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A review by laurenkara
Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft by Jessica Spotswood, Tess Sharpe
4.0
tw: abuse, mentions of rape, religion
"This is what witchcraft looks like:
it is women holding hands,
harnessing power,
and changing their fate."
technically my rating for this should be 3 stars (that’s the average of all my rating for each individual story) bUT the three stories i rated 5 stars i loved so so so so much i’m bumping it to a 4. that said for the most part i was a little underwhelmed by the majority of this. still i appreciated the diversity of this (there was poc, different cultures, girls loving girls and trans characters) as well as the feminist undertones.
Starsong by Tehlor Kay Mejia - ⭐⭐⭐
Afterbirth by Andrea Cremer - ⭐⭐⭐
The Heart in Her Hands by Tess Sharpe - ⭐⭐⭐
Death in the Sawtooths by Lindsay Smith - ⭐⭐
The Truth About Queenie by Brandy Colbert - ⭐⭐⭐
The Moonapple Menageria by Shveta Thakrar - ⭐⭐⭐
The Legend of Stone Mary by Robin Talley - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The One Who Stayed by Nova Ren Suma - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (cw: rape mentions)
Divine Are the Stars by Zoraida Cordova - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Daughters of Baba Yaga by Brenna Yovanoff - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Well Witch by Kate Hart - ⭐⭐
Beware of Girls with Crooked Mouths by Jessica Spotswood - ⭐⭐
Love Spell by Anna-Marie McLemore - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (cw: religion)
The Gherin Girls by Emery Lord - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (cw: abuse)
why They Watch Us Burn by Elizabeth May - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (cw: rape mentions, religion)
it is women holding hands,
harnessing power,
and changing their fate."
technically my rating for this should be 3 stars (that’s the average of all my rating for each individual story) bUT the three stories i rated 5 stars i loved so so so so much i’m bumping it to a 4. that said for the most part i was a little underwhelmed by the majority of this. still i appreciated the diversity of this (there was poc, different cultures, girls loving girls and trans characters) as well as the feminist undertones.
Starsong by Tehlor Kay Mejia - ⭐⭐⭐
Afterbirth by Andrea Cremer - ⭐⭐⭐
The Heart in Her Hands by Tess Sharpe - ⭐⭐⭐
Death in the Sawtooths by Lindsay Smith - ⭐⭐
The Truth About Queenie by Brandy Colbert - ⭐⭐⭐
The Moonapple Menageria by Shveta Thakrar - ⭐⭐⭐
The Legend of Stone Mary by Robin Talley - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The One Who Stayed by Nova Ren Suma - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (cw: rape mentions)
Divine Are the Stars by Zoraida Cordova - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Daughters of Baba Yaga by Brenna Yovanoff - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Well Witch by Kate Hart - ⭐⭐
Beware of Girls with Crooked Mouths by Jessica Spotswood - ⭐⭐
Love Spell by Anna-Marie McLemore - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (cw: religion)
The Gherin Girls by Emery Lord - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (cw: abuse)
why They Watch Us Burn by Elizabeth May - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (cw: rape mentions, religion)