The Witch's Kind

I picked up The Witch's Kind because I loved A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan. But this book is a perfect example of how one style of writing can come very naturally to an author, but they struggle with others. A Secret History of Witches is written in third person. The atmosphere and characters are so well developed; the story almost lives in its own time. The Witch's Kind is written in first person, and it feels like it's written by a totally different author. It struggles to create a sense of place and time. Instead of setting the scene, the author drops words that date it like “party line”, and they are so out of place that it's jarring. It's just disjointed and doesn't flow well at all. Overall the writing feels forced and extremely distracting.