Weyward is a spectacular story. Three generations of Wayward women are featured in the story. Each of the Weyward ladies were beguiling. They were healers who used elements from the natural world in their potions. Of course, the men of their worlds did not approve of what they were doing. I loved these characters and couldn't stop reading about their lives. I hated for the book to come to an end. The eras is which they lived, while different, affected what happened to them and how society would or would not allow them to respond to their challenges. This is very much a feminist novel as we see the Weyward women rising above their circumstances and defeating the men who oppressed them.
There is a touch of magical realism in the story which was OK for me. While I don't particularly care for magical realism, it made sense here because the women used items from nature in their healing careers.
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