The Barbed Witch

The Barbed Witch is an urban fantasy novel chronicling the life of Seppy Drake, who has the misfortune of being an orphaned, angst ridden, untrained, powerful witch.  Seppy's mother, Fiona, has secretly been suppressing Seppy's power. When Fiona unexpectedly dies, Seppy's powers are unleashed to horrifying consequences for herself and those around her. Witches who perform selfish or hurtful acts are magically punished with Barbs impaled into their skin. The local Circle of witches harshly deal with untrained witches who can't control their power, for it is believed that each Barb takes away a little of a witch's soul. Seppy soon spirals out of control. As the Circle closes in on Seppy, another Barb covered witch arrives in the city. Seppy finally thinks she has found another soul that can understand what she is going through. Or has she?