A review by youngbloodac
The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston

1.0

I was disappointed. The story had a good start. I think the editor should have helped the author a bit more by alerting her to the fact that Bess never acknowledges she has "special" powers. This failure to accept and defend her true calling made her connection to Gideon meaningless. He was trying to turn her magic, but Bess never acts like she has anything to turn. It made her magic less important. So when she carries on in life as her mother wanted, she is running away from evil rather than using her powers for good. She is quite stupid to miss the signs of Gideon in her later lives. What happened to Jack the Ripper? Are we to assume it was Gideon? I thought Roland would make a great twist. Elizabeth's relationship with Tegan is far fetched. For someone who has been so careful not to be discovered, she certainly blew off Tegan's sudden love interest. I think this story had legs, but a better editor would have helped the author tie the story together much more succinctly.