Reviews

Las brujas del ayer y del mañana by Alix E. Harrow

mrssnips's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I LOVE Alix E. Harrow. This book absolutely wonderful, and I feel bad not giving it 5 stars, but compared to her other books, it was not quite as perfect. That being said, I thought this was such an interesting exploration of a family of sisters, their chosen family, and the challenges that women have faced for hundreds of years. 

These three sisters, so broken by the abuse of their father, all find their own ways to deal with it in adulthood, but finally come together to bring witching back to the world. The supporting cast of characters who come to help them are all interesting and well-written. I loved the theme of witchcraft being what bridges the gap between what a woman needs and what she has. Beautifully written, heart-breaking but also uplifting ending. 

danidsfavereads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.5

I chalk this up to possibly being a good book at the wrong time. But honestly there was so much going on I didn’t follow everything. This will not be a great review… but I think I kinda liked it?

whatiqreads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

emo_erudite's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

evie_susanek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

creativedreamer1022's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

carlossu's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

e_reader77's review against another edition

4.0

It took me a while; I read this book in the random pockets of time I had finishing last semester’s work and preparing for this semester’s. It’s builds a bit slowly, which lent itself well to my haphazard reading, weaving the three sisters’ story together but by Part III- hold onto your hats!

cmcmurry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

b00kh0arder's review against another edition

5.0

Alix E. Harrow's second novel is just as brilliant as her first. More character driven than her debut - all of them an interesting, flawed and fully rounded bunch, including the villain/antagonist(s) & several who you will change your opinion of several times (though, being an eldest sibling, book-lover and library assistant, I did have a soft spot for Bella) - and beautifully written, with a lot of relevant themes (and some world-building that makes for an interesting alternate history - for instance, there are quite a few famous historical figures mentioned, but they might not be the same gender you remember). The only things I'd mention - and I won't call them criticisms, because they're far too small and niggly for that - is that, early on, it is established that men can and do do magic, but later on a character asks how it is a man could work witchcraft, which did confuse me a tiny bit (unless men's magic and witchcraft are meant to be seperate & I failed to get that) and the other is the retellings: I could have read MORE of them! :D If you loved the Ten Thousand Doors of January, definitely check this one out too!
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for review.