There were certain aspects of this narrative that I really enjoyed, but overall I found it to be a bit generic in terms of a New England witchcraft story. It tells the tale of Mary Newbury, a 14 year girl forced to flee to America in 1659 when her grandmother is hanged for witchcraft. Told through journal entries, we follow Mary as she sets sail and the narrative is split into the different journeys she undertakes. I thought that this was a clever way to structure the narrative and I enjoyed the diary entries overall, although there were times when certain passages through me out of the story a bit, as I questioned how they had come to be recorded. The community described is what you would come to expect from a settlers village, with a variety of different families ranging in piety and usefulness. I thought the interaction with Native peoples was interesting, but cursory and could have been developed in more depth. Similarly, I found the last act of the book to be very similar in nature to many other witch trial narratives, in that we have a group of girls exhibiting signs of possession. Consequently, although I did enjoy the narrative, I don't think it did anything particularly interesting or different. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review.