I usually love a witchy fairytale, but I was really disappointed with this story. It's very repetitive - shadow attacks, run away, attacks again, run away. The whole book reads as filler for a big event, but the ending fell really flat for me. The way it finishes, I thought would lead onto another book, but from what I can find online, this novel is meant to standalone. So it's 300 pages of very little happening. 

The story follows Ivy on the journey to find her birth mother, with the help of her friend Tom.

92% in she then realizes she has feelings for Tom. Why does every male/female friendship have to turn into a relationship.

It's a story of reincarnation, but the characters are too underdeveloped - you learn very little about any of them, and I have no connection or care for anyone involved. Ivy goes round in circles, fighting not to show emotional. She basically repeats "I need to wake the witch" and then "I'm too scared" over and over. The reveal of what happened with her friend Katie is teased throughout, but when you finally learn what happened, it's disappointing. I saw a review that used the description "Tracy Beaker-esque" and I completely agree. 

It's a tale of good vs evil, but it's so predictable that it became boring. I wanted a lot more.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC of this book, in exchange for an honest review.