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A review by mal_eficent
The King's Witch by Tracy Borman
3.0
I can’t really say much other than it was enjoyable, but not memorable, and not worth being a series.
Perhaps Borman did a lot of research into the period, perhaps not, but I was kind of left feeling like I was reading a few modern characters, and a few caricatures of important figures. And the characters the book focussed on didn’t really matter. Plot happened, and Gorges was kind of...there? I guess?
None of the actual events really involved her, and so there was a lot of being told what was going on by secondary characters. Even the plot events related to witch craft weren’t happening because of things she did and she wasn’t the one to resolve them.
That said, it felt like a campy period drama you’d find on CW, and it was fun. The book isn’t really here to be an important narrative on witch hunting or the politics of the time.
Perhaps Borman did a lot of research into the period, perhaps not, but I was kind of left feeling like I was reading a few modern characters, and a few caricatures of important figures. And the characters the book focussed on didn’t really matter. Plot happened, and Gorges was kind of...there? I guess?
None of the actual events really involved her, and so there was a lot of being told what was going on by secondary characters. Even the plot events related to witch craft weren’t happening because of things she did and she wasn’t the one to resolve them.
That said, it felt like a campy period drama you’d find on CW, and it was fun. The book isn’t really here to be an important narrative on witch hunting or the politics of the time.