Really enjoyable read - steering female characters! ( )

This book is an interesting take on witches. The characters are lively and I loved the characters and world it builds. The plot is leisurely, but I would recommend to young adults looking for a witchy read. ( )

I was provided with an arc via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

My x meets x pitch for this is Downton Abbey meets Macbeth. It's got all the class, money, and elite socialites mixed in with three witches each with their own agendas.

This book was very well written. All the characters were very well developed, even the "villain". Everyone had clear motives and were given the right amount of page time. This book was a success technically. My favourite character was Annis by far, being the wise beyond her years and modern for her time character that she was, but I also love how that came out not in a needlessly rebellious way but with actual interest that served to forwards the plot. Also, I very much appreciate her horse-crazed nature, as it was something I went through and, had my mom not been allergic to barn dust, I might be a lot like her.

On the subject of witches, I liked how it was handled. Having taken a class on witches and witchcraft in literature, I appreciated how witchcraft was seen as something powerful and manipulative, but also empowering and useful. It was something that didn't just pit woman against woman but also brought them together.

In the end, this book was incredibly well done and impressed me. It was just lacking that special, person-dependent spark to make it an all-time favourite. I would highly recommend this to historical fictoio0n fans or light fantasy fans. Definitely both. ( )

The Age of Witches is the story of three women. Harriet, Francis and Annis are all descendants of witches, with the ability to use magic. Harriet is a herbalist, her cousin Francis dabbles in darker magic, and Annis, Francis's stepdaughter, is only just discovering her powers. The book is about strong, flawed women who know what they want and take it. It's about the use and misuse of magic, and about being a woman in a world set up for men.

The writing is absolutely beautiful, in typical Louisa Morgan style. There is so much detail, and the historical setting is really brought to life. The story is very slow moving, though, and it took me quite a while before I felt hooked in. The book has a similar vibe to A Secret History Of Witches, Morgan's previous novel, which I absolutely loved. Unfortunately, I didn't connect to the characters in this novel as easily as I did in A Secret History. I considered DNFing during the first half. I'm glad I didn't, because I enjoyed the later parts of the book a lot more.

3.5 stars ( )

I really enjoyed this story although I could see where the relationship was headed..... I liked the characters. I found this to be a compelling read, so much so that I was up until 3:00 am in order to finish it.

The story revolves around the fictional descendants of Bridget Bishop (a woman hung in Salem at the behest of her former lover in order to get rid of her & gain her assets)…

Harriet is an older craftswoman living in the Dakota. Annis is her distant younger cousin who is head-strong, unwilling to marry, & loves breeding horses. Frances is also a cousin, married to Annis's father (via black charms) and a social-climbing nasty woman, who is using Annis as bait for an English Lord in order to obtain a title with which to gain access to the 400.

When Annis is taken away against her will to England in order to marry a deeply in debt Lord, Harriet follows in order to save Annis & the Lord from the powerful spells put into play by Frances.... There a duel between good & evil (Harriet & Frances) for the life of Annis takes place.

Wow! ( )