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The Witches of New York

By: Ami McKay
Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
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The year is 1880. Two hundred years after the trials in Salem, witches Adelaide Thom and Eleanor St Clair finally feel safe and have opened a tea shop in Manhattan, specialising in cures, palmistry and potions.

When an enchanting young woman called Beatrice joins the witches as an apprentice, she soon proves indispensable, but her new life is marred by strange occurrences. She sees things no one else can see. She hears voices no one else can hear. Objects appear out of thin air, as if gifts from the dead. Has she been touched by magic, or is she simply losing her mind?

Amidst the witches' tug-of-war over how best to nurture her gifts, Beatrice disappears - but was it by choice or by force? In the desperate search, the witches are confronted by spectres from their own pasts. In a time when women were corseted, confined and committed for merely speaking their minds, were any of them really safe?

©2016 Ami McKay (P)2017 Audible, Ltd Science Fiction Fiction Witchcraft Magic Users Feel-Good New York

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I bought this book on a whim but I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I will be looking for the next one by Ami McKay now.

Very enjoyable.

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This is not only a delightful and entertaining read, it is a must for any aspiring witch! The story does a wonderful job of incorporating real witchy doctrine in its story.

Brilliant and Delightful

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This book needed perseverance on my part to get into the story and the "feel" of the book. It is a book that needs the reader to be open minded about the supernatural otherwise you could find yourself not having any sympathy with the main characters, but luckily they are so well and gently portrayed that I don't think their being witches would be a problem to most people!

The story shows the best and worst of human nature, the way that even people who should know better can exploit those they care about, the way fanaticism pervades in all walks of life but also how people can care about each other in the face of perversity. It also tries to show how women , even in the 1880s, could be strong in time when they were supposed to be shadows of men.

All in all, not one of the most memorable books I've ever listened to or read, but quite pleasant if you persevere.

An easily listened to rather curious book!

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I enjoyed The Witches of New York in the end but it was very slow to start.

Good but slow start

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Great story and language, well written and loveable characters. Narrator a bit whiney and nasal at times which distracted an took you out of the story.

Def worth a listen!

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I enjoyed it, though was lost at certain points as the odd chapter is a different time to the rest of it (flashback of a character, or extract of an old book etc) though they aren’t signalled in anyway, so the voice artist reads them in the same way as the rest. It takes a minute to realise “oh! Flashback!”.

Other than that, nice story.

Might read better?

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The storyline is rather simplistic. There are a few side stories that seem to be developed for no reason and they don't really add to the main story. I guess it would have made sense if it was a series.

Having said that, I quite enjoyed the book.

Simplistic but pleasant

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After trying to listen to two previous audio books and failing miserably, I found this delightful book. The narrator was excellent and read the book in a way that kept you intrigued to hear more. I highly recommend it.

A very enjoyable book.

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Loved this book... Any fans of"the discovery of witches "will i believe be fans of this also!

Brilliant

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It’s definitely a book that takes its time to get anywhere and the first third was all set up before the beginning of the story which was another solid third of the book. The rest was the middle and end. It made the book immersive and you knew the world of the characters but it meant what was being set up in the beginning of the book (middle third) very condensed and in some cases dropped as the story developed. Get the feeling it’ll be a series and I would be interested in continuing; probably wouldn’t have picked up in a shop but listened to for a poscast

Nice and slow

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