Dark and exhausting!

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher   

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Cordelia is trapped in her mother’s world. Her mother is a sorceress . Cordelia moves to her mother’s whim. Evangeline takes over her body and Cordelia has no will of her own. Her obedience is required above all else. Sonya evident by Cordelia’s behavior in church.

When her mother decides to find a rich husband Cordelia discovers the truth of the horse she thought was her friend. Falada is her mother’s familiar. Cordelia is devastated. All those thoughts she’d murmured to her friend were immediately passed on to her mother. Cordelia has no secrets, no thoughts she owned.

Find a potential husband Evangeline does. However the Squire Samuel's sister Hester has her measure as a woman on the hunt (not that she knew Evangeline was sorceress) but she fully understands Evangeline is after Samuel. Then what become of Hester? Hester plans a house party to introduce Evangeline. She draws on her friends to help. Tragedy strikes and the situation becomes diabolical.

The story is charged with anguish. The search for how to stop Evangelina is brutal.

Cordelia fights for her freedom, but will she succeed?

An excellent fantasy novel, rich and suspenseful!

A Tor ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.