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The Silver Witch
by Paula Brackston
I enjoyed the sweet, timid yet strong, characterization of Tilda, who is healing from the tragic death of her husband a year before. The novel doesn't dwell on that loss, though, which is good, but rather uses it only as back story to give context to the story and perhaps explain motivations and actions. The plot unwinds in two timelines, bouncing between Tilda's modern story and Seren's tale from one thousand years before, both ladies living on the banks of a Welsh lake with its own water monster lore. Seren is a Celtic healer and seer in dangerous times of warfare and tribal politics. I sometimes struggle when reading books featuring multiple timelines, feeling the shift to be jarring, but I found this book to be full of seamless transitions. This book is full of detailed historical scenes, and also some fanciful plot elements.