A discussion about The Witch's Daughter

Fellow bookworm Rachel and I were emailing back and forth about the Witch's Daughter and I wanted to take some time and share our discussion with you to see if this can generate some more feedback. This one had a lot of you talking and I love it! So I don't want to cut it short because as much as I love reading books, I love talking about them almost as much.

Rachel: 

• I was far more interested in the history of Bess than the present. I didn't really care about Tegan, and I honestly was thinking she might be Gideon...hoping that it wouldn't be so simple. I thought the end was very anticlimatic and almost seemed like a set up for a sequel, which I HATE!! I would have rather read about the battle between Bess and Gideon than have it laid out by a vapid teen. I was not a fan of her the entire book. The real story was more about Bess's history, so I was pretty disappointed in the way it ended.
  
  Myself: 
• I agree I was far more interested in Bess's history. And I agree I thought Tegan was Gideon as well at first. And I did not like her story line. I felt it mundane and I was not a fan of her recapping the fight scene...and I expected the fight scene to be a little more climatic...I was very disappointed. I currently have the Winter Witch by her as well so we will see how this story line goes....
  
  (SIDE BAR: Look for a post this week about the Winter Witch)
  
  Rachel:

  • Is that a sequel?
    
    Myself:

    • No it's a totally different story line. Sounds more interesting honestly. I actually was not a fan of how dark she took this story. I don't mind with craft I was just uncomfortable with how crafty she took it.
      
      Rachel:

      • I thought it would go darker. It seems like past the initial talk of imps, there wasn't much else. She could have had Gideon using demons or something. For as evil as she wanted us to think he was, he didn't do much more than stalk...apart from the ripper stuff. The ripper and bian didn't seem like the same warlock, so I had a hard time with understanding how threatening he was supposed to be.
        
        Myself:Yeah it seemed stupid for him to stalk her for that long. Okay he loved her but not really he just was infatuated with her power and she was probably the first woman he ever let close so he was emotional connected to her...but to just stalk her when he was bored was kind of ridiculous. And if he was so powerful I think he could have just found her easily
        
        Rachel:
        • The Gideon/Bess relationship could have been developed more. I still don't know if she was actually interested in him or seduced by magic. I think the latter. His past is a complete mystery as well. I didn't get how he found her or how long it took or how long he waited. I'd rather have more of his story than the Tegan stuff.
          
          Myself:
          I agree.
          
          What do you all think? Care to share your thoughts?