A review by bek_p87
The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

challenging emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

This was a very unique story, set in a United States eerily and disturbingly similar to today's, but with (if you can believe it) fewer rights for women, LGBTQIA, and BIPOC. In this world, witchcraft still exists, and to "protect" women from being "seduced" to the "dark side" and becoming witches, they must marry by age 30. 

Our heroine, Josephine, is approaching 28 and finally coming to terms with her mother's disappearance half her life ago, when she suddenly gets the chance to feel close to her again as she seeks to honour a strange request in her mother's will. This sets her on a life-altering path.

I quite enjoyed this book, although the prose was a little difficult to engage with at times, and the ending was undefined. 
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