A fun historic fantasy (alternate history?) of witches who aided the Allies in WWII
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A fun historic fantasy (alternate history?) of witches who aided the Allies in WWII
#12BooksOf2025
pickGuess who already put book two on hold? 🙋♀️
It takes a heck of a lot of skill to write a book that is, essentially, a rage-y F U to a certain TERF-y fantasy author who-shall-not-be-named and actually make it really good. So engaging, fabulous characters (and fabulously awful ones). Must. Read. More.
Thank you @CBee for putting this on your #AuldLangSpine list, I wouldn't have read it otherwise and if you can't tell, I loved it!
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so-soOctober Book #1
Iris hides that she is a witch. When she is frustrated, she writes curses not intended to happen, she destroyed them at the end. But one day writes a curse for Pike after he made a comment. A bird took the paper where she wrote the curse. Now she and Pike are working together to find the bird because if it dies, the curse could destroy Pike and the region🙄It was so boring 🥱 2.5/3⭐️
On the seventh day of Christmas my favorite book of July was The Book of Magic. I love this series and hope to wrap it up in 2026!
#12daysif2025 @TheEllieMo
pickSeptember 2025 Book #2
Another surprise. For a YA novel, the story was interesting. Book one in a duology. Story is about this exclusive college sorority. But in reality, they are witches. The sorority purpose is to identify new witches. It is through one initiation that Scarlett will discover that she is a witch. Many secrets will be revealed for Scarlett. Now their secrecy is in danger..tan..tan..tan..tan 3/4⭐️
pickVivid, evocative, scary & character-driven tale of 4 teenage girls stuck in a home for unwed mothers in 1970 who stumble upon witchcraft. Boyfriends, abusers & angry parents have stolen their choices & dumped them in a system that takes their names & bullies them into relinquishing their babies. Witchcraft offers power & choices, but at what cost? Starts & ends focussed on characters, but full of frightening scenes. Excellent narration. #5stars
pickThe Bewitching is a Gothic within a Gothic within a Gothic—three timelines that interlock perfectly. Sinister, intricately plotted, and deeply unsettling, it blends witch folklore, dark academia, and mystery with real emotional weight. A beautifully constructed horror novel that reads effortlessly and stays with you. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pick#OffMyShelf “different world”
This is the 6th in the series and the 10th I‘ve read so far. I love the Discworld.
This one focuses on Granny Weatherwax, introduced in “Equal Rites” and it‘s really about the magic of the theater and the dangerous capacity of words and rumors to sway public opinion.
There‘s a lot of playful references to (and muddling of) Shakespeare‘s plays, particularly Macbeth, and to fairy tales.
