They are under pressure to pay their mortgage and have a hard deadline. It reminded me of Practical Magic and the TV series Golden Girls…lol Imagine five sisters living under the same roof, all with very different personalities. Their backstory was fascinating, as were their friendships and history. All use magic and found their way to the manor as children. Queenie loves to experiment, Jezebel is a seductress, Ivy is magic with plants, Ursula is clairvoyant and Tabby connects with animals, particularly her crow named Widget. The witches run a distillery and sell to the locals. I plunged into this story and loved the manor and the quirky happens within. But an angry town mob and a precocious twelve-year-old soon reveal to the others that there is a problem. She has plans to fix it when Ruby, one of the sisterhood who’s been gone for thirty-three years, returns. Only Queenie, their leader, hasn’t told the others.

A series of mishaps and issues have them behind on their mortgage payments.

We meet five octogenarian witches living in Moonshyne Manor. Heartbreaking and heart-mending, it will make you grateful for the amazing women in your life. Marais’ clever prose offers as much laughter as insight, delving deeply into feminism, identity and power dynamics while stirring up intrigue and drama through secrets, lies and sex. As the deadline to save the manor approaches, fractures among the sisterhood are revealed, and long-held secrets are exposed, culminating in a fiery confrontation with their enemies.įunny, tender and uplifting, the novel explores the formidable power that can be discovered in aging, found family and unlikely friendships. Thankfully, they get a bit of help from Persephone, a feisty TikToker eager to smash the patriarchy. The witches are determined to save their home and themselves, but their aging powers are no match for increasingly malicious threats. Then things take a turn for the worse when Ruby’s homecoming reveals a seemingly insurmountable obstacle instead of the solution to all their problems. In an act of desperation, Queenie makes a bargain with an evil far more powerful than anything they’ve ever faced. One man is hellbent on avenging his family for the theft of a legacy he claims was rightfully his. Still, there’s hope, since the imminent return of Ruby-one of the sisterhood who’s been gone for thirty-three years-will surely be their salvation.īut the mob is only the start of their troubles.

All eyes turn to the witch in charge, Queenie, who confesses they’ve fallen far behind on their mortgage payments. A looming threat.įive octogenarian witches gather as an angry mob threatens to demolish Moonshyne Manor.

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