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Title: The Witches of New YorkAuthor: Ami McKay
Published: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 545
Rating: 4/5
Summary:
Set in New York in 1880, a young woman leaves her home for the big city and starts working for two witches in a very special teashop, and soon finds she herself has surprising abilities she never knew of, abilities some people find fascinating and others the work of the Devil.
Review:
This was fantastic!
This is exactly the kind of historical fiction with witchcraft in it that I like; I loved the setting of New York in this and how electric it felt, I loved the little tea shop, I really enjoyed the different supernatural creatures we meet in here and just the magic itself was great, like both the witchcraft and the magical world, which is our world just with... supernatural stuff in it, which is my favorite.
The characters in here were also wonderful, although it took be a bit of time to establish who was who in the beginning. Once I got to know them all though, I just loved reading about them, although some of the characters we meet are absolutely insane, because we don't just follow these witches, we also get to read from the perspectives of some of the people around them which was very interesting. I really enjoyed the exploration of the magic, but also the time, and how witchcraft of this time intersected and crashed with religion.
This is like the perfect blend of historical fiction, the supernatural and wonderful female characters, and it was an excellent autumn read for me. It is also a bit on the longer side, but it didn't really bother me, I enjoyed pretty much every bit of it.
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