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The Once and Future Witches
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
- Categories: LGBTQ+, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Publisher's Summary
In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in Alix E. Harrow's powerful novel of magic and the suffragette movement.
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 Eastwood sisters - James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna - 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. 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.
There's no such thing as witches. But there will be.
An homage to the indomitable power and persistence of women, The Once and Future Witches reimagines stories of revolution, sapphic love, motherhood, and women's suffrage - the lost ways are calling.
For more from Alix E. Harrow, check out The Ten Thousand Doors of January.
What the critics say
"The magical tale of imperfect heroines, fractured sisterhood, and shadowy undying villains you never knew you needed. Alix Harrow crafts a delightfully bewitching story with familiar but ingeniously recrafted histories and deft worldbuilding as rich as the prose that leaps off the page. This book is an amazing bit of spellcraft and resistance so needed in our times, and a reminder that secret words and ways can never be truly and properly lost, as long as there are tongues to speak them and ears to listen." (P. Djèlí Clark, author of The Black God's Drum)
"A breathtaking book-brilliant and raw and dark and complicated. It's also, to be blunt, uncannily relevant." (Sarah Gailey, author of Magic for Liars)
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- Jodie
- 2020-12-03
It’s An Amazing Book!
I had to redo my review.. at first I wasn’t too sure but this book is a wonder. The writing is captivating and the story a unique magical tale that you will fall into and become immersed in. Definitely recommend it and I’ll do a full review soon. But buy this book! You won’t regret it!
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- Denise King
- 2021-02-23
Engaging and addictive!
I devoured this book as quickly as time would allow. I was enthralled. You will love it.
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- Sue
- 2021-01-28
Stick with it ...best ending I’ve ever read!
Beautiful story that resonates with how many movements of “togetherness” is has been happening in 2020/2021 ...
As a practicing pagan descendant from long line of Healers - I prefer modern day term “witch” this story really had my heart strings
I loved the nursery rhyme connection bc it definitely rings true. If you know you know ...
I found the book to drag a little in middle but I was so invested with the characters I had to forge. The last 4/5 chapters where brilliant with the epilogue most riveting...even though I knew where it would go it had me in tears mostly for all the pain women in general have had and still go thru today. ...
Loved how the author made this story a “true” representation of LOVE regardless of sex colour or religion or culture. Brilliant! ...def a enjoyable read.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-01-16
Yes!!
This is what my daughters will be reading instead of Little Women! Great characters, great setting, great plot! So much fun to read!
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- Kaitlyn M.
- 2021-01-10
captivating
all of this was very good. great all in one story. the characters are compelling and the situations they get in are empowering i rate is an 8/10
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- Morrie
- 2020-12-18
A compulsive read...
I couldn’t put this down... I particularly loved the way nursery rhymes and Grimms fairytales were incorporated into the story... Gabra Zackman was an excellent narrator.
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- Hannah
- 2020-11-11
Stunning, powerful, eloquent and dynamic
4.5 stars
This is a truly stunning, beautifully described story of three sisters, gorgeous magic, lovely relationships and, while a fictional tale, it makes a profound statement on the past and present treatment of women, the wrongs and horrors and cruelties we endure. This is a story of resilience, rebellion and restitution. The magic system in this book is unique, dynamic and incredibly interesting. The characters are unique, dynamic and incredibly interesting. I didn’t feel caught up in a story I’d heard before, or reading scenes I’ve read a hundred times in fantasy books on witches and folklore.
I was constantly struck by the simplistic, yet eloquent way scenes were constructed with words. I loved the author’s word choices, many sentences had me pondering them afterwards with their cleverness.
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“She sways on the platform, buffeted and jostled by folk who have plenty of some places to go. Steam hisses and swirls from the engine, curling cat-like around her skirts.”
I highly recommend this book if you want a story of powerful, dynamic women, feminist energy, exciting magic, many great love stories, the sweet bond between sisters and a mothers love for her daughter. Also, if you love action, twisting outcomes, and endings that aren’t unrealistic fairytale happy endings, but still deeply satisfying and complete.
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- LovelyD
- 2020-11-29
Almost. Not quite there.
The book needs quite a bit of editing. The movement of the plot is very much sacrificed by irrelevant "artistic" expression. For example (paraphrasing): 'there wasnt a twinkling in their eyes. Twinkling is for grandmas who knit sweaters by the fire, and blah blah blah. There was a glint in their eyes. A glint for witching." There was something like this every other sentence. It became severely irritating. Editing most of these artistic descriptors out would've made for a nice pace and a better read. Also, I think the setting of the where the novel starts should have been set prior to the falling out of the sisters so readers could be drawn into the deep love and deep betrayal. The music between chapters was a little weird. I did however LOVE the presence of sexual orientation/racial diversity among the women.
Overall, The book had potential but is just okay. I listened to this book before bed and I wasn't tempted to rewind the parts I slept through. If this a book written early in the author's career, I would be interested to read later books written by the author. If this book was written fairly recently, I don't think I'll read any more books from this author. The narrator did an okay job.
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- L. D. Stone
- 2020-12-23
If you are over 16 you may become impatient
This story is about 3 sisters with personality issues and fear of abandonment. They have a family linage which includes witches. They struggle to band together and restore magic through witchcraft in the world. The narration is cringeworthy and the story is simplistic, stuffed with “woke” contrivances and breathless emotional awakenings. This is most definitely young adult, and quite dull
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- Loves to Read
- 2020-11-21
Didn't finish
This is a clever storyline and the narrator is excellent. However, the story was too slow for me. My mind kept wandering and I'd have to rewind to listen to what I missed. I was over 7 hours into the story and realized I didn't want to listen to it for 7 more hours to find out how it ended. So I returned it (thanks Audible!).
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- Bibliophile
- 2020-11-10
Love this author!!
Great story! So well written. I wish they wouldn’t add music to the story. It’s so distracting.
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- Artist in stitches!
- 2020-12-11
Good enough for doing chores
I was weaned on Russian novels. So most books feel like a meal of thin gruel . This book took numberless hours to give us a bedtime story.
It was ok... I guess, with predictable PC characters, and villains. I was glad when it ended, but got a lot of chores done. I have now learned my lesson on popular fiction.
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- Jon Shodean
- 2020-11-20
Maybe my favorite book this year
I absolutely loved The Ten Thousand Doors of January, but I might have loved this more. Alix E. Harrow has done it again! A strong dose of sister love, a little bit of suffrage, fairy tales and nursery rhymes, a setting of historical fiction, some fierce momma love, and a whole lot of raw feminist power swept up in witching. I will say that, as much as I loved it, it’s not for everyone.
The three Eastwood sisters, Beatrice Belladonna, Agnes Amaranth, and James Juniper, don’t set out to disrupt the order of the world, but they find the ways, the will, and the words to change everything. Along the way, they experience love, loss, friendship, a connection with their history, and become the maiden, mother and crone. I saw myself in each one and all at the same time.
This book features one of the best, most evenly matched, and most complicated villains, Gideon Hill. I also loved the book for being inclusive and honoring POC and LGTBQ+ characters and their stories. One of my favorite parts was during birth and new motherhood. “I am terrified and I am terrible. I am fearful and something to be feared... she thinks maybe every mother is both things at once”. I felt so seen as a mother.
This is a powerful story of Womens’ power, both political and arcane, and it could not have come at a better time. It felt incredibly relevant in this time of disenfranchisement, racism and a pandemic.
“We may be either beloved or burned, but never trusted with any degree of power.”
Harrow’s lyrical writing, her extensive research, her poetry and her gorgeous imagery continue to be my favorite things about her as an author. The conspicuous storytelling and narrative voice was right up my alley. At this point, Harrow is an automatic pre-order for me. The narrator, Gabra Zackman, was also absolutely fantastic and the atmospheric music and her varied voices made this extra spooky and wonderful.
This might be my favorite book this year.
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- Anna Crowe
- 2020-10-27
Delicious, Spellbinding, and Descriptive
The name caught me first; it was clever, and every chapter lived up to its clever title. Alix Harrow paints with words so vividly that the taste of blood and scent of burning ash lingers in your memory long after you put the book down. She weaves the story of Woman and the miracles and magic all women seek to see the real good that should be theirs too, with effortless deference to stories you thought you knew.
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I’ll definitely pick it up again.
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- 918gram
- 2020-10-19
Well written and excellent narration!
I generally like all things "witches" but this book took it to the next level. The writing is exceptional weaving a detailed story. The narration superb. I remained "spellbound" through every second of the 16 hour, 3 minute narration.
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- Momsofamazon
- 2020-12-04
Kind of depressing
This book was rather sad but what’s to be expected based on the description. I was looking for more whimsical magic. It was a good book but nothing I’d want to read again.
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- Laura Poko
- 2020-12-16
Story was decent but the narration ruined it
I really wanted to love this book. I enjoyed the plot and the overall concept - loved the idea of fighting for witches' rights alongside women's rights! But dang... it just kept going! At many points I thought I was nearing the end of the story and I would look at the audio and see hours left. Each time that happened, I couldn't imagine enduring even more of a story for these ladies - ladies I loved, but whose personalities were completely destroyed by the awful narration. The voices for each character grated on my nerves. The narrator did an odd speech thing where she turned "s" sounds into lazy "sh" sounds. It sounded like the characters always had peanut butter in their mouths. It probably made the book feel much longer to me. Sad, because I kind of wish I had just read it as a paper book.
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