by Jessi St. John
Series: The Last Death Witch #1
Community rating: 4.5/5 from 10 ratings.
Edith Ashton is the last of her kind. But the world thinks she’s dead.
1893 London. Witches live uneasily alongside humans after a treaty that stripped them of their immortality in exchange for living out in the open. In that aftermath, Death Witches were hunted down and eradicated.
All but one.
Edith Ashton hides in plain sight as an investigator with the First Council, solving murders with her unique magic. She can see a victim’s last moments of life. It’s a useful gift. A believable one. And it keeps her true power concealed.
But when a witch’s death exposes the disappearance of five others, she is pulled into a case that hits too close to home. The trail leads to the Sparrows - a long-dormant order that wiped out every death witch in England - including Edith’s family.
As the clock ticks down for the missing witches, Edith must choose between justice and survival. When a witch she is tasked to protect is abducted, hiding is no longer an option.
To stop them, Edith will have to unmask a magic she has spent decades burying.
And once the Sparrows know that a Death Witch still lives, they will finish what they started.
Welcome to The Weaver’s Loom: Where the gothic menace of Penny Dreadful meets the glittering ballrooms of Bridgerton’s London.
Genres: Historical Fantasy, Dark Fantasy
Tropes: Hidden Power Awakening, Dark Secrets, Kidnapping, Hidden Identity, Witches, Secrets and Revelations
ISBN: 9798996034505
376 pages
Published: 2026-06-01