The witches are back and this time the trio of Granny, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat are on a road trip, erm broom trip?, to the far off City of Genua where there may or may not be some meddling to be done as someone is manipulating stories for their own end. This installment in the Witches series focuses on various different traditional fairytales, all of which are depicted in typically Pratchett-ian fashion.

I've always enjoyed Witches Abroad more compared to the previous two entries in the series but it may now simply be my favourite Discworld book. The writing is simply better than Equal Rites, Granny actually feels like Granny, and the ideas are executed better. Those things are also true of Wyrd Sisters but the twist on fairytales in Witches Abroad works much better for me than that the take on Shakespeare from Wyrd Sisters. 

It's a book about stories, the nature and power of them. The ending itself is well earned and Pratchett brings everything together well but it's the journey that really makes this book. The trio of witches travelling across foreign lands and their reactions to encountering the various people, cultures, cuisine, and banana infused rum drinks they contain is wonderfully entertaining. Nanny Ogg is on some of her best form, she's utterly hilarious throughout, and then there's Greebo who is just an absolute delight throughout the whole book with the incident with the 'bat' being a particular highlight