Thank you to NetGalley, William Morrow and Company and Kristen Miller for the ARC to review. I love witches so I was intrigued by the book. It was also a GMA pick. I thought the book was just okay. It had strong characters, I loved each of them. The story was good. But it lacked something. I would definitely recommend.

Thank you for the advanced copy of this book! I will be posting my review on social media, to include Instagram, Amazon, Goodreads, and Instagram!

Loved every bit of this. All three women are complete badasses. I loved hearing their stories, rooting for them, and cheering on their power. It was heartwarming to have these different women find a way to work together for the better of the community and create a special bond in the process. I was cheering for them the whole way through and could not put down the book.

3.5 Rounded Up.

I received a reviewer copy of The Change by Kirsten Miller from the publisher William Morrow from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

What It’s About: In the Long Island town of Mattauk, there is unrest a foot and dangerous men are hurting women. Jo, Harriett, and Nessa all have magic powers to help protect the women. Their powers bring them close to one another and they become involved in finding out what is really going on in Mattauk.

What I Loved: I loved the fierce feminism in this book. I loved the idea of women fighting for other women. I loved the female friendship in the book. I thought the mystery was well crafted and I didn't see the end coming which is what I truly enjoy.

What I didn’t like so much: I thought some of the gore and violence was a bit too much and excessive. I guess if you like horror or more thriller books it won't be that way. But it just doesn't vibe with me. I found some of the menstruation stuff excess, but I also get why it was included. I also thought the book was a bit too long, however I liked the mystery so I guess it was good, but some details or storylines seemed extra.

Who Should Read It: People who love books that girl power. People who love complex murder conspiracies

Summary: A feminist book that unravels a conspiracy that is killing girls.

This is a story about survival through adaptation.

This book totally caught me off guard- I’m not sure what I thought it was about, but I was not expecting vengeful suburban magical women. What a great surprise! I don’t have a lot more to say, because it’s difficult to discuss without spoilers… but I definitely recommend this one for anyone in the mood for magical realism with a side of retribution.

Thank you so much @netgalley & @williammorrowbooks for the copy!

I found this book immensely enjoyable. I'm a sucker for a book about powerful women defying stereotypes and getting angry. Throw in a murder mystery, and I'm hooked.

I ended up really loving (by loving I mean I couldn’t put down) this mystery with three older women (who have gone through the change) and have mystical powers. One senses that there is a ghost in an area, and they arrive there to find a body. Surprisingly, even with a drawing of the child, no one can identify her. The women discover there are other children and when the police don’t offer much assistance, they take the case into their own hands.

This reminded me of a darker Murder She Wrote or a Charlie’s Angels, in which the women were calling their own shots, or maybe a nature-Ocean’s Eleven.

There are parts that are difficult to read though. There are times where I hated the way most of the men were portrayed. But then I thought, does it bother me this much when it’s women being portrayed similarly? And isn’t that the point of this novel, that sometimes men create their own world and women sometimes are invited to have a seat at the table. Unfortunately I still think this can be true today.

In our discussion with @lbtheloverofbooks, Kirsten Miller said “We need to change the narrative about being this age. It is one of the best times of our lives. Do younger women a huge favor and give them something to look forward to.” Laura Beth posted in our group that Kirsten Miller was doing a giveaway and I was lucky enough to get one. Miller was such a generous and fun guest.

I loved this book! It’s so clever and well written. I recommend it all the time. Thanks to the publisher for the arc.

I went into this book completely blind. I was getting FOMO from bookstagram and all the reviews so I NEEDED to read this one. But I didn’t want anything to affect my judgment, so I didn’t read any reviews or even the synopsis.

Miller does a great job with introducing the characters and building their stories in a way that you feel like you know these women. You could easily be one of them. I love the idea of women finding their strengths and coming together. The friendship the women built was refreshing as it was based on them being the best of themselves, I love that.

The twists for me weren’t jaw dropping and the end had me rolling my eyes quite a bit but the book overall was still a really good read. It held my attention and I couldn’t put it down.

I definitely love Millers style of writing and look forward to reading more book from her.

The Change by Kirsten Miller is a wonderful book. I could not put it down. Miller did a great job written this book. If you are a middle aged women you will understand and like this book.

ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

I went into this book with no knowledge of what it was about or the storyline, only that is was a mystery thriller. I couldn’t have been more pleased with what I got! It was a total breath of fresh air having this book centered around three strong female main characters that you can’t help but to root for! I was also about 20 percent into the book before I realized the the title could also be referring to the fact that the women were all middle age and the change could also be named for menopause, commonly known as the change that mature women go through later in life. I overall loved the story, setting, and characters, and the twists were definitely worth the wait! I can only aspire to be like Harriet when I grow up!

I recommend this book often. It’s so totally different from everything I have been reading and I loved it. A little out there, with very likable women working together. Loved! Purchased for my library.

The book started out really well; Kirsten Miller does an excellent job of building her three main characters. Although she uses omniscient voice, she does so with ease. Most writers wouldn't be able to move between characters so smoothly, but Miller manages well.

The flashbacks in the book, though, make for a stop-and-start reading experience. Sometimes a flashback will be dropped right in the middle of a scene, and it took a minute or two to re-orient myself to what was happening. Also, late in the book, there are serendipitous moments that take away from the believability of the book. It's a shame, because Miller does such a good job early on of helping readers suspend their disbelief. While the twist at the end was shocking and completely unexpected, it made me sad. I wished for a different way out. My mind immediately went to current events, and I wished that there could have been another way to resolve the story.

Also, the last few pages of the book feel like somewhat of a letdown. There's such a major buildup to the solutions that Jo, Nessa, and Harriett create, but they don't pan out in a significant way in the end. There were also a few questions that seemed crucial to the story that were left unanswered.

Most of the book was an enjoyable experience; the end was a little bit of a letdown.

Young girls have been disappearing for years from Mattauk without explanation. Their disappearances simply explained as another runaway until a group of local women come together with their special gifts to unearth the terrible secrets this beach town has been hiding. A great fantasy thriller with unexpected twists.

This in an INCREDIBLE, feminist, burn-it-all-down, magical, instant classic. Seeing all the things that women have to deal with put all on paper, some of the things that I myself have been a victim of, made for an amazing outcry. The seer, the punisher, and the rage. I love all the truth that is written in this book. There will be many that don't want to read it and that don't want to believe it. But this is the reality of the world we live in and the world that we have to teach our little girls to fight against. From periods, to domestic violence, to sexual assaults, to the male dominated corporate world, to the poor and BIPOC communities that are ignored and over-looked, to menopause; this book holds so much trauma and pain within it's pages and sparks a fire for anyone who has the guts to open their eyes after reading. The writing, the characters, the magic, and all the back stories make for an un-put-down-able read that should be on every women's TBR.

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for the advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

This book was pretty hyped up back when it released in May. I knew I wanted to save it for the spooky season though so I held off until now.

I can see why it was hyped. I was glued to the first 2/3 of the book. It was filled to the brim with fierce women coming together to take on the man in a mildly supernatural way.

It was very unique and for the most part, I loved it. It was just until the last 1/3 that it started to lose me with it's very overthetop scenes particularly the one with the lake and whale. That was just a bit much and took away from the rest of the book, imo.

I am rank ordering the people I'm going to lend my copy to. I've also texted friends to get a copy so we can talk about it. The author shares she doesn't like the phrase 'of a certain age' and then acknowledged she was 'of a certain age', and so am I. There's this idea that as you approach your late 40's/early 50'd women become invisible. This book is the antithesis of that belief. What if we actually become more powerful? What if we finally acknowledge and use the power we have? What if we work together?

Harriet, Nessa, and Jo are three women 'of a certain age' who are drawn to each other and all have emerging powers. They must work together to solve the murder of a young woman. I hadn't realized how much of a mystery this book was going to be. The feminine witchy powers are amazing, but I was just as drawn to the murder mystery.

I switched between print and audio. The audiobook narrator was fantastic. She did an excellent job portraying each character through accents, pacing, and tone.

This will be one of my top books of the year.

Thanks to the publisher and for a copy of the book. All opinions are my own.

This was a fun, fierce, feminist fable about the ways in which female friendships can empower us to take on male oppression. Even if it is "just" a revenge fantasy, what are most male action novels if not fantasies of how a clever everyman can save the world?

As other reviewers have mentioned, this book is long and would have been better if edited back a bit. At times, I felt the story was incredible to the point of silliness. But ultimately, this is a great tale of vigilante justice and probably just what we women need to do to stop the ceaseless male violence perpetrated against us. If only we had the superpowers these ladies possessed.

The novel centers on three women of a certain age going through menopause who discover their change has given them superpowers: extreme strength, the ability to see the dead, healing powers, and so forth. The women, who live in the Long Island enclave of Mattauk, discover a body, just one of the nation's too-many young women who are assaulted then tossed away. The thriller focuses on how the women track down the killer(s), and also take on capitalism, lookism, ageism, sexism, and workplace discrimination.

I've read in other reviews that the genders are overly stereotyped, but I want to point out that there is one very nice guy in this book and one very terrible woman, so not every man is awful nor every woman virtuous. However, there is clearly a slant to how the world is portrayed, and whether you see the world the same way these women do will very much depend on what you've faced so far in your life. My advice is to just give yourself up to the fantasy and let yourself enjoy the ride.

Thanks to Netgalley and Harper Collins for giving me an advance copy of the ebook.. I wound up listening to this as an excellent audiobook, narrated by January Lavoy, via the fantastic readers' app Scribd. However you consume it, I highly recommend it.

I’m not sure there’s much of anything that could’ve made me love The Change any more than I did. This book was like The Plants (1984) meets Practical Magic. There were twists and turns around every corner, ferocious feminisms, a serial killer on the loose with magic women ready to avenge those whose lives were lost. The story was not only compelling from the start, but the writing flowed so easily, it was hard to even consider stopping reading. I'm sending all the praise in connection with this one.

This book showed the strength of women and the power in their friendships. Three unlikely women develop a strong powerful relationship. Loved it.