![]() Gothic novels are having a comeback right now, and The Year of the Witching is one of the best ones out there. As the mystery of her birth - and the secrets of Bethel - unravel around her, danger rears up from unexpected corners, and everything she believed begins to fall apart. One accidental foray into the forbidden Darkwood throws her life into turmoil, for there are witches in the wood, and they have a gift for Immanuelle: her dead mother’s journal. ![]() Her path isn’t easy: as a biracial girl born out of wedlock, her existence itself is shameful to her family, and she struggles to gain acceptance in their community. Immanuelle Moore leads a strict, quiet life in the commune of Bethel, where the word of the Prophet is law and conformity is the highest virtue. ![]() Alexis Henderson’s The Year of the Witching is a superb novel in which the things that lurk in the woods are not the worst monsters the heroine must face. ![]()
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