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The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

33 reviews

thresholdgirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Body horror, Pregnancy, and Suicide

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Sexism

Minor: Alcoholism and Confinement

a_dara_ble's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-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

5.0

It was so good I didn't even really notice how long of a book it was. If you want strong female characters that are all equally great and different, while also being extremely flawed, often wrong, and sometimes unbelievably (and rightly) angry, this is the book for you.
It's been weeks and I still think about this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexual content, and Torture

wrensreadingroom's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Cursing, Misogyny, Slavery, Abortion, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Torture, and Blood

kitausu's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

A little slow at the beginning, but overall amazing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent

Moderate: Transphobia, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

theworldof11's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Animal cruelty, Torture, Sexism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, and Police brutality

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Racism, Outing, Alcohol, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism

annacochran's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious slow-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

5.0

starting off 2022 with a 5 star read, its going to be a good year in books i can feel it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Genocide, Religious bigotry, and Racism

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Outing

mo345's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

ka_ke's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Once and Future Witches is a fine book. Best for people who prefer books with minimal world building or character growth. The cast of characters is diverse which is one of the best things there is to say. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Outing

allorah's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.75

This book is about 3 estranged sisters who reunite in New Salem in 1893 after a dark tower appears in the town square. It's a time when women's rights and feminism are just coming to the surface and the suffrage movement is finally becoming a social focus. However, it's the women who must fight for their rights and the sisters who must find out what the tower is and does to bring back witching - the words and ways that empower women of all walks of life. 

This book is extremely well written. As a practicing witch, I am of the opinion that the author must be too because the way magic and spiritual concepts are spoken about could only be understood that way by a practitioner. This book has provided me with an awesome story as well as inspiration for my own magickal practice. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because I had some moments in the middle of the book where it slowed. Other than that, an excellent read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Racism, Violence, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Abortion

afion's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Transphobia, and Violence