Sunday, January 29, 2023

2023 book 20

 Kate Forsyth's The Witches of Eileanan

I don’t even remember where I heard about this series, but I’m always determined to find a new multi book fantasy adventure to escape into, so here we are. This has a whole Celtic thing going on, set in a world where witches and fairies were outlawed, but one little foundling has been raised by a witch in the old ways. And they’re determined to restore the witches to their rightful place and being down the evil sorceress that’s controlling the kingdom! Lots of interesting characters here, lots of unexpected stuff, and partway through the book it’s revealed that the witches descend from humans who colonized the planet from outer space??? Well, obviously I have to see what happens next. Content warning for a very unpleasant/rapey torture scene (this was originally written in the 90s). B+.

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