The Book of Witches
Ratings3
Average rating3
“What Is a Witch?” Jonathan Strahan ★½
“Seed of Power” Linda D. Addison ★★
“What I Remember of Oresha Moon Dragon Devshrata” P. Djèlí Clark ★★★½
“The Luck Thief” Tade Thompson ★★★½
“Good Spells” Ken Liu ★★★
“The Liar” Darcie Little Badger ★★★★★
“Met Swallow” Cassandra Khaw ★½
“The Nine Jars of Nukulu” Tobi Ogundiran ★★★
“In a Cabin, In a Wood” Kelly Robson ★★½
“What Dreams May Come” C. L. Clark ★★★★
“She Who Makes the Rain” Millie Ho ★★
“Orphanage of the Last Breath” Saad Z. Hossain ★★★
“The Unexpected Excursion of the Murder Mystery Writing Witches” Garth Nix ★★★
“So Spake the Mirrorwitch” Premee Mohamed ★★★
“Just a Nudge” Maureen McHugh ★★★ This read as extra white
“Her Ravenous Waters” Andrea Stewart ★★★
“Nameless Here for Evermore” Fonda Lee ★★★¼
Kind of disappointed the intro and stories were about magic and often stereotypes and none about the dishonesty of myth creation in the persecuting control and punishment of women.
This was a nice collection of stories about one of my favorite topics, witches. The stories are all standalone and each stories all have their own personal style. This is for the person who would prefer quick short reads and a bunch of genre jumping.
