A review by tatyanavogt
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

3.0

This is a story about a girl who lives in a SUPER religious town riddled with a ton of misogyny. And she is the daughter of a believed witch and because of that her family had lost its power in the town and she now walks on eggshells to avoid comparison to her "evil" mother. Everyone in the town is told not to go into the woods near by as witches or devils or something can be found lurking there and our main girl has avoided the woods until one day she is forced into them while attempting to chase down her goat or something.. This is what really kicks off the story and starts a chain of events that get a few characters out of their comfort zones and on a mission.

I didn't read the synopsis for this book so I was NOT prepared for just how much religion there is in this book. Specifically the bad kind of religion, littered with misogyny and selfishness/power... It was not easy or enjoyable to get through that part although the story itself was interesting and I got pretty involved towards the latter half of the book. I also was disappointed in the fact that the book was not spooky since I had been holding off on reading it until spooky season and just didn't get those vibes at all.

I am interested in reading the next book and I wonder if that might effect my final rating of this book.