
Feminist historical fantasy where Anne Boleyn and Henry’s other wives unite with witchcraft to take revenge on the king.
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Feminist historical fantasy where Anne Boleyn and Henry’s other wives unite with witchcraft to take revenge on the king.
One queen exiled. Another headed for the gallows. Both hungry for revenge. England’s most infamous queens unite in vengeance against Henry VIII. Anne Boleyn is going to die, and neither her cleverness nor her witchery can save her. So when her late rival, Catalina de Aragón, miraculously appears in her cell at the Tower of London on the eve of her execution, very much alive and offering a daring escape plan, no one is more surprised than Anne. Lina doesn’t have Anne’s magic—but she has just as m...
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Love and sex throughout; includes a teen-adult relationship framed as loving
Blood, gore, body horror, murder, medical trauma, and graphic injury
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Lesbian POV lead among five; minor GNC/trans man side character
Tudor Catholic-Protestant politics; Muslim side character present
Witchcraft and blood magic central via the Hellebore Sisterhood
Ritual bloodletting used to power spells
Explicitly feminist revenge tale of women reclaiming power
On-page ritual self-harm for blood magic purposes
Domestic abuse, confinement, toxic bonds; teen-adult sexual relationship
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