ickedness was like beauty: in the eye of the beholder. It’s not just the leads who get nice character work – the villain’s backstory exposition was excellent too. James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth and Beatrice Belladona all have independent arcs that are also irrevocably tied to each other’s. While there are some amazing plot twists, this is more of a character-driven novel. The Eastwood sisters were three nuanced and distinctive leads, though I do wish that the POVs didn’t change quite so often within the same chapter. There were slightly reimagined fairytales dotted throughout the book, which was a real treat for me as someone who adores retellings. I love when legends familiar to us today are subtly reworked to fit the book’s world – something I really liked in ‘Sin Eater’ by Megan Campisi too (another female-centred alt-hist-fic novel!). the Sisters Grimm, Charlotte Perrault) my level of enjoyment spiked. But there will be.Ĭontent warnings: violence torture during interrogation injury and death burning complications in childbirth kidnapping memories of child and domestic abuse memories of conversion therapy homophobia racismĪpparently alternate-historical fiction/fantasy is a new genre I love! Once I cottoned on to how this book was an alt-hist-fic that gender-bends many famous folklorists (e.g. 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. But when the Eastwood sisters 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.
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