Only the Stars Know Her Name

Let me start off by saying I really enjoyed this. The storytelling was pretty smooth and I whipped through it in two days. That said, I have mixed feelings about this one. At first I was of the thought that if “real” magic didn't happen when these young women created the coven, I was going to be let down. So much of the novel is historically accurate, so I figured the magic would be missing. Not so.
But it's a different KIND of magic that the girls pull off. So different from what was described in the Salem witch trials. Then the story gets bogged down in morals, which I get, and there are times when Violet is just repeating her concerns over and over again. Violet is also headstrong and very independent in a time when I don't think that would have been something seen very often. I think the girls would be more fearful of society, higher powers and just general spookiness of the woods.
It's fiction, I get it. I just tend to hold historical fiction at a higher level.
Anyhoo, it's good read. I kind of wish it had a Wiccan seal of approval because toes are being dipped in pools concerning the magic, but I hope to be able to recommend this to the right reader.