I first read "Witch Child" and decided to check the sequel as well. While "Witch Cjild" was a real story told by the main girl, this one deals with her indian decendant who follows Mary's life after running from the village in visions for the author's book. So it's more straightforward and the characters are rather flat this time around. The one upside is seeing what happened after Mary left and the other characters. That's about the only good thing.