River Witch by Cheryl Burman – Review by Maryn Belling

River Witch by Cheryl Burman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

River Witch by Cheryl Burman – Review by Maryn Belling

Once upon a time, in Big Magic Elizabeth Gilbert supposed that ideas pass from one author to another until someone allows them to be born through their writing. This book offers us an alternate solution: that the same ideas ride the wild hunt of human intellect and are born in multiple iterations for our evaluation and determination of preference.

River Witch is an interesting iteration of archetype. Hester pops into our collective consciousness at 8.

If you haven’t read Louisa Morgan’s A Secret History of Witches or Tracy Chevalier’s A Single Thread, this book might find a good space in your library. If you HAVE read those two books, caveat emptor. Especially if you’re a teacher, professor, or evaluator of nuances be sure your rubrics are safely ensconced in your briefcase before you start reading.

Younger readers or those who prefer to avoid triggers might be better served by The Remnant Chronicles by Mary E Pearson.

Trigger Warnings: domestic violence

River Witch, Cheryl Burman, Review, Itsy Bitsy Book Bits, Witch, Historical

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