Sequel to Witch Child.

Agnes Herne is a Native American attending college in Boston. After reading part of Mary Newbury's diary, Agnes thinks that Mary might be connected with her family. A story passed down through the generations about a white woman who had settled with the Mohawks shares many similarities with Mary's own words in the diary.

Agnes starts to have dreams about Mary that feel more real than her real life. She emails the researcher who found Mary's diary and then visits her aunt on the reservation to find out more about the family stories. Her aunt leads her into a vision quest where she has more visions of Mary's life.

Agnes experiences Mary's life through the visions--from her escape from the Puritans, to a brief but happy time with Jaybird and their children. Mary's reputation as a healer grows and the accusations of witchcraft continue to haunt her. She finally finds a home with the Mohawks and ends her life peacefully, a respected healer.

The historical notes at the end of the book leave readers with a feeling of authenticity. Sorceress is a beautifully told story peopled with well-developed characters. Readers get a glimpse of what life was like, for the settlers and the Native Americans, when white settlers first came to America.

A satisfying conclusion to Mary's story. ( )

An intriguing sequel to 'Witch Child'. The modern tale lacked some depth in places, but it was satisfying to get a conclusion to Mary's story. ( )

I didn't enjoy reading this mainly because the modern aspects detracted away from Mary's story. Not as well written as the first, it just seemed like a "nothing" book. ( )

I had a really hard time getting into this. Maybe it's because it's been too long since I read Witch Child, but I didn't connect with the main character Agnes. So after about 100 pages, I just read the parts that were continuing Mary's story from the first book, and I skipped the parts about Agnes. In the Agnes storyline, it seemed like the author just told how characters were feeling and what they were thinking instead of showing it in action and dialog. So I found those parts kind of boring. ( )

i was happy when i finished it. if it hadent been for my personal rule that i am to finish any book i start (only failed completely once, the rest im still trying) i wouldent have even finished it. it wasnt written well AT ALL. the only parts i enjoyed were when it was mery's point of view. the whole agnes and her aunt thing was rediculos. if they had kept to mery telling the story it would have been fine. i viewed the rest as unnecicary filler that needed to be delt w/ acordingly. all in all i thought it was a very bad book with some good potential. ( )