![]() ![]() ![]() They have been fostered by Alice Boston (Aunt Alice), a redoubtable woman of redoubtable talents. Jennet and Ben, orphans, are off to Whitby. It’s a beginning, yes, to this story, but also a response to Dracula and to the Hand of Glory and the Barghest and to the sea and to the storied history of Whitby itself. The Whitby Witches is of Whitby and responsive to Whitby and in dialogue with the story of Whitby and all of the stories of Whitby. But how to review this dark and powerful and wildly fantastic book, oh where to begin with such a book that is the first in a trilogy but not, somehow. Upon the decision that I wanted to use this book in my PhD (and how, oh how could I not…), I knew it was time to fix that. I’ve written about The Whitby Witches before but never quite in the guise of a formal review. ![]()
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