Jennie Jacques Instagram – New bookshelf 😂 🥮🥮 #bookreview * I read this after Thomas’s book #threadneedle & naturally compared the two; #thehedgewitch is not as a dark (or complex) as the other – which sort of set it on the back foot 🦶 for me. Perhaps a younger audience targeted? However, did I enjoy it? Yes! Thomas’s writing style just captivates me every time. Mystical. Magical. Right up my witchipoo street. A very easy read! Rowan Greenfinch, a teen witch (protagonist) is an extremely likeable “misfit.” We get whisked off to Wales with Rowan to stay with her crazy Aunt Winifred for the summer. Winifred is an eccentric Hedge witch 🧙‍♀️ dealing with plants 🌱 & roots galore – her new boyfriend (the aunt’s not Rowan’s!) is a fab forager & together they bake mushroom 🍄 pies 🥧 that make ya float high. It’s a fun cottage for the adults but Rowan’s mostly put to work by Winnie & craves friendship with peers her own age & a first kiss/summer romance; def a coming of age feel to it. Eventually, Rowan does make friends with the likes of Laila who sneaks around under the moonlight & introduces Rowan to a couple of lads in the village. I really liked the references to #stonehenge & want to visit one day! The witches live in the tiny town surrounded by the normal folk & should be mindful when (& how!) their magic is used; this is a tale about breaking rules, self discovery, acceptance & it’s glittered with magic 🪄 I just needed more of it tbh & perhaps a few more layers 🧅 💫