The Vine Witch

The Vine Witch, Book 1

De: Luanne G. Smith

Narrado por: Susannah Jones

A Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller.

"Cleverly crafted.... The Vine Witch is a grown-up fairy tale with a twisty-turn-y story line of magic, love, and betrayal that holds your attention.... Pure escapism." --Forbes

A young witch emerges from a curse to find her world upended in this gripping fantasy set in turn-of-the-century France.

For centuries, the vineyards at Château Renard have depended on the talent of their vine witches, whose spells help create the world-renowned wine of the Chanceaux Valley. Then the skill of divining harvests fell into ruin when sorcière Elena Boureanu was blindsided by a curse. Now, after breaking the spell that confined her to the shallows of a marshland and weakened her magic, Elena is struggling to return to her former life. And the vineyard she was destined to inherit is now in the possession of a handsome stranger.

Vigneron Jean-Paul Martel naively favors science over superstition, and he certainly doesn't endorse the locals' belief in witches. But Elena knows a hex when she sees one, and the vineyard is covered in them. To stay on and help the vines recover, she'll have to hide her true identity, along with her plans for revenge against whoever stole seven winters of her life. And she won't rest until she can defy the evil powers that are still a threat to herself, Jean-Paul, and the ancient vine-witch legacy in the rolling hills of the Chanceaux Valley.

©2019 Luanne G. Smith (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"The vineyards of the fictitious Chanceaux Valley play home to magic, romance, and mystery in Smith’s contemporary debut fantasy.... The specter of savage, early European witch hunts ups the stakes, mixing real history with folklore...this is an ambitious debut from a promising author." --Publishers Weekly

Pleasant light read but predictable

This was a pleasant read but was overall predictable and unoriginal. A bit like watching a European version of a “Charmed” episode. Someone not familiar with many witch stories may have enjoyed it more. I also didn’t find any of the characters particularly endearing, unfortunately. About 2 1/2 hours before it ended I really wanted it to wrap up.

Gasping narrator

The story is light and cute but I almost couldn’t listen because of the narrator. Her voice is nice but DEAR GOD her CONSTANT GASPING BREATHS!! I get narrators have to take breaths but I have never heard one that gasped at the end of every single sentence, again in the middle of most sentences, and yet again in random places. SO distracting. SO annoying. SO bad I can’t, with good conscious, recommend what would otherwise be a 5 star book. 😔

Cheers to a great book!

I loved this! the story was unusual and intriguing but I think I liked the rich descriptions just as much. The only issue with this book is how much you'll crave a good glass of wine after each reading!

Engaging and Suspenseful

Great story with immersive imagery. You could really picture the scenes and characters. Lots of great twists that had me staying up late to hear the end. The romance seemed a little forced; I wish there was more ‘meat’ to that part of the story. But a good read! I would recommend

Unusual And Interesring

the author takes an interesting and unusual approach toward a story about witches. Enjoyable and entertaining.

Not bad, but nothing spectacular

The performance was solid, but the story was predictable. The characters could've been better fleshed out, and the romance between the main characters seemed forced.

Easy listen

Sometimes I just like an easy entertaining listen. Something that makes me feel happy and relaxed and this book hit the spot.

Fun twist on a cozy mystery

While it definitely starts out slow and takes a minute to orient the reader into what's going on, it's a fun read! Plenty of mystery, even though the primary mystery isn't that hard to sleuth out for the reader, but not so much that you're bogged down in a million tiny details. The performance itself is also very good.

Not what I expected

This book had a lot of plot twists that I honestly wasn't expecting. I thought I knew where it was going...and then it wasn't going there haha. I really enjoyed this audio book and the performance was very nice.

engaging writing

love story not developed. mostly struggle with capture and torture. wasn't fun. ended too abruptly with not much of a win.