After sixteen-year-old Harriet Flynn trips over an ancient gravestone etched with strange markings in a seventeenth-century holiday village and reads the inscription, she and her friends are alarmed to wake up with supernatural powers.
Having magical abilities is fun at first, but when a series of accidents cause the group to become frightened, Harriet becomes determined to find out what’s going on.
While investigating the history of the gravestone they came across that night, Harriet realises she has unwittingly awakened a centuries-old, deadly curse and she is the only one who can put an end to it – and she has less than a day.
With time running out, Harriet must find the true magic key, to save herself and the ones she loves.
Lisa Wakely is a writer, performer and radio presenter from Essex born to an Anglo-Indian mother and Anglo-Burmese father. She has been writing since she was twelve years old, after spending most of her evenings reading stories from the school library. Lisa lives in Colchester with her husband, dog and a cat.
She enjoys engaging in heart-pumping activities such as skydiving and abseiling, all in the pursuit of charity. Her passion for writing and teaching performing arts is matched only by her boundless energy and unwavering determination. Her time working as a Guest Host at Madame Tussauds London really gave her a taste of what life at an entertainment attraction was like.
Very much how it comes across in Hexed – minus the magic and 17th century madness!
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My thoughts: as a teenager my friends and I did occasionally wander through the various local church yards and cemeteries, but luckily never woke anything up! Harriet accidentally seems to have stirred up the ghost of a 17th Century woman executed as a witch. And she might actually have been one!
Passing on her powers and a warning to Harriet, she sets the teenager and her friends on a mission, but time is of the essence and there isn’t much of it.
Only by helping each other and working together can Harriet and her friends break the curse and stop Silas from destroying everything.
It’s a twisted, creepy story with lots of action and adventure, all in costume as they recreate the 17th Century village for a Halloween festival.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.
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Great review – thank you so much for supporting the tour x
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