The POV switches help create an atmosphere of intrigue and suspense, since you don’t have the full picture of what is going on for a very long time. Then we have 2021 where her daughter Luna is all grown up and still searching for her missing mother and sisters after all those years… And on top of this, we have glimpses at the distant past with Patrick’s voice in the grimoire fragments.

We have 1998 where Liv and her children first visit the island as she is commissioned to paint the lighthouse. The story uses a multiple POV structure as well as different moments in time to tell the story. I would have loved to have an even stronger focus on the supernatural, but as it is I still found it to be satisfying. This was definitely what made this story a success for me and it’s without doubt one of its strongest features. Directly relating to the setting itself is the history and folklore woven into the plot, with the mention of the Scottish witch trials, mentions of the wildlings and the hint at the supernatural in general. The descriptions really make this setting come alive and I loved just how important the setting was throughout the story. The first thing that stands out is the setting on a remote Scottish island. And while the pace did turn out to be considerably slower than expected and it wasn’t as scary as I hoped it would be, as a whole this gothic thriller is still well worth your time. There was just something about the blurb of this story that spoke to me immediately… The Scottish setting, the hint at the supernatural/folklore with the wildlings, the history of witches on the island all elements that held a lot of promise of turning The Lighthouse Witches into a success. I loved my time with The Nesting last year, so deciding whether to read her newest gothic story The Lighthouse Witches was very easy indeed. *** A copy of this book was kindly provided to me by Netgalley and HarperCollins in exchange for an honest review.

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