The Witchfinder’s Sister by Neth Underdown

5/5 Stars

This book is incredibly well written. I enjoyed reading it from start to finish (despite my atrocious reading time on it; I swear that’s not a reflection on this book at all, that’s a statement on 2020 as a whole).

This book has a theme of witch-hunting which sort of creeps up on you, but is no worse for the suspense. The characters are all interesting, they all have varied backgrounds and motivations and for together and into the storyline in ways that make this novel feel so well planned out that it’s no wonder it’s so well written.

This book definitely reminded me of The Familiars by Stacey Halls. Both are historical fiction books with main themes of witch hunts and persecution of so-called witches, as well as some emphasis on female relationships. But this book is head and tails about The Familiars in every regard. The storyline is better, the writing is better, the characters, everything.

So far Underdown hasn’t released anything else, but as soon as she does, I’ll probably pick it up before I even read the back.