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Oh, oh I LOVED this. This is one of those books I went in a little bit blind but after seeing the cover say “scholar, healer, harlot” was pretty sure I’d love, knowing nothing else, and I loooove being right.
This is book 1 in a romantic historical fantasy duology that I ate up in just a couple days and when I closed it I immediately wanted more. I went back and reread sections, and I cannot wait for the rest of this story.
This is one of those fantasy stories you get lost in because you love the leads, the world is fascinating, a mystery is unfolding, and the mirrors held up to real life are AGGRESSIVE in the best way.
I went in thinking this was a standalone and I’m ABSOLUTELY JAZZED it is part 1 in a duology. Oh, hell yeah.
Why The Trial of Magdalena Overmorrow?
Here are a few reasons I think you should read this:
- FANTASTIC FMC giving Cher’s “I am a rich man” quote energy through and through; your honor I love her
- A clear parallel to the demonization of women’s healthcare professionals and also what it’s like having when religious zealots gain political power and extremists build social capital
- Aggressively feminist (love)
- Delicious forbidden romance and slow burn and tension, with fantastic spice that doesn’t overdo it but is still tremendously sexy
- Female friendship and solid found family with side characters who are well-developed
- A really dynamic MMC grappling with his role in society, power dynamics, and what he deems right/wrong
- Setting up for lots of cool lore around the gods in book 2
- I eyeball read this but it appears the audiobook is either duet or dual (I can’t find confirmation) but the sample was very good
What is the The Trial of Magdalena Overmorrow About?
Magdalena Overmorrow is a healer and business owner who has been indicted for black witchcraft and sent away to await her trial. The northern community she waits in and the Lord Proctor whose control she is under, are both rumored to be cold and unapproachable. But when she arrives, she finds that it’s not all as it seems. And the community awaits her, the rumors that surround her, and find maybe she isn’t the stones that have been cast at her either. This book has:
- 3rd person present POV
- Competent and amusing witch FMC with a guarded priest MMC
- Forbidden love
- Wonerful writing
- Lower spice
- Dual-narrated audiobook
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