3.5 stars. Not the worst read, but definitely not my favorite from Melissa Albert. A dual perspective, dual timeline witchy read whose construction worked against it for me. I loved the basis for the story and the historical timeline was what really caught my attention, but there just wasn't enough of it. The more modern storyline felt a little too underwhelming and I guess I just expected something different. The pacing can be a little slow, so that may also have caused me some issues as I like my reads to have a bit more of a clip unless they're a more literary style read. Definitely dark and I agree with the comparisions to The Craft as the female witchiness was really a great focus and well done. The writing was solid and the atmosphere came through really well, I was just underwhelmed.