Witch Baby is likely my favorite of Block’s books. (I say likely because I haven’t read them all…yet.) Less hipster/fairy tale than Weetzie Bat, it centers on the black sheep of the family, Lily aka Witch Baby. A dark-fae child born at a dark time Witch Baby is obsessed with the tragedies of life. In […]
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Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block
February 29, 2012I remember when my Theater Arts teacher recommended Weetzie Bat (side note, he also recommended Poppy Z. Brite to me, both of whom significantly shaped my fiction and writing tastes). I remember thinking what a weird title and giggling. But then he let me borrow it. What a weird tale. Weetzie Bat is a teen/young […]