The Age of Witches
I started this book thinking it was going to be a memoir type of book, but I was pleasantly wrong. The book begins with the hanging of Bridget Bishop in 1692. The story then jumps to 1890 with Harriet, a fifty-year old witch collecting herbs. She sees Annis, a seventeen-year old girl riding a large black stallion. The girl is a distant relative of hers and she is proud to see how she is grown into a young woman. Frances, Annis’ step-mother, wants her to marry and gain a title so that she can advance into New York society. Annis is only interested in her horses and creating a future creating a bloodline she can be proud of, but Frances has other plans for her. She forces Annis to go to England to find a suitable husband. There they meet James, Lord Rosefield.
The book is written in third person. Considering the size of the book, I thought it was a quick read. At times the story moved a bit slow, but I had to know what was going to happen next. The characters were developed so that the reader would love them or despise them. This was the first book by this author I have read but it certainly will not be the last.
