On the cusp of 50, suave advertising director Harriett Osborne has just witnessed the implosion of her lucrative career and her marriage. She hasn’t left her house in months, and from the outside, it appears as if she and her garden have both gone to seed. But Harriett’s life is far from over—in fact, she’s undergone a stunning and very welcome metamorphosis. Harriet Osborne is a former high-ranking advertising executive, the neighborhood witch, and a gifted horticulturist Jo could feel the fire shooting through her veins and waves of energy traveling down her limbs. She saw heat ripples radiating from her skin and smelled the grass singing beneath her feet. She'd tried her best to control it. Now Jo closed her eyes and let go. Nothing had ever felt so good.

A delicious fantasy full of righteous rage, thorny entanglements, powerful sisterhood, and (wink, nudge) herbal remedies. Forget the teen dabblers of The Craft, or the lovelorn witches of Practical Magic: Joe, Nessa, and Harriet are the dynamic coven that angry feminist dreams are made of, here to remind us that everything gets better with age and experience— especially revenge." — Kat Rosenfield, author of No One Will Miss Her In the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk, three different women discover that midlife changes bring a whole new type of empowerment… Though there are very sad themes in this novel surrounding the mistreatment of women from a young age, there’s also so much empowerment. I loved the above quote and moment in this novel; it reminded me of the first time I watched Buffy Summers train a league of slayers. An absolutely iconic moment in my memory that has stayed with me, and I think this book will do the same. I also loved that the author turned mundane moments in our lives into something mystical and omnipotent. Cooking, fitness, gardening, and more. I went into this one completely blind, I remember seeing a review from one of my GR friends and thought : this book seems amazing. I didnt remember what it was about by the time I got into it. 🤭 Every variety of girl was represented. Rich girls, poor girls, good girls, badasses. It was the makings of a formidable army. She would teach them everything. She would make them invincible. This was the generation that would finally turn the tables. Maybe when their own daughters were born, they wouldn’t need to spend their days fighting fear.”There have always been those who want to deny women power. And there are also women who refuse to accept it....But many women are simply too frightened to see things as they really are--or to accept that the world men have made must be destroyed." Pharrell, Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, Bill Clinton and More Remember Clarence Avant: “The Ultimate Example of What Change Looks Like” The Change is a fantasy crime mystery. It is a witchy feminist revenge novel so expect very few good men. I'm not a fantasy reader, but I really dig this one! Despite the fact that victims are young women, it's not all dark nor graphic. The author did a great job adding humor when it's needed. The Change is like a guttural rage scream (and some how a soft tearful hug) of a book, and I couldn’t have loved it any more. Mattauk, New York boasts of a fine community with beach access and lawns trimmed to perfection. You'll meet its individuals with some citizens who care more than others. But something dreadful will have the residents eyeing one another and searching for answers. Today will be the day.

Since you liked The Change, I think you would like Unexpected Interference, the first in my American feminist vigilante justice series. There is a similar snarky humor and ethical theme.Hilary Swank, Sanaa Lathan, Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter to Star in James Patterson Audible Originals (Exclusive) A neglected house, once the neighborhood jewel, has been hiding secrets. No one has seen its inhabitant Harriet Osborne for months. Many thanks to NetGalley, William Morrow, and Kirsten Miller for an ARC of this book! Now available as of 5.3!!** I love the feminist vibe too, so much the author includes resonates in my own working life - should have channelled my inner Harriet! The storytelling flows, it's very well written, there is never a dull moment as the plot deepens with many twists and turns. Some of the imagery as we wend our way to the end is mind blowing and eye boggling it's so creative and inventive. I like how the author gives a voice to the victims we often forget but remember the perpetrator. However, I did enjoy the unlikely friendship between Jo, Harriet, and Nessa. Their characters are unique and very well-developed. I could also see this book being made into a movie, as it has a cinematic quality to it. I took a risk on a book slightly out of my comfort zone and I am glad that I had the experience.

And, on the cusp of fifty, Harriet Osborne, has just lost her advertising career and her husband, and she has never felt better-even if the neighbors have started referring to her as the witch who resides at 256 Woodland Drive. After all, she reasons, “who said that would be a bad thing?” Her talents help her to dole out punishment when called upon. When I began the book, it reminded me of “The Help” in feel, even though the story is completely different! Three unlikely friends, undeterred by any obstacles that come their way, determined to RIGHT a WRONG!Miller . . . has woven a pointed, punchy, and potent thriller for adults. . . . The Change is wry and clever, serious and exacting, and masterfully suspenseful in its conveyance of a deeply profound and feminist message. I hope The Change finds a large audience. I for one will be recommending it, and have already been telling people about it as I was in the midst of reading it. The epiphany came as the blood flowed freely down her legs. She should never have tried to fight it. How many years—how much energy—had she lost trying to control something that could not be controlled? How long had she feared being outed as female? How much frustration had she endured, inhabiting a world that wasn’t designed for her kind? How long had she prayed to be seen and accepted as more than a body? How hard had she tried to fix things that simply refused to be fixed? So much fury had built up inside Jo.”