When I first picked this up, I thought to myself ‘here we go. If you are stubborn, determined and generally a little bit prickly, you will relate to her. Had I seen it on a bookstore shelf, I may have passed over it and I would have been making a grave mistake.Įlodie is honestly a fantastic protagonist. Thank you to Netgalley and Harper Collins Australia for providing me with an advanced reading copy of this amazing work. Has she made a mistake that could cost her? And who is Aleida really? The locals say her new employer Aleida is an evil witch, but Elodie is determined to give her a chance. Until the day her parents suddenly send her to work for a mysterious employer in a house she has never seen in a town she has never heard of. Although she is 16 and should be finding employment to help pay the bills, Elodie knows she will be forever tethered to a house where she feels unwelcome and not at all like she belongs. Since developing feelings for a local boy at the markets, she hasn’t been allowed to leave the farm or interact with anyone other than her family. Her father died when she was just a small child, forcing her mother into a relationship with a man who treats Elodie like a slave. Elodie lives a simple life with her mother, stepfather and multiple siblings.
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