That Ain’t Witchcraft (InCryptid #8)
by Seanan McGuire
What is it about:
Crossroads, noun:
1. A place where two roads cross.
2. A place where bargains can be made.
3. See also “places to avoid.”
Antimony Price has never done well without a support system. As the youngest of her generation, she has always been able to depend on her parents, siblings, and cousins to help her out when she’s in a pinch—until now. After fleeing from the Covenant of St. George, she’s found herself in debt to the crossroads and running for her life. No family. No mice. No way out.
Lucky for her, she’s always been resourceful, and she’s been gathering allies as she travels: Sam, fūri trapeze artist turned boyfriend; Cylia, jink roller derby captain and designated driver; Fern, sylph friend, confidant, and maker of breakfasts; even Mary, ghost babysitter to the Price family. Annie’s actually starting to feel like they might be able to figure things out—which is probably why things start going wrong again.
New Gravesend, Maine is a nice place to raise a family…or make a binding contract with the crossroads. For James Smith, whose best friend disappeared when she tried to do precisely that, it’s also an excellent place to plot revenge. Now the crossroads want him dead and they want Annie to do the dirty deed. She owes them, after all.
And that’s before Leonard Cunningham, aka, “the next leader of the Covenant,” shows up…
It’s going to take everything Annie has and a little bit more to get out of this one. If she succeeds, she gets to go home. If she fails, she becomes one more cautionary tale about the dangers of bargaining with the crossroads.
But no pressure.
What did I think of it:
This is a really cool story with lots of intriguing information bout the crossroads, but I will confess that three books about Antimony and Sam was getting a bit much for me.
As much as I enjoy the world and the overall story, I just was getting tired of Antimony's whining about her family and Verity in particular. And as nice as Sam is: he's a monkey. I really don't have anything with monkeys.
So it says something about McGuire's storytelling that I was as engrossed in this book as I was. I absolutely wanted to find out what was up with the crossroads, and I loved seeing Leonard again. If only he had been the love interest!
All in all a cool read, but I'm glad the next book will have a different lead character.
Why should you read it:
It's a cool UF read.
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