The Witches of Cambridge: The charming novel of life-changing magic and friendship

by Menna Van Praag

The Cambridge University witches have been meeting for as long as the university has been around - over 900 years - they meet mainly to discuss books, though they do so on the roofs of the colleges and they drink hot chocolate while up there. The members are limited and selective, only those invited can join. In 2014 this includes Kat (a great spell-caster and professor of mathematics), George (a professor of Classics & all-round witch who seems to have no special skills), Amandine (retired French Literature professor and psychic, Kat's mother) and Noa (student of history - who sees people's secrets and can't help but say them).


Cosima, Kat's sister, is the chef/owner of Gustare, the best café in Cambridge, where they group meets every month. Cosima is also a witch and, when she begins casting spells to attract a mate (being desperate to conceive) everything starts to go wrong - she sets off a chain of events that turns each of the witches' worlds upside down.

• ISBN10: 0749019158
• ISBN13: 9780749019150
• Publish Date: 18 February 2016
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 19 February 2025
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Allison & Busby
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

The Witches of Cambridge are an unusual book discussion group, after all they're all witches, with different skills, only one of whom is male, all of whom have unusual gifts. The women are very varied and have different interests, skills and ages. All are looking for a future but they have to work for it.

The back cites Love Actually and P.S. I Love you for read-alikes and I would agree.