The Once and Future Witches
- 528
- Pages
- about 10 h
- Reading time
- Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel
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Our view
“The Once and Future Witches” ties witchcraft to the fight for women’s rights and makes the pairing feel natural, not programmatic. Its best idea is that fairy tales and old songs work as spells, and some readers praise how the larger struggle and each character’s own path keep pace with one another. At over five hundred pages it is a long read; a reader may take it slowly, then race through the final stretch.
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About the book
The Once and Future Witches is a 2020 fantasy novel by American writer Alix E. Harrow, the second novel released by Harrow.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 347 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 70% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.9 | 9 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 338 | 97% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Once and Future Witches?
It has 528 pages — shorter than 52% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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