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. Its got all the ingredients of a perfect October read: a rambling haunted mansion, a coven of witches with a varied array of powers, a dark and mysterious wizard with dangerous intentions, and an adventure that concludes on. The witches are determined to save their home and themselves, but their aging powers are no match for increasingly malicious threats. The perfect read for Halloween enthusiasts and witch-lovers of all stripes, The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais scratched an itch I didn’t realize I had. 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.

'Bianca Marais is a genius' - Ann Patchett, #1 New York Times bestselling authorĪ coven of modern-day witches.

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