It is a mythology built on patriarchy and misogyny and which presumes a christian ontology, which when played straight is quite off-putting to me as a non-christian and feminist. I find witches, mages, wizards and so on to be pretty fun and compelling, generally, but this idea of the witch as imagined by christians - the demonic witch, really doesn't work for me as well. When I heard there was an adaptation of an Anne Rice witch series, I was excited. The setting is less interesting, being set in modern times, and there is no chemistry or compelling story between any of the romantic pairings.

But to compare the show with Interview with the Vampire, which is this one's sister show and which I really enjoyed, despite the many liberties taken there, I think perhaps the source material might be a bit at fault, at least for me. I haven't read Rice, and I hear some compelling characters might be missing here. I'm not sure whether this is better blamed wholly on the adaption or not. The acting is fine, and some of the characters are interesting - like the mother character, and the controlling grandmother, and the uncle has his moments, but by and large it is a dull story filled with dull characters. I hardly know how to break it down, because it is just so meh. And she won't rest until she can defy the evil powers that are still a threat to herself, Jean-Paul, and the ancient vine-witch legacy in the rolling hills of the Chanceaux Valley.I found this series really dull. To stay on and help the vines recover, she'll have to hide her true identity, along with her plans for revenge against whoever stole seven winters of her life. But Elena knows a hex when she sees one, and the vineyard is covered in them. Vigneron Jean-Paul Martel naively favors science over superstition, and he certainly doesn't endorse the locals' belief in witches. And the vineyard she was destined to inherit is now in the possession of a handsome stranger. Now, after breaking the spell that confined her to the shallows of a marshland and weakened her magic, Elena is struggling to return to her former life. Then the skill of divining harvests fell into ruin when sorcière Elena Boureanu was blindsided by a curse. For centuries, the vineyards at Château Renard have depended on the talent of their vine witches, whose spells help create the world-renowned wine of the Chanceaux Valley. A young witch emerges from a curse to find her world upended in this gripping fantasy of betrayal, vengeance, and self-discovery set in turn-of-the-century France.

The vine witch series