This is one of those special children's books that I think will delight everyone who reads it; a really magical fourth book in the Widdershins sisters series.

Betty, Fliss and Charlie are living happily with their father and Granny when a plea for help from cousin Clarissa arrives. They can't resist an adventure and travel with Granny to the small, snowy town where she lives to help out. As soon as they arrive they learn of the story of a doomed love, a highwayman and missing treasure all set against the backdrop of a magical market and a winter storm.

The characters are excellent. They have grown so much through the books and in this story they really came together as a unit, building on each other's strengths and weaknesses to support and challenge each other. I loved the sibling relationship and how they worked together to find out what was really going on in the town.

The balance of magic and ghostly goings on was just right and would appeal to so many children - a must for every school library!

A new story for the Widdershin sisters is always worth getting excited about and I am pleased to report that this story is just as good as the others! This time the sisters travel to the snowy town of Wilderness to visit a relative. This town is haunted by the story of a highwayman and his lost love, but it soon turns out to be more than a story...Top marks for atmosphere, excitement and spookiness. Thank you Michelle Harrison. I hope you have more adventures planned.

I loved this series before but now I love it even more. I read this in 24 hours, over 280 pages in one go! Story telling at its finest, Michelle does it again. The Widdershins sisters are adorable, I always fall headfirst into their adventures and am now eagerly awaiting news of more. The 3rd book was a little dark but this has returned to the same ways as the first 2 in the series and is utterly fabulous.
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And the Widdershin sisters Fliss, Betty and Charlie are out on their fourth adventure in force.

It takes them into cold and wet places, a haunted hotel and many a mysterious ghost story.

It is entertaining, cosy and fast paced, even though it takes you to immensely cold and icy places a times. It holds mysteries galore that need solving and an evil that needs to be sorted and there is even a costume ball the sisters get to attend.

Loved it.

I received a copy of an eARC from the publisher via net galley in return for an honest review.

Another 5 stars absolutely loved this series. I have loved reading all 4 books in this series but this one was my favourite. I loved the adventure, the magic and the whole storyline. My favourite of all there sister has to be Charlie as she reminded me so much of my younger sister. I would definitely recommend reading this series. I have enjoyed reading Michelle Harrison book I am now planning on reading the thirteen treasures series next.

The fourth book in the Pinch of Magic universe is a wintry treat of a tale. The Widdershins sisters are back for a new adventure in the chillingly atmospheric and stunningly described Wilderness. Visiting an injured cousin, they are drawn into a ghost story reminiscent of Alfred Noyes' The Highwayman because as Betty remarks to her Granny "...trouble usually finds us".

With just the right amount of eerie creepiness and peril to keep middle-grade readers on the edge of their seat or begging for one more chapter, Michelle Harrison has done it again.

"One day, almost forty years after it had been stolen, the crystal ball sensed a new presence and it was an intriguing one...Three sisters with their own pinch of magic."

A Storm of Sister is the fourth adventure of the intrepid Widdershins sisters, adventurous Betty, gentle Fliss and brave Charlie, and this is every bit as magical and adventurous as their previous outings. After their father's cousin Clarissa breaks her ankle, the girls and Granny set off the remote town of Wilderness to help their grumpy relative. It is deepest winter and the town of Wilderness, covered in ice and snow, is preparing for their famous winter festival: the girls cannot wait to explore the market stalls selling snow globes, hot chocolate and all manner of wintery delights. Fliss is thrilled to hear there is also a masked ball at Echo Hall where the sisters will be staying. Mystery and ghostly goings on soon occur, as the girls learn a local legend of a highwayman, the ghost of his young love who haunts the hall and a stolen crystal ball at the bottom of the lake. The romantic tale has a dark side to it, however, as legend has it that if you see the ghost at a window of the Hall, it foretells the death of a loved one...

Michelle Harrison's Pinch of Magic series is one of my favourite middle grade series of all time and she continues to produce tales which thrill the reader. The imaginative landscapes and mythologies she creates for each story have made each book feel very different, but her cleverly drawn characters and mystery plot lines are consistent and I enjoy returning to the world of the Widdershins sisters each time. This tale is inspired by The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, a haunting poem that is still a firm favourite in primary schools. The place names are alluring and intriguing - Dead man's Curve, Echo Hall, Shivershock Lake and Chill Hill - providing readers with a fairy tale setting which is as enchanting to them as the wonderful characters. @melissacastrillon has produced yet another stunning cover which is complimented by sprayed edges if you get the Waterstone's exclusive edition (I have of course!).

A Storm of Sisters is published on the 3rd of February and I was thrilled to read an ARC courtesy of @netgalley and @simonkidsuk in exchange for my impartial review. I cannot recommend this entire series highly enough!

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster for the chance to review the fourth instalment of the pinch of magic series I have read them all and I can say that they get better on every instalment. This one was creepy and an amazing setting as we follow the Widdershins on a new adventure in colder climates I was on the edge of my seat as I read it with my heart in my mouth. This book has what we all have loved before the three sisters being their normal selves I would still give my life for Charlie she is far too cute. Magic because it will always be magical to the mysterious vibes. I did not see the reveal at the end coming I thought something else was going to happen but I loved it all the same.

If you love strong family bonds you will love this, if you love mystery you will love this. If you love adventure you will love this. The writing transports you into the world and you feel as if you are being welcomed back into the arms of granny, fliss, Betty and Charlie and I am a big fan of Bonbon.

Cannot wait if we are lucky to have another instalment I will be first in line to order and review.

I adored this installment if the Widdershins sisters adventures. Theyre such brilliant characters and this story was really interesting with some good twists I didn't see coming. Loved the ghost/mystery story vibe this one had.

Fabulous 5 stars

Michelle Harrison is so popular in our family that the entire weekend was cancelled to read the advance copy of this new book. Excitement around the Widdershins hits fever pitch and we do nothing but read and eat. Thankfully we had this over a stormy weekend so nothing spoiled. I can't decide if this is just as good as the other previous books or if it is even better. The consensus amongst the younger members of the family is that it was BRILLIANT . Even grumpy Grandad didn't move out of the room while we were reading. He tried to pretend that he was having a nap but the laughs have him away! Definitely one for all of the family.

A wonderful ghostly tale inspired by Tye Highwayman set in a snow-covered Wilderness with an unsolved mystery from the past.

I absolutely loved book 4 and enjoyed embarking on another adventure with the Widdershin sisters. Jumping jackdaws- the mystery shrouding the disappearance of Elora kept me reading to the very end without a break. Another marvellous book from M Harrison and I look forward to further adventures with the Widdershin family!

I have really enjoyed the previous books about the Widdershins sisters and this one did not disappoint.

Fliss, Betty and Charlie go with the granny to help look after their dad's cousin in the town of Willderness. It does not take them long to stumble upon a past mystery which still troubles the town.

Ghostly figures and a story of a secret love, can the sister find the truth?

I enjoyed the three chapter told from the perspective of the highwayman, his secret love and the fortune teller on which the mystery was based. It gave clues but very cleverly hidden.

The twist at the end with the highwayman was good and I did not see it coming.

A perfect read for a cold, frosty afternoon in winter! This is the fourth A Pinch of Magic adventure, and we follow the Widdershins sisters to the town of Wilderness up in the frozen North. Will they discover the truth behind the haunting of Echo Hall?

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster UK Children’s for the digital review copy.

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Sunday afternoon in winter, the fire is lit, you’re holding onto a hot mug of tea, fatigued by the freshest of wintery air..and it is time for a story…

The Widdershin Sisters - Felicity, Charlie and Betty having survived 3 incredible adventures with witches and curses, high towers and pirates, are now living in a quiet little village and to be honest Betty is a bit bored..until they receive a letter from Clarissa, who has broken her leg and they must all travel to Wilderness to help their relative. Staying in the nearby hall they become aware of strange noises, stories of a highwayman and his love who disappeared in a frozen lake..and then a fortune teller arrives…

I have been absolutely spellbound by each of these books and Storm of Sisters was no exception. For me the magic lies in the wonderful characters - teenage Felicity who is in love with love; Betty who always manages to find adventure and Charlie who won’t go anywhere without her rat and Granny. It lies in the incredible settings with their amazing names - ‘Dead Man’s Curve’, ‘Wilderness’, and ‘Elora’s Tears’. It lies in the amazing descriptions of icy scenery. And it lies in the wonder of the story. This has magic; a costume ball; a missing girl; a frozen lake; ghostly goings on…

Each book in this series has a very different feel and atmosphere - Book 3 was definitely the scariest for me - this one feels so different partly because it takes place in the depths of winter. There is a winter market with wonderful stalls, hot chocolate and iced drinks but with snow falling ‘ thick and fast..The danger was all around building like the snow inside.’ Chilling!

This is a story which can be enjoyed by adults and middle grade readers. Children will just love the magic elements, the scary bits and the wonderful childish humour such as the delight in being invisible and watching people pick their nose or scratching places that aren’t polite because they don’t know you are there.

So enjoyable! I hope that there will be a fifth!!

With thanks to Netgalley and Simon and Schuster UK for a digital copy of this wonderful book. My special edition is on order!

A fantastic ghostly tale of the echoes of love and highway robbery set in a snow-covered Wilderness and dark icy corridors haunted by the past.

Love, love, love this series, and this fourth book reaches the same high level of atmosphere and storytelling as the previous three. I love that all of these books contain stories within stories, it means that, as a reader, I'm not just getting two tales for the price of one, but that by having each setting tangled with some form of local lore, the places in the time of the Widdershins sisters are given a sense of history, and become much more vivid as a result.

Without overdoing it, Michelle Harrison conjurs up atmosphere so skilfully, I swear I felt a chill while reading this, absolutely love it! This fourth book doesn't have much in the way of character development, but now that this is the fourth adventure for the Widdershins sisters, it is great to see that they appreciate and use each others' strengths, while having independent agency, thoughts, and personalities of their own.

So pleased this lives up to the other three, and I'm amazed how the four books can feel so different, exploring shadowy legends from the misty, eerie, foreboding of Crowstone, to the cackly, witchy, creepy threat of Pendlewick, and now the ghostly chill of Wilderness, loved it!

When the Widdershin sisters go with their granny to help cousin, Clarissa, in the cold place of Wilderness, little did they think they'd get anything other than a spot of sightseeing and a few chores to do. Oh my, how wrong they were. Skating on thin ice is just the start, with haunted rooms, a lost treasure and crystal ball with a mind not to be found. Oh and there is far more going on than just that.

This series strengths are in the breadth and depth of the adventure, if you'll excuse the pun.

What I also love about these stories is the scene setting. Michelle's plots are woven intricately and seemlessly through, bring just the right sense of place, the right amount of spine tingling chills, and tons of adventure suspense and wholly loveable or boo-able characters. A storm of Sisters is no exceptions. The plot is deliciously tingly and as as elegant and natural as the paterns on a frosted pane.

To say I was immersed is an understatement. I curled up with this on the sofa wrapped up with a hot drink. Then transfered to bed with the cat and finished it this morning with a tear in my eye. That, for me reviewing a book, is a good thing. It means I was hooked, the ending surpassed my wildest hopes, and I just dont want to say goodbye to the characters.

Definitely a must read for any young reader. A modern classic for winter and a great excuse to stay in with a hot drink and enjoy a roaring fire.

I've loved this series since the start, and had been preordering all of them. So I was really excited to get an ARC of it!
Harrison did not dissappoint!
Another fantastic mystery for the girls to solve, set in the deep of winter. There are ghosts, love stories and mysteries abound.
I found it very hard to put this book down, as the story just gripped me the whole time. Harrison has an amazing way of describing the setting that makes it so vivid and real, if i hadn't been in a nice, warm room, i'd have been shivering away, imagining i was in the freezing cold along with the girls!
a brilliant addition to this series, and well worth a read. Could technically be read as a standalone, but it is better if you read the first 3 books in the series.

A Storm of Sisters - the 4th book in the Pinch of Magic series - was an excellent sequel and everything I expected and wanted from the next book about the Widdershin sisters. Full of magic, adventure, mystery and suspense, the book kept me guessing until the end. I can’t wait to recommend it to children in my class, who I know will love it as much as I did.

The Widdershin sister's hold a special place in my heart, and this fourth installment into their adventures cements this series as one of my all time favourite middle grade series.

Michelle Harrison takes us on a wintery, atmospheric adventure this time as the sisters travel to the town of Little Nipping to look after their cousin with Granny. It doesn't take long for the mysterious town to show some of its secrets to the girls, and it looks like Granny may be in danger.

I really love the sisterly bond between the Widdershins. It's not easy to create these relationships and make them feel genuine, but Harrison does it with ease and an obvious love for her characters. Granny, as always, is my favourite however. She's mischievous and cantankerous yet loves her girls fiercely. She's indomitable, and I love her for it.

I cannot wait to read the rest of this story when it releases in February.

I NEED MORE!
I love everything Michelle Harrison writes and the Widdershins sisters hold a place in my heart so it was wonderful to be back with them again. The way Harrison describes the snowy little town sounds idyllic, although as we find out, it may not all be what it seems. I could definitely imagine myself in the story, following the sisters on yet another adventure. I loved that their personalities are still as strong as ever and that they've settled into their new house and town only to be off on another adventure and I cannot wait to see where this one leads.

Thank you so much to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for this sample ARC in exchange for an honest review.