This book was my first Brom's and definitely not the last. I always had something for writers who are also artist and are able to create their own cover and story illustrations. It's like having a second way to go deeper in the writer's mind and understand their creative process. But I'm a visual reader so it could be just my feeling. That's something I definitely found in Slewfoot. The woman lead is a big plus for me. And as much as I am picky with male authors writing woman lead, as they more often than not, butcher them and let so much lenient sexist stereotypes infuse in their character's depiction that I cannot focus on anything else and the plot is lost for me. Fortunately, Abitha is brilliantly developed and Brom managed to create a main woman character who is flawed, brave, witty, strong and badass in her witchy damned way without the classic Marie Sue and/or misogynistic stereotypes. The plot is rather simple but works effectively, everything is carefully built on historical events or facts that gives you enough of a context to set the vibes and the atmosphere without having to do a complete and detailed wold building. I'm usually more the character driven + world building combo kind of reader but Brom managed to hooked me with half of that while pushing all my buttons. Damn, I almost threw my Kobo several time by frustration and sometimes rage against the bigot puritans of this story or the injustice against women and especially against Abitha. Halfway through it, you are rooting so much for this witch that you just wait impatiently for her to start behind a revenge wraith. And you'll not be deceived.