This was one of my favorite reads of 2019. It is a STUNNING exploration of queerness, witchcraft, and quiet mystery.

Having loved previous works by this author, it's no surprise I was once again entranced by their lyrical prose, lush settings, and wonderfully rounded out characters! There is so much heart within these pages and this story.

Also, you truly cannot go wrong with queer witches.

Well, I heard good things from this author and her partner and I was "this gonna be god", but, surprise, it wasn't.  I was one eye open to the book and another one closed tired of this boredom work.

This one just didn't really work for me, sadly. It took a while for the story to get going and I was getting confused by that time. There wasn't a lot of character development either. I was hoping to like it more than I did. I ended up giving it a two out of five stars.

So I am a huge Amy Rose Capetta fan so I had to read this book and can I say this is one author that you can always count on. Queer witches! Magic! Count me in!

I loved this book. It was a little wordy at times but the middle to the end made it entirely worth it. The plot was good but what truly made this book one of my favorites was the representation.  There were so many body types, sexual orientations, personalities and nationalities involved in this book that it made it that much more real for me. A.R. Carpetta writes characters so relatable and diverse that I have to say thank you because when you read about the characters it doesn't feel forced or like she is going down a checklist of characters that she has to write into her novel to be inclusive and for that reason alone this book is amazing.

Queer witches in the woods! I've read another book by A. R. Capetta and enjoyed it, so I was excited to read this and glad it lived up to my expectations.

I loved the queer representation in this book. The story was intriguing but unfortunately the writing and format didn’t work for me

I did not read for three days in order to avoid this book, which is pretty bad for me. I just found it tedious. The discursive style was not for me and while the Greys were described physically, I had trouble keeping them apart personality wise and Danny’s mother made no sense personality or motivation wise. The whole move to CA thing made no sense. Danny was also really, really self-centered. The ending bothered me, as well, for being very dismissive in the same way that an early character death (first few pages so not a major spoiler) was treated more as opportunities lost for Danny than a person. I did not like the characters and a book like this requires that to keep me involved as the plot was very, very light.

A beautiful story of self-acceptance and family. I love Amy Rose-Capetta's fantasy offerings, but this one could be her best yet. The story is packed with so much heart and honesty. I was so sad to say goodbye to the characters.

A witchy, magical realism story. This book has very lyrical writing. The chapters were short and they read fast. It was really diverse with all types of representation in gender, body type, race and sexuality.  It was a story about finding oneself and acceptance.

This reminded me of the Raven Cycle which is a strong recommendation coming from me. My favorite part was that Rush has synesthesia. As someone who also has it, albeit a different form, this made the book for me.

This book was a great queer representation with a fun twist of witches mixed in. 
The setting was beautiful and the descriptions had me in those woods with the witches
The Grey's were definitely a weird group but they had each other's backs and had a connection that was on a deeper level all being queer of some sort. It was refreshing to hear different queer representation. 
This was enjoyable but definitely not a favorite. I got bored quite a bit.

Another book that I DNF'd, I just couldnt get into the story. I wanted to read it because it was out of my comfort zone, unfortunately I just didn't connect with the characters.

A bit confusing and also slow at times. If the plot had been moving a bit quicker, I think I would have enjoyed this more.

A beautiful and mysterious book about six queer witches in the California Redwoods. When Danny moves to Tempest, California she meets the Grays: a group of witches who have called Danny for a special purpose. The writing is absolutely magical and so descriptive. The characters are written very well- they are all outsiders, but somehow they all fit together and complement each others’ strengths and weaknesses. There was lots of representation for all kinds of queerness (e.g. non-binary characters, lesbian characters, bisexual characters, etc.), and it was interesting to see how all these types of people were represented in one group! It was a mystical and whimsical journey, full of diversity and plot intrigue.

This was exactly what I needed to read, exactly when I needed to read it. It's an incredibly wholesome story of queer teenage witches, which of course took me by surprise as I don't tend to read blurbs before jumping in when I know an author.

The closest thing I had to this kind of story was the Toil & Trouble from 2018. But it was unaccountably lovely to have a complete novel sized story to sink into.

Danny is out main character, but this story is told from so many different points of view: The Greys as a group, the students at their high school--also as a group--the ravens that fly overhead. It cuts into points of view of both Imogen and Rush, and Imogen and her sister Haven. Imogen, strangely enough, is missing for a great deal of this novel.

It is lushly described amongst the redwoods of Tempest. And it is just so queer and representative in multiple different ways from the host of different main characters.

Rush is queer and fat, Leila is ace-spec and I read her as non-binary with she/her pronouns, Hawthorn is black and bisexual. Oh, and Leila's not-quite-a-partner June is a Filipina lesbian with chronic knee pain.

The flipping back and forth of time periods did take a little bit of getting used to, but once I did the story flowed very nicely for me.

Queer witches are normally up my alley but for whatever reason i could not get into this. I even tired with the audio to see if it would work and I just couldnt get into. Which made me sad but maybe i will try again later

I enjoyed this book for the most part and enjoyed the queer rep as well. However, the magical realism was a little much for me, but that is a personal preference. I thought I would love this story so much more. I would recommend but only to a certain person.

I liked this! Enough to finish it, at least. It had a bit of a Raven-cycle feel. I did feel like the story could have been better developed and overall I wasn't really into the characters, but I enjoyed it nonetheless!

Danny has just moved to Tempest, California with her mother. She’s quickly adopted into the Grays, a group of friends who explain to her that, actually, they called her to Tempest with a spell. The Grays, as it turns out, are all witches, and they’re missing a member. Imogen was a light in their lives, and now she’s gone. Danny finds herself finally fitting in somewhere, with these four girls who all identify as queer, spanning across many different orientations, and it feels good to be so wanted and accepted. She begins to worry, though, what happens if she can’t find Imogen? And what happens if she does?

A dark, murky mystery chalk filled with magic and authentic queer experiences. Capetta constructs the story through shifting perspectives, jumping back and forth through time as she moves from narrator to narrator. Though slightly confusing at times, this style increases the mystery of the novel. Each character has a distinct voice and a unique perspective on both their queerness and their witchcraft. Recommended for high school readers in all libraries.