Witchstruck by Victoria Lamb
Release
Date: September
24, 2013
Publisher:
Harlequin
Teen
Format:
eBook
Pages: 320
Genre: Historical, Fantasy,
Paranormal
Series:
Tudor
Witch Trilogy #1
Sources:
Netgalley
Goodreads
Synopsis:
If she
sink, she be no witch and shall be drowned. If she float, she be a witch and
must be hanged.
Meg
Lytton has always known she is different; that she bears a dark and powerful
gift. But in 1554 England, in service at Woodstock Palace to the banished Tudor
princess Elizabeth, it has never been more dangerous to practice witchcraft.
Meg knows she must guard her secret carefully from the many suspicious eyes
watching over the princess and her companions. One wrong move could mean her life,
and the life of Elizabeth, rightful heir to the English throne. With
witchfinder Marcus Dent determined to have Meg's hand in marriage, and Meg's
own family conspiring against the English queen, there isn't a single person
Meg can trust. Certainly not the enigmatic young Spanish priest Alejandro de
Castillo, despite her undeniable feelings. But when all the world turns against
her, Meg must open her heart to a dangerous choice. The Secret Circle meets The
Other Boleyn Girl in Witchstruck, the first book of the magical Tudor Witch
trilogy.
My
Thoughts
Much
Suspected of me,
Nothing
proved can be:
Quoth
Elizabeth, prisoner
This is another story that I was very
excited to read. A princess stripped of her title and imprisoned, accused of
witchcraft. A young girl in service to the princess, who was also an apprentice
witch. A Spanish priest and his apprentice, sent to ensure the princess is
keeping to the catholic faith; the apprentice, the beautiful, strong,
protective Alejandro, who likes Meg, even though he is on the path to becoming
a priest. The greedy, lust-filled witch hunter who would have Meg for his wife.
History, greed, lust, witchcraft, and romance-what more could you want?
Victoria Lamb created some amazing
characters. I immediately fell in love with Meg and Elizabeth, waiting
anxiously for the princess to be released from her imprisonment. Marcus Dent,
the witchfinder, was a vile scary man and I was actually afraid for Meg,
cringing even at the mention of his name. Although, I was suspicious of Alejandro,
I soon liked him very much. But I felt like I spent most of the book waiting
for something to happen; waiting for Elizabeth to be either released or convicted;
waiting for Marcus Dent to find Meg or for Alejandro and Meg to get it
together.
While the story kept me guessing and I
did enjoy it, I really felt that it was missing something. I was on the edge of
my seat, holding my breath, waiting for something that never happened. I neared
the end of the book and thought Victoria better hurry up. Truthfully, some
things were kinda wrapped up neatly by the end of the book, but now I anxiously
await the sequel, Witchfall.
While I did feel that so much more could
have happened with this book, I still really did like it and would recommend it
to readers of history, paranormal, mystery and romance.
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