The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
"A gorgeous and thrilling paean to the ferocious power of women. The characters live, bleed, and roar. "Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling authorA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR Books Barnes and Noble BookPageIn the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in this powerful novel of magic, family, and the suffragette movement. In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the Eastwood sistersJames Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonnajoin the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women's movement into the witch's movement. Stalked by shadows and sickness, hunted by forces who will not suffer a witch to voteand perhaps not even to livethe sisters will need to delve into the oldest magics, draw new alliances, and heal the bond between them if they want to survive.There's no such thing as witches.
- Author- Alix E. Harrow
- Publisher- Orbit
- Publication Date- 09-28-2021
- Page Count- 544
- Hardcover
- Adult
- Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Dimension- 5.5 H x 8.2 W x 1.5 D
- ISBN-13- 9780316422017
Web ID: 13390900
Wow
This was my first time reading anything written by Alix E Harrow. All I can say is there was such emphasis on the character building that you really came to understand the actions of each character. I experienced every emotion throughout the main characters journeys. This book will totally be on a recommend list.
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Such a powerful book.
This makes me feel powerful all of a sudden. The empowerment of women in the story is thrilling which makes the story more catchy . This almost feel like a manifestation to me.
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Amazing
I absolutely loved this book. I would read it again, 100 times over. It was amazing from start to finish. I recommend to anyone who loves witchy things!
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I loved this book
This book was everything I wanted; angry, loving, full of magic and pain. It was incredible. I cried so much.
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The sincerest 5⭐s ever bestowed upon a book!
This book is so much more than a fantasy novel about Witches. It is about the strength it takes to right wrongs, the power of love and the price of battle. I cannot recommend this novel enough!
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It wasn’t great
It wasn’t great I kept on expecting for something to happen and it felt like nothing really happened to much that you didn’t already predict and stuff like that and way too long
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Three sisters, excellent characters!
This was an interesting read. The story is told from multiple povs. Each of the three sisters in this story have unique traits and represent the maiden, mother, and crone. This story had a vast amount of character growth. I loved the many different themes it touched on. At one point I felt as if there was a lull in the flow of the story but it picked up and moved quickly chapters later. Overall I enjoyed it and would easily recommend it to others.
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Beautiful dark not quite fairytale
Once and Future Witches is an absolutely brilliant book which will likely make this review sound rather repetitive. Imagine a world much like our own, where following the Salem Witch Trials the witches were burned, Salem was moved, and everyone went on with their lives. But magic was not extinguished, not all the witches were caught, and instead it went underground, into nursery rhymes and passing from one woman to another. In this world we meet three sisters, each with their own goals and relationships to magic and feelings about family. Because at its heart, this is a book about sisterly love and what can cause that to stretch and fray, and bring it back together. The slightly altered nursery rhymes are so good for setting a scene, it tells you that the world is mostly like ours, but not quite, and there's something magical about how they're used to introduce each chapter. For me the feeling of this book was definitely paramount over the plot, which is why it's been the focus of my review, but the story is engaging and weaves feminist commentary in an intersectional way throughout. There are differences of race, class, sexual orientation, and place of birth examined, through the lens of the suffragist movement, and each of the sisters gets involved in seeking power for her own reasons. Alix Harrow uses gorgeous prose throughout, but you almost don't notice it because it isn't beautiful for its own sake, but to serve the story. She's a master and I look forward to seeing what else she does. I'd recommend this to anybody looking for a different take on historical fantasy, a tale of sisters, a feminist reimagining of history, or really anybody, because it's that good.
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