Glass Girls

Glass Girls has so much going on in the best way.

Thanks to Shokoohi’s storytelling, the mythologies around witches - at least in the Glass family - as well as ghosts and poltergeists, are interesting and easy to follow.

Glass Girls primarily follows the story of Beau (or Alice, as she’s primarily known) and Bronwyn, sisters and witches, through surviving the curse which afflicts the Glass family, not to mention the generational trauma which presents as abuse at the hands of their mother.

On top of that, Glass Girls is an effectively scary ghost story, as Alice (and later her niece) are haunted by earth-bound spirits by virtue of their innate powers as mediums.

The relationship between Alice and her boyfriend was the only one that felt a little flat - but I think that may be because the blood-bound relationships were so much more complex and interesting, and it did not detract from my enjoyment of the book.

Thanks to NetGalley and Zando for the advance copy in exchange for my honest review. Pub. date: 6/24/25

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