A review by librarypatronus
Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft by Jessica Spotswood, Tess Sharpe

5.0

I really enjoyed this. As a collection, this was a high 4.5 for me, because in short stories it’s easier to notice one you don’t like as well, but overall I liked or loved almost every story, and I thought they went together beautifully.

Individual ratings:

Starsong : 4 stars

Afterbirth: 5 stars- this was one of my favorites, I think because of the historical element

The Heart in Her Hands: 4 stars

Death in the Sawtooths: 4.5 stars

The Truth About Queenie: 4 stars

The Moonapple Menagerie: 3 stars

The Legend of Stone Mary: 5 stars

The One Who Stayed: 3.5 stars

Divine Are the Stars: 3.5 stars

Daughters of Baba Yaga: 4 stars

The Well Witch: 4.5 stars

Beware the Girls With Crooked Mouths: 3 stars

Love Spell: 4 stars

The Gherin Girls: 4 stars

Why They Watch Us Burn: 4 stars

Average : 3.8 stars - which I feel like is an overall high average for a short story collection.