'A rage-fuelled thunderbolt... but this punchy, painful novel is no sermon: Fagan cultivates the occult energy swirling around her themes, even as she explodes the myths that enables male violence'
* Daily Mail *
'Exceptional... I'm still reeling from it, it is devastating...the purest light attracts the most impenetrable darkness - that line just resonates and resonates... a stunning book, thank you for this'
* BBC Radio Scotland *
'This series has already produced two works of note and distinction. It raises the question - if a country cannot re-tell its history, will it be stuck forever in aspic and condemned to be nothing more than a shortbread tin illustration? Hex and Rizzio are showing the way towards a reckoning, and about time too'
-- Stuart Kelly * Scotland on Sunday *
'Hex, for a book about such trauma and agony, is a crisp, clear book... elegant and angry in equal measure'
* The Scotsman *
'Hex is a powerful, fictional retelling of the North Berwick witch trials from Jenni Fagan'
-- Lynsey May * The List *
'Fagan's writing is wild and exciting... [she] stirs up a powerful brew with her magical fable'
-- Dani Garavelli * Herald *
'One of the most stunning literary experiences I've had in years'
-- Irvine Welsh
'[an] exhilarating, humbling homage to Geillis Duncan'
-- Sam Baker
'[a] soulful, tender, powerfully moving retelling of the last days of Geillis Duncan'
-- Nick Barley, Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival and trustee of the Booker Prize Foundation
'Unsurprisingly brilliant, a feminist warcry from one century to another as we spend the night with a young woman about to be slowly hanged as a witch. Beautiful, moving writing'
-- Sarah Pinborough, Sunday Times #1 and New York Times Bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes
'A powerful and compelling short novel'
* Undiscovered Scotland *
'Hex is stunning, so powerful... Beautiful work!'
-- Salena Godden, author of Mrs Death Misses Death
'I devoured Hex and absolutely adored it. I mean, what a genuinely astonishing novel; gorgeous, heart-breaking'
* Waterstones, West End Edinburgh *
'the magical and the realism are always in perfect balance... Hex is both a timely and timeless publication'
-- Alistair Braidwood * The Skinny *
'A perfect encapsulation of everything I love about Jenni's work - brilliantly real characters, shot through with feminist anger, word choice to make you shiver, & that knack of taking the road least expected'
-- Kirstin Innes, author of Scabby Queen
'Powerfully conjures a meeting across the centuries between Geillis Duncan, a young girl on the night before her execution for witchcraft in 1591, and Iris, a contemporary witch'
-- Sally McDonald * Sunday Post *
'this book is magnificent. I cannot think of a voice, or imagination, like Jenni Fagan's'
-- Terri White (journalist and author)
'Really felt Jenni Fagan's anger coming off the page... brilliant'
* Waterstones Leicester *
'An 'i' Recommended Read'
* i'News *
'A fascinating and powerful book about the history and traumas of Scottish women'
* Mainstreet Trading *
'Stunning book. Read this in one sitting on a Sunday morning. It's 100 pages make such an impact. Sublime writing'
* GoodReads FIVE STAR REVIEW *
'This novel sent chills right through my bones'
* Lizzy's Literary Life, Blog *
'A poignant new perspective on Scotland's notorious North Berwick witch trials'
* Product Magazine *
'Hex is fantastic!'
-- Denise Mina
'Packs a mighty punch and has lots of important messages about misogyny, prejudice, abuse and inaction which was rife in the sixteenth century and still permeates modern lives'
* Linger Longer with Books *
'Hex is excellent and everyone should read it'
* Kamila Shamsie *
'Visceral, damning, shimmering with literal prowess and prose all under the heady guide of something much darker, this tremendous read shall stay with you forever'
-- Daniel Bassett, Waterstones Bookseller
'Small but mighty ... the mere fact that this tale is based on real events gives the story a powerful, disturbing authenticity'
* Scottish Field *