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★★★★☆ 3.81 • Goodreads

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Loved The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher for its portal-spawned cosmic dread? Let The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson unravel you next.

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Why It's Your Next Read

  • Puritan theocracy fuels suffocating religious horror
  • Folk curses & forbidden woods await
  • Slow-burn dread escalates to nightmare
  • Heroine defies patriarchy & supernatural forces

If you craved the way The Hollow Places turned a museum into a portal for incomprehensible dread, The Year of the Witching will sink you into a Puritan theocracy where forbidden woods bleed curses and faith unravels. Henderson delivers that same slow-burn atmospheric horror—no jump scares, just the intellectual terror of watching reality crack under the weight of eldritch folklore and human fragility.

This is cosmic dread wrapped in folksy witchcraft, and it will keep you awake.

Immanuelle's unflinching grit mirrors the pragmatic heroism you loved in Kara: capable women navigating supernatural chaos with dark humor sharp enough to cut through existential despair. The oppressive religious setting amplifies that creeping unease you couldn't shake.

This is cosmic dread wrapped in folksy witchcraft, and it will keep you awake.

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What Readers Are Saying

"Holy shh—Mother of Witches, this book is going straight to my TOP READS OF 2020 list!!!!!" Arini, Goodreads
"So fabulous, I flew through it. It had me hooked from start to finish. I really enjoyed every part of this book." Marzuqa, Goodreads
"I tore through this book in a single day... the exact kind of witchy tale I've been looking for." S.A. Chakraborty, Goodreads

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