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The Near Witch

By: V. E. Schwab
Narrated by: Heather Wilds
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"The Near Witch" is only an old story told to frighten children.

If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely and always looking for company.

There are no strangers in the town of Near.

These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life.

But when an actual stranger, a boy who seems to fade like smoke, appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true.

The next night, the children of Near start disappearing from their beds, and the mysterious boy falls under suspicion.

As the hunt for the children intensifies, so does Lexi's need to know about the witch that just might be more than a bedtime story, about the wind that seems to speak through the walls at night, and about the history of this nameless boy.

Part fairy tale, part love story, Victoria Schwab's debut novel is entirely original yet achingly familiar: a song you heard long ago, a whisper carried by the wind, and a dream you won't soon forget.

This new edition of The Near Witch also included the in-universe short story "The Ash-Born Boy" and a never-before-seen introduction from V. E. Schwab.

©2019 V. E. Schwab (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Romance Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Magic Magic Users Witchcraft
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I'm sure the book is good (I wanted to buy it for a while) but unfortunately the narration was so weirdly rhythmic that I could not listen to more than half an hour before giving up.

could not listen through

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An ok but fairly tedious and predictable story, made almost unbearable by bizzarely poor narration.

Poor narration

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The narrator slowly killed me and it was a battle to finish it. It was as if you were listening to an emotionless robot. Such a shame when the book is very good.

Excellent book, emotionless robot for a narrator

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No description on any scene or location. Poor plot with all characters blending together as all flat as each other. Couldn't finish it.

Bad.

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the story was fine nothing memorable but the narrator was not for me i just had it on in the background while doing other things

the narrator was unbearable

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