Toil and Trouble

Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft by Tess Sharpe

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


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I'm not positive but I believe this book falls into the Young Adult category. This is not what I normally read; however, I was hoping to get a better perspective on how young people perceive magic. I didn't quite get that but I did get 15 pretty good stories. They were interesting and well-written. Of the fifteen there was only one I didn't really care for and that was because the pacing was pretty slow. It was still an interesting story - just one that could have been told in about a third of the pages. All the rest were first rate.

Although witches are a part of every story, magic isn't. In some cases it's just a matter of women being persecuted for being perceived as witches. Personally I would have preferred more magic but that's because I was looking for a relationship between that and the young protagonists.

Overall I quite enjoyed the book and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys tales of witches.



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