A Secret History of Witches

Can I just say.... Wow. This book had me crying at the end which hasn't happened in a long time. This book is rife with family drama and tragedy and full of mothers' love for their children. (What a perfect time to read this around Mother's Day, eh?)

In all honesty, I was pleasantly surprised at how enthralled I was by the characters as I moved through the timeline of women in this family and what they went through. Each character was vastly different than the last, and it was amazing to see their timelines mesh together to create a story that sheds light on just how much of our families's pasts also inform our future without us ever really acknowledging it. I also love how this explores many different mother daughter relationships in just one family and how each relationship is drastically different from the last. It's a rollercoaster of emotions, not only for the characters, but for the reader.