Review: Awesome Historical Novel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2013
This was a great book! I am so happy with how the author presented this story as so many times books based on any of the witch trials are poorly done and incorrectly researched. You can tell how much work went into the research of this book as it is very accurate and helps the story come alive perfectly.In this story we follow the “witch hunter” Matthew who feels that most women are vessels of the devil and out to plot against him. To defend himself against them and their wiles he has dedicated his life to getting rid of them and travels around the country into little towns and villages and conducts witch hunts to remove this scourge from the earth.In one of these little towns we find the lovely Pippa who is full of life, vivacious and independent. She is just trying to learn the spells and remedies of the women in her family while setting her sites on a handsome man that she fancies seeing herself with to build a home.When Matthew arrives in her town, she knows that there will be trouble and she is right. Matthew is hungry for blood and will stop at nothing to divide the town and rid it of those he deems dangerous. Pippa must fight for her life and hope that she will not become another of his victims that is helpless at proving her innocence.I couldn’t put this book down. I love historical novels and this is right up my alley. This author did a great job at bringing this time in history alive and I cannot wait to see what she does next.I received this book in exchange for my honest review which has been stated above.