I love reading about witches and I love Margaret Killjoy's writing, so I was expecting this to be absolutely brilliant. The book didn't end up blowing me away, but I enjoyed every moment I've had with it. I'm glad this is the first of a series, because I'm eager to read more.

Killjoy is an outspoken anarchist and this always comes through in her writing. While talking about the book, she said it wasn't a "trans novel" but a novel with a trans main character. I feel like, similarly, it isn't an "anarchist book" but a book that happens to have anarchism in it.

Don't expect deep exploration on anarchist concepts or theory (they're present but aren't the focus). Instead, expect something sorta like the Discworld witches if they were more communal.