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House of Ivy & Sorrow | June 25, 2014

by Natalie Whipple (HarperTeen/ HarperCollins Publishers, April 2014)

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Josephine Hemlock has been living in two worlds. To most everyone in Willow’s End, she’s just another teenage girl who may or may not be dating the school’s hottest boy. But Jo is also a witch, living with her grandmother in an ivy-covered house. They are the last of the Hemlock line since a mysterious curse killed Jo’s mother years ago. When the curse returns, Jo must fight to keep her family alive, and her secret safe. But doing both may be impossible…

 

House of Ivy & Sorrow mixes gothic withcraft traditions with modern-day romance and humor. The tone and language seems to lean towards older Middle Grade rather than Young Adult, but it is still a fun, fulfilling read.

 


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