When Mup notices strange things in the castle like the little ghost girl, pictures that make people sob uncontrollably when they get too close, and snow that seems to block magic powers, she is positive that her Mam (a powerful witch like her mother before her) will be able take it in her stride, but as the situation worsens, it looks as if Mup and her friend Crow will have to face the harm caused by centuries of hurt, anger and despair on their own. Mup’s grandmother had been the cruel and overbearing queen of Witches Borough and her castle still holds the pain and torment inflicted within its walls.

The book starts with Mup and her family moving from their house into her grandmothers’ castle in the magical realm of Witches Borough. If you haven’t read the first then it will take you around 80 pages before you really understand most of what is going on. Rowling but I consider that Kiernan’s Irish heritage plays more heavily in this series and makes it more like a Grimm Brothers story.īefore delving into the plot it is important that you understand that this is the second novel in a series, the first being Begone the Raggedy Witches and I would STRONGLY recommend that you read them in order as I did not and I think quite a bit of the magic was lost to me. A quote on the cover describes Kiernan as Ireland’s answer to J.K. The Wild Magic Trilogy is her first time writing for a middle-grade audience. The Little Grey Girl (The Wild Magic Trilogy, Book Two)Ĭeline Kiernan is an Irish author famous for her work The Moorehawke Trilogy.

Into the grey by celine kiernan