10.5k reviews for:

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

Grady Hendrix

4.05 AVERAGE

eglorioso's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional tense 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: Complicated

kmoon95's review against another edition

5.0

tense slow-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

olavihorsma's review against another edition

4.75

dark sad 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: Yes

kialagato's review against another edition

5.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I have been envisioning motherhood as blood magic for so long and this book made it so real and wonderful. Every time I read a horror book I am more and more convinced it's my favorite genre, and this book was the last nail in the coffin of that conclusion.

valerina_13's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

rachechegrace's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

readingintheraine's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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: No

jennk_00's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious fast-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

keelreads's review against another edition

4.0

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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls is part heartbreaking history, part witchy rebellion. At its core, it’s about what unwed, pregnant teenage girls endured in a world that refused to let them take up space. It’s about fear, shame, and the crushing weight of societal judgment… but also about reclaiming power, sisterhood, and magic. 

This book had everything I expected from a Grady Hendrix novel: it's fun, tense, a little strange, and impossible to put down. The characters felt fully alive. Rose, Zinnia, Holly, and Fern each leapt off the page, their bonds messy and real. While Fern is the heart of the story, I found myself craving more of the other girls’ stories too, wanting to follow them past the page because they felt that real. 

It’s equal parts dark, empowering, and wildly compelling—a story about girls who refuse to stay powerless in a world that sees them as the opposite.

erikabritton's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced