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Fantasy · 2017 · PG-13

The Black Witch

by Laurie Forest

She was raised to hate everything outside her own kind. She'll have to unlearn everything.

For14+GenreFantasyLength608 pagesRead time~16 hours

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Violence

Some

Fantasy violence and some dark content

Language

Barely any

Mild language

Sexual Content

Barely any

Brief romantic content

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

Some

Themes of systemic racism and the painful process of unlearning bigotry

What this book is about

Elloren Gardner is the granddaughter of the Black Witch — the most powerful mage in her people's history. Raised in a sheltered community, she arrives at Verpax University to discover her world-view is wrong about almost everything. Forest's controversial debut is a story about unlearning racism, told from inside it.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Depicts racist ideology (to critique it)

Some violence

Controversial content

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