Good Southern Witches, edited by J.D. Horn, is a
thoroughly enjoyable collection of 24 tales of witches—good, bad, female, non-binary,
old, young, gay, and straight. There are stories here for every fan of witch
lore: you have granny witches providing tonics for wealthy clients, generations
of witches welcoming their heir into her powers, spiteful witches to claim
lives to free her own, Earth witches protecting the environment when trees are
to be destroyed, and a couple of cozy witches keep a balance between our world
and the unknown.
I really enjoyed this
anthology, not every story was my cup of tea, but that is to be expected in any
collection of short stories. This was my
first time reading any release by Curious Blue Press, now I will be looking forward
to anything and everything they release. I loved that the authors selected for
this anthology were not names that I have seen over and over in other
publications. I now have new writers to check out. I really appreciated the
LGBTQIA representation in this collection, not a lot of presses will make that
a priority.
4/5 Stars
Thank you to #NetGalley
and #CuriousBluePress for providing me with an eARC for review. All thoughts
and opinions are my own.
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