Review: Witchmark

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Here is another from the Nebula finalist list, WITCHMARK by C.L. Polk. This novel brought a lot of things to mind, Sherlock Holmes, WWI period dramas, and not shockingly, BROADCHURCH.

Set in a secondary world that will remind many readers of pre-WWI England, noble families use their innate magical power to control their countries, down to the weather. One young man, a veteran who survived one war, re-invents himself to escape the oppressive influence of his family. Miles, who was rendered un...