In the New York Times, Amal el-Mohtar agreed that it was "thoroughly charming" as well as "deftly paced" and "accomplished and enjoyable", but noted that the female characters were "limited to their roles in the story", and stated that although the motivations of Miles' sister Grace were intended to be "opaque", they more often seemed "arbitrary". AudioFile found it to be "charming", with "a rich setting" and "fully developed characters". Publishers Weekly called it "stellar", and praised the quality of Polk's exposition. As well, it was a finalist for the 2019 Nebula Award for Best Novel, the 2019 Aurora Award for Best Novel and the 2019 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror. Witchmark won the 2019 World Fantasy Award-Novel. When Tristan Hunter brings in a dying man who tells Miles that he has been murdered, and then the body is cremated before an autopsy can reveal whether anything illegal actually happened, Miles and Tristan begin their own investigation - one which reveals that the secrets at the base of Aeland society are darker than even Miles knew. In the realm of Aeland, Miles Singer is a psychiatrist who clandestinely uses his magical powers to treat patients in a veterans' hospital.
Witchmark won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 2019. It features a murder mystery set in an alternate history England, and has been described as gaslamp fantasy. Witchmark is a 2018 fantasy novel by Canadian author C.
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