The sequel to Witch Child (a very good book, I recommend it).

From the blurb:

'As Witch Child ends, so Sorceress begins. Alison Ellman is still searching for information about the wonderful Mary Newbury. She has a diary and some scattered informaion from other people in Mary's life, but Mary has disappeared into the forests and Alison has no way of following her.

'But when she meets Agnes Herne, Alison meets the person who is going to tell her all about Mary's life after she leaves Beulah. Agnes is a descendant of Mary's and has a special skill, which allows her to be in touch with Mary in the spirit world.

'And Mary has a story to tell. A story of love and friendship, sadness and loss. A story that takes her across the New World in an epic search for a home. We fell under the spell of Mary in Witch Child and now at last we find out what happened to her after her ill-fated time in Beulah.

'Just as Mary's story has to be told to Agnes it has to be read by us for it is passionate, enthralling and utterly wonderful.'

A good book, but not as good as Witch Child. I saw what the author was trying to do with the historical endnotes section at the back of the book, but I found they were distracting and could either have been omitted or included within the text, or maybe even as proper footnotes (that's the academic within me!). A good story though, was pleased to find out what happened to Mary.

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Offered on the RABCK forum, now on its way to New Zealand. Hope it travels well and arrives safely.

Wow, what a surprise I got in the mail today, thanks so much:))

Wow, this is an awesome book, just loved it from start to finish!! Hadn't read the first one 'Witch Child' but it didn't really matter, thanks so much Fluffy-Owl:)

Have now added to a bookbox travelling NZ.

Taken from the Kiwi Bookbox.

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I didn't realise this was the sequel to another book until I started reading it, unfortunately. It did stand up reasonably well on its own, but it probably would have helped to have read the first book first. But despite that, it was an interesting depiction of a culture I knew little about.

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In the OBCZ.

Happy bookcrossing to the finder!

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I picked this up from the Library Bar and am planning on taking it to Bangkok with me to release in the wilds of Thailand :)
Am planning to read this one first (I picked up a few - thanks bookcrossers!) so it might end up in Sydney if I read fast! I will pick up some books while I'm away and drop them off at the Library bar when I'm back in Wellington next...