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Weyward by Emilia Hart
5.0

β€œπ”šπ”¦π”±π” π”₯. 𝔗π”₯𝔒 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔑 𝔰𝔩𝔦𝔱π”₯𝔒𝔯𝔰 𝔣𝔯𝔬π”ͺ 𝔱π”₯𝔒 π”ͺ𝔬𝔲𝔱π”₯ 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔒 π”ž 𝔰𝔒𝔯𝔭𝔒𝔫𝔱, 𝔑𝔯𝔦𝔭𝔰 𝔣𝔯𝔬π”ͺ 𝔱π”₯𝔒 𝔱𝔬𝔫𝔀𝔲𝔒 π”žπ”° 𝔱π”₯𝔦𝔠𝔨 π”žπ”«π”‘ π”Ÿπ”©π”žπ” π”¨ π”žπ”° π”±π”žπ”―. π”šπ”’ 𝔫𝔒𝔳𝔒𝔯 𝔱π”₯𝔬𝔲𝔀π”₯𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔒𝔩𝔳𝔒𝔰 π”žπ”° 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔠π”₯𝔒𝔰, π”ͺ𝔢 π”ͺ𝔬𝔱π”₯𝔒𝔯 π”žπ”«π”‘ β„‘. 𝔉𝔬𝔯 𝔱π”₯𝔦𝔰 π”΄π”žπ”° π”ž 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔑 𝔦𝔫𝔳𝔒𝔫𝔱𝔒𝔑 π”Ÿπ”Ά π”ͺ𝔒𝔫, π”ž 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔑 𝔱π”₯π”žπ”± π”Ÿπ”―π”¦π”«π”€π”° 𝔭𝔬𝔴𝔒𝔯 𝔱𝔬 𝔱π”₯𝔬𝔰𝔒 𝔴π”₯𝔬 π”°π”­π”’π”žπ”¨ 𝔦𝔱, 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔱π”₯𝔬𝔰𝔒 𝔦𝔱 π”‘π”’π”°π” π”―π”¦π”Ÿπ”’π”°. 𝔄 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔑 𝔱π”₯π”žπ”± π”Ÿπ”²π”¦π”©π”‘π”° π”€π”žπ”©π”©π”¬π”΄π”° π”žπ”«π”‘ 𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔒𝔰, 𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔫𝔰 π”Ÿπ”―π”’π”žπ”±π”₯𝔦𝔫𝔀 𝔴𝔬π”ͺ𝔒𝔫 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔭𝔰𝔒𝔰.”

Published: 02/02/23
Genre: Historical, fantasy
Page count: 381
Format read: 🎧 with a tiny bit of πŸ“±
Other books read by this author: The short story 𝐀𝐩𝐩π₯𝐞𝐬 in 𝐎𝐟 𝐭𝐑𝐞 𝐅π₯𝐞𝐬𝐑

The second I started this I was kicking myself for not having read it sooner. I was thrown headfirst into the worlds of Kate, Violet & Altha, three distant relatives living at different points in history. Altha is being tried as a witch in Lancaster in the 1600s, Violet growing up at a stately home in the 1940s, & Kate is trapped in an abusive relationship in 2019. 
Learning about the three women, watching their stories unfold across the different timelines & discovering their similarities & the ways in which they were linked was utterly captivating. I adored each of the women, but Violet, mother of beetles, has wormed her way thoroughly into my heart to become one of my favourite characters of all time.
A story of family, feminism, witchcraft, & revenge, π–πžπ²π°πšπ«π is a rollercoaster of emotions & I loved every second of triumph, laughter, shock, sorrow, & pain. An utterly beautiful, utterly heartbreaking, utterly hopeful novel that I would recommend time & time again.