BOOKS.
So, I have a giant stack of books in my to-be-read pile. This is not a secret.
I also have a soft spot for alternate history. Dragons during the Napoleonic Wars? Yes please, give me more of that. A small, but modern, West Virginia coal-mining town is transported back to the Thirty Years War? I will grab that with both hands and devour it whole.
And thus I was intrigued by the idea of actual witchcraft being used during the American Revolution, which is explored in lavish detail in the handsome and talented ccfinlay's "Traitor to the Crown" trilogy. He was kind enough to send me a copy of the first book, "The Patriot Witch"--and I'm late to the party reading it, but I finally did.
And I was not disappointed. In fact, I ran right out and bought "A Spell for the Revolution," which I'm in the middle of right now.
The characters are well-drawn. He's got a fairly large cast here, and I'm not confused by who's who. The scary shit is scary--seriously, I'm never going to look at a scarecrow the same way again (thanks a lot, Charlie). I care about the characters and want to know what's going to happen to them. I'm really excited to see where he takes the story and how he weaves the witchcraft into the Revolution.
I highly recommend this to people who like their history just a little twisted. It gets the Kaylee "Shiny" Icon of Approval.
I also have a soft spot for alternate history. Dragons during the Napoleonic Wars? Yes please, give me more of that. A small, but modern, West Virginia coal-mining town is transported back to the Thirty Years War? I will grab that with both hands and devour it whole.
And thus I was intrigued by the idea of actual witchcraft being used during the American Revolution, which is explored in lavish detail in the handsome and talented ccfinlay's "Traitor to the Crown" trilogy. He was kind enough to send me a copy of the first book, "The Patriot Witch"--and I'm late to the party reading it, but I finally did.
And I was not disappointed. In fact, I ran right out and bought "A Spell for the Revolution," which I'm in the middle of right now.
The characters are well-drawn. He's got a fairly large cast here, and I'm not confused by who's who. The scary shit is scary--seriously, I'm never going to look at a scarecrow the same way again (thanks a lot, Charlie). I care about the characters and want to know what's going to happen to them. I'm really excited to see where he takes the story and how he weaves the witchcraft into the Revolution.
I highly recommend this to people who like their history just a little twisted. It gets the Kaylee "Shiny" Icon of Approval.