A Sorceress Comes to Call

This was an amazing book. My reason for calling it such is not because of the plot or the world building or anything else technical about the book. It's because it so perfectly described the inner working of an abused child. Cordelia, one of the two main characters, is a fourteen-year-old girl whose sorceress mother has a severe case of narcissistic personality disorder. Cordelia is just an appendage of Evangeline. She controls her through a spell of obedience and doesn't allow her to lock her bedroom door. Evangeline even causes Cordelia to hurt herself, with the classic lie, "It's going to hurt me more than it hurts you." While it makes for a difficult read, the emotions are real, and that makes this pseudo-regency fantasy that much more profound. This is a nominee for the 2024 Nebula. Unlike Kingfisher's 2023 Hugo winner, Nettle and Bone, "Sorceress" is a much more worthy nominee for either award. I place this just slightly below Someone You Can Build a Nest In for my choice for the Nebula.

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