Bewitching Season - A Charming Read

I'm really enjoying BEWITCHING SEASON and I thought I'd better stop and write a post now that I'm at the midway point.

This novel is drenched in the history of the times. Doyle's worldbuilding is excellent. As you read, you learn all about how a young woman is introduced to society, about the feathers she wears in her hair, the train of her gown, how to approach the queen and even more important, how to back away from the queen while wearing a gown with a long train.

Percy is the darker twin and it makes her an interesting point-of-view character. Except for occasional jumps to Ally's point of view, we remain locked solidly behind Percy's eyeballs. And Persephone has done something very naughty, indeed. Appropriately enough, her naughty deed is making her miserable.

A couple of new characters have turned up, including the plain and plump Sarah ("Sally") Louder, who made her debut with the twins, and whom Percy befriends, and two more young men, Frederick ("Freddy") Gilly and the Viscount Carharrick, whose first name is not yet given. And we mustn't forget Ally's younger sister, Lorelei ("Lorrie"), who is their own age. Ally's entire family either uses magic, or is familiar with it.

Percy and Pen are hampered in their quest to find Ally by their own position in society. Thanks for a magical spell, they know where Ally is being held, but they cannot go anywhere without an escort. Doyle does a great job showing that such highborn young women enjoy almost no freedom.

And drat it all, but they just cannot seem to be able to find a dependable lady's maid!