Book Review: The Memory Witch, by Heather Topham Wood

The Memory Witch

By Heather Topham Wood

Published December 2013 by Crescent Moon Press

About the Book (from Goodreads):

Ten years ago, Quinn Jacobs’ mother made a bargain with a local witch—steal away Quinn’s memories from the first eight years of her life and in return, Quinn would spend a year in servitude to the witch.

On Quinn’s eighteenth birthday, she’s forced to leave her home and friends behind. For the next year, she’ll live at the Chadwick House, learning everything she needs to know about being a spellcaster. As her powers grow, Quinn begins to unravel the secrets of the past and the reason her mother was so desperate to conceal the horrifying truth

MY TAKE:

In this New Adult tale of secrets and magic, Heather Topham Wood weaves a story that will both spellbind and repulse, but will certainly keep you reading through to the bitter end.

Something happened to Quinn when she was young. Something so bad that her mother bargained away a year of her daughter’s life to have a witch erase all of the memories.

When the witch arrives to collect on the debt, Quinn is plunged into a world she never knew existed. With the help of the witch's hot nephew Mason, Quinn navigates her way through her internship, and makes a deal with witch Stella to recover those missing memories.

Reader be warned, this story is at times very dark and Quinn's disturbing memories might be better served forgotten for good. The rest of the story was involving, interesting, and well worth the read.

About the Author:

Heather Topham Wood’s obsession with novels began in childhood while growing up in a shore town in New Jersey. Writing since her teens, she recently returned to penning novels after a successful career as a freelance writer. She’s the author of the paranormal romance Second Sight series and the standalone The Disappearing Girl .

Heather graduated from the College of New Jersey in 2005 and holds a bachelor's degree in English. Her freelance work has appeared in publications such as USA Today, Livestrong.com, Outlook by the Bay and Step in Style magazine. She resides in Trenton, New Jersey with her husband and two sons. Besides writing, Heather is a pop culture fanatic and has an obsession with supernatural novels and TV shows.