Audiobook Review – The Lost Child of Lychford (Witches of Lychford, Book 2) by Paul Cornell, Narrated by Emma Newman (4/5 stars)

Reading Level: Adult
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Length: 3 hours and 16 minutes
Publisher:‎ Macmillan Audio
Release Date: May 22, 2018
ASIN: B07CT36T8H
Stand Alone or Series: 2nd book in the Witches of Luchford series
Source: Borrowed Audiobook from Library
Rating: 4/5 stars

“It’s December in the English village of Lychford – the first Christmas since an evil conglomerate tried to force open the borders between our world and…another.
Which means it’s Lizzie’s first Christmas as Reverend of St. Martin’s. Which means more stress, more expectation, more scrutiny by the congregation. Which means…well, business as usual, really.
Until the apparition of a small boy finds its way to Lizzie in the church. Is he a ghost? A vision? Something else? Whatever the truth, our trio of witches (they don’t approve of “coven”) are about to face their toughest battle yet! ”

Series Info/Source: This is the second book in the Witches of Lychford series. There are five novella length books in this series. I borrowed this on audiobook from the library.

Audiobook Quality (4/5): This audiobook was well read and I enjoyed the narration.

Thoughts: I liked this book a bit better than the first book in the series. We get to know the characters better, especially Judith and Lizzie. This was a creepy but well done Christmas mystery. There is still some ambiguity about why the town of Lychford attracts these strange occurrences which I still find confusing.

The premise here is that a strange ghost boy starts showing up at Lizzie’s church. Then things start getting really weird for our witchy trio as reality starts to veer off course.

I still feel like the world and characters are incomplete; more sketches than filled out. However, this book was better than the first book and I am enjoying watching these women navigate this strange little magical town.

My Summary (4/5): Overall I plan on continuing with the series, this is a decent listen and there aren’t a lot of novella length audiobooks available at my library. This is a quick and easy read with a nice little mystery, some strange reality twists, and some magic. I like the characters and the small town setting and want to see where things go for them.