If Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master hooked you with cunning rebellion and forbidden knowledge, keep that rush alive with The Once and Future Witches by .
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- Sisterhood schemes w/ morally gray magic
- Suffragette-era witchcraft lore you'll devour hungrily
- Dark humor skewering patriarchal hypocrisy perfectly
- Twisty pacing—rebellion never slows for lectures
You loved watching Sheever wield forbidden knowledge like a blade against corrupt nobles—now meet three sisters who weaponize lost witchcraft against patriarchal suffocation. Harrow trades Renaissance poison for 1890s suffragette spells, but the thrill's identical: morally compromised women using intellect and taboo lore to dismantle systems designed to crush them. The dark humor slicing through hypocrisy, the addictive pacing that never pauses to moralize, the visceral satisfaction of watching clever outcasts scheme their way to power—it's all here, steeped in folklore and fury.
This isn't sanitized empowerment fantasy. These witch sisters betray, bleed, and bargain with the same survivalist ruthlessness that made Sheever's diary impossible to put down. No redemption arcs, no lectures—just raw, intelligent rebellion.
If forbidden knowledge as rebellion made your pulse race, this will devour you whole.
What Readers Are Saying
"a wondrous blend of alternative history, folklore and fairy tale...brilliant" — Juliet, Goodreads
"Mesmerizing, earth shattering world building, well-crafted, fantastic characters, unputdownable magical, witchy world you never want to leave" — Nilufer Ozmekik, Goodreads
"This is a story that is spellbinding. Simply gorgeous!" — Karen, Goodreads
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