The Book of Witches

The Book of Witches

2023

Ratings2

Average rating2.5

15

“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.

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