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★★★★☆ 3.99 • Goodreads

Genre

Subgenres

  • Feminist Thriller
  • Supernatural Mystery
  • Magical Realism

Tags

  • Empowering Women
  • Midlife Transformation
  • Female Friendships
  • Social Justice Themes
  • Dark Humor
  • Existential Dread
  • Toxic Relationships
  • Autonomy And Power

Craved So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison for its feminist fury through fangs? Let The Change by Kirsten Miller turn menopause into witchcraft.

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Why It's Your Next Read

  • Midlife rage becomes literal magical power
  • Sisterhood forged through supernatural chaos & fury
  • Dark humor skewers patriarchy w/ absurdist thrills
  • No redemption arcs—just unapologetic autonomy

If So Thirsty taught you that supernatural transformation is the ultimate metaphor for reclaiming agency, The Change hands you menopause as witchcraft—and it's glorious. Kirsten Miller weaponizes midlife invisibility into something feral and unstoppable, channeling the same feminist rage that made Harrison's vampires feel like a reckoning. Here, three women discover their hot flashes come with pyrokinesis, their lost fertility births new power, and their collective fury becomes the antidote to every man who underestimated them.

...their collective fury becomes the antidote to every man who underestimated them.

This isn't self-help dressed in genre clothing—it's dark, sarcastic vengeance wrapped in magical realism. Imperfect women forging messy alliances, wielding chaos instead of apologizing for it, dismantling toxic systems one absurd supernatural act at a time.

Menopause as witchcraft deserves the same breathless reading you gave vampirism—so start now.

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What Readers Are Saying

"This book is phenomenal, and it's a complete standout for me this year! Oh, and they are total BAD***ES!!!!!" Michael David (on hiatus), Goodreads
"I'm not a fantasy reader, but I really dig this one! I really enjoyed The Change and it's gripping right from the beginning." Kay, Goodreads
"This is a fantastic book filled with magical realism, female friendship and female empowerment." Melissa (Distracted by New Grandbaby), Goodreads

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