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I apologise for how all over the place this is going to be as I remember details.
I think this was a single series, but I could be mashing 2 together. I know for sure it was a series with different books though.
I think the title was something like "the grimorie ofthe dark woods" but that doesnt sound right, at all.
What I can remember plotwise:
A girl (13-16) finds a grimoire, and discovers she's a witch that can control animals, shortly after her mother is hung for being a witch.
She got out of this fate by subconsciously commanding the magic hounds to ignore her.
Theres these woods near her village that like no one is allowed in. Big bad lives there.
Except hes not really bad? He was cursed by his friend, I think. But the woods are sworn to protect him so it attacks outsiders.
I think she tries to avenge him and starts fighting a monster?
He explains that to use magic, all witches must give up something. Emotions, looks, humanity. She chose memories and slowly forgets everything.
Her best friend joins the witch hunt, and she helps, cause now the witch hunt only looks for bad witches.
The hunt collectively skips over one girl and shes like "well that's weird, why do they all blindly trust her" come to find out that girl is a witch and enchanted them
I think theres a part where her and her brother (?) Takr a train, and shit is HAPPENING on this train. When they stop they go to some like hourglass place where time stops. And brother person signs his name on the door and some creep comes out from the shadows and is all like "well, the demons behind this door wants you now" and she says no take me, I'll come back later.
The dude finds her years later and says "the demons demand a soul." And she says "yes, but it will not be me" and uses her powers over creatures to lure the demons to take the man.
Aaaaalllll over the place.
EDIT: Found it! The series is "The Thickery" by J.A. White
Edited by Zee-Trayhorne