This started off weird and only got weirder. But then at about 12% it got really sordid. I was not able to read further.

I appreciate the ARC from NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions are my own.

This usually isn’t my type of book to
Read. I read the synopsis and I wasn’t interested. But I’ve seen all the praise it has gotten so I decided to give it a shot. I’m so glad that I did. I found it to be funny and times and also gripping. I have no doubt that this will be a must read for a lot of people.

🌾Women taking their power and running with it!💪

4-4.5🌟 stars
This is an eminently readable tale: a murder mystery and a powerful indictment of misogyny. Three women with complementing strengths set out to right wrongs and bring the guilty to account. Their stated aim is getting justice for women and girls who society has allowed to be abused, disappear and die without caring. Yet there's also some revenge for two of the three and the way they were marginalized and dismissed by men in the business world.

The story is a quick read despite its length and kept me totally engaged. Harriett, the former advertising executive whose turn to nature, potions and a truly witch persona, was a character that I found a bit too far-fetched but she creates some standout moments as she works her magic on plants and animals.

Jo, who was pushed out of her hotel management career and opened a women's only gym, had a better vibe for me, as did Nessa, the third woman whose inherited power is to see ghosts and help them find rest. Both are mothers who worry about the future of their own daughters at the hands of unscrupulous men. They find danger for themselves and their children as their investigation digs deep into a web of power, lust and corruption based just a few miles from where they live.

The story has a twist that I anticipated but I still enjoyed the story beginning to end..

Thanks to William Morrow & Company and NetGalley for sharing a complimentary advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest opinion.

Thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review.

5 stars.

I loved this book. LOVED IT! I want to shout about The Change to everyone. I did absolutely nothing for a day and a half so I could devour the book.

The story focuses on three main characters. Nessa James is a widowed retired nurse practitioner who has the ability to see spirits. Harriett Osborne is a recently divorced and retired ad exec who becomes very in tune with nature. Jo Levison ran a large hotel in NYC and is now the owner of a local woman's only gym. Jo has tons of rage and heat that she can't seem to get rid of. The three new friends find a dead body and work to solve her murder and help other missing girls. While this is mainly about the three women, there are tons of ancillary characters that were incredibly woven in

The title is so perfect and relates to so much in the book. The three woman all go through major changes; menopause; how society needs to change its treatment of marginalized young woman ; how there is such a large power imbalance between men and woman and rich and poor.

Women have great power even though so many men have tried to take it from us. I found the book so empowering and hope that women continue to fight for what is ours.

This is a very unique tale of revenge filled with middle-aged heroines.

Since hitting menopause, three very different women realize they have developed certain abilities. Many times in their lives, they have each had bad experiences with men. Some were unwanted advances, and some were just men that thought they were smarter than all women. Either way, the days of putting up with those behaviors are over.
Something will bring these women together and they will begin to build a better world.

I loved this! These characters are fantastic! I love the chemistry between these women. Such great friendships. The wit and humor were very well done.

5 stars. Hands down one of the best books I have read this year.

A beautifully written magical realism book about three unlikely friends who meet later in life and team up to take down the evil in their town.

The book has it all: women’s empowerment, witches, murder, revenge, humor! It includes just the perfect pinch of fantasy to elevate a realistic storyline.

While the story runs on a chronological timeline. We get chapters of backstories on our characters. We get to feel the way they have been treated in the past and understand why they are no longer putting up with the same treatment anymore. It really is a story for any woman who has been treated unfairly because of their gender.

The writing is phenomenal. I could not put this down and even though it is on the longer side, I flew through it and was sad when it was over.

Thank you William Morrow & Netgalley for the opportunity to read this one early. And to Jordy’s Book Club for telling everyone they HAD to read this one..

Pick this one up in stores - May 3 or snag this one as your add on May 3.

Wow this book was unique and a great read! Three strong female characters possess supernatural powers that allow them to exact revenge (or fix wrongs) in their world. They forge a bond while investigating the mysterious deaths of young women in their community. This story was heart-breaking, empowering, and filled with magic. You will root for Jo, Nessa, and Harriet as well as all of the people they help with their midlife "awakenings". I loved this book and I can't wait to see what Kirsten Miller writes next!

Thanks to Kirsten Miller, William Morrow, and NetGalley for an opportunity to read this title in exchange for my honest review.

The Change, by Kirsten Miller, is a phenomenal book! I usually don’t read this genre, magical realism, but after seeing so many people posting about it I knew I just had to read it myself. I am so happy I did and this book will no doubt be in my top 10 of 2022. There are three main characters- Jo, Nessa, and Harriet. Each of them have a power that when they work together allows them to right the wrongs of their town. I don’t want to say too much about these powers to avoid spoiling the reading experience for someone else. The character development of each woman, and the dynamic of them as a trio is unmatched. I highly recommend this book! 5/5 ⭐️‘s! Run, don’t walk, to pick up your copy on the release date of May 3, 2022!

This review will be posted on GoodReads and my IG: readwithmarci.

Thank you NetGalley and William Morrow for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Who run the world? Girls. 👏🏼 This book has a little bit of everything: mystery, revenge, murder, magical realism. Jo, Nessa, and Harriett are three middle aged women who don’t take crap from anyone, especially men. They are fierce, loyal, and unafraid.

When these women discover the body of a teenager on the side of the road, they make it their mission to find the person who killed her. They must take matters into their own hands when the police won’t cooperate.

Full of secrets, twists, and a dash of magic - this book was so good! The main characters are so likable and you’re rooting for them the whole time. I was yelling “get him girl!” at several points because they stop at NOTHING.

A fast-paced (even at almost 500 pages) enjoyable read with likable characters. I’d definitely recommend this one!

Thanks to Netgalley for an ARC: This book was a fun read! The story was compelling and the revenge fantasy of middle aged women who acquire powers as they age, coupled with a murder mystery was an enjoyable spin. The primary characters are Nessa who obtains the power to hear the dead, Jo who achieves supernatural strength powered by her anger and Harriett who is the closest to a witch. All three women have experienced misogyny in their lives, and all of their careers. They join forces over a murdered young woman. The Change is set in a mythical wealthy coastal town and the women seek justice for murdered young women amongst a wealthy enclave, populated by the wealthy powerful men who have wronged them. This quote summarizes their relationships well: " Nessa was the light in the darkness. Harriett was the punishment that fit the crime. She (Jo) was the rage that would burn it all down." High quality popular fiction.

I got 48 hours access to this book and finished it well before it expired. Only then did I realize how long this novel actually is – 480 pages. Don’t let that turn you off. The suspense, the pacing, and the wonderful women you will meet will keep you reading! This is a very clever, unique book and I thank the Author, William Morrow, and NetGalley for this advance copy of “The Change”.
Jo, Nessa and Harriet are all in my general demographic of middle-aged female so maybe that helps explain how I loved this book, despite the fact that I generally avoid magical realism of any kind. Usually, I don’t like to suspend reality but in this case I was all in. These women were very real, and midlife just happened to bring each woman a superpower which of course they use for the good of women. Funny but believable. It’s not murder if you’re killing monsters after all.
I enjoyed the dual timelines which helped fill in some interesting backstories and made the plot that was underway even more compelling. The murder of young girls is the mystery and I was quickly and deeply invested in solving all of these crimes along with finding out who the victims actually were. I appreciate the time focused on the victims as usually the bad guys get all the attention. In this book they were barely mentioned.
This is a well written, expertly paced story that is both heartwarming and frustrating. Women working together against all the odds and gender discrimination are not easy topics but somehow this author has managed to write a highly entertaining tale without it being cheesy in any way. These women will stay with me for a while. This gets five stars from me.
Alice Hoffman vibes. Girl power! Female friendship later in life. Fantasitic female characters in midlife. Smooth, energetic writing. LOVED IT ALL!

Wow!🤩THIS WAS AMAZING!! The Change is a FANTASTIC book that I thoroughly enjoyed on every level. It had me laughing over the dialogue between these women, yet it was suspenseful at the same time. This book was unbelievably well written and held my attention throughout the book. It didn’t even bother me that it was on the longer side- I was loving every page. The female leading characters in this book are phenomenal. Highly, highly recommend! Thank you NetGalley and William Morrow for access to The Change. I truly hope this book finds a huge audience and is given all the credit it so rightfully deserved!

Three women come together in the Long Island, New York beach town of Mattuck in this pure fantasy about female empowerment and revenge. One that will keep you rooting for these fierce women. Harriet Osborne, a once successful advertising executive, has been put out to pasture as she approached turning 50. Her deserved promotion was given to a man who had nowhere near her qualifications. Divorced and living alone, she spends her time in her rather interesting garden and is viewed as the town witch. Nessa James is a widow and a retired nurse. As she has grown older, it appears she has inherited the family gift of hearing and seeing spirits. And Jo Levison, who was also pushed out of an executive position, operates a gym and as she has entered into the next stage of life, her changes have given her a new, strange strength. Hot flashes have a whole new meaning. When the women find the dead body of a teenage girl on the beach, they discover that more girls have gone missing and believe a serial killer is lurking.

With the three women banding together, they use their talents to not only uncover who is behind this tragedy but also vow to deliver justice. Author Kirsten Miller writes how women’s lives have three parts: education, creation and in the third stage, we use our power to protect those who are weaker. And boy, do these three badass women do that. The Change addresses serious issues of female equality, wealth versus poverty and more and includes lots of refreshing female rage. At almost 500 pages, this book moves fast. And while you might not agree with the means in which the women settle the score, I bet that you’ll be smiling anyway.

It's a unique, intriguing and entertaining combination of being suspenseful, serious yet often very funny. Cheers to these women of a certain age!

And once you’re done reading, turn on Annie Lenox/Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin’s “Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves.”

The Change was absolutely the perfect revenge, feminist thriller that I had no idea that I needed in my life until I picked it up! It will definitely go on my list as favorites and top reads of 2022.

Whoever said this was like Big Little Lies meets The Witches of Eastwick wasn't wrong. The three women in the book, Harriet, Jo, and Nessa, are three women that are very different yet they become drawn together by the magical powers that each has developed as they reached middle age. Each woman has been mistreated by a man in one way or another, as all women have, and they are ready to do something about it, starting with finding a serial killer on the loose in their small beach community of Mattauk after they discover the body of young girl tossed away like trash with Nessa hearing more dead girls nearby with her "gift". No one wants to believe them, so they take it upon themselves to exact justice and vengeance on the men who think they can victimize and prey on women without repercussion-and so often do.

I loved, loved this book! I'm tired of reading about wishy-washy women who let men (or other women) walk all over them, especially women my age in books and movies getting relegated to the sidelines. Middle age women aren't old, menopause doesn't mean a woman's life is just done, and I think Miller really highlighted how women that age, well my age because I'm 45, are still powerful and in many cases are just coming into their power--albeit not magical in the way Harriet, Nessa, and Jo did but powerful in other meaningful ways.

The writing in this book was flawless, the characters superb, the wit executed brilliantly, and the premise was just perfect. I had a bit of an idea about the mystery and ended up being right, but that didn't matter because the novel was just so brilliantly done. I've read that the rights for The Change have been bought for TV, and I can't wait to see it adapted. I think it will be excellent to watch as long as it's done well.

I can't recommend The Change enough or say enough good things about it! Gosh, can I be Harriet?! The Change publishes on May 3rd and is a must-read!!

Thank you NetGalley and William Morrow for my ARC in exchange for my honest opinion. All opinions are my own.

-Review published to Goodreads and Twitter on 4/28/22 and on Amazon and B&N on publication date

Great story that kept me enthralled until the very end. This was an inspirational story (can I say that about a story with murder?) about women righting the injustices in our patriarchal society. It showed menopausal women as powerful (and a bit magical) as they worked to uncover multiple murders in their small town.

The Change follows three women who gain "powers" when they reach a certain age. The three have all been treated as less than by men during their careers. Harriet, Jo and Nessa are extremely interesting characters.

This book is a little outside my usual reading genre. I absolutely loved it nonetheless.

Expect to see: feminism and lots of it, witchcraft, revenge, strong female leads working together, liberal use of the F bomb, truly despicable human beings and a little humor thrown in.

Thanks to netgalley and William Morrow for the advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

Read this book if you like: Sister like bonds, feminist characters, who dun its, multiple storylines mixed into one

Wow. This book caught me by surprise. It's so good. It's about three women. Each of them discover they have their own magical gift around middle age. They live in the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk. They soon discover there is evil lurking in their beach town.

Nessa James's husband dies and her twin daughters leave for college so she's left all alone not far from the ocean. In the quiet of her late forties, the former nurse begins to hear voices. It doesn't take long for her to realize that the voices calling out to her belong to the dead.

Harriett Osborne has just witnessed the implosion of her lucrative career and her marriage. She hasn't left her house in months, and from the outside, it appears as if she and her garden a wreck. Harriet's life is about to change.

Ambitious former executive Jo Levison has spent thirty long years at war with her body. The free-floating rage and hot flashes that arrive with the beginning of menopause feel like the very last straw until she realizes she has the ability to channel them, and finally comes into her power.

Nessa can hear the dead and the trio of women discover a teenage girl whose body was abandoned beside a remote beach. The police have written the victim off as a drug-addicted sex worker, but the women refuse to buy into the official narrative. They investigate on their own.

Nessa is my favorite although all of the main characters are developed perfectly. The pace was good though a but slow at the beginning. It picks up and doesn't stop. I loved this book. It's like a fantasy mixed with mystery book. Highly recommend! Get it May 3rd!

Check the triggers as there are some*

Thank you to NetGalley, the author Kirsten Miller, and William Morrow Publishers for my gifted copy. ❤

“The motherfucker deserved it,” pretty much sums up the theme of this book. You might love this book as much as I did if you like the following things:
- Badass female protagonists
- Witchy powers
- Women in their late 40’s
- Men getting the punishments they
deserve

There is also a mystery plot in this book, but I wouldn’t recommend it for the mystery. I found that aspect of the book pretty predictable. If you’re going to read this book, do it for the characters. I adored all three of our main female characters, Jo, Nessa, and Harriett. They are all past “the change” in life and coming into their powers. They use those powers to find justice for murdered girls. We also get many chapters telling the back stories of the female side characters and murder victims. I loved that aspect of the book.

I’ve never read a book quite like this, and it was refreshing to see women close to my age kicking ass and taking names. This book was just under 500 pages but read incredibly fast.

The Change is the type of book that will grab you by the throat and hold on until the haunting end. I work in elementary education and read this in two days on school nights!! From the opening line, I was drawn into an idyllic beachfront town where nothing is quite as it seems. The story follows three very different women who find themselves working together when a murder is discovered in their community. The women decide to take justice into their own hands when the police are unwilling to help. As a gruesome pattern becomes clear, the women must unmask the murderer before they strike again.

This was such a fantastic book! I couldn’t put it down. This is a feminist, queer inclusive, story of vengeance about what happens when three powerful women discover that someone has been killing girls on their watch. It was very well-paced, with action interspersed with reflective moments. I loved all three of the characters, who all have specific roles to play in an ancient and protective magic. Together with Harriett’s garden, Jo’s protectiveness, and Nessa’s light they form a beautiful found family. The Change is filled with witty and poignant writing. I can’t wait to see what Kirsten Miller writes next!

I loved The Change and highly recommend you check it out if you like thrillers, powerful women intent on seeking vengeance, and a hint of mysterious magic. The Change releases on May 3, 2022. Thank you so much to Kirsten Miller, William Morrow, and Netgalley for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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"𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴. 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰."

The Change is about three women who discover they have special powers as they go through perimenopause/menopause. Nessa can hear and see the dead. Harriet is able to create plants that have the power to heal or poison. Jo can start fires and has insane physical strength. Together, they find a dead teenage girl whose body was abandoned. The police don't seem to care but the women's investigation into the girl's murder leads to more bodies, and to Culling Pointe, the town's most exclusive and isolated community where the rules don't seem to apply. With their newfound powers, Jo, Nessa, and Harriet take matters into their own hands...

"𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵."

This was unique, entertaining and powerful. I was getting The Violence vibes, another favorite of mine. I absolutely loved it.

Read if you like:
✨ badass female characters
✨ superpowers
✨ dark humor
✨ revenge

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for an advanced readers copy.