I was excited when I saw I got approved for this, since I love everything dealing with witches! There was a part of me that was hoping a lot of the witches portrayed would not fall into any of usual stereotypes we see in the media. Thankfully this anthology exceeded my expectations quite a lot!

The diversity throughout the anthology is what truly made me adore this book. Every single story is so different from the last. Whether it be from the world building, the cultures portrayed, the way in which each character uses their powers and how that molds their daily lives.

One of the things that was a very pleasant surprise was the amount of LGBT representation throughout the anthology. I had seen a few others mention this, but I had thought it was maybe part of one or two of the stories. By the time I finished the book I was just so overjoyed to have read about so many queer characters! The character’s sexuality was always portrayed in a positive light and brought up in very casual ways, which also made me very happy. It was never added in for shock value, or to make the characters seem lesser.

Some of the topics covered in the anthology are very heavy, a few character’s deal with sexual assault in two different stories. Nothing explicit is described, but it is there and can be uncomfortable to read through. So I feel I really need to add that into this review as a slight warning, since I know a lot of people may not want to read about that.

There were a few parts that I felt where just too slow, I had a hard time getting through those stories which is why I only rate it at four stars. Despite those few slower reads, the rest of the anthology is amazing. The plots are engaging and so many of them left me wanting more! I would love to read full length books on so many of these characters and their worlds, I wanted to know more of them and what would happen next in their lives. At the end of the day not only is this a very entertaining read, it is also a very empowering one. Seeing all these strong characters overcoming so much and just being their unique selves was really inspiring.

This anthology of witchy women explores the stories of several characters from various backgrounds at different times in history, told through the lens of different authors. Several stories were interesting, while others were difficult to understand and get through. It can be very difficult for authors to develop the proper setting/world building in a short fantasy story. Several stories were confusing, it was especially jarring to move from one world and its rules to another. I enjoyed “Death in the Sawtooths,” which is about a which, whose patron goddess is of the underworld. The main character helps determine the growing darkness in her town by working with the dead. “Beware of Girls with Crooked Mouths” was an interesting story. I wish that the author could expand this story into a novel. It focuses on three sisters, who each have different magical powers. Each is dealing with their own romantic challenges, but together, they can overcome and stand strong.

This wasn’t my favorite anthology, but there were a handful of stories that kept me interested.

I'm all about the anthologies but this had more disliked stories than liked stories and I'm having a hard time because I would have loved to get some fantastic witchy stories. I appreciated that they were diverse in both time period and characters but nothing popped out as being particularly well-written, well-plotted, or super creative to raise up the collection as a whole.

Can't win 'em all but it will certainly have fans!

I received Toil and Trouble as an eARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This collection of stories is the perfect thing to set the mood for October. Most of the stories were really good, such as “Divine are the Stars” by Zoraida Cordova where a young woman named Marimar travels to her childhood home to witness her grandmother dying. Cordova has a beautiful writing style that sets the tone for the scene.

I loved that several of the stories had to do with sisterhood—both in a familiar and sorority sense. One of those was "The Gherin Girls" by Emery Lord, which has three sisters coming together after one of them leaves an abusive relationship.
I really enjoyed how some of them put a modern twist to witchcraft like "Starsong" by Tehlor Kay Mejia, which has a young witch reading horoscopes on Snapchat; while others were set in the past such as "The Well Witch" by Kate Hart. It's set in the late 1800s in Texas where a young woman is alone in the wild west, but has a knack for sensing the life-giving water underneath.
There were a few that fell flat for me like “The Moonapple Menagerie” by Shveta Thakrar. A small coven of teenage witches can shapeshift and put on a play every year, but the young witch who is supposed to be writing the play has trouble creating--until a churel (a demon) offers to help. I just felt like there was a lot going on in such a short time. I couldn’t keep track of who was who, especially with the reference to their animal shapes and then their actual names.

The one that made the most impact to me was "Why They Watch Us Burn" by Elizabeth May. This was about a girl who was sent to a labor camp for "being a witch." Though, as the story progresses, we see that she was sexually harassed and named her accuser. All of the thirteen women who were at this camp were there for naming their assaulter. Considering the news headlines right now, it just made me ache. Not only for these women, but for all women who have been sexually assaulted. Nothing was too graphic; there were mentions of bruises and victim blaming. The women proved their strength at the end, however. This was definitely one that will stick with me.

What a cool book.  As everyone knows, I love witches, so I snapped up the chance to read this collection of short witchy stories as soon as I saw it on Netgalley.  It is a collection of 15 short stories, all written by different women, involving magic, witches, and femininity.  The most amazing thing about this collection is the diversity.  Every story is vastly different from the one before, including the characters, writing styles, forms of magic, concepts, etc.  We got so much variety, and yet they all worked well together as a cohesive collection.  There were definitely some stories that I enjoyed and connected to more than others, but I think there is truly something for everyone in this collection.  My favorite stories were "The Gherin Girls" by Emery Lord, "Beware of the Girls With Crooked Mouths" by Jessica Spotswood, and "Why They Watch Us Burn" by Elizabeth May.  "Beware of the Girls With Crooked Mouths" was so captivating, and I loved the system of magic and the plot of the story.  I could have easily read (and want) an expansion of this story into a novel.  "The Gherin Girls" I loved because of the sisterly relationship (I really connected to these characters) and the subtle, yet well developed magic in it.  "Why They Watch Us Burn" was an incredible way to end the anthology.  It was completely haunting, terrifying, and scarily relevant.  I rated each story with a star rating and then averaged them to get my overall rating for the collection and it came out to a solid THREE STARS, but some of these stories are worth so much more to me.  There was a quote from "Why They Watch Us Burn" that really resonated with me, and I'm sure will with a lot of women.  "The most terrifying thing in the world is a girl with power.  That's why they watch us burn."

I can't say I really enjoyed the stories as I didn't. Were they bad the answer is no they just weren't for me. They all seemed too similar for my liking and the witchcraft aspect always left me wantngnfor more.

Like any anthology there are peaks and valleys throughout this book, but I will say that is is much more up than down! In a world which is currently sending messages to girls ad women that their worth is not valued, this collection of short stories stands up and shows the power we possess. There are stories where the evil is leaders, the men, siblings, and power itself but all of the stories prove that we will not go quietly as one story comments. I would recommend this to all women, and to scare some of the less enlightened men ;) but many of them would be wonderful to be read and studied in hs and college English classes,

I love the witchy vibes that are popular right now, and I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book! I love that it brings together female voices from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Plus, the feminist vibes are just an added bonus! I was especially looking forward to Zoraida Córdova and Brandy Colbert. I think within this book everyone can find a story that appeals to them.

I love spooky stories about witches, but they can get a bit trope-y at times. Variations on the same theme. Black cats. Warts. Spells. Incantations. It gets a bit repetitive. Toil & Trouble is a story anthology about witches that gives a new spin to the classic tales. These stories are diverse, creative, and entertaining, with a dash of spooky witchiness.

From love spells that go wrong to witch hunts, these 15 stories celebrate all things Witch....with a empowering, feminist overtone.

Each story gives a bit of a new spin to the witch tale. Creative, entertaining and thought-provoking anthology! I really enjoyed this book! Each story is different and interesting. I tried to pick a favorite, but it was pretty much a tie between two: Daughters of Baba Yaga and Why They Watch Us Burn. But, all of the stories are good!

Stories included are:
Starsong - Tehlor Kay Mejia
Afterbirth - Andrea Cremer
The Heart in Her Hands - Tess Sharpe
Death in the Sawtooths - Lindsay Smith
The Truth about Queenie - Brandy Colbert
The Moonapple Menagerie - Shveta Thakrar
The Legend of Stone Mary - Robin Talley
The One Who Stayed - Nova Ren Suma
Divine Are The Stars - Zoraida Cordova
Daughters of Baba Yaga - Brenda Yovanoff
The Well Witch - Kate Hart
Beware of Girls With Crooked Mouths - Jessica Spotswood
Love Spell - Anna-Marie McLemore
The Gherin Girls - Emery Lord
Why They Watch Us Burn - Elizabeth May

This book is definitely intended for a young adult audience. I still enjoyed it, despite having passed the Young Adult stage a few decades ago. The stories seek to empower women and show a different side to witch tales. A bit of diversity mixed in with the spookiness was a nice change!

**I voluntarily read a review copy of this book from Harlequin Teen via NetGalley. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.**

It can be very hit or miss with anthologies and with TOIL & TROUBLE: 15 TALES OF WOMEN & WITCHCRAFT I found that I wasn't feeling most of the stories. First, what I did like was the ultra-feminist, diverse, and progressive bent to these stories. It was so great to see so many voices represented. Each story is unique and you can hear each author's voice so clearly through the pages. I liked the fact that you get a story about a young Latina girl in modern times dealing with magic and love (LOVE SPELLS) and then you get a story about a possible demon child being born in 1700s America (AFTERBIRTH).

The stories that didn't work for me were just very uninteresting for me. Also, I am not a fan of YA love stories which a lot of these stories relied on more than the magic or witch aspect of the characters. Many of the stories that I couldn't get into were also a bit hard to follow due to the prose or the vagueness of what was happening.

TOIL & TROUBLE: 15 TALES OF WOMEN & WITCHCRAFT is a pretty good mixed bag of YA urban fantasy. I loved the fact that this anthology is intentionally super diverse and feminist. With such diversity you get more voices and more unique stories to discover.

What magic is this? This anthology is diverse, and rich, and sweeping. My average rating is 4 stars, because I really enjoyed most of these stories.
And I even did this thing where I reviewed each of these short stories individually? What kind of magical creature am I becoming?

🔷 Starsong by Tehlor Kay Meijia // ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

➤ ownvoices Latinx, sapphic characters
CW - drug use

“People find me when they need to see the beauty they feel.”


Okay, this was seriously cute. I love how even short stories can convey so much about a person. Luna was engaging and adorable, and I loved the way she narrated. The instagram DMing was adorable, from the way Luna counted each minute, and holder breath. And it was just a seriously fluffy story, ok?

🔷 Afterbirth by Andrea Cremer // ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
CW: childbirth, blood, death

“In the eyes of the village, my truths cannot be suffered to live.”


Golly, that was a DARK read. Good, but so dark. I actually wanted a tiny bit more closure? Just a reassurance that everything was actually going to be alright.
Set in Puritan New England, with a midwife accused of witchcraft. A bit gory, because childbirth isn't pretty.

🔷 The Heart in Her Hands by Tess Sharpe // ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
➤ sapphic characters and sapphic relationships
CW: loss of a parent

“He can’t fill the empty space in her because there are none. There is no emptiness in a devoted heart.”


Ah, I LOVED this short story SO MUCH. I'll admit, the very beginning was a touch confusing. I had no idea what was happening and who liked who, and when this story was set. Because there's cars and phones and magic? That's a weird mix.
But I DEF liked the matriarchal society and the strong message of girl power. SO COOL.
And the sapphic ship? WOW. And straight up, throw out the heteronormative life for running away to a sapphic coven hidden up in the mountains. YAY.

🔷 Death in the Sawtooths by Lindsay Smith // ⭐️⭐️
CW: CW: death, corpses, bullying

“A person can tell you anything, but bones—those tell the truth.”


I'm still trying to feel out my thoughts on this short story? Like, I really liked the message. But the delivery was a bit too weird? And not just in a storyline, but the tone. The accent really, really threw me. The main character seemed to have a regular voice, but one of the characters had a very weird accent that was difficult to read.
And I didn't really like the overall theme of bullying. This girl was bullied, and she's rightfully angry. But the kids who bullied her don't seem to have learned? It was just mixed messaging for me and not my cup of tea.

🔷 The Truth About Queenie by Brandy Colbert // ⭐️⭐️⭐️
➤ Characters of Color

I thought this was really great! Super touching story about growing to accept who you are and your own strengths. Maybe the love triangle was a tad cliche, and I felt really bad for Queenie. (Come on, Webb)
I also really, really loved the conversation about how people of color are stigmatized while white people can get away with being witches. I definitely saw this growing up in conversations about traditional African religious practices.

🔷 The Moonapple Menagerie by Shveta Thakrar // ⭐️
➤ South Asian rep
I was so confused. So confused. I'm not sure what part of this is part of a dream sequence and what part was actually happening? The writing was very picturesque but the story just didn't make much sense.

🔷 The Legend of Stone Mary by Robin Talley // ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
➤ Sapphic Rep

“Everybody for miles around used to remember the story of Mary Keegan’s curse, but you wouldn’t know it now.”


Oh my goodness, this is my favorite! (at least so far) I LOVE the story, and the way it's told, and the rumors of curses and legends. And just EVERYTHING!
It's spooky and mired in mystery and sapphic and just GOOD.

🔷 The One Who Stayed by Nova Ten Suma // ⭐️
CW: rape, sexual assault

Um, I did not like this story. It's realistic to the feelings associated with sexual assault, but I just didn't appreciate the story. It was the vibe, people watching but doing nothing to stop the assault? I know some people really liked the empowering message, but knowing the girl was going to be assault, but doing nothing to actually STOP the rape from happening made me ill.

🔷 Divine Are the Stars by Zoraida Córdova // ⭐️⭐️⭐️
➤ Latinx rep
“…But memories make things grander and more beautiful when you want to think fondly on them.”


Um, I have no real idea what was happening most of this story. But it was lyrical and kind of pretty? I was just very confused and it was hard to keep ALL the names and characters straight.

🔷 Daughters of Baba Yaga by Brenna Yovanoff // ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
CW: bullying, gore

"I was born to bury saints in the yard."


Ok, I really, really liked this story! It kept me very engaged and I wanted to keep reading. and I was sad this was a short story because I could have kept on reading.

🔷 The Well Witch by Kate Hart // ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
➤ Native American rep
CW: racism, animal cruelty, death

"She brought nothing but the water along behind her."


Oh my word, this is definitely my very, very favorite. Everything about this story made me fall in love. The setting, in West Texas. Elsa, and her resilience. Zeb, and his kindness.
I just LOVED this story. Now, parts of it made me very, very angry. But it just resonated with me so deeply.

🔷 Beware of Girls with Crooked Mouths by Jessica Spotswood // ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
➤ Sapphic
“But she would trade it all to be able to remember her little sister’s smile.”


How could this story end??? I was NOT prepared for this story to gut me. It had a very colonial vibe but it wasn't exactly colonial. There were sapphic characters and pirates and Scottish witches. Gosh, it was dark and gay all at once. I LOVED it and wish desperately for a full length novel. Because it was SO GOOD.
I was a bit disappointed with the ending because it just ended? And it definitely did not feel concluded.

🔷 Love Spell by Anna-Marie McLemore // ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“The way my mother told it, girls always held on tighter than boys. A boy moved on while the girl still scribbled her first name with his last."


Oh my goodness, I did not know this anthology could get even better, BUT IT DID. This story is sweet, and heartwrenching. It drags you on this breathless step into first love. I loved it so damn much.

🔷 The Gherin Girls by Emery Lord // ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
CW: Absuive relationship

"In a way, you're related to many women who have suffered for misunderstanding and fear."


What a story. This is so powerful and beautiful. This is the sisterhood story we all need to read. It's moving, and emotional, and healing.

🔷 Why They Watch Us Burn by Elizabeth May // ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
CW: assault
➤ Sapphic characters, F/F relationship with a POC

We are thirteen. We have always been thirteen. And we are wolves, and goddesses, and witch."
Wow, wow, wow. This story is just, so powerful. I cannot stop thinking about it. And reading this week, during the Supreme Court hearing, and seeing a woman testify, this story just resonates so powerfully. I will keep coming back to this and reading it, because it's so deep and powerful.

Toil & Trouble is an excellent collection of bewitching short stories just in time for Halloween. This anthology is filled with tales following witches and is filled with magic. Readers who enjoy fantasy or witches in fictions will want to pick this one up!

Has there ever been a better collection of short stories? The answer is no. At least not that I’ve read so far. I adored this SO MUCH! Incredible stories about witchy, strong, amazing women.

I did something a little different while reading this anthology. I knew with as many books as I read I wouldn’t be able to remember every detail of each story, so as I finished a story, I jotted down a few words or thoughts I had while reading and I’m going to share those with you along with some quotes I highlighted!

Starsong by Tehlor Kay Mejia: Magical, powerful. I love that this story forces me to use google translate.

“That our magic is restless and wild and trouble-bound. But I don’t know if I agree. Maybe we were just two people chasing numbness because we didn’t know what the stardust inside us was for.”

“I, Luna Mendoza, was part of the swirling color and dancing light of a sky that had never seemed so close.”

Afterbirth by Andrea Cremer: LOVED! Classic “towns people don’t understand so it must be the devil” story, but written so well.

The Heart In Her Hands by Tess Sharpe: Food love! Also tea! Beautiful story about choosing your own path.

“This is the thing about falling: It’s tricky. Sometimes you’re tumbling down into love before you realize your feet have left the ground. But it’s a choice too.”

“‘Sweets, we can be scared together,’ Auggie says. ‘But we can’t be scared here. Not anymore.'”

Death in the Sawtooths by Lindsay Smith: Reminded me of an episode of Supernatural.

The Truth about Queenie by Brandy Colbert: OMG Brandy Colbert! A new favorite author and I’m so excited to see a story by her here. I loved the contemporary setting so much.

The Moonapple Menagerie by Shveta Thakrar: Beautiful and atmospheric.

The Legend of Stone Mary by Robin Talley: Love! I would read more of Wendy and Karen’s story!

The One Who Stayed by Nova Ren Suma: Subtly powerful.

Divine Are the Stars by Soraida Córdova: So magical!

Daughters of Baba Yaga by Brenna Yovanoff: Loved this story so much. Everyday witches!

The Well Witches by Kate Hart: OMG Give me MORE!

Beware of Girls With Crooked Mouths by Jessica Spotswood: The saddest story so far. 😦

Love Spell by Anna-Marie McLemore: So so beautifully written.

The Gherin Girls by Emery Lord: FAVORITE. I have so much love and feelings for this story and the sisters. I relate to Rosemary on a level that is still hard to talk about, but this story resonated with me so much.

“Tea won’t make it not true. Of course it won’t, Novy wants to snap. Tea doesn’t fix anything. It’s just comfort you can hold.”

Why They Watch Us Burn by Elizabeth May: So Fucking Powerful. The perfect way to end a beautiful collection.

“Then I think of witches, and understand that there are too many people in this world who would rather see a woman burn than wield power.”

“You understand the truth, though, don’t you? The most terrifying thing in the world is a girl with power. That’s why they watch us burn.”

*Please note, these quotes are from an ARC copy, so they may change in the final copy.

Witches!! Perfect fall vibes from this one. I really enjoyed the stories and found it to be super entertaining but also informative in a way.

I really, really enjoyed this book! It was an excellent and quick read, and there were so many stories that I absolutely loved in it. There were a couple that were just misses for me, but overall I loved it so much. I would highly recommend you all pick it up, especially with Halloween right around the corner :)

*I want to first thank Net-galley for giving me a copy of this book for an honest review.*

I really enjoyed all the stories in this anthology. They were all so diverse and interesting, as soon as I read that this would be a witchy read I just had to pick it up. This book contained 15 different diverse stories of depicting the lives of all different kinds of people. There was LGBTQ representation as well as different races Andre classes. I loved how these story showed us not just scary and spooky stories nut it’s zhowed us the history of women empowerment. I hope to read more anthologies just as these. I gave this book four stars mainly for its meaning behind each story. As for each single story I believe I only rated one of the 5 stars. They were all really interesting I wasn’t just having problems connecting with the characters and some of the stories I believe mainly because they’re around 20 to 30 pages each. I felt like they were really well written and very thought out. My main problem was how hard it is to fall into a story within a few pages. For some of them I really wish I had more of it or even a back story into the magic and what led the characters to be in the spot they are in now.

My all time favorite was the last story Why they watch us burn by Elizabeth May. This one broke my herT in so many ways. It’s more of a modern story depicting women being called witches for standing up for theme selves. The main character stood up for herself against a man who said he was tempted by her. A lot also has to do with men in church such as the Priest of the church. They accused women of witchcraft sting they’re hand tempted them to sin. This story was powerful at this time to read because of the the contradictions that have been coming out to light with Priest and Popes sexually harassing and raping girls and boys since a young age. I cried at the end of this and I want so much more of it. I definitely recommend this book mainly for this story here.

This review is based on an ARC of Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women and Witchcraft which I received courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher (HarlequinTeen).

"This is what witchcraft looks like: it is women holding hands, harnessing power, and changing their fate. If every woman practiced such a thing, we would learn what Eve did after she ate that apple. When she held knowledge in her hands. We would upend the world."

The problem with all anthologies is that they are extremely hit and miss, having so many authors given the same prompt and making something of the same idea; some stories just won't be for you. To get my rating I rated each short story on a 5-star scale and found an average (3.1), and rounded to the nearest .5-star. In this anthology there were more stories I didn't like than that I did.

The second story, Afterbirth by Andrea Cremer, was by far my favorite, followed by Beware of Girls with Crooked Mouths and The Tale of Stone Mary. After these, the rest were pretty forgettable.

I do need to give honorable mentions to 1) the gorgeous cover art!!!, 2) the diversity in these stories, and 3) the queer rep.

A few stories in Toil & Trouble made it worth the read, but I wouldn't bother to read this entire anthology again.

Normally with anthologies, I have a hard time connecting with all of the stories. Most seem to have really good short stories but also have some that aren't so great and lead to a "meh" feeling.

But this was not one of those anthologies. Even the stories that ended too soon (in my opinion) or were weakly written I found something to relate to in each one of the stories. Some made me tear up, some made me angry, and some filled me with hope and in my opinion any book that can do that is a powerful book; especially when that book is an anthology. (less)

Instead of doing a review of all of the stories (15 of them) I am only going to review the four that I really enjoyed and gave 5 stars to. Everything else was a case of me going what did I just read, or feeling as if the story in question had too many holes or was incomplete in some way. All together I gave a collection a solid three stars. That is usually the way with anthologies unless the majority of the stories area home run.

Here is a list of the 15 stories in this collection:

Starsong by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Afterbirth by Andrea Cremer

The Heart in Her Hands by Tess Sharpe

Death in the Sawtooths by Lindsay Smith

The Truth About Queenie by Brandy Colbert

The Moonapple Menagerie by Shveta Thakrar

The Legend of Stone Mary by Robin Talley

The One Who Stayed by Nova Ren Suma

Divine Are the Stars by Zoraida Córdova

Daughters of Baba Yaga by Brenna Yovanoff

The Well Witch by Kate Hart

Beware of Girls with Crooked Mouths by Jessica Spotswood

Love Spell by Anna-Marie McLemore

The Gherin Girls by Emery Lord

The Only Way Back by Tristina Wright

Why They Watch Us Burn by Elizabeth May


My four favorites are:

Afterbirth by Andrea Cremer. This takes place in the 1600s in New England. An apprentice to a midwife is witnessed to a strange birth with a lot of details leaking out that this birth was not a result of the woman in question having sex with the devil, but more like with the master of the house. This is a great callback to the Salem Witch trials and since I just read a book about Salem, this story was uppermost in my mind while reading it.

The Truth About Queenie by Brandy Colbert. Ugh. I wanted more. I was so ready to slap the dude in this story. So we have a story about a family of witches who are African American. The main character, is dealing with a lot of guilt we find because she believes (and is probably right) she threw a hex on a former friend who was bullying the love interest in this story. We also have her dealing with the fact that the boy in question is in love with someone else. When someone needs healing, he comes to her and asks for her help.

The Gherin Girls by Emery Lord. Touches not only upon magic, but about mental and physical abuse. Reading about this family who love each other and won't let one of the daughters/sister disappear with a man that they know can and will hurt her. It was lovely.

Why They Watch Us Burn by Elizabeth May. You will cry. You will rage. This is a great short story that feels like it was written in response to the Women's March as well as kind of companion to "A Handmaid's Tale". Considering what is in the news cycle right now you will think that Elizabeth May has a damn crystal ball. Going into why men would want to lock these teen girls up and not allow them to live is soul shaking. That all of the girls are punished for using their real names and then whisper them to each other at night.

“Here’s how to fulfill a prophecy: you are a woman, you speak the truth, and the world makes you into a liar.”

As someone who loves all things witches and magic, Toil and Trouble did not disappoint. I loved this diverse collection of short stories and the way each story highlighted powerful young women as well as tackling relevant and timely themes such as race, class, sexuality etc.

I especially loved Star Song, Divine are the Stars and Why they Watch Us Burn. I will definitely be recommending this breathtaking anthology.