Effectively all three women had to save the village from a threat and in the process gained access to magical senses – Lizzie is always careful not to name this a coven and supernatural stories then followed. For a long time Judith had been the sole wise woman/witch for the village responsible for handling any attempted incursions but in the first book (The Witches of Lychford) Judith ended crossing paths with Lizzie the new female vicar for the village and Lizzie’s old friend the more new age focused Autumn who has also recently returned to the village (who is also now quite conspicuous in a village as rare person of colour). There are fae and often in the books a more sinister unnamed threat that wants to tackle both worlds. The premise for the series is the English village of Lychford is a place that sits on borders between magical worlds. But Cornell is very good at showing us that the village even in the 21st century is still alive and often having to face the same challenges and battles that many of urban dwellers will recognise – people are always fundamentally people. Our view of villages even in the UK is that they’re just fossilised little settlements of farmers and cut off from all the urban issues we townspeople must deal with. Blogger’s note this series is ongoing and this review looks at the broader series and will mention some spoilers for the latest book

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