Bubbling cauldrons! Flying broomsticks! Maniacally cackling while calling things “my pretty!” Those character quirks can only belong to once fantasy archetype: the witch. While much maligned in historic works of Western fantasy, witches have since gotten a modern day PR rebrand – becoming symbols of societal rebellion and feminist power. If you’re looking for witch books that will cast a love charm on your adult heart, these 10 best witch fantasy stories are sure to leave you spellbound.
Circe
(Back Bay Books)Homer was cooking with gas when he cheffed up the idea of a sea witch that turned men into pigs – and Madeline Miller’s Circe perfected the recipe. A retelling of The Odyssey from the point of view of one of its secondary antagonists, Circe flips the script on the modern Greek myth to tell the tale of a goddess who dreams of a mundane existence. After being exiled to a deserted island for using witchcraft to transmogrify one of her tormenters, Circe discovers that the gods’ divine judgment was actually a blessing in disguise. She’s now free to spend her immortal days perfecting her magical arts, using plants and herbs to improve the transformative powers of her potions. But when Odysseus washes up on her shores, Circe is shocked to discover that he’s one few mortal men whose isn’t better as a swine – for now. Lyrical. Moody. Meditative. A must.
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