Let me start with another story; the third book in Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson series: Iron Crossed. While it’s faded now, since the series has moved on, the penultimate scene in this book involves the main character being mind controlled and violently, repeatedly raped. When confronted about the choice, Briggs said that the character was […]
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T.V. Review: Mayfair Witches Season 1 Episode 7- Trapped in a Memory
February 19, 2024Yeah…I watched it. I finished the season. And It honestly took me this long to digest it all. And I still haven’t figured out WTF the writers were trying to do. I know the book is slllloooooooowwww. I’ve praised the show for streamlining the material. But. But this is just a hard turn into Law […]
T.V. Review: Mayfair Witches- Episode 6- Transference
February 21, 2023**There will be spoilers for the show and the books.** And the show and the books take their huge split here. It was inevitable, given that The Witching Hour is a thousand page book and still ends on a cliffhanger where Lasher’s endgame is just then revealed. Again, how many authors could get away with […]
T.V. Review: Mayfair Witches- Episode 5- The Thrall
February 15, 2023**Spoilers ahead for both the books and the show.** Episode four left off with Carlotta revealing her true self by attempting to kill both Rowan and herself by lighting the first street house on fire, with Ciprien and Rowan being trapped in the house, and Ciprien stepping between Carlotta’s knife and Rowan. Episode five…well, it’s […]
T.V. Review: Mayfair Witches- Episode 4- Curiouser and Curiouser
February 7, 2023Spoilers! This episode opens with yet another flashback to Suzanne. This time we see the preacher of the time chiding Suzanne for mourning her mother’s death, then moments later see a tv-traditional witches circle of women dancing around an effigy and bonfire where Suzanne is freely allowed to scream and cry and mourn her loss. […]
T.V. Review: Mayfair Witches Episode 3 – Second Line
January 31, 2023As always, there will be spoilers. Second Line was a much easier watch after the emotional yank of the last scene of episode 2 where Deidre is killed. I’m feeling fairly neutral about the flashbacks to Scotland and Suzanne. In the books Suzanne is portrayed as very childlike, someone who had a gift and enjoyed […]
T.V. Review: Mayfair Witches Episode 2 The Dark Place
January 24, 2023Episode Two starts with a flash back to the first Mayfair witch, Suzanne, referred to in the books as a “naïve Scottish cunning woman” and portrayed similarly here. Suzanne in the books is barely touched on, and even the Talamasca’s own records begin after she’d been burnt at the stake as a witch. She was […]
T.V. Review: Mayfair Witches Episode 1: The Witching Hour
January 17, 2023((Why is this YA? Technically it’s not. But in all my experiences most people who dove into the Anne Rice depths started reading her books in their teens. In fact both The Witching Hour and Interview with the Vampire are deeply ingrained stories particularly to the LGBT+ community.)) ((Also, this will have spoilers for […]