The Once and Future Witches

It took me a while to finish this one, not because it's boring, quite the contrary. There is plenty of action, and Harrow makes you care about her characters in such a way that the tension and set-backs are almost too much at times. As in her other novels, she knows how to dig in the themes of loss, anger and reconciliation. Her vivid prose drips metaphors much better than this one, and her use and reinterpretation of fairy tales and children rhymes is really interesting. A fun and terrific book!

Well crafted story and magic and women's rights. What's not to love?

(The rest of the review is super personal; I wonder if it has the same effect on others.) I was angry for and with the characters, not at them. Which was the point of the book, sure. But it was relentless. By the end of book I was exhausted. And I realized that I need that energy for issues in the real world; I need to save my anger energy these days.

This is not a soft book. This book tugs at the parts of me that survived abusive family, exboyfriends, cancer... That has lost jobs for speaking up against "those jokes".

I adored it. It's about the power women (and yes this book means ALL WOMEN) have when they come together against their oppressor.

I think I need to go read it again...