Atmospheric and incredibly descriptive comes to mind when describing this story. The tale centered on sisterhood, namely two sisters who differ widely in temperament and their personal plans for the future, and that which kept them together through their journeys. These two sisters are witches who grew up in isolation. Being Norwegian in heritage, and having a sister whom is quite different herself from me, I really liked that these characters each had their own voice, and I could easily picture the setting of the story. I was hoping the similarities would endear me to the story more as I could immerse fully. The story itself had SO much environmental detail, and not enough background lore to explain certain aspects of the story. Eventually the reader was led to the heart and action of the story as it began to pick up the pace closer to the end, but then it seemed rushed, like something was missing or plot information was cut to save space in printing the book. The lack of interactive dialogue and plot holes was disappointing and the immersive feel I hoped for, never came to fruition. Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this book.

Thank you to the publisher Sourcebooks and to NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to read and give my review of this book.