Episode 8: By The Pricking of Our Thumbs, Something Sadly Relevant This Way Comes - The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

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Is it hot this July or is it just us? No wait, that's just the hellfire waiting for us on the other side.
This month we fanned the sweltering July flames with Alexis Henderson's The Year of the Witching A.K.A. Bethel, #1.
Welcome to Bethel, a town suffering under the Puritanical rule of The Prophet and those who choose to uphold his moralistic reign. It is up to Immanuelle Moore, a young and powerful woman, to set things right-- perhaps with the help of a series of undead witches lurking in the woods.
Shed your smock and stockings and join us while we dance madly around the flames. Round and round and round we go, where Immanuelle Moore shall stop, we shall never know.
This podcast includes topics may not be suitable for everyone. This novel has a number of triggers that we may be discussing or briefly touching upon. This list of trigger warnings is thanks to Trigger Warning Database: Ableist language, Abortion (due to recent events), Alcohol consumption , Animal death & sacrifice, Being burned alive, Colonialism, Death from childbirth, and mentions of miscarriage & stillbirth, Death of a best friend, Death of a mother & father recounted, Death of a son recounted, Drowning, Earthquake, Emesis (vomiting), Exile & ex-communication, Forced nonconsensual marriage*, Graphic blood depiction & menstruation discussed, Homophobia and lesbophobia, Imprisonment & captivity, Knife violence & stabbing, Misogyny, Murder & attempted murder, Non-consensual branding, Paedophilia & child molestation recounted , Persecution for witchcraft, Physical, verbal & emotional child abuse, Plague (multiple), Pregnancy & child pregnancy, Racism & colourism, Rape & statutory rape recounted, Religion, Seizures & stroke, Self-harm & self-inflicted injuries, Sexual assault , Slavery, Slut-shaming, Strangulation, Suicide recounted.

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT A SPOILER-FREE PODCAST.
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Novel: The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
Intro and outro music: Esteban del Pino - Darlington Products
Book summary music: Caves of Dawn - GuilhermeBernardes