travels can be overly descriptive - I was ticking off a long list of places I’ve visited too. I suspect people not familiar with Southern England would find this unnecessarily detailed.
I’m going to move onto the next in this series as soon as I can.
Enjoyable 5*.
December 31, 2020
"Old country types used to call them the People, which is a bit ironic, really, because they aren’t."
"What, you mean they aren’t human?"
"No, I mean they aren’t people. Not like you and me. Well, not like me, anyway. ... They’re all scraps and patches, bits of greed and lust and envy and spite. And some good things too, sometimes. But not often." [loc. 5736]
Blackthorn Winter, the second in the series (quartet?) that began with Comet Weather (one of my most enjoyable reads this year), is a very wintry novel: I'm glad I read it during the liminal days at year's end.
Again, the four Fallow sisters are brought together (for Christmas) and taken elsewhere -- and elsewhen -- by resonance and ritual, by their own loyalties and friendships, and by the requirements of those who have, in one character's words, 'stayed around to help'. It's a quartet of journeys that encompasses the Wild Hunt, the Green Children of Woolpit, the Maunsell Forts, the Mithraeum, and a number of London pubs. (Williams' descriptions of these made me tremendously nostalgic for the time before Covid when pubs were somewhere you could go at Christmas.) Oh, and I believe there's a nod to the Bridge Theatre's role-swapping Midsummer Night's Dream, which made me happy.
A plethora of the arcane, with new characters introduced and existing characters reimagined. I did feel that this volume wasn't quite as tightly plotted, or written, as Comet Weather: in particular, there was a lot of dialogue that could have been trimmed without damage to the plot. Much of Blackthorn Winter is set in London, and there were moments where the geography felt unclear, or perhaps dreamlike. (Also, there is no tube station in Peckham).
Despite those minor criticisms, I enjoyed this a great deal, and learnt a lot (Lincrusta, Austin Osman Spare, the temple of Nodens). And there was a lovely warm sense of familiarity, as though the author had visited places that I knew, and had the same responses to those places.
I am very much looking forward to the next volume(s) in the sequence, and to the resolution of some tantalising sub-plots.
February 20, 2025
I loved this so much. Just beautiful. I’m too tired to say anything else about it though.
May 31, 2021
I love this sequel to the wonderful Comet Weather
I do hope there are more adventures for the Fallow sisters
A great tour through a magical Britain with very relatable characters
I do hope there are more adventures for the Fallow sisters
A great tour through a magical Britain with very relatable characters
February 7, 2024
Based in and around current day London, but truly out of this world. Time travel, the wild hunt, angels and demons all play an active role. The four magical sisters are each unique, as is their mother. Each daughter has a different and unknown father. Fortunately, Alys, the mother has a roomy cottage in Somerset where everyone can congregate as needed. Reminds me a bit of Rivers of London, but so far it’s a bit more chaotic. And it’s not a detective story although various characters disappear and then are found again. The descriptions of England are gorgeous, there’s lots of history and the magical world is amazing. Just a beautiful read.
October 8, 2021
Picking up a few months after Comet Weather, Blackthorn Winter once again follows the lives of the four Fallow sisters, this time in the deep midwinter, around Christmas and the early new year. While the last book was very much an ensemble piece, this one feels much more like Serena's story - with her latest collection being shredded just before Fashion Week and Christmas. Poor Luna gets hardly any chapters from her point of view and while Bee gets a bit more to do, her part of the story seems vague and unfocused, and Stella is often relegated to being Serena's sidekick.
Part of what I loved about Comet Weather was its deep attachment to place, and rural place. Magical London has been done to death, but having contemporary magic in rural England felt fresh to me[1]. This one is more focused around London, and less around the Fallow family home in Somerset. That makes it feel less special to me.
We did get a lot more of Ward in this book, and I really enjoyed that. He's a plummy chap, I imagine as a mid-career Hugh Grant, perhaps, but he's not thrown by the magical world he's thrown into, and his devotion to Serena is a pleasure to read. We also get a new character, Ace, who's somewhat mysterious, but fun as well.
The major problem with this book, which was an issue in the previous one too, but somehow left less so, is that the sisters are mostly quite passive. Things happen to them, and they're often saved by other people, but don't often get to do any heroics themselves. They're mostly wandering around in the dark while others hoard their dark secrets (looking at you, Alys!). There's also a lot of threads left untied. We still have no idea where Alys was off to, or what agreement she has with the Hunt, or why various magical things are after (or, indeed, want to protect) the Fallows. And after feeling like Nell had some secret in the last book, she isn't even mentioned in this one.
So I found it a little frustrating, but still enjoyable. If there are more books in the series (which I very much hope there are), I shall certainly read them.
[1] yes, I know we've had Alan Garner and many others doing that sort of thing, but this series is resolutely twenty first century, rather than 1970s or earlier
Part of what I loved about Comet Weather was its deep attachment to place, and rural place. Magical London has been done to death, but having contemporary magic in rural England felt fresh to me[1]. This one is more focused around London, and less around the Fallow family home in Somerset. That makes it feel less special to me.
We did get a lot more of Ward in this book, and I really enjoyed that. He's a plummy chap, I imagine as a mid-career Hugh Grant, perhaps, but he's not thrown by the magical world he's thrown into, and his devotion to Serena is a pleasure to read. We also get a new character, Ace, who's somewhat mysterious, but fun as well.
The major problem with this book, which was an issue in the previous one too, but somehow left less so, is that the sisters are mostly quite passive. Things happen to them, and they're often saved by other people, but don't often get to do any heroics themselves. They're mostly wandering around in the dark while others hoard their dark secrets (looking at you, Alys!). There's also a lot of threads left untied. We still have no idea where Alys was off to, or what agreement she has with the Hunt, or why various magical things are after (or, indeed, want to protect) the Fallows. And after feeling like Nell had some secret in the last book, she isn't even mentioned in this one.
So I found it a little frustrating, but still enjoyable. If there are more books in the series (which I very much hope there are), I shall certainly read them.
[1] yes, I know we've had Alan Garner and many others doing that sort of thing, but this series is resolutely twenty first century, rather than 1970s or earlier
January 17, 2021
This is Liz Williams' follow up to the excellent Comet Weather, picking up just a short while after the events in the first book. As before the main characters are the four Fallow sisters and their partners. Bee is looking after the family home in Somerset with her boyfriend, Dark, who is a ghost. Luna, the youngest sister is temporarily at home, growing a baby, but she actually intends to go back on the road in a horse-drawn wagon, with her boyfriend, Sam, as soon as the baby is old enough. Serena, a dress designer, and Stella, a DJ, are both in London at Serena's place, together with Serena's daughter Belle, and her actor boyfriend, Ward. It seems as though the supernatural world hasn't finished with the sisters yet. One by one they get drawn across the divide into other worlds (and dumped back again). Serena's previous live-in-lover (who happens to be Ward's cousin) has unaccountably gone missing. On top of that her new fashion collection has been ripped to shreds and there's a demon sitting on the mantelpiece. The Fallow girls' mum is home again from parts supernatural, but they're not sure they can trust her. Enter a couple of new characters, a green-skinned girl found (by Bee) in the local church yard, and Ace, who is fascinating – a down-at-heel wizard. This is a deeply engrossing book written by someone who really knows her magic and folklore. The action moves from Somerset to London and back again, with side trips into occult worlds, including Britain's Roman past. Highly recommended.
February 3, 2021
I loved the first in the series, 'Comet Weather' and enjoyed being once again in the company of the Fallow sisters and their friends and extended family, but felt the ending of this book wasn't quite as satisfactory, for a couple of reasons. First, I felt she threw everything into this story... the author's background is very much to do with the mystical, the pagan, and mythology as a whole, and there is so much stuff in here that it becomes such a rollercoaster of disparate mythical and supernatural events and creatures that it becomes difficult to follow what is happening to whom, and why. Secondly, there are several of these threads which are not followed up or brought to a conclusion of any kind. Perhaps this is because she knows that she is writing a series (I believe at least two more books are planned) so will pick these 'dropped' threads up later (there is a certain amount of this from book 1 to book 2) but I felt the first book was much less open-ended than this one. For some, I'm sure this will not be a problem, but personally I like a satisfying ending, and felt slightly miffed by this one! having said that, her beautifully descriptive writing is a joy, as ever, and the weird world she creates, while being firmly rooted within our own, is gloriously conceived.
February 16, 2021
This sequel to 'Comet Weather' rings some of the same changes as that book: Four magic-touched sisters encounter malign forces, while their mysterious mother may or may not be allied with them.
Williams is a British pagan who runs a witchcraft supply business near Glastonbury Tor, and her knowledge of British magic and paganism infuses this mesmerizing book. You know that all will be right in the end, but Williams' blurring of contemporary and ancient Britain is what makes this book special. The identity of their magical benefactor, revealed on the last page, is a delightful surprise.
Also, there is nothing so satisfying as retiring to a good English pub for a drink and some crisps after being wrung through the magical wringer. This book is a mini-celebration of that unique British institution.
Williams is a British pagan who runs a witchcraft supply business near Glastonbury Tor, and her knowledge of British magic and paganism infuses this mesmerizing book. You know that all will be right in the end, but Williams' blurring of contemporary and ancient Britain is what makes this book special. The identity of their magical benefactor, revealed on the last page, is a delightful surprise.
Also, there is nothing so satisfying as retiring to a good English pub for a drink and some crisps after being wrung through the magical wringer. This book is a mini-celebration of that unique British institution.
June 3, 2022
Love this Series
I read the first in series, Comet Weather and then went straight into Blackthorn Winter. The books are well written and I love the characters (sisters). The stories have a feel of mythology - I feel like at the back of my mind, I understand the pathways and risks of walking here or there - like the warnings from aunties of fairies. That said, I have never read anything like these. Completely original.
If you enjoy adventure and lore and family stories and magic in a very modern setting (current day London and the English countryside) you will love these too.
I now have discovered a new and favorite author. I am looking forward to the third in series. Absolutely, loved and enjoyed the tales.
I read the first in series, Comet Weather and then went straight into Blackthorn Winter. The books are well written and I love the characters (sisters). The stories have a feel of mythology - I feel like at the back of my mind, I understand the pathways and risks of walking here or there - like the warnings from aunties of fairies. That said, I have never read anything like these. Completely original.
If you enjoy adventure and lore and family stories and magic in a very modern setting (current day London and the English countryside) you will love these too.
I now have discovered a new and favorite author. I am looking forward to the third in series. Absolutely, loved and enjoyed the tales.
January 18, 2021
I enjoyed Blackthorn Winter more than the first book in the series (Comet Weather). Maybe because I am now familiar with the premise on which the books are based I found the transitions from our world to the time shifting world of Fairy less jarring. Although it appeared at first as if there were multiple story lines going everything got pulled together in a satisfactory way at the end. I am finding myself increasingly intrigued by the role the Behenian Stars play in these books and am looking forward to the next one.
February 14, 2021
This is a cozy fantasy full of pubs and Christmas cheer and people seeing other worlds out of the corner of their eye. It resolved some of the tangle in Comet Weather but not all and there is still a lot of magical unexplained mess. Maybe a little much? But i like the characters a lot. 3.5 stars?
October 22, 2025
Another mind boggling, fabulous fantasy, realism book!
This is my 2nd time reading and it was just as fabulous as the first!
This is my 2nd time reading and it was just as fabulous as the first!
July 30, 2024
I read the first book of this quartet, Comet Weather in the spring of 2020 and quite enjoyed it, but the events of the year led to me losing track of sequels (not written yet at that point). Thus I was quite happy when the internet threw up the sequel to my attention the other day, and I immediately read it (as opposed to the other 4 books I've been trying to read bit by bit).
This second book of the Fallow Sisters quartet evokes the eerie overlay of the supernatural folklore of England with the everyday modern world in the same way that Susan Cooper and Alan Garner did. One of my favorite 5-star books is The Dark is Rising and the sense of eeriness, dread, past interacting with the present is the same here. Although I'm not a super fan of the choppiness of each of the sisters advancing the story line with separate viewpoint chapters, the story and the writing are strong enough for me to tolerate the structure.
Upon completion, I checked and discovered the rest of the quartet is complete, with one emerging each of the last three years, so I bought them all and am looking forward to completing the series. One thing that is interesting is that these are SO unlike the fantastical Singapore, Asian theological structure of her Inspector Chen 5 book series that I also very much enjoyed. Williams has got some serious writing chops.
This second book of the Fallow Sisters quartet evokes the eerie overlay of the supernatural folklore of England with the everyday modern world in the same way that Susan Cooper and Alan Garner did. One of my favorite 5-star books is The Dark is Rising and the sense of eeriness, dread, past interacting with the present is the same here. Although I'm not a super fan of the choppiness of each of the sisters advancing the story line with separate viewpoint chapters, the story and the writing are strong enough for me to tolerate the structure.
Upon completion, I checked and discovered the rest of the quartet is complete, with one emerging each of the last three years, so I bought them all and am looking forward to completing the series. One thing that is interesting is that these are SO unlike the fantastical Singapore, Asian theological structure of her Inspector Chen 5 book series that I also very much enjoyed. Williams has got some serious writing chops.
January 17, 2021
(Note: I was able to read an advance copy of this through LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program. Like movie prescreeners for critics, only for books and Hollywood doesn't care.)
Well, I rather liked it. It's a sequel, so there's a fair amount of reference to previous events that aren't explained, but that's all right. Adds to the mystery, and the book still holds together. The magic feels much more mystical than more conventional rule-based magic you see in other fantasy books. Finally, as an American, I will observe that the whole thing feels exceptionally British to me, which is always a draw. On the whole, excellent.
Well, I rather liked it. It's a sequel, so there's a fair amount of reference to previous events that aren't explained, but that's all right. Adds to the mystery, and the book still holds together. The magic feels much more mystical than more conventional rule-based magic you see in other fantasy books. Finally, as an American, I will observe that the whole thing feels exceptionally British to me, which is always a draw. On the whole, excellent.
July 24, 2024
The gorgeous contemporary fantasy tale of four sisters, their wandering mother, and various friends and lovers continues. You need to read the first tale of the Fallow Sisters as this one picks up almost immediately afterward. Fall is past, certain magic evils are defeated, and the sisters are gathering to celebrate Christmas. Except new magics are stirring across the land. The Wild Hunt rides out. Tangled in the history, both natural and supernatural, of Britain, the sisters once again slip in and out of time and the fields that we know. Lucky for all of us, they have friends and powers of their own.
July 1, 2023
The second in the Fallow sisters series, and this time the story is more from Serena's point of view when a fashion collection - Serena is a designer - is trashed by a ... creature, while at the same time her boyfriend is drifting off in a very strange direction. She has support from her sisters who have their own encounters with the strange world of English folklore.
I found this book even better than the first one and very much enjoyed it
I found this book even better than the first one and very much enjoyed it
January 30, 2024
The mysteries of London come into this book: Crossbones graveyard, the Winchester Geese, the Mithraeum, and more.
Back in the west, there’s a Green Child and a mysterious meeting at the temple of Nodens in Lydney. There are Border Morris dancers and a Mari Lwyd festival in Chepstow.
And nobody knows which side the Wild Hunt are on.
As in real life, encounters with the supernatural do not always make sense until much later.
But eventually it all comes together and makes a pattern.
Back in the west, there’s a Green Child and a mysterious meeting at the temple of Nodens in Lydney. There are Border Morris dancers and a Mari Lwyd festival in Chepstow.
And nobody knows which side the Wild Hunt are on.
As in real life, encounters with the supernatural do not always make sense until much later.
But eventually it all comes together and makes a pattern.
March 1, 2021
A wonderful book, even better than Comet Weather. Beautiful writing, and the story is suspenseful, magical, and sometimes funny. I wanted to read it in one sitting, but also wanted to stretch it out so I could keep immersing myself in it. A book (and a series) that is going to be counted among my Favourite Books, things I'll go back to more than once.
February 14, 2024
Enjoyable read, pretty much like the first book, though now we know the characters a little better. (I still have trouble keeping the sisters straight though.)
It must really be disorienting to keep getting swung through space and time like these folks do.
I will read the third book, but will give myself a little break first.
It must really be disorienting to keep getting swung through space and time like these folks do.
I will read the third book, but will give myself a little break first.
June 20, 2021
Magical read
The Fallow sisters have more mysteries to solve while keeping themselves and those they love from harm. I’ve enjoyed both of these books very much. I hope there is another.
The Fallow sisters have more mysteries to solve while keeping themselves and those they love from harm. I’ve enjoyed both of these books very much. I hope there is another.
October 25, 2025
Excellent
Always love reading works from this author. Reasonably certain things will work out for the heroes in the end but that certainty is consistently tested. Can't wait to read more from this author and in particular this series.
Always love reading works from this author. Reasonably certain things will work out for the heroes in the end but that certainty is consistently tested. Can't wait to read more from this author and in particular this series.
February 6, 2021
Lovely, charming, very entertaining read! I could have done with a few less hops between the various parallel worlds but that aside I loved it. Very satisfying.
June 25, 2022
I loved Comet Weather and was excited to find this sequel. Loved it also! As well as volume three Embertide. A fascinating magical world and great characters. I hpe there will be more in this series.
October 9, 2022
I loved reading this book. It’s vibrant and full of magic. The four sisters are off in different directions this time, each with her own puzzle to solve. Very fun and well written.
July 26, 2023
Great books
Very exciting... Urban fantasy with a twist...lots of twists...and history... And Great Britain. Ready for more of their experiences and adventures.
Very exciting... Urban fantasy with a twist...lots of twists...and history... And Great Britain. Ready for more of their experiences and adventures.
February 2, 2024
Rooted in British mythology, this is another lovely story featuring the four Fallow sisters. I love the general vibe of these books, they have such a beautiful sense of place.
March 8, 2024
Abandoned after my 3rd attempt.
Just could not get into it, boring spookiness, though I enjoyed the first one. I expected an engaging "puzzle box" but too confusing.
Just could not get into it, boring spookiness, though I enjoyed the first one. I expected an engaging "puzzle box" but too confusing.
May 5, 2024
I enjoyed this though I think the author needs to learn which towns and villages are in Suffolk (Woolpit and Aldeburgh) and not Norfolk
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