Beth C.
Written on Oct 1, 2017
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This was an impulse read - it was there, it sounded intriguing...so I tried it. As we all know, impulse reads can go drastically wrong or be very right. Luckily for me, this fell into the second category.
The book covers the history of a particular family of witches, beginning with their flight from Europe during the witch hunt, and ending several generations later. Each section is specifically related to the next witch down the line, which gave it the feel almost of one of those old Bibles with the family history written in. And as each girl came into her power, the book detailed the similarities and the differences in the struggles each faced, as well as how she chose to face those struggles.
The writing was quite lovely, and drew me in. Overall, it was a great impulse-read, and one that I have been recommending to people who come into Powell's looking for that next book club read.
The book covers the history of a particular family of witches, beginning with their flight from Europe during the witch hunt, and ending several generations later. Each section is specifically related to the next witch down the line, which gave it the feel almost of one of those old Bibles with the family history written in. And as each girl came into her power, the book detailed the similarities and the differences in the struggles each faced, as well as how she chose to face those struggles.
The writing was quite lovely, and drew me in. Overall, it was a great impulse-read, and one that I have been recommending to people who come into Powell's looking for that next book club read.