The Once & Future Witches: A Book Review

A powerful women-driven story full of secrets, shadows, and sisters. The Once and Future Witches is a must-read for witches and woman alike that are seeking a magical tale interwoven with women’s issues and the undeniable strength of sisterhood. All you need is the will, the words, and the way.

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Overview

• Average Rating: 4.15 stars from The StoryGraph
• My Rating: 5 stars (you’re surprised!?)
• Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Lgbtqia+
• Descriptors: Adventurous, emotional, hopeful
• Pace: Slow-paced (I marked it as fast-paced and the average is medium-paced)
• CW/TW: Graphic: misogyny, death, sexism, Moderate: racism, child abuse, death of parent, Minor: abortion, transphobia, homophobia. See the full list here.

Summary

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 three Eastwood sisters join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten…