The Once and Future Witches
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4.1 • 108 Ratings
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- $29.99
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- $29.99
Publisher Description
In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in a Hugo award-winning author's powerful novel of magic amid the suffragette movement.
In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box.
But when the Eastwood sisters -- James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna -- join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women's movement into the witch's movement. Stalked by shadows and sickness, hunted by forces who will not suffer a witch to vote -- and perhaps not even to live -- the sisters will need to delve into the oldest magics, draw new alliances, and heal the bond between them if they want to survive.
There's no such thing as witches. But there will be.
For more from Alix E. Harrow, check out The Ten Thousand Doors of January.
Customer Reviews
Well Worth a Listen (or a read)
It took a little bit for me to get into the book, but once I did, I loved it. It’s such a lovely story of the love between sister, no matter what or who tries to separate them. It’s the story of love in every way imaginable. It’s the story of women wanting equality and finding it in their own way.
I really enjoyed how it took familiar nursery rhymes and fairy tales, but added witches to all of them, using them to weave the magic of this world. I enjoyed how it’s a book about knowledge, wisdom, and books, and it includes the stories of every historical library that has ever been destroyed by people afraid of the knowledge they contained.
Madelyn Grey
In my top five favorite books of all time.
Full of magic and womanhood
A wonderful book I could hardly put down.