Review of "The Near Witch" by Victoria Schwab

The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab

My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Source: Purchased
Genre:  upper Middle Grade to YA paranormal/ ghost story

Description from Goodreads: Sixteen-year-old Lexi, who lives on an enchanted moor at the edge of the village of Near, must solve the mystery when, the day after a mysterious boy appears in town, children start disappearing.


My thoughts: The villagers warn their children of the witch of Near. Many years later the warnings become a reality as the children disappear from their beds at night. Something is luring them away.

Lexi has learned how to track from her father. She is determined to find and bring the children home. With the help of the mysterious stranger that she names Cole, they begin to find that many legends are formed from some truth. Truth is often altered by prejudice and misinformation, just as the villagers are doing to Cole.

This book is vivid and full of originality. I enjoyed the descriptions and the bravery of one young lady who is willing to make a difference and to look for the truth, not what appears to be on the surface.

The book is clean.  There is some kissing and the book could be considered a little creepy for younger readers.

This book was my April read for a challenge that I am undertaking to read some of the books sitting on my shelf that are not review books.