The Hedge Witch
By: Colleen Delaney
Genre: Fantasy / Romance
Number of Pages: 270
Published: May 14, 2024
Publisher: City Owl Press
Dates Read: October 27, 2024 - November 1, 2024
Format: Library Book / Paperback

Trigger Warnings: Death, death of loved ones, torture, blood, violence

Laurel Bay is the middle of five witchy sisters living on Star Island. She runs a tarot reading business to help contribute to bills, and spends her free time jumping into the Hedge World when she’s strong enough. But when Laurel has a vision from her past about her soulmate, she throws caution to the wind to find him.

Owen Davies is a sonofawitch – a descendant of morally gray water witches, his powers are very minimal. He’s aching to find his soulmate, so much so that he has a storage unit filled with furniture he’s made and blueprints for their house he’ll build. Then, a fateful vacation lands him in Laurel’s garden and their paths are finally intertwined.

But witches are after Laurel’s powers and buried secrets become unearthed, revealing Laurel and Owen’s heartbreaking past. But this time around, the soulmates refuse to be separated.

I’m starting off by saying that I’m not a romance reader, yet alone a paranormal romance reader, but I do love witches and the premise of this book sounded fun so I wanted to read it.

Some of the writing was well thought out and flushed out, while a few other parts could have been edited down some I thought.

The romance of soulmates felt real and wasn’t cheesy like I thought it may have been – it was actually heartbreaking when you find out about their past lives.

Overall, this book is going to appeal to anyone who enjoys books with witches, soulmates, and a little bit of spice (and even though who don’t care too much for spice, those parts are easily skimable and won’t ruin the plot)

*Thank you City Owl Press and LibraryThing for a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review