A review by kittykornerlibrarian
The King's Witch by Tracy Borman

3.0

This is certainly an intriguing story, and I kind of regret that I can't finish it. I managed to get through the scene with the hanging, but when the main character, Frances, undergoes torture to determine whether she is a witch or not, well, I just didn't see the story getting any brighter from there. Watching innocent women be subjected to dishonest trials, tortured, and killed as witches wasn't something that made me want to keep reading. I found the writing to be occasionally overwrought and cliched; including such sentences as "Her blood ran cold." The overall story was creepy and atmospheric, but I just couldn't keep going. Less squeamish people may enjoy it more.