"Sharp and exciting, always vivacious and sensory . All I want is more--more of these sweet vicious girls and their helplessly loving leader, changing themselves, one another and the world." -- Amal El-Mohtar in the New York Times Book Review " The Scratch Daughters is a sharp, scathing sophomore novel from H. A. Clarke. Middle books in trilogies often function more as table setting to the main event, but not this one. As much as I long for the next entry, if the series should end here at least it would go out on a high note." -- Tor.

com "August Clarke's witchy 2020 banger The Scapegracers is . sharp, it's queer, it's techy, it's spiky, it's magical . Sideways Pike is her own force to be reckoned with." -- LitHub , "October's 8 Best SF and Fantasy Books" Praise for The Scapegracers series: "Magic is palpable, urgent, and simply marvelous in this must-have debut." -- Kirkus "Unapologetically queer . and seething with raw emotion, this fantasy opens strong while leaving much to be explored in future installments." -- Publishers Weekly "Loner, lesbian teenage witch Sideways bubbles with nerves, insecurities, and longing in this action-packed debut from a young queer writer." -- Chana Porter , author of The Seep "This is the dark, twisty, witchy book I've always wanted.

[Clarke's] writing is brilliant and gorgeous and firework bright." -- Kat Howard , author of An Unkindness of Magicians "Spooky and weird and dangerous, but addictive." -- Shveta Thakrar , author of Star Daughter.