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The Vine Witch Kindle Edition

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“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.

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“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

“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. A great book to read while savoring a glass of wine…pure escapism.” —Forbes

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It starts with a toad. A slimy one, too, warts and all. But as you may have guessed, with witches involved, this toad just happens to be enchanted. This toad, in fact, is the witch—and now that she’s free, she’s out for revenge against whoever has cursed her.

Elena Boureanu, former toad, is a vine witch. Her magic is responsible for creating some of the best wine of the age, and her legacy is all but ruined when she finally returns home. The vineyard’s new owner may be handsome, but he’s a city man of science who knows nothing about the valley’s vine witch tradition. And on top of that, Elena can clearly detect dark magic surrounding the estate. She knows her own curse must be connected to the hex on the fields, and she vows to put her world back into balance.

Elena’s story of redemption may be fantasy, but it feels real enough to touch. Reading this novel is like falling into an Instagram picture—atmospheric, and surrounded by the smells and tastes of the natural world. I hope you’ll fall with me.

- Adrienne Procaccini, Editor

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07L2VDHXT
Publisher ‏ : ‎ 47North (October 1, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3697 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 269 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1542008387
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Best Sellers Rank: #466 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #3 in Folklore (Kindle Store)
- #5 in Fairy Tales (Kindle Store)
- #6 in Historical Fantasy (Kindle Store)

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Luanne G. Smith is the bestselling author of The Vine Witch trilogy and The Raven Spell, the first book in a new gothic witch series set in Victorian London. She's is lucky enough to live in Colorado at the base of the beautiful Rocky Mountains, where she enjoys reading, gardening, hiking, a glass of wine at the end of the day, and finding the magic in everyday life.

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Hooray for a complete story

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2019

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Nicely written, this book grabbed me from the beginning. The World Building was great, and the characters were appealing. I read it straight through to the satisfying ending. And although I see that there is a Book 2, this book did have an ending. I've almost forgotten what that was like.

The whole idea of various different types of witches, including Vine Witches, was intriguing. Yes, there were other Supernaturals included, but the Vine (Wine) witches were the focus. The story starred a strong Heroine, who didn't need a man to rescue her. In fact, she ended up doing some rescuing. The murder mystery was entertaining, and the story had an interesting twist towards the end.

If you like Fantasy--this one is a quick, entertaining read.

497 people found this helpful

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Magic in the air!

Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2019

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Considering this is the authors debut novel it is absolute
M A G I C!!!! WE start in the swamp of all places. Slightly confusing at first until we realize it's the inner monologue of a toad of all things. Confusing, until we learn she's actually a woman that's been trapped in toad form for seven years by someone unknown. We're introduced to a magical landscape in more ways than one. The French countryside full of vineyards and dazzling wines brought to their peak perfection through the age old courtesy and love of vine witches. What happens when one such witch comes home from her seven year curse to find all she knew had changed? Can she find her footing when both her home, and love are no longer hers? When she's not certain who cursed both her and the vines she loves so very much. Her magical tale will weave its way into your heart and beg to hear more! This is one author I can't wait to see more from. Brava 💖💖💖💖

323 people found this helpful

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Klapaucjusz

Charming fairy tale for all ages

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2019

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After spending seven years as a toad Elena, the young witch, finally breaks her curse and returns to the vineyard that used to be her home only to find it to be in a total decline. A mortal man unaccustomed to magic is now the owner and the old enemy wants to buy it for himself. The vineyard needs good magic to get rid of bad spells put on it and to produce great wine again. Can Elena do it?

I found the idea of vine witches taking care of vineyards very refreshing. The rest of the world building with villagers accepting different kinds of witches and their magic (rather than prosecuting them) was also quite appealing. Plot has some magic, some suspense and some romance in it. There is very little of real drastic graphic cruelty in it but be prepared for some killings, bad witches and vicious demons. And , as a cherry on the top, there is also a surprising ending
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I recommend this book to everyone who likes reading fairy tales. It is a perfect escapist book with likable and not over complicated characters and interesting magic world. Great debut.

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Annette G.

maybe a 3.5 star book

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2019

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This was a nice story, with the beautiful background setting of a vineyard. But the beginning is strange, with the toad etc., and it took a little bit to get into the storyline. It took me even longer to figure out that the story doesn't play in the present but maybe a century ago...

The characters are easy to picture and are well described. Unfortunately, Elena is turning into a very selfish main character and that takes away from the story.

The ending feels rushed and could have been worked out better. Some revelations are more surprising than others.

One thing that really bugs me is if an author uses words from another language, but doesn't bother to have a native speaker spell-check. Hint, hint: in German, nouns are capitalized, no matter where in the sentence structure they are. Bierhexe, Quatsch….

165 people found this helpful

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Carol Reed

Enjoyable reading

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2019

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I enjoyed reading this book. Good mix of likeable characters and a plot that held my interest. I would recommend it and hope the author continues writing. The reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is French errors. Please correct them and if you are going to use French in the future, consider a proof-reader who knows the language. Errors: should be foie gras, not fois; Moulin à, not â (accents matter); ma, not mon petite; étrangère, which is feminine, not étranger, which is masculine; and in Ch. 25 vin, not vine. Please and thank you for correcting the Kindle edition.

139 people found this helpful

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The wine was corked; I could not finish the book

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2019

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This was a free book through Amazon First Reads program. I loved the idea of witches who take care of vineyards using their knowledge of plants and the earth along with some magic. I enjoy reading about witches and I love me some wine! In this case, these two things did not pair well together.

The novel had a clever start with young witch Elena emerging from the swamp. She is the victim of a curse and has been turned into a toad. Luckily she is able to turn herself back into her witchy form though her magic is weakened. She suspects that the man who she refused to marry is behind the curse. She returns to her vineyard and finds that her grandmother is now the cook and caretaker. She sold to a man named Jean-Paul who prefers to grow grapes and make wine using science. He is failing dismally. Elena realizes there are hexes on the vineyard. This is where I stopped because I could see the middle and ending a mile away. I then skimmed the last three chapters to check my predictions. I must be a witch too! Elena battles the hexes, hunts down the person who cursed her (not who she suspected), and J-P and Elena work together and begin to fall in love.

I could perhaps have tolerated the predictable story but the writing was that of an amateur. Other than the content, it read more like a book for middle grade students. I realize this was the author’s debut work, but in my opinion this needed a lot of polishing and reworking. I want to be challenged when I read and this book did not work for me. It is very rare for me not to finish a book, but I happily quit this one and I won’t look back. To end with a wine analogy: The Vine Witch is like Arbor Mist and I prefer a nice bottle of Intrinsic Cabernet Sauvignon.

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Ms Jacqueline P Cain

Good concept; poor execution

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2019

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I finished this book only because it was an Amazon First Reads and I felt under an obligation to finish it after having downloaded it. I thought it was an interesting concept but the story bored me so much so that I took a break in the middle and read something else!

A lot of the story is told from the point of view of the main character, Elena, and I just didn't believe in her. It possibly didn't help that there is a lot of telling and quite a lot of repetition. Even where there is an idea for a scene that could have been dramatised for us, showing us the point the author wanted to make about Elena's mentor, it is simply told to us - in the past, as if the author suddenly remembered she wanted to Elena to draw on that evidence so had to add the scene in.

There is almost no sense of place nor time. The vineyard owner looks through his "Boddington's catalog (sic)" and neither I nor Wikipedia has any idea what that is or was - Boddington's is a beer in the UK and might well have been a catalogue in the USA but it doesn't sound like it would be used in France. There is a reference to the flight of Bleriot, which took place in 1909, and to French suffragette women whose organisation was founded in the same year, so I guess it is then but it didn't feel like that era. One of the key women's dress is described and, again, that gave some sense of the time period but it stood out to me as one incident in a desert.

The author chose to use very little French, which I think is a good idea. The French she did use was wrong: "mon petite" in chapter 9 and "etranger" (addressed to Elena) in chapter 12. These are little niggles in one sense but they distracted me and dislodged me from the terroir of the book, as it were. Ironic, given the subject matter.

As I said, there was a good concept in the story but the execution didn't do it justice.

41 people found this helpful

Aspidistra

Chocolat with wine and witches

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2019

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Vine Witch Elena has just spent 7 years as a toad and has vengeance in her heart when she unexpectedly regains her human form. She also has to deal with the fact that her home, a once revered vineyard is now a disease infested mess with a rookie new owner. A handsome, charming, rookie new owner... Of course he allows Elena to move back in as she sets about undoing the wrongs done to her.

This is a readable fairytale with a decent set of characters, and kept me engaged for an hour or two. I liked the no-nonsense Elena who doesn't allow herself to be carried away by a pretty face.

However, I feel it was a mistake setting it in France. No real French flavour comes through and most of the detail seemed borrowed from other novels. It became particularly jarring when the magical law enforcement turns up, which was straight out of Harry Potter. On the whole, the plot doesn't bear up to close scrutiny so it's best just to go with it as the likeable, lightweight bit of mindfluff that it is.

40 people found this helpful

Elwe

So that's the secret!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 1, 2019

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Wonderful story with a wonderful subject, followed through with conviction and elegance. Recommended as a new take on the arts of life.

23 people found this helpful

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Great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2019

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I got this book early on prime . I got this book because I thought a story about a witch would be interesting .I got book on the 1st Sep and today 2Sep I finished it .wow loved how it was wrote and loved the people .it was more then I expected .I was guessing a head of the story but it kept me thinking what's going to happen next . I hope there is more to come as I am hooked x

18 people found this helpful

Limousinlass.

A Good Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2019

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It was different, made a nice change. All in all an enjoyable read. I will certainly take note of this new to me author.

19 people found this helpful