This is perhaps one of the quirkiest books I’ve read in a long time, a clever blend of dystopia, mystery and urban fantasy, which delivered a compelling read. The Splendid City by Karen Heuler, is an offbeat tale of witches, a deranged talking cat, and a thoughtful reflection on social injustices, all told through quick-witted prose.
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Dig a little deeper, look behind the curtains, and you’ll see a state where water is rationed and charged at alarming rates, free speech could cost you a trip in a van never to be seen again, and automaton heads in the likeness of the President watch your every move. At first glance Liberty looks like a pleasant place to live- regular parades are held, who doesn’t love a parade? Prizes are freely given, and the people walk around with a sense of contentment. Welcome to Liberty, a state free from the constraints of the US government, a state run by its own President. He had to agree it was becoming a nasty habit. “I shot someone again,” he said, sighing. “How was your day?” Eleanor asked the cat when he walked in the door. A talking cat who loves craft beers, picket lines, and duping and 'shooting' people.Įleanor has no time for Stan and his shenanigans, because she finds herself helping another coven locate a missing witch which she thinks is mysteriously linked to the shortage of water in Liberty. This terrifying (and yet somehow vaguely familiar) terrain is explored via Eleanor - a young woman eagerly learning about the gifts of her magic through the support of her coven.īut being a white witch is not as easy as they portray it in the books, and she's already been placed under 'house arrest' with a letch named Stan, a co-worker who wronged her in the past and now exists in the form of a cat.
In this society, paranoia is well-suited because eyes and ears are all around, and they are judging. In the state of Liberty, water is rationed at alarming prices, free speech is hardly without a cost, and Texas has just declared itself its own country. A genre-blending story of modern witchcraft, a police state and WTF characters, for fans of Alice Hoffman and Madeline Miller.
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