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A review by articulatedream
The Scratch Daughters by H.A. Clarke
5.0
The Scratch Daughters takes everything glorious about Scapegracers and elevates it to the next level.
Witches, witch hunters, gay stuff, covens, girl gangs, talking about the issues in small towns and dealing with complicated family stuff. It’s all there.
I was less than 5 minutes into reading when I started to cackle out loud, and just…didn’t stop until I finished the book.
We pick up with Sideways and the Scapegracer coven a few months after the incident that lost her soul with them hexing shitty boys while trying to figure out how to find Madeline again. Between the inner squabbles of the coven as they try to figure themselves out, and Sideways trying not to feel like she’s dying with Mr. Scratch being the only thing keeping her up and running, there is a lot here about trauma and queerness and feeling alone.
It follows the through line of seeking out Madeline so that Sideways can get her soul back, and delivers an excellent story as the world gets bigger and darker with every page.
I couldn’t put it down, between being stressed over characters having interpersonal stuff, and the big bad witch hunters being a PROBLEM.
Compulsively readable this story about a coven finding their way, and fighting back against a shitty world and misogynistic witch hunters is a queer balm and the perfect sequel. I just can’t wait to see where it goes next.
Witches, witch hunters, gay stuff, covens, girl gangs, talking about the issues in small towns and dealing with complicated family stuff. It’s all there.
I was less than 5 minutes into reading when I started to cackle out loud, and just…didn’t stop until I finished the book.
We pick up with Sideways and the Scapegracer coven a few months after the incident that lost her soul with them hexing shitty boys while trying to figure out how to find Madeline again. Between the inner squabbles of the coven as they try to figure themselves out, and Sideways trying not to feel like she’s dying with Mr. Scratch being the only thing keeping her up and running, there is a lot here about trauma and queerness and feeling alone.
It follows the through line of seeking out Madeline so that Sideways can get her soul back, and delivers an excellent story as the world gets bigger and darker with every page.
I couldn’t put it down, between being stressed over characters having interpersonal stuff, and the big bad witch hunters being a PROBLEM.
Compulsively readable this story about a coven finding their way, and fighting back against a shitty world and misogynistic witch hunters is a queer balm and the perfect sequel. I just can’t wait to see where it goes next.