The Once and Future Witches

The Once and Future Witches

Alix E. Harrow

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In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in Alix E. Harrow's powerful novel of magic 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 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. An homage to the indomitable power and persistence of women, The Once and Future Witches reimagines stories of revolution, sapphic love, motherhood, and women's suffrage--the lost ways are calling.


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    A resonant novel about the bonds of sisterhood, both familial and found, and what can be accomplished when women unite. I loved the relationship between the sisters and the distinct personalities they had, though the book is not without pain.

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    If someone could just point me the way to join “The Ladies Union of Giving the Bastards What’s Coming to Them” that would be great.

    I loved the nods to history, mythology, and fairytales. The sisterhood vibes were strong.

    Some good quotes:
    “Men really ought to try offers of fealty rather than flowers”
    “With the expression of a person who has suffered a religious revelation or a recent head injury”

    Overall: 4.5 I really enjoyed reading this, but it didn’t quite have the same spark as her first book that would push it up to that 5 star -I love everything about this- level (goodreads still gets a 5 tho)

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