A review by chapita4
The Heretics Daughter by Kathleen Kent

4.0

As someone who grew up in New England and went to college in Salem MA, I was interested in reading this book. I have been to the "Witch Museum" and the historical grounds and had difficulty understanding how/why this happened. I thought it was well written and highlighted the perfect storm of politics, religion, family disagreements,illness, greed, jealousy and beliefs about the roles of women that fanned the flames of hysteria. It's another historical period of time where people stood by and watched those that were "different" be persecuted and killed. It's interesting that a people who left England because of a desire for religious freedom so quickly used religion to persecute and destroy. Good job of describing the "mean girls" mentality of young girls and women gaining power and authority by tearing each other down and a cautionary tale of being mindful of history.