The Orphan Witch by Paige Crutcher Review

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed this story but didn't love it. And I really wanted to love it. But throughout most of the story I found myself always with the knowledge that I was reading and not diving into another world.

The Orphan Witch follows Persephone May as she searches to belong. Her search leads her to Wile Isle, the Ever sisters, and a curse.

I found almost all the characters likeable but also felt like they never completely developed into more than the surface that they initially portrayed. Or perhaps there were just too many characters to fully develop any one of them specifically. I also felt the same way about the different worlds or realities. It was all really fascinating but you only get a touch of it before the story moves onto a different reality without ever delving deeper.

The scenes with the Library of the Lost and Dorian were interesting and fun to read. And I especially enjoyed the love, sisterhood, and deep sense of family that transcends the bonds of time and space between the witches on Wile Isle.