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The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

Description:  A young woman living in a rigid, puritanical society discovers dark powers within herself in this stunning, feminist fantasy debut. Genre: Fiction Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal Witches  Rating: 5/5 Book review: The Story of Emmanuel kept me hooked right from the first chapter and I completed it in less than a week. The book spooks about the evil in the woods, which was home to four witches. The city outside woods was looked after or I’d say ruled by The Prophet, to whom people worshiped. The father claimed that his actions were directed by the Father in Heaven's and people believed and obeyed everything as the Prophet demanded. Everyone feared the woods, everyone but Emmanuel.  So who was this Emmanuel?? Well if I have to define her character I'd say she was the hero and the villain (or maybe not) but surely valiant, self-aware, altruistic, and a witch. The girl who lost her parents before she could know them, living with her mother's parents. She was draw...