The Once and Future Witches
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But when the Eastwood sisters--James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna--join 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 vote-and perhaps not even to live-the 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. But there will be."
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Alix E. Harrow (Goodreads Author)
I finished this book yesterday, and I just had to digest what I read. This will be the perfect read for those who like witch stories, someone looking for a great Halloween read, and those who want women's rights stories. As far as I'm concerned, that is more of what this book is about. Women being treated as second class citizens and the fight for our rights.
The story is quite engaging in parts; a real page-turner. But then, at times, it devolved into an overly wordy page filler.
There are a couple of issues I had with this tale, and those are the usage of modern-day slang during the late 1800s and the fact that I didn't get enough back story. I was never able to figure out just what the sister's father did to them -was he also a witch, or was he a child abuser, pedophile. I felt like I missed some chapters or that I was just stupid for not understanding what was evident to everyone else that read this book.
*ARC supplied by the publisher and author. My thanks to both.
The story is quite engaging in parts; a real page-turner. But then, at times, it devolved into an overly wordy page filler.
There are a couple of issues I had with this tale, and those are the usage of modern-day slang during the late 1800s and the fact that I didn't get enough back story. I was never able to figure out just what the sister's father did to them -was he also a witch, or was he a child abuser, pedophile. I felt like I missed some chapters or that I was just stupid for not understanding what was evident to everyone else that read this book.
*ARC supplied by the publisher and author. My thanks to both.
SYNOPSIS: "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 sisters--James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna--join 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 vote-and perhaps not even to live-the 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. But there will be."
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