I did not connect with the characters, and I found the plot both a bit too drawn out and quite repetitive in places.

As a lover of witches, female rage, revenge murder, gender neutrality, matriarchy, and the word ‘cunt,’ this was good as hell. This is outstanding: a world that runs parallel to our own, full of the graceless hypocrisies of men and the petty (and not-so-petty) cruelties of disempowered women. Not just as a person who is always trying to heal and learn from everything around her, but as an artist. The soft, silky, slippery gift of the Earth, which is being twisted, bent and broken, dried out, cracked so many times.The story tells of Lux, alone and suspected of witchcraft after her mother’s death, when she meets the mysterious Else, who may or may not be a real witch. Wordsmith extraordinaire Kirsty Logan has written what is possibly her best novel yet in a tale that feels as old as the hills but sparkles with formal inventiveness.

the stream of consciousness parts felt super random and were incredibly hard to read so i had to skip them completely.On every level, from the poetry of the prose to Lux’s courage and sheer canny-ness, it’s absolutely essential reading. I was looking forward to sinking into her newest novel, but I found myself distanced from it throughout. From the snowy winter woods to the bright midnight sun; from lost and powerless to finding your path, Now She is Witch conjures a world of violence and beauty - a world where women grasp at power through witchcraft, sexuality and performance, and most of all through throwing each other to the wolves. So, yes, it’s a story of power and its warping, but also of love and courage and wisdom and beauty and a magic that runs deep in the earth.