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A review by dlberglund
A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan
3.0
Beginning in 1821, the book traces the girls who become women with the power to do witchcraft, who have daughters very different from themselves who become women who come into their power and have daughters....
In 1821, Ursule, the powerful matriarch of a Romani family must protect her extended family from the witch hunters who pursue them in northern France. Each generation after fears losing the line of power, or of still being pursued. It seems there's never really a good time to be a witch.
The final woman featured was the most interesting to me, and the story is left open ended in a satisfying way.
I was most disappointed in the lack of trust between people. Mothers and daughters after Ursule had such different personalities and desires that they could never really work together. Their communication was always stilted, with too much unsaid. In those 6 generations, only two men were trusted with the information of who they really were, and only one of them can handle it. Some of this works in the story, but I think that some of it was a weakness in the writing.
In 1821, Ursule, the powerful matriarch of a Romani family must protect her extended family from the witch hunters who pursue them in northern France. Each generation after fears losing the line of power, or of still being pursued. It seems there's never really a good time to be a witch.
The final woman featured was the most interesting to me, and the story is left open ended in a satisfying way.
I was most disappointed in the lack of trust between people. Mothers and daughters after Ursule had such different personalities and desires that they could never really work together. Their communication was always stilted, with too much unsaid. In those 6 generations, only two men were trusted with the information of who they really were, and only one of them can handle it. Some of this works in the story, but I think that some of it was a weakness in the writing.