Candace G. (Ogre) reviewed on 5/3/2010 + 1568 more book reviews

This author has definitely done a lot of research about the customs and vocabulary of the period just around the French Revolution---a lot of research into witchcraft beliefs and folklore too. I confess that I couldn't finish the book, though, as the reporting of certain forms of torture such as sanctified by the Inquisition made me a bit sick to my stomach.

From back cover: Alone among the young girls taught by nuns at a convent school in nineteenth-century France, orphaned Herculine has neither wealth nor social connections. When she's accused of being a witch, the shy student is locked up with no hope of escape ... until her rescue by a real witch, the beautiful, mysterious Sebastiana. Swept away to the witch's manor, Herculine will enter a fantastic, erotic world to discover her true nature -- and her destiny -- in this breathtaking, darkly sensual first novel.

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