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The Once and Future Witches - Alix E. Harrow

5 stars

The Once and Future Witches is the story of three sisters in an alternate history of the late 19th century where women are fighting for equal rights as men. In this book, witchcraft is real but has been wiped out by powerful men worried about the power it gives to women. But some of the knowledge has survived in rhymes and stories and in other marginalized cultures. Three sisters work to find the missing words and ways of witch craft to bring it and the power it represents back to their world.

I really enjoyed this book. I liked the characters, the three main characters as well as the many supporting characters. I liked how the author incorporated real issues involved in the fight for women's rights and its intersections with workers rights, and civil rights of other marginalized groups. I liked how the author slightly modified well known fairy tales (or witch tales as they are called in the book) to give them a feminist slant. Overall it was an interesting story with good characters that kept me listening (I did the audio book) for hours.

I enjoyed to too. I really loved your review!