Luckily for those who feel similarly, a wealth of novels about witches has recently come out – and many of them feel brand new.

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Indeed, many recent witch novels explore outdated themes. But Giddings and other authors also uncover new layers of classic witch tales, exploring the complexities of anti-witch attitudes in a satisfying and timely manner.

“The Women Could Fly” is an absolute triumph. It takes place in a world like ours, but laws against witchcraft are still routinely used to crack down on women. , you may not be able to continue working. No one is completely sure that witchcraft is real, and the application of the law is inconsistent and feels too implausible.

Giddings evokes a world that feels familiar despite hints of an increasingly macabre dystopia. And in the process, she shows what the anti-witch crusaders really fear most.

Strong community theme “Non-Regular Witch Secret Society”(Berkeley), by Sangu Mandanna. At the center of the story is Micah Moon, who grew up under the unshakable law that witches should live apart from each other. She Mika never put down her roots and she is always on the move to keep her magical powers from anyone knowing. But when she was hired to teach her three young witches living in a secluded house, she discovered how good it was to be part of a family of witches.

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The story is full of romance and a chosen family, with just the right amount of quirkiness. Mika is a charming protagonist, full of snark and fire, but always surprised whenever someone actually cares about her. Mika’s slow healing from her lonely wounds Reading about is a healing experience for the reader as well.

“drowned forest,” Emily Lloyd Jones (Little, Brown) A magical caper set about Mel, the last living “water witch” who can sense and control water. She has been on the run for years, escaping forced labor from the ruthless Garanhir Prince. The Prince’s former spymaster then approaches Mel with a plan to steal the Prince’s treasure, along with a team of villains, including Corgi, who may be a fairy spy. Lloyd-Jones makes effective use of Welsh settings and fairy mythology. But her keenly observed depictions of water, from sewers to oceans, make “The Drowned Woods,” a young adult book perfectly suited to older readers, tasteful.

Desideria Mesa “Bindle Punk Bruja(Harper Collins) Developed on the theme of characters hiding their identities. Luna is the only member of a family of Mexican immigrants who can pass White. She changes her name to Rose and she moves among the elite of Prohibition-era Kansas City.She works as a newspaper reporter by day and runs a speakeasy by night, but she You must always hide who you are.

When targeted by gangs and the Ku Klux Klan, she must find a way to access the magical powers she inherited from her grandmother. The story takes time to progress, and the story of the Prohibition gang feels broad at times, but Luna’s identity crisis and the ensuing awakening of magic are compelling and evocative.

There can never be too many witch books. Witches provide a powerful metaphor for stigmatized people forced to live underground. These four new books of hers show how powerful it can be when these people find each other.

Charlie Jane Anders said,Victory greater than death” When “A dream bigger than a broken heartare the first two books in the Young Adult Trilogy. Her other books includemidnight city” When “all the birds in the skyShe has won the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Sturgeon Award, the Lambda Award for Literature, the Crawford Award and the Locus Award.