Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review!

A novel full of women, witches, and rage—what’s not to like? We follow the Duncan family, the keepers of Wild Hill. These powerful women have been given a task from the Old One, one that will allow them to take back the world and nature from the oppressive men and companies who seek to control it and use it for their own purposes.

Phoebe, Brigid, and Sybil are the Three, the ones destined to fulfill the Old One’s vision and turn the tide. Each woman has her own part to play. Each has been following in the footsteps of the Duncan women who came before them.

I loved the ancestors in this novel and seeing how their stories came to pass. The mixing of past and present was really seamless and allowed for such fun storytelling, in addition to intrigue building. I loved the different kinds of magical gifts the women in the Duncan family had and seeing how those gifts worked together toward their common goal.

I did struggle to get through this novel as quickly as I would have liked—the beginning didn’t hook me right away and I had to really push myself through the first 15-20%, but after that I really felt like the story took off and I got invested in what was happening.

Overall, it was a great story of magic, family, and feminine rage!

3.5⭐️ rounded up
very cute, and i love characters that are a little rough around the edges. my complaint however is that the writing felt very lackluster and the ending was a bit anticlimactic after a huge build up

A story of generations of witches - all ready to smash the patriarchy.

The book takes you on a journey of 400 years, starting with the first woman to inhabit Wild Hill and how the oppression she faced set off the chain of events that lead to modern day times. Sisters with a bitter past learn that they must work together to achieve the prophecy, previously foretold by their ancestors.

The settings are vibrant and the author does an amazing capturing the features and qualities of all the characters in the book. It's definitely made me want to add more of Miller's books to me TBR pile.

This book was fire!! I love reading stories that bleed with female rage and empowerment, and this revenge-filled tale embodied that feeling exquisitely. Who wouldn't want to see the tyrant patriarchy destroyed and have the tables turned? The Women of Wild Hill took me on an emotional journey through generations of witches that have been called on to use their special gifts and to make sacrifices in order to right wrongs for the greater good. The story was so well written and relevant. I feel like the characters were my own family and that I was living their experiences. I loved that Harriet from The Change made an appearance. So cool! My only negative comment would be that it ended too soon. I wanted more! I highly recommend and consider it a MUST read!

Thank you to William Morrow for granting me a digital ARC via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review!

Thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

5 stars

The Change is one of my favorite books and Kirsten Miller hit it out of the park again with The Women of Wild Hills.

Sadie Duncan, the ghost of a witch has been living at Wild Hill on the tip of Long Island for hundred of years. The descendants of Sadie are also powerful witches. A prophesy has been set in motion.

Kirsten Miller's book have similar themes. Too much power and wealth corrupt. Powerful men need to be held accountable. Do yourself a favor and read this.

This book was pretty good, I would definitely recommend

~This was given by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

Call it the sequel to the Change, the feminist manifesto that rocked my world several years ago. Women, witches, embracing their powers and righting the wrongs of men. Back to Mattuck, LI we go!

The powerful Duncan women have a history on Wild Hill. Haunted by their guardian ghost Bessie, they are all granted incredible gifts that will guide them forward and help them begin to fix what the billionaire and oligarchs and political titans have destroyed.

See, also; a book that would wind up on Musk’s banned list.

Thank you to William Morrow Books and NetGalley for giving me an ARC of this wonderful book in exchange for my honest review.

Kirsten Miller writes = I read. The Change and Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books are among some of my favorite books, and The Women of Wild Hill is no different. This novel about generations of a family of powerful witches working to take down the patriarchy was unputdownable. I shirked many responsibilities in favor of staying in this story. The characters are so well developed and I loved all of the women in the Duncan family. The social topics are (unfortunately) all too real and it was so satisfying to read about a group of badass women working for real change. Also loved the cameos from the ladies from The Change! I will buy the hard copy to add to my library when it comes out in October! Must read!

Elon Musk is totally going to send his mom to yell at Kirsten Miller over this one. It doesn't actually mention Elon – all of the billionaires in this book are strictly fictional – but it's pretty obvious that Miller doesn't look favorably on the oligarchy. In fact, her family of witches in The Women of Wild Hill kind of want all of the billionaires and slimy politicians, you know … dead. This novel is set in the very near future when climate change is ramping up its destruction, and the Old One has had enough of mankind's shit. She's decided that the men responsible for destroying the planet need to shuffle off this mortal coil, and she's calling on the Duncan family to help her enact her vengeance.

First off, this is a very “woke” (gah, I hate that word) book. If you're a climate change denier or anti-feminist (or Elon Musk), there's a pretty good chance you're not going to like this one. I mean, you can read it if you'd like, of course, but I imagine that an uber-conservative reading this would kind of be the fictional book equivalent of Bernie Sanders listening to The Rush Limbaugh Show - someone's going to be making a lot of horrified faces.

Anyway, I absolutely adored the first 90% of this book. It takes a long time for the present-day story to really get started, as a lot of chapters are spent on the history of the Duncan family and the witches who came before Brigid and Phoebe. This is absolutely not a bad thing, mind you – the backstory is fascinating. There have been poisoners and Nazi-killers and witches burned at the stake and lots of lots of ghosts in the family history, and we get to learn each of their stories. In the present day, Phoebe and (especially) Brigid are likeable, intelligent, and multifaceted characters. There's death and reconciliation and witchy powers and romance and sibling rivalry and feminism and fighting the patriarchy, and it's all quite wonderful. This is a beautifully written book and I think I currently have a bit of an author crush on Kirsten Miller.

As wonderful as this book is, however, I have to confess that it did lose me a bit in the end. It all felt a bit rushed and anticlimactic after the big build up, and I'm still not sure why (view spoiler) for all of it to happen. There are also a bunch of new characters introduced at the very end, but we never actually learn anything about them. And while the final scene is rather satisfying, I have no idea how such a thing wouldn't bring down some unwanted attention on at least one of the Duncans. Don't get me wrong, I've read much, much worse endings, but I was just really hoping for something more.

But don't read this book for the ending. It's not the present-day timeline that makes this book, but the stories of the witches who came before. Turns out that you can burn the witch, but she's probably going to become a pissed-off ghost who helps her descendants murder all of your descendants. Oopsie.

4.4 stars, rounded down.

Many thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for providing me with an advance copy of this book to review. Its expected publication date is October 7, 2025.

Kirsten Miller, your books are magic.

Since reading The Change shortly after its release, I haven't stopped thinking about it—or recommending it to everyone I know. I have absolutely no doubt that The Women of Wild Hill will be the same. Miller has an extraordinary gift for writing women who feel real—flawed, fierce, and utterly unforgettable. Her characters don’t just leap off the page; they speak directly to your heart.

The Women of Wild Hill isn’t a sequel so much as a sister book to The Change—an older, angrier, wiser sister who’s seen more of the world and isn’t afraid to set it on fire. You don’t have to read The Change first, but you’ll enjoy this one even more if you do. (I loved seeing Harriet again and I loved officially meeting Ivy.)

This book is a celebration of sisterhood, a tribute to the power of female rage, and a battle cry for a world that desperately needs to change.

I was beyond excited to receive an ARC of this book from the publisher. I am a huge fan of Kristen Miller and have read both of her other books and loved them so much. This one does not disappoint. It is the book that you can’t stop reading but also, do not want it to end. The story is so creative and all of the characters come to life on the page. This book certainly rages against the patriarchy and the ongoing disregard for Mother Earth, but not in a preachy way. The men are not written as villains, just men with too much power and not enough self awareness (you know - men). But, there are a few good men who quietly support these amazing women and help ground them. I love the mysticism, the nod to Harriet from her previous book and the generational love that exists amongst all these strong women. As mentioned, I did not want it to end - but when the ending came it was a little abrupt and I am not sure I needed the last chapter, but perhaps Sybil has another story to tell. I anxiously await whatever Ms. Miller decides to write next.

Saddens me to say i felt like i was reading an unfinished draft of a book. Maybe i was??
I looove this author but the transitions, the dialogue and characters just felt so unfinished. A lot felt like placeholders that were meant to be polished later. Wah. I’m sad.

A fanciful tale infused with the author's trademark messages of female empowerment and righting wrongs.

With thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow Books for this e-ARC.

Kirsten Miller again gives us an incredible book about female empowerment that’s absolutely exhilarating. This is also a nod to Mother Nature, with the reminder that Mother Nature can be a serial killer if she chooses to be.

This is a tale of six generations of Duncan women, beginning with Sadie who was brought to America from Scotland to a place on Long Island known as Wild Hill. Wild Hill already has had a resident for the past four centuries, Bessie, a ghost and caretaker who watches the Duncan women as they learn that they have special “gifts” and a special mission: “Topple tyrants. Balance the scales. Protect the earth. Avenge the wronged.”

In the present day, we meet two estranged sisters, Brigid (a horror film actress in California) and Phoebe (a happy herbalist in Texas). There’s another omniscient presence, too, “the Old One,” who has summoned them to come back to their childhood home on Wild Hill. Both are initially reluctant when ravens beckon them, until a tornado takes Phoebe’s house away and a wild fire consumes Brigid’s. The Old One was serious. Simultaneously, Phoebe’s daughter Sibyl (who isn’t aware of her heritage) has also gotten a message from corvids, but she simply follows them. The three realize they’ve been gathered for a spectacular specific reason and it will involve the inherited powers they’ve been ignoring. And it’s a doozy. We also get a bonus when Harriet, from “The Change,” turns out to be a neighbor.

This is one of those books that you don’t want to end. If you want to read a book where women are not always victims, dive in. Every Duncan woman has a special story and you’ll be entranced. 5 stars!

Literary Pet Peeve Checklist:
Green Eyes (only 2% of the real world, yet it seems like 90% of all fictional females): NO I loved the fact that Brigid’s eyes were described as “icy.”
Horticultural Faux Pas (plants out of season or growing zones, like daffodils in autumn or bougainvillea in Alaska): YES Freesias need a zone 9 or 10 zone to overwinter. But, then again, Wild Hill is magic. And, BTW, my husband is currently grumbling about the arsenic dust west of the Great Salt Lake, so we Utahns are aware.

Thank you to William Morrow and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy!

The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller has us going back to Mattauck, NY and to Wild Hill, which has been the home of five generations of the Duncan Women, witches who become more powerful in each successive generation.

With some familiar characters from The Change (YAY!!!) we meet the Duncan descendants and how they must channel their feminine energy and rage to come into their powers as the Women of Wild Hill.

Brigid, Phoebe, and Sibyl all have separate issues that they have to resolve, but they have to come together to realize their powers and their familiar destiny. Channeling their female power, rage, and thirst for revenge they band together to do just that.

I love everything Kirsten Miller writes and this book is no exception. I can't wait until it's released so it can be a book club read!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC. All opinions are my own.

The story weaves together themes of sisterhood, inherited magic, and making peace with your past. The writing is atmospheric, and you really feel the “haunted” pull of this family estate. There’s plenty of drama as these strong, stubborn women struggle to unite, but underneath it all, the story is about reconciliation and embracing who you are. If you like magical realism and family sagas with a touch of gothic mystery, this is a fun and engaging read.

Rating 4.5 rounded up.

A prophecy determines their destiny but tragedy tears them apart.

Wild Hill has been home to five generations of Duncan witches. Each generation becoming more powerful then the last. Brigid, Phoebe, and Sybil must come together.

I absolutely loved the back history of the different generations pf Duncan witches. Their back stories provide a vivid picture of their evolving powers as well as the trials they had to overcome. Forget about traditional portrayals of women as passive or subservient. But who wants any of that when you can have so much feminine rage and revenge! This book is literary commentary on female oppression as well as psychological and physical suppression. Eventually the women will snap and take back control. And that is when it gets exciting.

Overall this was a very enjoyable real. The only draw back was that it ended. I did not want to say goodbye to the Duncan women.

This one was really great. A story about magic, family, and legacy three girls will come to Wild Hill and learn about their heritage.

Kirsten Miller brings all the feminine rage in her newest novel and I devoured it. This fast paced page turner brings us back to Mattauck, NY and a very special magical estate, Wild Hill, that generations of witchy Duncan women have called home for centuries. We even get a cameo from Harriet Osborne from Miller’s powerhouse of a novel The Change!

I loved this story of a family of powerful women and hope the author continues to write about more of the intriguing residents of the fictional Mattauck, NY. I guarantee I will buy and recommend them all.

I am a huge history buff, and love looking at different patterns and connections across time and space. This book scratched that itch perfectly, folding in cool witchy magic and the unironic feeling of girlpower.