The Witch’s Boy was a swing and a miss for me. This middle-grade fantasy had some interesting ideas, but they just weren’t well developed enough to cohere into a satisfying story. The whole book needed some major rewrites, and apparently it wasn’t even the author’s first novel. So, yeah – not reading anything from that author again. This book was a Christmas present from Gabby, who thought I might like it based on the plot description on the back. And it was a good pitch for a story, but just really lacking in follow-through.