I love witches. I love that their stories are laced with promises of magic and desire, and once you’re in deep enough, you realize that they’re really about complicated female relationships, feminine solidarity against a backwards society, and the overthrowing of the patriarchy. For the most part, at least. I didn’t set out to write a witch book, but I discovered that when you put some strong women together and let them find love and family within one another, chances are that magic will happen. That’s how THE MONSTROUS MISSES MAI, my historical fantasy novel came together, but after I wrote it, I realized that the themes are delightfully universal. So many of my favorites are books and movies about women coming together to lift each other up. If you enjoy that kind of stuff, here are some recommendations that have similar vibes to my accidental witchy story and would make great pairings with the book.   The Witches of Eastwick (1987) Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives. I was introduced to this movie after I’d already written my book, but as…