The Honey Witch

Reading The Honey Witch is like dreaming in a fragrant sunlit garden while bees sing around you. It’s a gorgeous book, with a lovely cottagecore ambience and a heart-warming sapphic romance intertwined with unique magic that enchants the imagination. I was so charmed by this impressive debut – India HoltonThe Honey Witch will charm you with its setting and its love for all things natural - especially bees! This tale of a young witch dealing with a curse and a battle between dark magic and light, with her romance in the balance, is one all fans of witches and folk magic will love – Louisa Morgan, author of The Secret History of WitchesAs sweet and warm as honeyed tea. Shields’ debut deftly explores love, loss, and loneliness-and the joy of seeing magic in all things, however small. With charming characters and a lush setting, The Honey Witch will delight fans of cosy fantasy – Allison Saft, author of A FAR WILDER MAGICFor anyone who has ever known what the mundane world wants them to be isn’t possible or even desirable, The Honey Witch takes a luminous, divergent path – Willa Reece, author of WILDWOOD MAGICEnchanting, whimsical, and firmly rooted in finding yourself after loss, this novel will break your heart and then soothe it with magic honey. Pour yourself a cup of tea, drizzle in some local honey, and let this decadent book transport you – Breanne Randall, author of THE UNFORTUNATE SIDE EFFECTS OF HEARTBREAK AND MAGICShields has written a cosy confection of a book-full of whimsy, spice, and heart. The Honey Witch is an ode to love, and just how sweet it can be – Maiga Doocy, author of SORCERY AND SMALL MAGICSThe Honey Witch is a sweet feast, brimming with whimsy, magic, and tender longing… sugar-glazed and heart warming and thoroughly enjoyable – Rachel Gillig, author of ONE DARK WINDOWGorgeously lyrical and utterly addicting – Rebecca Thorne, author of Can’t Spell Treason Without TeaAs effervescent as a bottle of sparkling mead, The Honey Witch charms with every sentence. Shields writes with a fierce, uncynical honesty that will have you believing in soulmates, uncovering magic everywhere, and embracing your own wildness – S.T. Gibson, author of An Education in Malice

Sydney J. Shields (she/they) is a YA and Adult SFF Author represented by Mollie Glick at CAA, and she is a Bookish Content Creator with over 30,000 followers. Her debut novel, THE HONEY WITCH, will be published by Orbit Books (Hachette) in 2024. She is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Columbus State University, where she majored in Communication. Sydney lives in Georgia with her British partner and her dog, Olive (also known as Ponchdog).