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Which matters more, her past or her present?

The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston

May 25, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 3 Comments

Bess is a witch living in modern times. She also happens to be over 300 years old. She’s just moved into a new house and has caught the attention of a local girl named Tegan. As Bess and Tegan spend time together, Bess recounts tales of her life as a way of instructing Tegan in magic and witchcraft. The tales of Bess’ life are simultaneously cautionary ones about the dangers of powerful men and their relentless pursuit of what they perceive as theirs and about […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: magic, paganism, Paula Brackston, time-jumps, witchcraft

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:21 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: magic, paganism, Paula Brackston, time-jumps, witchcraft ·
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Drug Trip or Wacky Plot….Who Can Say?

Remedia: A Picaresque by Micahel Joyce

April 9, 2019 by Ale 1 Comment

I was asked to read this book for a lit mag and do a review of it. The last several books I’ve done for them have been pretty awesome, so I was optimistic going into this one. It’s a picaresque style novel, which I’ve never encountered before, and I had high hopes that I would enjoy this new type of genre. But, alas, I’ve DNFed this one at page 256 because I just can’t anymore with the crazitude. Remedia starts out like it’s going to […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: camera, photography, picaresque novel, Remedia, time-jumps

Ale's CBR11 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: camera, photography, picaresque novel, Remedia, time-jumps ·
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    on The Witch by Fredia McFadden
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    on The Witch by Fredia McFadden
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