"There are universes we know nothing of, Barrie Anne. Under the water. Beyond the sky. We live in a world of mysteries."

DNF @ pg186

TW: talk of miscarriage/infertility in this review

I am so, so sad to be DNFing this book. I have never 5-starred a DNF review before, but I am with this one.

It's a gorgeously written story and the witches in it are so wonderful. I honestly adore 95% of this book, but the 5% that I personally cannot handle is the only reason I'm putting it down. There are major trigger warnings for stillbirth (not a spoiler, it's mentioned very early in the book). I thought I could handle reading past those points, but every time the narrator remembered her pain, it just sent me into a fit of tears remembering my miscarriage.

I feel awful for not finishing this because I think this author is so tremendously talented and this book would be literally perfect for me if I could work past those sections, but I can't, and even with the baby she finds and adopts in the beginning of the book, the narrator is so scared of losing her that it was sending my anxiety through the roofs thinking about how scared I was of the thought of losing my rainbow baby when he came along. So, yeah, if any of this sounds like something you can't handle, please take care of yourself. ♥ If you can handle those TWs, then please pick this book up and give it the love it deserves.

There's also a content warning for very sad references to a former f/f romance that has been severed due to homophobia and the US' mid-1900s general lack of acceptance for queer relationships.

All quotes come from an advance copy and may not match the final release. Thank you so much to Redhook for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!