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97. If you like the Deborah Harness series, read "Witches of New York" by Ami McKay

Wed Feb 13, 2019, 09:33 AM

Feb 2019

It is not a paranormal book, per se, but more a history of New York in the early-1880's It is not a reimagined history, either, as so many books are these days, but actual bit and pieces of history of the NYC area. A tea room (Fifth Avenue Hotel) is one of the few places that women can go to eat and meet other women, which is where the witches meet their clientele.

Interesting was the delivery of "Cleopatra's Needle" at the same time one of the major characters is moving to NYC from Stony Point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra%27s_Needle_(New_York_City)

It's mate is in London, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra%27s_Needle,_London

Very well written and engaging characters. I like the quotes from the aunt who follows the suffragette writers of the time -

"Fortune favors the prepared mind."

"Beauty seeks attention. Intelligence commands it."

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