The overall feel:
Tremendous, tremendous story. It won’t be an exaggeration to say that it was a privilege to read this story of yours. I got goosebumps at many a places but none more than when I realized that many of our ancestors had to go something similar (or heck, exactly similar because of the exacting narrative of yours) some hundreds of years before.
I read this story some six days back but as I type the review I remember the exact story, as it is, such was the power of your story

Plot
Set in the early 1600's, the story makes the reader live the horrors of the witchcraft conspiracies and superstitions. May it be the “warped door” or the act of mending clothes or those metallic coins clinking in Sophia’s pocket, somehow I can see and hear it all.
The way the characters communicate also adds to the feel of the story. The words like “maman” instead of mamma or the character named Leblanc they all add credibility to the story (and I hereby rote this technique, i.e. to dig deeper in the times wherein the story is set, to add credence to my stories too :))

Characters
The mother as well as the daughter bring the story to life. The affection, though not showed explicitly, is something which can be felt because of the brilliant fill ins between the dialogues. Also, the gestures may it be of a shuddering girl or of a protective mother, are all brought out amazingly. Honestly speaking, I felt a small personal loss when Jeanne was about to be taken away as Sophia hid behind. Honest.

Dialogues
The most astonishing part of it all, at least for me, a person who is incapable of half of such brilliance. You know, the dialogues touched me, deep within, When you say Jeanne you are charged of witchcraft, I shudder. When Sophia buries her face into her mother’s clothes, my heart sighs and none of this is even half lie. In fact, when Sophia hides into the cupboard it is almost as if I am hiding there and I can see my mother facing the mob, unable to do anything.
Top notch.

Things I liked the most
The dialogues going on here were something from the other literary world than me. Phrases like “teeth worrying her bottom lip” made me realize how much effort goes into portraying what a character is doing. I could have at most said “with a quivering lip” but what you did was far beyond what I have seen. Lovely. Lot to learn.

The correction/ alternative suggestions
Yeah, teach me how to write:)

Score
I recuse myself from this task because 10/10 would be an understatement.
It was a pleasure reading the story. I will surely dive deep into other stuff of yours 
Thanks for sharing :)


My review has been submitted for consideration in "Good Deeds Get CASH!" .