The Avid Reader

I received a free copy of the book from the author for my honest opinion.

Sandrine Salome is having a rough time of it at the moment. She has just lost her father whom she loved very much and who loved her more than anything. All he ever wanted for her was for her to be happy and have a good life. He worked hard trying to make sure that she was safe and never lacked for anything. He even made sure she had a great husband or so he thought. But after losing her father Sandrine decides that it would probably be good time to leave town. Her husband has always been mean to her but she never told her father. She was too afraid and embarrassed to let him know what was going on in her life. So after Sandrine buried her father she takes off. She has nowhere to go but to her grandmother’s in France.

Sandrine never told her husband or anyone else about her grandmother so she knows that she will be safe in France with her. He can’t find her there if he doesn’t know about her. When she arrives in France she finds out that her grandmother is no longer living in her home that is a mansion. Her grandmother tells her that the house is dangerous and needs some repairs. But Sandrine doesn’t believe her and goes to the mansion to see for herself. Sandrine is drawn there by a witch that lived there a very long time ago. This witch just wants to be loved but she needs a human body to be able to find that love that is why she calls to Sandrine.

Sandrine loves her new life in France she has learned that she can paint and she loves it. She has also found herself a very nice man Julien Duplessi who loves her so, so very much that he would give his own life for hers if it was ever required of him. But he has a hard time of convincing her of this because of the person her husband is and the things that he is capable of doing.
Sandrine starts to change since leaving her husband in America and coming to Paris. Her whole demeanor has almost done a 260 degree turn. It is like she is becoming another person. Or that is what most folks are saying but Sandrine thinks they are nuts. Yes she knows that she has changed but she lost her father and left her husband so now she can be happy and feel safe as long as he doesn’t find out where she is. He probably doesn’t even care if she ever returns or not. Well unless he is one of those control freaks and then he will never stop looking for her no matter how long it takes to find her.

The Witch of Painted Sorrows was not quite like I thought or imagined it to be. At first I thought I wasn’t going to like it. But it didn’t take me long to get into it was I made the connection between the title and the story. Normally it doesn’t take me so long to put the two together. I guess I was having one of those off days or something. But once I put it together I didn’t want to put it down I wanted to keep reading. I didn’t want the story to end. I can’t wait to read more of the La Lune series. This is the first book that I have read by M.J. Rose but it won’t be the last or I hope not. I can’t wait to read more of La Lune’s stories. I can’t wait to see what she has up her sleeve in the next book. M.J. Rose has done an amazing job telling Sandrine and La Lune’s stories. She made me feel as if I was right there with Sandrine and La Lune. Like I was a spirit inside of Sandrine and La Lune myself watching them both play out their own little roles. I felt as if I had a front row seat watching everything that was going on in their world.

If you have not read The Witch of Painted Sorrow then I highly suggest that you pick up your copy today! It is a wonderful story about love with a little bit of magic thrown in. I know I loved it but I am sort of partial to witches though.