A review by wintergreyborn
The High Priest's Daughter by Katie Cross

3.0

I enjoyed this story for the most part, although I didn't think it was as good as previous books in the series. Also, the role of the "gypsies" in this and the previous book continues to annoy me. An unfair amount of expectations seem to be put on them compared to other civilians in the story and I don't think it was made very clear why. I think it also would have helped if the author had given them an actual name, instead of just calling them "the gypsies", a term that a lot of people consider very insulting. Aside from that, I didn't much like the author's idea of storing Miss Mable in the dungeon for a while and then throwing her back into the story to be the villain again. I thought it just made it feel like the plot was going in circles. Not sure about the sudden magical connection with the wood either, I'll see how that develops though I guess. Aside from those parts of the story, I still really liked it. It wasn't so bad that I no longer want to read the series. I still plan to read the next book.