All you needed for magic was the will, the words and the way but the will was often beaten down and broken and the ways and words were confined to spells for use around the home and hearth. In The Once and Future witches not only was magic gone from the world but also the power was firmly in the hands of the men. The dragons were slain and the witches were burned and the night belonged to men with torches and crosses.” It used to be witches were wild as crows and fearless as foxes because magic blazed bright and the night was theirs.īut then came the plague and the purges. They conversed with dragons on lonely mountaintops and road rowan wood brooms across full moons they charmed the stars to dance beside them on the solstice and rode to battle with familiars at their heels. Witches lurked in every tangled wood and waited at every midnight-crossroad with sharp-toothed smiles. It used to be the air was so thick with magic you could taste it on your tongue like ash. “There is no such thing as witches, but there used to be. This book is the superpower of fairy tales! It is an incredible book with an emphasis on the power of female bonds. It smells like drying herbs and wild roses. An unnatural wind whips towards the center of the square. The Once and Future Witches is an epic and empowering read which had me hooked from the start.
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