Craved The Briar Club's puzzle-piecing women's secrets? Let Weyward by unravel centuries of hidden female lives next.
Buy on AmazonWhy It's Your Next Read
- Multi-timeline secrets unravel w/ puzzle satisfaction
- Witchcraft heritage = quiet rebellion coded
- Nature-infused magic grounds raw feminist grit
- Atmospheric dread vs sanitized empowerment tales
If The Briar Club hooked you with its ensemble of resilient women piecing together secrets, Weyward delivers that same intoxicating unraveling—but across centuries, binding three women through bloodline and witchcraft instead of a boarding house. Hart's multi-timeline structure mirrors Quinn's talent for making flawed female lives collide with purpose, each era peeling back another layer of patriarchal suffocation and quiet defiance.
Here, the rebellion isn't whispered in McCarthy-era parlors—it's coded in beetles, storms, and nature's refusal to be tamed. The magic feels earned, not escapist, grounding feminist grit in atmospheric dread.
This is historical fiction for readers who want their heroines cunning, their secrets dark, and their empowerment unsanitized.
What Readers Are Saying
"I just finished and I am having *major* book break-up sadness right now. I already own The Lost Apothecary so I guess I use it to fill this giant gaping hole in my heart lol" — PennyMarbles, Reddit
"I'm almost to the end of this book and I'm obsessed! So awesome. What happened to Simon had me cackling to myself haha. I will add The Lost Apothecary to my list!" — [deleted], Reddit
"I really liked Weyward but I thought In Memoriam should’ve won for debut novel. Also, Clytemnestra was another nominee (fantasy) that was a great read. I’ve only read The Ninth House by Leigh Barduga but that was enough for me to know she wasn’t for me." — rozieg, Reddit
Supermassive Book Hole is your personal media universe — books, movies, games, and albums on one beautiful shelf, with notes, and a feed of what your friends are into.
SHELVE THIS BOOK
