A review by effingunicorns
Cackle by Rachel Harrison

dark funny mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Honestly, since watching the first season of Mayfair Witches I've been jonesing for witches whose powers actually do something while belonging wholly to them, and this book scratched that itch admirably.
I've been conditioned by horror to feel leery about the context around Annie ultimately embracing her power, but really, when in the course of the book did she or Sophie do anything irreversibly horrible? When did they do anything unreasonable? The circumstances Lynn decides to dislike Annie over feel really specifically like writing off a neurodiverse person because they're being a little Too Weird, too, which kills my sympathy for her. I'd pick Ralph any day.
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