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A review by sunshine_librarian
The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
4.0
In Rachel Griffin's book, The Nature of Witches, witches have the power to control weather. They use this power to help combat climate change. However, the witches are not able to keep up with the ongoing damage, and are being depleted as they try to help since witches are only at their full strength during their season. Until Clara, an Everwitch with immense power that she is fighting to control.
Clara is afraid of her power. In fact, she doesn't want it because it seeks out and kills the ones she is closest to. To protect everyone, Clara isolates herself and plans to strip herself of her power during the upcoming solar eclipse.
All that starts to change when Clara meets Sang and starts to train with him. She begins to learn to work with her power rather than fighting against it, and she begins to question whether she can use her power to help rather than hurt.
This is a unique fantasy that weaves in isolation, climate change, having faith in oneself, acceptance, love, and friendship. I really enjoyed how Griffin wove in actual science in regards to the climate and eclipse, and I was rooting for Clara. I am definitely purchasing this for my library, especially since I "discovered" this book from a student who could not wait for it's release!
Clara is afraid of her power. In fact, she doesn't want it because it seeks out and kills the ones she is closest to. To protect everyone, Clara isolates herself and plans to strip herself of her power during the upcoming solar eclipse.
All that starts to change when Clara meets Sang and starts to train with him. She begins to learn to work with her power rather than fighting against it, and she begins to question whether she can use her power to help rather than hurt.
This is a unique fantasy that weaves in isolation, climate change, having faith in oneself, acceptance, love, and friendship. I really enjoyed how Griffin wove in actual science in regards to the climate and eclipse, and I was rooting for Clara. I am definitely purchasing this for my library, especially since I "discovered" this book from a student who could not wait for it's release!