3.5
Toil & Trouble
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“This powerful and diverse collection is perfect for fans of female-led fantasy stories. No damsels in distress to be found here.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
There’s nothing more powerful than a witch who believes in herself.
Women accused of witchcraft. Fearsome girls with arcane knowledge. Toil & Trouble features fifteen stories of girls embracing their power, reclaiming their destinies, and using their magic to create, to curse, to cure, to kill . . . and to live.
A young witch uses social media to connect with her astrology clients—and with a NASA-loving girl as cute as she is skeptical. A priestess of death investigates a ritualized murder. A bruja who cures lovesickness might need the remedy herself when she falls for an altar boy. A theater production is turned upside down by a visiting churel. A water witch uses her magic to survive the soldiers who have invaded her desert oasis. And in the near future, a group of girls accused of witchcraft must find their collective power . . . and destroy their captors.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A TEEN WITCH!
Featuring stories by:
Tehlor Kay Mejia
Andrea Robertson
Tess Sharpe
Lindsay Smith
Brandy Colbert
Shveta Thakrar
Robin Talley
Nova Ren Suma
Zoraida Córdova
Brenna Yovanoff
Kate Hart
Jessica Spotswood
Anna-Marie McLemore
Emery Lord
Elizabeth May
“This collection brings together short, witchy stories from fifteen brilliant YA authors . . . It’s a whole lot of magical fun, and a definite must-read for all the witches in your life.” —Bustle
“The collective impact is undeniably resounding.” —Booklist (starred review)
“[A] provocative, eclectic collection.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
There’s nothing more powerful than a witch who believes in herself.
Women accused of witchcraft. Fearsome girls with arcane knowledge. Toil & Trouble features fifteen stories of girls embracing their power, reclaiming their destinies, and using their magic to create, to curse, to cure, to kill . . . and to live.
A young witch uses social media to connect with her astrology clients—and with a NASA-loving girl as cute as she is skeptical. A priestess of death investigates a ritualized murder. A bruja who cures lovesickness might need the remedy herself when she falls for an altar boy. A theater production is turned upside down by a visiting churel. A water witch uses her magic to survive the soldiers who have invaded her desert oasis. And in the near future, a group of girls accused of witchcraft must find their collective power . . . and destroy their captors.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A TEEN WITCH!
Featuring stories by:
Tehlor Kay Mejia
Andrea Robertson
Tess Sharpe
Lindsay Smith
Brandy Colbert
Shveta Thakrar
Robin Talley
Nova Ren Suma
Zoraida Córdova
Brenna Yovanoff
Kate Hart
Jessica Spotswood
Anna-Marie McLemore
Emery Lord
Elizabeth May
“This collection brings together short, witchy stories from fifteen brilliant YA authors . . . It’s a whole lot of magical fun, and a definite must-read for all the witches in your life.” —Bustle
“The collective impact is undeniably resounding.” —Booklist (starred review)
“[A] provocative, eclectic collection.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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“My favorite stores from this collection:
Starsong by https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16305520.Tehlor_Kay_Mejia
Our protagonist is a Latina LGBT astrology witch making an Instagram connection with a future NASA queen. It's beautiful.
Love Spell by https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6434877.Anna_Marie_McLemore
Can an el acolito and a bruja fall in love and sustain it? This is the first AMM I've read; I justed added https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36952596.Blanca___Roja to my to-read list.
The Gherin Girls by https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6553850.Emery_Lord
"She had replanted herself were she belonged, but she needed water and light and air and nutrients. Most of all, she needed time." Three sisters in Wyoming with three different witchy gifts confronting the aftermath of IPV. I want to spend more time with the Nova, Rosie, and Willa.
Why They Watch Us Burn by https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5303332.Elizabeth_May
"This is what witchcraft looks like: It is women holding hands, harnessing power, and changing their fate. If every woman practiced such a thing, we would learn what Eve did after she ate that apple. When she held knowledge in her hands. We would upend the world." A perfect final story for this collection and a reminder to check out https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15791085.The_Falconer__The_Falconer___1_ .”

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