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Description of  Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles)

Secrets get harder to keep, and they start mounting when Father announces that the girls will have a new governess, Sister Elena. Maura and Tess are excited, and Maura especially forges a close relationship with the governess, who becomes her only friend outside her family. But Cate is sure there is something sinister about Sister Elena, and she's also understandably threatened about her position as eldest sister-mentor. Set against a backdrop of tea parties, crazy church sermons, and forbidden romance, BORN WICKED is solidly original and soundly conceived. The beginning of a trilogy, it presents the beginning of a mystery that readers will be eager to see solved, and the world Cate and her sisters inhabit is just familiar enough to be readable while also being fresh and fascinating. Much like CHIME or PROPHECY OF THE SISTERS, it should appeal to fans of historical fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction, as it incorporates elements from all. Unlike many other books with similar themes, it doesn't read as if it's beating feminist ideas to death or obviously inserting a 21st-century consciousness into a place where it doesn't belong. It might be a modern take on many elements of American history and literature, but the characterizations and settings don't feel misplaced or implausible. This should be a series well worth seeing all the way through.