Seventeen-year-old Dayna Walsh is struggling to cope with her somatic OCD; the aftermath of being outed as bisexual in her conservative Irish town; and the return of her long-absent mother, who barely seems like a parent. But all that really matters to her is ascending and finally, finally becoming a full witch. Plans that are complicated when another coven, rumored to have a sordid history with black magic, arrives in town with premonitions of death. Dayna immediately finds herself at odds with the bewitchingly frustrating granddaughter of their coven leader, Meiner King.
And then a witch turns up murdered at a local sacred site, along with the blood symbol of the Butcher of Manchester—an infamous serial killer whose trail has long gone cold. Whose motives are enmeshed in a complex web of witches and gods, which Dayna and Meiner find themselves at the center of.
And if they don’t stop the Butcher, one of them will be next.
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Praise for Witches of Ash and Ruin:
“…the action sequences are cinematic in scope, and rich interior characterizations add depth to an arresting story.”―Publishers Weekly
“A suspenseful supernatural story.”―School Library Journal
“Fast-moving, frequently funny and full of the kinds of supernatural shenanigans that have made books series such as Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse novels and streaming series such as the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Shadow Hunters popular.”―Vancouver Sun