Her mind has gone into what the book calls the Twisted Kingdom, a place where she sees beyond what normal people can see. Tersa is a trauma survivor, like many of the other characters in the book, but she’s dealt with it in different ways. The witch Tersa is the most powerful example of those with past traumas and mental illness being treated with respect and love. She deals beautifully with survivors, no matter what their pasts have done to them. Bishop takes characters who would normally be pushed to the side in a fantasy novel because of their pasts and doesn’t use trauma as a revenge motivator. Daemon, a man who has been sexually abused for centuries, uses his past to help the woman he loves through her own trauma. Lucivar (different spelling, but the same sort of character description with golden eyes and wings) is tortured, yet becomes a powerful leader, kind and willing to defend and love his family. As it turns out, she’s correct, and the people who live “normal” lives are the villains.
The young Jaenelle Angeliene’s family thinks she’s “crazy,” talking about an imaginary world of winged people, unicorns, and dragons.
The series also has an unusual way of dealing with trauma, using the horrific acts of the past as powerful motivators for good works in the future. Characters with names we know from religious stories - like Satan, Lucifer, and Daemon - are kind and just.
Tropes about power and gender are turned on their heads throughout. Their male counterparts with magic serve them. In Anne Bishop’s Black Jewels series, witches are powerful.
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