Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

4.05 AVERAGE

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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
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keelreads's review against another edition

4.0
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.
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erikabritton's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

kinic's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
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mckenzieolson's review against another edition

4.25
dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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bweeeanne's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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hedgebeast's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

becsa's review against another edition

3.5
challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

cammag17's review against another edition

2.0
challenging sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

tinakan4's review against another edition

4.25
dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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