--- product_id: 302183064 title: "The Once and Future Witches" price: "€ 27.44" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.at/products/302183064-the-once-and-future-witches store_origin: AT region: Austria --- # The Once and Future Witches **Price:** € 27.44 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Once and Future Witches - **How much does it cost?** € 27.44 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.at](https://www.desertcart.at/products/302183064-the-once-and-future-witches) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: The Once and Future Witches: 9780316422017: Harrow, Alix E.: Books Review: 🖤 Sisterhood - 🐦‍⬛ Bookish Thoughts I was not ready for the emotional damage of this book. This is a story of sisterhood, forgiveness, resilience, magic, and love. I connected deeply to all the sisters, and it’s rare for a book to make me feel so seen and so invested in every relationship on the page, but this one did it effortlessly. Every chapter began with a spell, adding a whimsical and magical touch. The writing was beautiful and intentional, with passages I had to pause and reread just to take them in. This book did not shy away from the difficulties of being a woman in a patriarchal world. It dives deep into the hardships and heartbreak women experience. The helplessness, the rage we have to keep quiet to stay safe, and the way women are infantilized and silenced. “What’s so hard about calling a woman by her full name? Why do men always want to give you some smaller, sweeter name than the one your mama gave you?” “It’s a risk just to be a woman, in my experience. No matter how healthy or hardworking she is.” It also shows the resilience and the hope we carry. The love we have for each other that becomes our guiding force to fight back. “You’re here because you want more for yourselves, better for your daughters. Because it’s easy to ignore a woman.” Juniper’s lips twist in a feral smile.“But a hell of a lot harder to ignore a witch.” “For your sister.” Or perhaps for all of them: for the little girls thrown in cellars and the grown women sent to workhouses, the mothers who shouldn’t have died and the witches who shouldn’t have burned. For all the women punished merely for wanting what they shouldn’t have. And finally, the sisters: James Juniper is the wild sister, fearless as a fox and curious as a crow. Agnes Amaranth is the strong sister, steady as a stone and twice as hard. Beatrice Belladonna is the wise sister, quiet and clever as an owl in the rafters. The Once and Future Witches is a 6 star read and one of my favorite books of all time. The ending was so bittersweet, the kind that leaves you both satisfied and heartbroken. I know this will be a book I return to again and again. 🪄 What to Expect • Sisterhood • Found family • Sapphic rep • Feminism • Witchcraft • Suffragette movement • Feminine rage • Alternate America Review: Perfect Samhain Read - Set in an alternate 1893, Alix Harrow's second novel gives us the story of three estranged sisters who are very different women, who have come through the abuses at the hands of their angry and bitter father by running away from home and each other. James Juniper aka June, is the youngest and she opens the story her flight from a burning house to the town of New Salem where, in a suffragist rally she encounters she miraculously finds her sisters Agnes Amaranth (the middle daughter) and Beatrice Belladona (the oldest). Each of the sisters has a personal struggle, whether June's sad childhood leg injury and anger that is a force of nature, or Agnes' being pregnant out of wedlock, or Bella's struggle with her attraction to women. Possessed of some of the keys of magic like the will, they will seek the words and the ways of magic together, in pursuit of women's equality and a better future for Agnes' soon to be born daughter, Eve. The journey will be long, hard, painful, and sad, though the novel does end with much welcome optimism. The Once and Future Witches has so many elements I love in stories (witches, suffragists, feminism, sisters, and it's a book about books and libraries) and therefore I find myself in an odd position of being not wholly satisfied with the novel. There was much to love in the idea of the book, such as the sisters' distinct personalities and their fierce and undying love for each other in spite of all they had been through together and apart. I also loved Cleo and her confident, loving manner, Jennie and Inez, all the women who fought in spite of being afraid, and August Lee, who turned out to be a marvelous man. The pacing of the novel felt uneven, however, and the culmination of the battle between the good witches of New Salem, and an old devil somehow felt oddly contrived. I may however, in all honesty, be suffering from reading Alice Hoffman's Magic Lessons, C. L. Polk's The Midnight Bargain, and this novel, all of which have very similar themes of feminism and witches or sorceresses, back to back to back. Overall, however, this is a solid fantasy novel that I can easily recommend as a seasonal read for Samhain/All Soul's celebrations. The audiobook, narrated by Gabra Zackman, is quite nicely done. CW: references to sexual assault, burnings, attempted burnings, torture I received a digital review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #25,229 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #9 in LGBTQ+ Fantasy Fiction #133 in Horror Occult & Supernatural #219 in Historical Fantasy (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (11,465) | | Dimensions | 5.85 x 1.65 x 8.35 inches | | Edition | Reprint | | ISBN-10 | 0316422010 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0316422017 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 544 pages | | Publication date | September 28, 2021 | | Publisher | Redhook | ## Images ![The Once and Future Witches - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51BiKcjB1pL.jpg) ![The Once and Future Witches - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51qpzZtFP2L.jpg) ![The Once and Future Witches - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/813vkTbI8OL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🖤 Sisterhood *by B***B on August 13, 2025* 🐦‍⬛ Bookish Thoughts I was not ready for the emotional damage of this book. This is a story of sisterhood, forgiveness, resilience, magic, and love. I connected deeply to all the sisters, and it’s rare for a book to make me feel so seen and so invested in every relationship on the page, but this one did it effortlessly. Every chapter began with a spell, adding a whimsical and magical touch. The writing was beautiful and intentional, with passages I had to pause and reread just to take them in. This book did not shy away from the difficulties of being a woman in a patriarchal world. It dives deep into the hardships and heartbreak women experience. The helplessness, the rage we have to keep quiet to stay safe, and the way women are infantilized and silenced. “What’s so hard about calling a woman by her full name? Why do men always want to give you some smaller, sweeter name than the one your mama gave you?” “It’s a risk just to be a woman, in my experience. No matter how healthy or hardworking she is.” It also shows the resilience and the hope we carry. The love we have for each other that becomes our guiding force to fight back. “You’re here because you want more for yourselves, better for your daughters. Because it’s easy to ignore a woman.” Juniper’s lips twist in a feral smile.“But a hell of a lot harder to ignore a witch.” “For your sister.” Or perhaps for all of them: for the little girls thrown in cellars and the grown women sent to workhouses, the mothers who shouldn’t have died and the witches who shouldn’t have burned. For all the women punished merely for wanting what they shouldn’t have. And finally, the sisters: James Juniper is the wild sister, fearless as a fox and curious as a crow. Agnes Amaranth is the strong sister, steady as a stone and twice as hard. Beatrice Belladonna is the wise sister, quiet and clever as an owl in the rafters. The Once and Future Witches is a 6 star read and one of my favorite books of all time. The ending was so bittersweet, the kind that leaves you both satisfied and heartbroken. I know this will be a book I return to again and again. 🪄 What to Expect • Sisterhood • Found family • Sapphic rep • Feminism • Witchcraft • Suffragette movement • Feminine rage • Alternate America ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect Samhain Read *by M***E on October 18, 2020* Set in an alternate 1893, Alix Harrow's second novel gives us the story of three estranged sisters who are very different women, who have come through the abuses at the hands of their angry and bitter father by running away from home and each other. James Juniper aka June, is the youngest and she opens the story her flight from a burning house to the town of New Salem where, in a suffragist rally she encounters she miraculously finds her sisters Agnes Amaranth (the middle daughter) and Beatrice Belladona (the oldest). Each of the sisters has a personal struggle, whether June's sad childhood leg injury and anger that is a force of nature, or Agnes' being pregnant out of wedlock, or Bella's struggle with her attraction to women. Possessed of some of the keys of magic like the will, they will seek the words and the ways of magic together, in pursuit of women's equality and a better future for Agnes' soon to be born daughter, Eve. The journey will be long, hard, painful, and sad, though the novel does end with much welcome optimism. The Once and Future Witches has so many elements I love in stories (witches, suffragists, feminism, sisters, and it's a book about books and libraries) and therefore I find myself in an odd position of being not wholly satisfied with the novel. There was much to love in the idea of the book, such as the sisters' distinct personalities and their fierce and undying love for each other in spite of all they had been through together and apart. I also loved Cleo and her confident, loving manner, Jennie and Inez, all the women who fought in spite of being afraid, and August Lee, who turned out to be a marvelous man. The pacing of the novel felt uneven, however, and the culmination of the battle between the good witches of New Salem, and an old devil somehow felt oddly contrived. I may however, in all honesty, be suffering from reading Alice Hoffman's Magic Lessons, C. L. Polk's The Midnight Bargain, and this novel, all of which have very similar themes of feminism and witches or sorceresses, back to back to back. Overall, however, this is a solid fantasy novel that I can easily recommend as a seasonal read for Samhain/All Soul's celebrations. The audiobook, narrated by Gabra Zackman, is quite nicely done. CW: references to sexual assault, burnings, attempted burnings, torture I received a digital review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by V***A on June 17, 2021* A story about family, love, loyalty, social injustice and women. I enjoyed reading this book tremendously. 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