The Revels
- Stacey Thomas
- August 25, 2023
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- Perth, WA
The stage is set and the witch-hunt is about to begin…
‘I am no witch. I have not sold my soul to the devil for powers. What I am has never openly been whispered of, yet it is enough that people would hang for it.’
England, 1645.
After his half-brother dies, aspiring playwright Nicholas Pearce is apprenticed to Judge William Percival, an infamous former witch-hunter who is under pressure to resume his old profession.
In a country torn apart by civil war, with escalating tensions between Catholics and Protestants, Royalists and Roundheads, and rumours of witchcraft, Nicholas hides a secret: the dead sing. He hears their secrets, but will he find the courage to speak up to save innocent lives, even if it means putting himself in great danger?
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FIRST WORDS:
Death is a song. I've known its rhythm since birth, but still I flinch from it.
MY REVIEW:
not my cup of tea:
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
* Thanks to NetGalley and HQ Fiction for an eARC of this book. The following review is my honest reflection on the text provided. *
There’s something about The Revels that made me keep reading even though the writing style didn’t work for me. It’s such a fascinating take on the witch trials, and Thomas writes so well about the abuse suffered by witches and non-witches alike. But I had to reread so many sentences and go back full pages so many times to try to figure out what was going on in the plot - it took so much time and concentration just to keep the thread alive. There's a nugget of something in the narrative that I kept waiting to be developed, but I was left wanting and needing more than what I got.
The details change, yet the girl never does; she is either wanton or a mercenary whore, but never the victim.
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