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A review by jellievayas
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
4.0
I have had this behemoth of a book on my TBR since it first came out in bookstores, and have lugged it with me from Jersey to California and back to Jersey again. I've always had a want and will to read this book...it never was handed over to libraries or donation boxes or book sellers throughout this time, always with the knowing that I loved Alix's other books (Ten Thousand Doors to January and A Spindle Splintered, A Mirror Shattered, and yes even the most recent Starling House, respectively) before finally reading this one, and that the words would sing to me and fill me with the splendor and magic of narrative and storytelling and wonder like always.
Turns out, I just needed the way. The want, the will, and the way are usually what a witch needs to make her magic boil up to the surface and make the possible, impossible. This book boiled up my love for magic and wonder and storytelling and the unabashed power of that last one to encourage me to get back into it!
If you love historical fiction with a fantasy twist, of women taking back the power that was always there, of sisterly bonds of both blood and of the coven, then you'll find this book satisfactory at the very least.
I can't wait to read more from Alix, and go back and read her others time and time again.
Turns out, I just needed the way. The want, the will, and the way are usually what a witch needs to make her magic boil up to the surface and make the possible, impossible. This book boiled up my love for magic and wonder and storytelling and the unabashed power of that last one to encourage me to get back into it!
If you love historical fiction with a fantasy twist, of women taking back the power that was always there, of sisterly bonds of both blood and of the coven, then you'll find this book satisfactory at the very least.
I can't wait to read more from Alix, and go back and read her others time and time again.