'A glorious escape into a world where witchcraft has dwindled to a memory of women's magic, and three wild, sundered sisters hold the key to bring it back.A tale that will sweep you away.'―Yangsze Choo, New York Times bestselling author But there will be.Īn homage to the indomitable power and persistence of women, The Once and Future Witches reimagines stories of revolution, motherhood, and women's suffrage-the lost ways are calling. 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. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box.īut 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. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in this powerful novel of magic, family, and the suffragette movement.

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'―Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling authorĪ NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 2.5* overall.'A gorgeous and thrilling paean to the ferocious power of women.

It also felt a bit too much like it was trying so hard to be inclusive of everyone and everything that the story got lost somewhere in the middle. The pacing was very slow and the three sisters very one dimensional. Unfortunately, I just didn’t love this one. I really wanted to love this book, the cover is beautiful and after The Ten Thousand Doors of January ended up being one of my favourite books of 2019 it was highly anticipated. When James Juniper, Agnes Amarantha & Beatrice Belladonna, 3 sisters who lost each other, reunite and join the suffragettes they begin to discover the forgotten ways and how to bring the women’s movement and witch’s movement together. Now the best kind of witching you’ll see is that of cleaning or small spells to light candles.

There used to be in the dark old days but witching, true witching is a thing of the past. There’s no such thing as witches anymore. Three sisters reunited in New Salem 1893. Thank you to Little Brown Book Group UK for my paperback arc and to NetGalley, Little Brown & Alix E Harrow for my e-arc of The Once & Future Witches in exchange for an honest review.

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