The Village Healer's Book of Cures by Jennifer Sherman Roberts is a wonderful debut.
The characters were so realistic and the settings was so compelling.
The story line was so interesting and very intriguing
A very well written historical fiction story. That has mystery and intrigue.
I was fascinated by this book.

I would like to thank NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for the opportunity to read this ahead of its publication date in return for my honest review.

I loved the elements of darkness and mystery in this book. It really kept me hooked and wanting to find out more. I'd definitely recommend it.

This is the story of Mary Fawcett, a woman gifted with the power of healing, who lives in a small English village in the 17th century. If you're like me, you know what the means. It was a fearful, dreadful time to be a woman alone, set apart, different. All it took was one angry neighbor to point a finger, and the dominoes would fall, and you could be tried for witchcraft.
This is the time Mary lives in, a widow, raising her little brother. Life is good, or as satisfying as it could be, until a terrible man shows up with evil in his eyes. A murdered rich man is dead. She seems to be a suspect, as well as her dearest friend Agnes, another wise woman.
Robert Sudbury seems to be looking out for her. He is a strange man who practices alchemy, something that seemed like witchcraft at the time. He is a scarred man, full of secrets.
Their is something strange happening in their town that seems way more sinister and evil than even the witchfinder and Mary and Robert must work together to solve the mystery that surrounds the dead body, strange symbols, dead animals and a slew of other oddities.
It's interesting, well written, and kept me engaged and invested obsessively in the outcome. So much so, I read it in a few hours. I would recommend it thoroughly!

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this advanced copy of the debut novel The Village Healer’s Book of Cures by Jennifer Sherman Roberts. Here is my honest review:
This is the perfect book for fans of Beth Underdown’s The Witchfinder’s Sister and Joanne Burn’s The Hemlock Cure. Roberts clear style, engaging prose, and page-turning plot makes experiencing life in a 17th century provincial village totally approachable. The inclusion, via epigraphs at the beginning of each chapter, is especially engaging. These bizarre and sometimes morbid “recipes” pretty much say it all about the susceptibility of folk to the influence of a witchfinder’s vindictive agenda. Roberts takes real facts, including the existence of the very same “witchfinder” from this book and The Witchfinder’s Sister, and rolls it into a great, inventive story.
Although not similar in content, I think the book’s tone and main character, Mary, will appeal to readers who loved Bonnie Garmus’s Lessons in Chemistry, with a very modern (as in 21st century) minded woman surrounded, for the most part, by archaic inclined individuals.
Four stars simply because I’m very tough to please.