This book started very slowly and it felt like the chapters were too long in the beginning. However, after hitting the middle point of the book, more of the accusations started occurring where the first half had been mostly setting the scene of the world in which these events were happening in. Once we got past that, and the whispers of ‘witch’ began, the book started picking up pace.
The ending of the book surprised me and made me feel odd (especially as one of the reviews on the cover mentions ‘haunting’ the reader) as I expected many people to have been killed or at least accused like Salem or Pendle trials, but only one person died and that was from sickness.
I did, however, like the bit at the end where the author goes to the modern town that he is writing his historical telling of twice. The first time he visits it is run down, but the second time it has sorted itself out and even manage to find the author the documents that helped him write the book in the first place.
Great book, though it feels slightly misleadingly promoted – though I know that will be the Publisher and not the Author’s doing. I am quite happy with how it ended though and it was a good conclusion to the story.
Imagination Mansion 