Dark Sisters by Kristi DeMeester
This book was very dark. It was well written and read quickly but the story to me was deeply upsetting. It was told from three different perspectives from three different time periods. The first was the 1700s and focused on a mother, Anne, and her daughter Florence. Anne is being threatened as a witch and needs to leave their town. She lies to convince her daughter to come with her and they settle in a new area with a tree that seems magical . All seems well until her daughter finds out the truth. The second was in the 1950s and focused on Mary a young mother. Mary wants more than being just a stay at home mother and the life that is laid out for her is not the one she wants. The third was the point of view of Camilla in 2007. She is raised in a strict home destined to just be a wife and mother.
In all three time periods the women had to be subservient to their men or risk catching a disease or possibly dying from a mysterious tree in the woods. I was often frustrated because I felt like the women could never get ahead and their lives were awful. I also didn't like everything that happened with the tree. I do think there is an audience for this book. If you love the horror genre you will probably like this book.
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