by Emilia Hart I haven't been reviewing for the past few months, which doesn't mean I haven't been reading, but it does mean I have built up something of a review backlog. Weyward is one of the slickest stories I have read this year, a well-paced and cleverly plotted novel about three women who are …
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The Fickleness of Gods
(and Goddesses) Atalanta by Jennifer Saint 'When Atalanta posted herself on the extreme right flank at some distance from her fellow-hunters,' wrote Robert Graves in The Greek Myths, 'two Centaurs ..... decided to ravish her, each in turn assisting the other. But as soon as they ran towards her, she shot them both down and …
Hogwarts #4#
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire By JK Rowling Harry Potter Special Hogwarts Editions Readers who have progressed thus far in the series know that Harry Potter is a wizard. When he isn't attending Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry, he lives with his unpleasant aunt and uncle, the Dursleys, and their bullying spoiled …
Witch Hunt
The Familiars by Stacey Halls A Review ' "The light and the darkness are equal forces - partners, if you will - then there is a moment, very quick and quiet, where you can see the day giving in to the night. That's when I know." ' [Alice Gray] We know about witches, don't we …
Nymphs and Naiads
Circe by Madeline Miller A Review Madeline Miller earned the Orange Prize in 2012 for her highly original novel The Song of Achilles. Now, six years later, she is back among the gods, goddesses and sundry immortals with another feast of ambrosia and a look at one of the lesser villains of Greek mythology. I …
Witches and Castles
"There shall not be found among you anyone who practises divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or necromancer.' The Secret Diary of Eleanor Cobham by Tony Riches History and historians have been unkind to women, giving them at best a minor role, at worst demonising them and even, …
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