Born Wicked - Jessica Spotswood

I have to say, 

the best part of Spring break

is the ability to just read.

Do nothing but read.

And reading is what I have been doing.

Born Wicked is the first in The Cahill Witch Chronicles.

I originally came across the book

when I joined

The Story Siren's

YA Debut Author Challenge. 

Born Wicked is set in a late 19th Century New England. 

But it has an alternate history.

Here, witches are still persecuted

and society is ruled by the fearsome Brotherhood.

Women are repressed,

forbidden to educate themselves

and forced into marriage

or into the Sisterhood.

Cate Cahill

and her sisters are witches.

Their mother has died

and made Cate promise to protect her sisters.

Cate fears magic.

She soon learns of a prophecy 

that involves she and her sisters.

She's also falling in love

(in a sad attempt at a love triangle).

Cate soon learns

that in order to protect her sisters

she must sacrifice her own happiness.