![]() ![]() If handled poorly, such a pose can seem to make light of the most notorious religious persecution in American history. ![]() It’s always disconcerting when a writer suggests that there were real witches in old Salem, where the executions of innocent men and women were, in fact, motivated by fear, jealousy and greed. We soon learn that three witches, the Beauchamps - a mother and two daughters - have been censured and forced to live here through several lifetimes as mortals for practicing their craft during the Salem witch trials of 1692. The Long Island town of North Hampton does not appear on any map because it’s shrouded in a mysterious fog that enables it to appear and disappear. No, this isn’t Updike, but it’s something we recognize: the classic setting for a magical and romantic page-turner. Add to that a small town, an old mansion deserted for years and two mysterious brothers whose arrival upsets the balance of quotidian seacoast living. The title of the first book in Melissa de la Cruz’s new series for adults brings to mind John Updike’s “ The Witches of Eastwick.” Indeed, the two books have several similarities, including three modern-day witches, each representing a female archetype: the earth mother, the repressed intellectual and the wild child. ![]()
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