Brenna B. (demiducky25) reviewed on 12/22/2008 + 161 more book reviews

I really enjoyed this book and loved how the author created a very convincing image of an English village in the 1660s. It is evident that Brooks really did her research on many of the aspects of life in England in the 1660s. The village finds itself in the grips of the Plague and decides to quarantine itself to protect neighboring towns. This book showed how a mob mentality can take over and become a truly scary thing, how women with some medical knowledge (even just informal knowledge of herbs) could be seen as witches, and gave pretty graphic descriptions of what a Plague sufferer would have gone through. Anna was also a great character because she does have her flaws. The ending was the only thing that didn't seem to fit with the rest of the novel. It felt a bit forced and out of place with the rest of the book.

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