A review by vivaciously
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

2.0

This is the book for you if you love:
• terrible pacing
• reading about snot
• authors who refer to a 14 and 15-year old children as "women" (see chapter 27) 
• the "magical negro" trope 
• one-dimensional characters and antagonists of cartoon-level evil 
•
an evil librarian
 
• headhopping 
• a wedding ring that somehow fits anyone's ring finger. 
• three scenes involving tongues that makes one suspect that the author recently bit his tongue badly. 
•
"mercy" to mean allowing a predator victimize little girls for decades.


This book was a slog to get through. Even the writing in "action" scenes felt repetitive and tedious. The witchcraft chants were laughable - "aeiou!" Overall, a surprisingly out of touch take on maternity homes with zero subtly and very little paranormal. 

If you are into witchcraft, this book will piss you off. 
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