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“Why were we taught to fear witches, and not the men who burned them?”

The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais

August 13, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 12: Dwelling There’s a probably slightly magically sentient house in this novel, both in the title The Witches of Moonshyne Manor, and in the background as a character, but mostly as a big part of the setting. The magic manor is only one of many many tropes in this novel, to the point where I’m not sure whether this whole novel is full of clichés or it’s actually mildly ironically self-aware. There’s a sisterhood of witches with the leader type (Queenie), the sexy one […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Bianca Marais, cbr15bingo, magic, patriarchy, sisterhood, The Witches of Moonshyne Manor, witches

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:67 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Bianca Marais, cbr15bingo, magic, patriarchy, sisterhood, The Witches of Moonshyne Manor, witches ·
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and now for something a bit different

The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais

December 30, 2022 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

What a quirky book, but one that I found lovely in its own way. The focus is on the friendship between four old women who have, over time, created a home together in a eccentric manor where they can be themselves. There’s a lot of messaging around identity and found family which was well done, coupled with some more heavy handed messaging around, like, MRAs or anti-female energy which I felt was a bit 2D. The plot seems a lot more confusing from the blurb […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Bianca Marais

wicherwill's CBR14 Review No:157 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Bianca Marais ·
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