A gothic fairytale with a dark mystery which will keep you frantically turning the pages. 

Mina is lonely: her mother died, her father seems to cast her to one side and her step mother has little time for her. 

The Witch needs a companion: she appears once every fifty years to take a companion. Nobody know what she does with them, all they know is the companion never returns. 

Stumbling across the Witch and her father, Mina decides to volunteer herself as companion. Little does she know just how deep loneliness can run. Determined to solve the mysteries of the confusing, mind-meddling Schloss and the melancholy Witch, Mina learns not to give up - but at what cost? 

I really enjoyed this book! The mystery of the Witch was haunting, the setting of the Schloss had the hairs raising on my arms as I devoured such gorgeous, creepy imagery and tried to unravel the mystery for myself. 

“I felt every place where her skin touched mine like an iron brand”

A gorgeous, slowburn sapphic romance which absolutely enraptured me. I was egging them on whilst simultaneously afraid of the consequences. 

Beautifully written; a modern fairytale. 

Thank you to Andersen Press, Kat Dunn and NetGalley for my early review copy in exchange of a fair and honest review.