"The magic of love, found family and sweet treats bound together in a pink and sparkly cosy read."
Having access to magic means that you’re always capable of perfection. At least, that’s how Annie Wildwood lives her life. The magic of the Celestial Bakehouse sparkled off the pages, I yearned for my own visit to Annie's cosy cafe and Lucy Jane Woods' descriptions of sweet treats and delicious bakes were their own special kind of witchcraft. But even with magic, living your life at a million miles an hour on a quest to please others won’t end well. When Annie agrees to mentor Maeve, a bright but sarcastic teen with no one else to guide her, Annie finds she also has some lessons to learn.
This is a sugary sweet tale of found family and finding your place. I (lovingly) wanted to grab Annie by her perfectly pressed pink shoulders and shake her at the beginning as she burned herself out, so I was relieved when Maeve and then gruff mountain man Hal came into her life and turned it upside down in the best way possible. I enjoyed the ease and comfort of the romance storyline, a stark contrast from the second guessing and anxiety spiralling of Annie’s previous life. But I think the little found family that’s established was the magical star of this show. Pair with an autumn day, cosy blankets, warm drink and sugary confection of choice (Bonus points if it’s pink).
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It's time to break the spell of perfection . . .
Andromeda Wildwood is practically perfect in every witch way. Her life is a haze of pink, magic and impossibly high standards. The proud owner of Celestial Bakehouse, a bustling London bakery, Annie devotes her powers to pleasing others, and while perfection exacts a magical toll, it’s a price she is more than willing to pay.
However, when Annie is tasked by her coven with mentoring a troubled teenage witch, her charmed existence is thrown into chaos. She couldn’t be more different from fiery, stubborn Maeve. Or from Hal, the gruff but handsome owner of their temporary lodgings, who is not best pleased to find the coven has offered up his woodland cottage to two headstrong witches.
As the unlikely trio slowly bond, outside forces begin to take an interest in Maeve’s extraordinary powers. Will Annie risk everything to protect the true magic she’s finally found?
Uncharmed is the spellbinding new cosy fantasy from Lucy Jane Wood, celebrating found family, unconditional love and the joy of letting go of perfectionism and people-pleasing.
Uncharmed features in the following genres: Fantasy, Romance / Relationship Stories, Contemporary fantasy, Magical realism
Uncharmed is available in Paperback, Hardback
Uncharmed was written by Lucy Jane Wood and published by Macmillan an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Uncharmed has 406 pages
£18.00
