The Year of the Witching

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The Year of the Witching

The Year of the Witching

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A haunting, unique read I couldn't put down—a story that cuts to the heart.”—Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Tempests and Slaughter

This book will haunt your dreams.”—Christina Henry, National Bestselling author of Aliceand The Ghost TreeWe follow Immanuelle, with the help of the Prophet’s son who is skeptical of his father’s teachings and beliefs, Ezra, trying to save the townspeople from an impending doom, a revenge curse casted by the witches and accidentally activated by Immanuelle herself. The novel is broken up into five sections and is narrated in the third-person past with a focus on Immanuelle. In “Beast,” the midwife, Martha, delivered her daughter’s child. When the baby was born, Martha said that her name was to be Immanuelle. This pleased the dying mother, who said the curse the witch in the woods had told her about was nearly complete.

Fascinated by the secrets in the diary, Immanuelle finds herself struggling to understand how her mother could have consorted with the witches. But when she begins to learn grim truths about the Church and its history, she realizes the true threat to Bethel is its own darkness. And she starts to understand that if Bethel is to change, it must begin with her. Bethel is a land governed by a strict, fundamentalist religion. The Prophet rules the people and his Apostles enforce his will. The citizens in this rigid, harsh society worship a brutal god, one of fire and punishments and retribution. Anyone who acts against the will of the state or in defiance of tradition are declared witches and blasphemers and burned at the stake. Before she was even born, a dark skinned man from the Outskirts of Bethel, was executed by the Prophet. Her mother, young, pregnant, and desperate for vengeance, fled into the Darkwood and made a deal that cost her everything. The Year of the Witching is Alexis Henderson’s debut novel, but you’d never know it…. The story is enchanting, enticing, enthralling, enigmatic.”–Tor.comthere are a lot of good things about this - the relevant themes, the relatable characters, and the easy-going writing. i like how this is set in a very distant and dated world, but so much of the story applies to reality. i love immanuelle as a character and i appreciate that she had a determined strength to her, but is also kind and thoughtful. i feel like i dont see enough of this combination in books. i also like her interactions with ezra and enjoy their narrative. I received an Advanced Readers Copy from Edelweiss and Ace in exchange for an honest review. All opinions included herein are my own. the gothic horror descriptions are definitely my favorite thing about the reading experience. the darkwood where the witches live comes to life in a deeply unsettling, intangible way, and the stained glass and heavy wood cathedrals almost loom over our characters like the oppressive regime that they represent.

women are married off by the dozens to men old enough to be their grandfathers as soon as they menstruate for the first time. such as leah, immanuelle’s best friend and one of the prophet’s many wives, who only ever seems to pop into the story to illustrate just how badly women are abused. Intrigued by the journal, Immanuelle becomes focused on discovering the truth behind her mother's life. The more she digs, however, the more she stands apart from the rest of her society. It becomes clear that the history of Bethel isn't as clear-cut as the leaders try to make it. Slow burn horror crossed with a powerfully feminist coming-of-age novel . . . this book will haunt your dreams. CHRISTINA HENRY, author of The Lost Boy

decades ago, there was a holy war between the prophet and apostles of bethel and the witches of the nearby darkwood, and the prophet won. the inhabitants of bethel follow the teachings of the holy father, and the witches the teachings of the dark mother -- the latter of whom is, of course, demonized by the prophet. Lukewarm protagonist. I never really got a solid sense of Immanuelle as a character, to be honest. A huge part of this is that I didn’t buy her transformation from a conformist good girl to a witchy rebel. She moves from passive to reactive to active with not much internal growth to match it, so it was not a compellingly or convincingly written psychological process to me. I think it would have been much for effective for her to start out the story already rebellious and chafing under Bethel’s constraints.



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