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The end ruined it for me

The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe

March 21, 2021 by Ellesfena 2 Comments

Series: The Physick Book. I read Book One (The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane) in 2009. What I remembered about this series prior to reading this book: I had gotten this series completely mixed up with the Deborah Harkness series, which was rather unfair to these books. While I didn’t love this, it’s certainly better than the All Souls trilogy. Because I had it mixed up with another series, it turned out I didn’t actually remember anything about the first book when I picked this […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: katherine howe, salem, the physick book of deliverance dane, witches

Ellesfena's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: katherine howe, salem, the physick book of deliverance dane, witches ·
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The witches deserved a better story

December 29, 2016 by yesknopemaybe 2 Comments

Is it just me or are mediocre books the hardest to review? This book was a perfectly fine way to spend a few evenings, but it didn’t leave a lasting impression. I guess based on the premise I expected it to be darker and more sinister. Instead, I got a bit of witch fluff. Connie Goodwin is a grad student at Harvard studying history. She’s especially interested in the Salem witch trials. Plot machinations make it so she has to go stay at her family’s […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: fantasy, Fiction, katherine howe, the physick book of deliverance dane, witches

yesknopemaybe's CBR8 Review No:64 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: fantasy, Fiction, katherine howe, the physick book of deliverance dane, witches ·
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