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Book Synopsis'Fast-paced, entertainingly creepy, laugh-out-loud funny, and genuinely moving'
Michelle Paver 'Full of magic and delight'
Rowan Coleman ‘A rural Ben Aaronovitch!’
C. K. McDonnellThe Holly King is coming, and you’re on his list . . . It's December 1940, and Christmas has come to Woodville. Faye Bright is looking forward to a good old knees-up after a year of supernatural mayhem and Luftwaffe air raids, but it seems glad tidings are in short supply.
Already contending with food rationing and sky-high beer prices, the village is upended by the arrival of the Holly King, an ancient power bent on reclaiming his woodland domain. No mortal magic can stand in his way.
As the winter solstice draws in and the villagers fall under the Holly King’s spell, Faye, Bertie and the witches race to prevent his sinister
Trade ReviewPraise for the Witches of Woodville series: 'Beautiful and engaging and clever and what more could you ask for in a book?'
Manda Scott, bestselling author of A Treachery of Spies 'Warm, witty, witchy wartime fun. With Mark Stay as writer you're always guaranteed a magical read'
Julie Wassmer, author of the Whitstable Pearl Mysteries 'Enid Blyton filmed by Hammer'
Talking Scared Podcast 'You'll love it:
Doctor Who meets
Worzel Gummidge'
Lorna Cook, author of The Forgotten Village 'Stay has brewed a cracking blend of charm and creepiness in
The Crow Folk. A rip-roaring tale of bravery and witchcraft on the wartime home front, expertly told with lashings of wit and warmth'
Pernille Hughes, author of Probably the Best Kiss in the World 'A jolly romp with witches, demons, and bellringing. Pratchett fans will enjoy this, and Faye is a feisty and fun hero.
Dad's Army meets
Witches of Eastwick'
Ian W Sainsbury 'A young witch to rival Tiffany Aching. Magic!'
FMA Dixon 'Mark’s ingenious decision to set his magical saga not in some ancient realm of wizards and dragons but in a vividly recreated WWII-era rural England gives us the most lived-in and believable fantasy world. I wish I’d thought of it'
Mitch Benn
