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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Police brutality, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Genocide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, War
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Witch King begins with Wyatt a trans boy who is in exile from fairy. He’s a witch who left fairy after magically burning part of the town and killing his parents. Before he left he was engaged to the future fairy king, Emyr, something unheard of because Emry is a fairy and Wyatt was born a witch. Wyatt lives in the human world with his adopted family, which includes his bf Briar. He was living his best life three years out of Fairy when Emyr shows up to drag him back because it is time for their wedding and for Emyr to take the crown. Little does either of them know the trouble that waits them.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This hasn’t been the best book I read but I once I accepted that it was going to be kinda of a trashy ya novel I liked it. Putting everything aside, it was a good book to read for shits and giggles.
Some of the biggest reasons why I disliked it was because sometimes the actions of the characters felt too smart for who they were. It felt that the actions were more what the author wanted to make a point rather than what the character would actually do. Like Tessa suggesting that the guard be abolished after becoming in charge of them. I can see the ideas the author wanted to push with this and how they were trying to connect it to real life but at the same time it felt very forced coming from Tessa.
Same with Clarke confessing to the murder of Emyr. Her whole outburst about how everyone assumed it was Dereck, a man, behind the whole plot seemed really forced. Almost like the author threw away how much of a mastermind Clarke’s whole plot was to have a forced “girl boss” moment.
I was drawn to this book because of the trans rep in fantasy, which I loved. I was able to enjoy reading it by not taking it too seriously but I wouldn’t recommend it to people who want to be more invested.
That being said though, I will be reading the sequel lol
Some of the biggest reasons why I disliked it was because sometimes the actions of the characters felt too smart for who they were. It felt that the actions were more what the author wanted to make a point rather than what the character would actually do. Like Tessa suggesting that the guard be abolished after becoming in charge of them. I can see the ideas the author wanted to push with this and how they were trying to connect it to real life but at the same time it felt very forced coming from Tessa.
Same with Clarke confessing to the murder of Emyr. Her whole outburst about how everyone assumed it was Dereck, a man, behind the whole plot seemed really forced. Almost like the author threw away how much of a mastermind Clarke’s whole plot was to have a forced “girl boss” moment.
I was drawn to this book because of the trans rep in fantasy, which I loved. I was able to enjoy reading it by not taking it too seriously but I wouldn’t recommend it to people who want to be more invested.
That being said though, I will be reading the sequel lol
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I loved this book.
The book was at 100 from the jump and kept going.
The world building was amazing and at times overly explain-y you needed it to understand the world.
Being a YA novel there was some pretty basic/on the nose analogies regarding the fae vs human societies:
‘Witchlings (queer kids) are born to fae (cishet) parents are often treated as if this huge part of their very existence is a terrible mistake.
There was incredible original takes I haven’t seen other books take:
1. Fated mates - usually it’s accepted within a chapter and there’s no absolute rejection of it
‘A compulsion. I’ve always wondered what it felt like to be a mated Fae. To feel it from Emyr’s side, this connection we supposedly have. Witches, though fae in technicality, don’t experience the same need.’
2. Interesting way to speak about being transgender - I hadn’t read that many books about the anger part of it. cc read any Andrew Joseph White books
“You haven’t changed as much as you think you have… You have always been you. You just found the language to talk about it.”
‘The last time I saw him, he was just a boy. Now he’s a monster.
The fae are all monsters.
But so am I.’
Maritza and Paloma - y’all knew what you were doing! #onebedtrope
I need a movie/mini series/tv show with a Game of Thrones budget to do it justice.
Immediately put the 2nd book on hold.
The book was at 100 from the jump and kept going.
The world building was amazing and at times overly explain-y you needed it to understand the world.
Being a YA novel there was some pretty basic/on the nose analogies regarding the fae vs human societies:
‘Witchlings (queer kids) are born to fae (cishet) parents are often treated as if this huge part of their very existence is a terrible mistake.
There was incredible original takes I haven’t seen other books take:
1. Fated mates - usually it’s accepted within a chapter and there’s no absolute rejection of it
‘A compulsion. I’ve always wondered what it felt like to be a mated Fae. To feel it from Emyr’s side, this connection we supposedly have. Witches, though fae in technicality, don’t experience the same need.’
2. Interesting way to speak about being transgender - I hadn’t read that many books about the anger part of it. cc read any Andrew Joseph White books
“You haven’t changed as much as you think you have… You have always been you. You just found the language to talk about it.”
‘The last time I saw him, he was just a boy. Now he’s a monster.
The fae are all monsters.
But so am I.’
Maritza and Paloma - y’all knew what you were doing! #onebedtrope
I need a movie/mini series/tv show with a Game of Thrones budget to do it justice.
Immediately put the 2nd book on hold.
adventurous
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes