by Heather Mottershead — is crime justified when it is in response to a society that is inherently unfair in its fundamental workings?
Tag: patriarchy
Don’t Make Me Laugh
by Julia Raeside — Shines a Me Too searchlight on the comedy circuit. The nice guy is the usual toxic creep. Will he get his comeuppance?
The Sirens
by Emilia Hart — Magical realism meets historical fiction in The Sirens. Two sets of sisters, women in distress and an ocean offering comfort and succour…
Kitty Collins series: How To Kill Men… and You’d Look Good in a Coffin
by Katy Brent — A fun series with a serious message. Too many men are violent against women. They don’t all get away with it.
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
by Grady Hendrix — A horror story, of subjugated children, pregnancy and forced adoption, witchcraft and a pact with the devil.
The Maiden of Florence
by Katherine Mezzacappa — A beautifully written historical novel based on true events in 16thC Italy and a profoundly moving portrayal of sexual trauma.
The Glassmaker
by Tracy Chevalier — A multiple-timeline novel about the history of Murano glassmaking, following Orsola Rosso from 1486 to now.
The House of the Witch
Immersive story, set in the 17th century and the present, about female defiance of patriarchal control.
Blue Hawk
by Chloe Turner — Immersive story about a textile worker, set in 17th century Gloucestershire. Blue Hawk celebrates female tenacity and ingenuity.
The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin
by DG Coutinho — Another in the latest slew of books about women truly killing it. Entertaining.
The Book of Secrets
by Anna Mazzola — We are plunged into 17th century Rome, where women strive to survive in a patriarchal world perhaps not so very different from our own.
Weyward
by Emilia Hart — Three women, three time periods, and always the same old shit of male coercion and violence. An absorbing, immersive story.
The Darlings of the Asylum
by Noel O’Reilly — Gripping and exciting gothic novel. A wayward young woman is locked up in a Victorian asylum. Why? What happened? And how can she get out?
How To Kill Men and Get Away With It
by Katy Brent — Entertaining novel about a one-woman quest to redress the balance. Too many men are violent against women. They don’t all get away with it.
The Splendid City
by Karen Heuler — The Splendid City is set in a alternative reality. It’s loads of fun but also a serious satire of a world becoming ever more dystopian.