Book: Sorceress by Celia Rees

Pages: 343 (Paperback)

What Did I Think? Sorceress is the sequel to Witch Child, and picks up where Witch Child left of…kind of.  Agnes, who is also known as Karonhisake (or Searching Sky), is a college student who reads Witch Child.  She thinks there might be a connection between herself and Mary Newbury; she thinks Mary might be one of her ancestors, a medicine woman whose personal belongings are treasured by her family.  Agnes contacts Alison, the person who edited Mary’s journal and published it.  It goes back and forth between the past (Mary’s story) and the present (with Agnes finding answers).

I didn’t like it as much as Witch Child.  While I was curious about what happened to Mary at the end of Witch Child, I didn’t particularly care for the two distinct storylines, even though they fit together rather well.  I didn’t like Agnes, and found her rather boring. 

I was also a little bored with Mary’s story after fleeing Beulah, although her first section (the 1st couple pages) were really interesting.  After that, though, it was hard to care about mary and what happened to her.  There was also little mention of her former life as the story continued, which does make sense, but you’d think that would be something that stayed with her.

My Rating: 1.5 out of 5.  I’m fine with Mary’s story as it was at the end of Witch Child, and hope her story would have been more interesting.