An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating

Un guide de rencontre moderne pour une sorcière d'antan

by Edward, Cecilia

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About

Une comédie romantique hilarante sur les sorcières, pleine d'humour, de tendresse et d'une touche de magie – parfaite pour les fans de fantasy cosy qui aiment la romance saupoudrée d'un chaos de voyage dans le temps.

Thorn Scarhart a trente-neuf ans, c'est une sorcière puissante et désespérément malchanceuse en amour. Elle vit dans l'Angleterre du XVIIe siècle, où la marieuse locale a échoué, et même les philtres d'amour les plus puissants de Thorn n'ont pas suscité la moindre étincelle. Entre la disparition de sa sœur et la perte de sa mère, la romance est restée en bas de sa liste. Maintenant, avec les années derrière elle et aucune perspective d'avenir, elle commence à se demander si elle n'a pas complètement raté le coche.

Additional Info

Topics and Key Themes

Narrative Tropes

  • Fish Out of Water
  • Slow Burn
  • Best Friend's Brother/Sibling
  • Opposites Attract
  • Accidental Time Travel

Key Themes

  • Magic Can't Fix Loneliness — centuries of power couldn't fill the void that human connection finally does.
  • Self-Discovery Through Culture Shock — navigating dating apps and modern chaos rewrites who Thorn thought she was.
  • Love Found After Giving Up — Thorn stops searching and stumbles into the connection she'd stopped believing in.
  • Past Grief Delaying the Present — lost family anchored Thorn in sorrow long before the time travel ever did.
  • Old Rules, New Heart — a 17th-century mindset meets 21st-century romance, and neither survives unchanged.

Who is this book for?

Spice Level: 2 / 5: Mild

A gentle simmer — a few warm moments with minimal detail; the love story leads.

About the Author

Cecilia Edward is the pen name of Remy Lai, a celebrated Australian children's author and illustrator who has won the Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award and the SCBWI Sid Fleischman Award for Humor. Continuing to publish in the middle grade, YA, and graphic novel spaces, she is thrilled to make her adult fiction debut with An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating. Remy is based in Brisbane; you can find her on Instagram @ceciliaedwardbooks.