The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Hardcover: 528 pages
What I read: Epub 495 pages
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.
Alix E.Harrow
I should have known you were a lady!
My brain autofunctioned and read the whole book thinking the author was male...Saints save me.
Ms./Mrs.Alix how much I owe you for the The best acknowledgements I've ever read! (You'll know when you read it)
Why I picked up a book featuring witches, cause I wanted something soo different from Harry Potter! And that is exactly what I got...
And this book might have the most highlights ever after the red queen series...
What makes "The Once and Future Witches" such a spectacular read?"There’s no such thing as witches, but there used to be."
The kind of opening that keeps me hooked...
"The wayward sisters, hand in hand, Burned and bound, our stolen crown, But what is lost, that can’t be found? Purpose unknown"
"Because survival is a selfish thing."
The kind of words that speak the harshest truth in just a few words.
"Lady bird, lady bird, fly away home .
A spell for flight, requiring rowan & starlight"
The kind of spells that reminds me of two other series. (Sarah J.Maas fans will know)
The more I think and write/type about it makes me love it more and more...
It took me almost 3 weeks to read it but that isn't exactly accurate as I was reading another three books at the same time! But am soo grateful to those other distractions that let me take my time with this work of art!
At sooo many points in the lives of the 3 Eastwood's, oops my bad 4 Eastwood's I seriously doubted they would make it to the end. I just couldn't imagine them living a less miserable life.
The author addresses and deals fiercely with every stereotype that surrounds witches. I couldn't help but wonder that if I ever tried to write such a book, it would end up on the dumpster faster than anybody could ever read the title...
"Mama Mags said that was horseshit, and that wickedness was like beauty: in the eye of the beholder. She said proper witching is just a conversation with that red heartbeat, which only ever takes three things: the will to listen to it, the words to speak with it, and the way to let it into the world. The will, the words, and the way."
The metaphors, The setting, The words, The writing style, The characters. Three bless and keep us! The PLOT TWISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!
The witch tale of the Three Wayward sisters in a world where witches were burnt and women oppressed. Every page holds such exorbitant amounts of wisdom that resorting to staring at the walls and ceilings wouldn't do it justice.
Nothing felt amiss in this book, absolutely nothing. How I thought that I wouldn't fall in love with this book I really don't know! In fact I was so surprised when I felt my eyes tearing at the part where Juniper dies. The ending was soooo peaceful for such a chaotic book.
I can't stop gushing over the book right now, I loved it, I loved it, I loved it!
This book was so exquisitely written I still can't believe that it didn't bore me, or maybe am really growing up...
A shocker that I discovered after reading the book was that the names and certain incidents were based on real events in history! Am soo excited for more from her and certainly will trust my gut (and goodreads of course) for my other reads!!!!
Am really learning that books are a lot lot better when I dive into them headfirst without any expectations. Maybe i'll reread this in another 10 years when am almost through the process of "growing up"
A must-read especially for those who have read her debut "The ten thousand doors of January"
"What is magic, anyway, if not a way when there is none?"
And books might be the best kind of magic that exist in reality...
i want this book
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