Why D loves this book
This is a stellar, near-perfect debut novel. It is WWII-era historical fiction, mixed with magical realism. It is also staunchly feminist, and provides a stark glimpse of the similarities between Hitler's rise and Trump's. And unlike many historical fiction novels or debuts, it avoids the biggest pitfalls and tropes: It does not use WWII as a backdrop for romance; it does not provide a bloodless, tragic, sterile view of war or the acts committed; while its FMC is young, she's not a rom-com trope or out to "find herself."
What's amazing about this debut effort is it reads like the work of an accomplished author. The characters are fully fleshed and compelling, the pacing is perfectly on point, and the story and world were richly written. I read it in two days, and had difficulty putting it down.
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'Prime Minister Churchill, the Witches of Britain are at your service . . .'
1940, and war rages across Europe. The future looks bleak. But now, emerging from the shadows, the Royal Academy of Witches offers its help. And so it is tasked with finding an ancient artefact that, were it to fall into Nazi hands, would help Hitler fulfil his twisted Aryan dream . . .
Stubborn, plain-spoken and from an unimpressive family, Lydia Polk never expected to be chosen to work under Isadora Goode, the Grand Mistress of the Royal Academy of Witches.
Now, three years into her…
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