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Witchy Sisters Fighting for Women’s Rights

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

April 18, 2024 by Tracy Leave a Comment

This resonant novel is about sisterhood, both the familiar bonds and the ones forged with other women fighting for the same cause. It’s mostly about the three sisters of Juniper, Agnes, and Bella as they work towards the rights of women and witches in 1893. I loved all of these characters in different ways and for different reasons and felt that had each had a distinctive voice: Agnes is prickly and wary, Juniper is headstrong and willful, Bella is cautious and nerdy (I mean that […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: alix e harrow, historical fantasy, Witchy

Tracy's CBR16 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: alix e harrow, historical fantasy, Witchy ·
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Hair Power

Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries

November 24, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Witchy fells kind of familiar; there’s the adolescent with a secret who doesn’t quite fit into their magical world (Nyneve), the kind friend, the former antagonist turned maybe ally (or not) Prill, the seemingly grandfatherly leader of the magical world, the spooky granny figure who provides information and advice, etc. The concept of the magic system is interesting (power usually tied to hair length; more hair suggests stronger power, but too much hair, and the magical police come to execute you (witch burning)) and the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Ariel Slamet Ries, comic, Graphic Novel, magic, witches, Witchy

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:81 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Ariel Slamet Ries, comic, Graphic Novel, magic, witches, Witchy ·
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