The only thing that brought down this book for me is the protagonist’s sister, Grace. And while it’s inspired by our world, it isn’t the same except renamed at all.
There are bicycles galore (even a bicycle chase scene!) and the beginnings of magic electricity. The setting is a very rough analogue of post-WWI England – a bit more advanced than most fantasy books. I’m still fairly new to romance, there’s a boatload of tropes that irritate me, but this was fine. The romantic subplot is adorable, slow-burn, and unobtrusive.
The second thing I’m a sucker for are stories that contain some aspect of healing and here it’s important both in the thematic sense (healing from war) and in the sense of Miles’ magic being essential to the plot. He reminded me a bit of Cazaril from The Curse of Chalion, and I’m a sucker for this type of character – people healing from their past experiences who remain compassionate and nevertheless try to do their best. Then, of course, things get complicated.įirst things first: I loved Miles. In a world where lower-class witches are persecuted and shut into asylums or enslaved, Miles only wants to lie low, be free, and work as a doctor in a run-down veterans’ hospital…until a mysterious stranger brings in a dying patient who knows who and what he is. The plot is one third murder mystery, one third romance, and one third historical fantasy, which makes for a lovely mix. It’s a charming, easy read, that hit precisely the right spot. Witchmark ended up being the book that finally got me out of my March reading slump.
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