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lucyblackbirdreads 's review for:
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
by Grady Hendrix
challenging
dark
emotional
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:
Complicated
Read if you like: girls finding strength, well-researched fiction, magic
I was 21 when I had my first kid. I wasn't as young as the girls in this book, but the person I was with was... not good, and the point of life I was at was... not good. I had a lot of people talking at me about what to do. I had someone in a prominent position mention abortion multiple times.
That baby is about to be 18.
If I had been born a few years back, I likely would have found myself right along with them. We had different situations, and were at different stages in life, but I could still relate to them.
How scared those wayward girls must be, trying to figure out what was best while being so young and scared. Being told what they have to do but never asked what they want to do because the adults knew best. Who wouldn't want to find help?
The girls who needed strength, courage, to help themselves and each other would be perfect for a bit of magic. That grief and fear and powerlessness and youth could feed a coven of magic and weave something powerful.
Fern, Rose, Holly, and Zinnia find that out quickly.
When I finished, I felt for those character, but to really understand you need to remember not too long ago there really was a Fern. Your grandmother may have been a Holly or Zinnia. This fiction wasn't so fiction for many.
I was 21 when I had my first kid. I wasn't as young as the girls in this book, but the person I was with was... not good, and the point of life I was at was... not good. I had a lot of people talking at me about what to do. I had someone in a prominent position mention abortion multiple times.
That baby is about to be 18.
If I had been born a few years back, I likely would have found myself right along with them. We had different situations, and were at different stages in life, but I could still relate to them.
How scared those wayward girls must be, trying to figure out what was best while being so young and scared. Being told what they have to do but never asked what they want to do because the adults knew best. Who wouldn't want to find help?
The girls who needed strength, courage, to help themselves and each other would be perfect for a bit of magic. That grief and fear and powerlessness and youth could feed a coven of magic and weave something powerful.
Fern, Rose, Holly, and Zinnia find that out quickly.
When I finished, I felt for those character, but to really understand you need to remember not too long ago there really was a Fern. Your grandmother may have been a Holly or Zinnia. This fiction wasn't so fiction for many.