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lapassemiroir's review against another edition
3.0
I wish the author had explored more ruby's relationship with her sisters, sometimes the mistery was annoying and nothing is reaaaally explained butttttt gave me a raven cycle vibes when I needed most. Nothing happened besides drama so.... yeehaw 🤠(3.5*)
mariavillalta20's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
relaxing
slow-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
3.5
emmawinchester's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
vallevia's review against another edition
4.0
3.5/5 Rounded up
I was not expecting this to be so similar to Cemetery Boys in so many ways. Actually, like a mix between Cemetery Boys and The Bear and the Nightingale.
Overall very good. I found the writing a bit confusing at times and although it did take me quite a while to actually get into it, once the story picked up it became hard to put down.
Bonus: the colour of the hardcover under the dust jacket is stunning
I was not expecting this to be so similar to Cemetery Boys in so many ways. Actually, like a mix between Cemetery Boys and The Bear and the Nightingale.
Overall very good. I found the writing a bit confusing at times and although it did take me quite a while to actually get into it, once the story picked up it became hard to put down.
Bonus: the colour of the hardcover under the dust jacket is stunning
han_m's review against another edition
4.0
This book took me by surprise. It didn't go the way I thought it would, but I welcome that within the books I read. Was great timing to read it in the fall season.
a_bookish_adventure's review
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
brokebybooks's review against another edition
4.0
I received this book for free from Fantastic Flying Book Club in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Ohhhhhhhhh boy. The Wise + the Wicked is like Anna-Marie McLemore meets Noami Novak in contemporary America with cell phones. Lead by a critical despondent broke-ass nihilist with sticky fingers.
Gods, did I love it. Check it out. Read a sample. Enter to win a copy. All below ⬇
What's Inside:
I loved it all right up until the last little bit. They're all honest flawed kids struggling with magic, history, and secrets. Adults, we really need to be thinking about what we claim to keep from kids "to protect them". More like make us uncomfortable...
The romances worked on so many levels for me. Too bad we couldn't see more of CeeCee + boo.
I didn't want to stop reading and couldn't wait to pick it up again. Curiostiy was killing. Much like Ruby and her podcast.
The ending & I did not mesh well. I'm with Ruby on this one...Which was the point of course. Like, I get it but it wasn't satisfying.
I think the kids couldn't done more during the fight and there'd be more possibilities if we knew more about this wide world.
Prize: Win a copy of THE WISE AND THE WICKED by Rebecca Podos (INT)
Start Date: 22nd May 2019
End Date: 5th June 2019
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This review was originally posted on The Layaway Dragon
Gods, did I love it. Check it out. Read a sample. Enter to win a copy. All below ⬇
About the wise + the wicked:
IMHO: the wise + the wicked
What's Inside:
- Feels like if Noami Novak wrote contemporary with queers + cell phones
- No dead naming!!!
- Honest ongoing consent talks
- Love how the magic worked with Dov. It's so easy to be trans* inclusive!!!
- D'awwww the cousin romance misunderstanding
- Ruby's family is working poor
- Technology included
- Ruby loves science and Carl Sagan
- Ruby is SO relatable. I love her.
- Love how fierce & direct Talia is
- Love CeeCee's bright style, optimism, and support
- Dov grew on me (that lunch tray scene bugged me, okay?) & adore them as a couple
- Cousin best friends
- Sisters raising sisters
I loved it all right up until the last little bit. They're all honest flawed kids struggling with magic, history, and secrets. Adults, we really need to be thinking about what we claim to keep from kids "to protect them". More like make us uncomfortable...
The romances worked on so many levels for me. Too bad we couldn't see more of CeeCee + boo.
I didn't want to stop reading and couldn't wait to pick it up again. Curiostiy was killing. Much like Ruby and her podcast.
The ending & I did not mesh well. I'm with Ruby on this one...Which was the point of course. Like, I get it but it wasn't satisfying.
I think the kids couldn't done more during the fight and there'd be more possibilities if we knew more about this wide world.
I think teens will like how it concludes more than us fuddy duddys. And as the days pass and I think about it more, I appreciate what Podos did here. I'm okay with not getting a sequel since it fits so well.
I'll def be watching for more from Podos. We need so much more of what she's serving up!
Read a sample with the first three chapters HERE! It includes two of my favorite quotes!
fav quotes from the wise + the wicked:
They welcomes them into this unextraordinary little house, listened to them, counseled them with the gif that remained to the Chernyavsky: the empathetic, righteous rage of women who knew what it meant to have everything taken away from them.
Her cousin's friends stopped all at once, a school of ish scared by the cry of the Common Loon.
Pearls form around a speck of grit to protect the oyster, and so to protect us from what we can't yet understand, stories grow around a grain of truth.
It wasn't really the having that made her feel powerful. It was the taking.
[...] if time is a prize you want to win, you must prepare to lose.
[Her sisters] believed they were safe as long as they were small, as if submission had ever really protected women.
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Prize: Win a copy of THE WISE AND THE WICKED by Rebecca Podos (INT)
Start Date: 22nd May 2019
End Date: 5th June 2019
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kimbieda's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this story. It wasn't head-over-heels love for the whole book but there were parts that I really loved. Overall, a very good book especially for teen/ya which isn't usually my genre of choice. A little magic, a good deal of family drama, including the dark family history, a little bit of romance, a diverse range of sexualities, and a few really great lines or passages.
dtaylorbooks's review against another edition
Where did I stop? Page 80
Why? This was another title I was reading looking for a comp title for my book to query and it ended up being not a fit and it just didn’t hold my attention. Granted I’m also pretty burnt out on reading at the moment because I’ve just been ripping through so many books trying to find comp titles, so take that for what you will. There wasn’t anything in particular that wasn’t interesting me. I just wasn’t interested in what I was reading as a whole with this one.
Why? This was another title I was reading looking for a comp title for my book to query and it ended up being not a fit and it just didn’t hold my attention. Granted I’m also pretty burnt out on reading at the moment because I’ve just been ripping through so many books trying to find comp titles, so take that for what you will. There wasn’t anything in particular that wasn’t interesting me. I just wasn’t interested in what I was reading as a whole with this one.
ashleybashley's review against another edition
3.0
I loved this book so much from the beginning all the way up to maybe 80% of the way through. The story and concept were so interesting and nothing like what I've read before.
I'm obsessed with slightly witchy stories set in a contemporary setting, and this is exactly that. The pacing was amazing, the romance had me itching for more, and the complicated family situation felt very real to me.
The only problem I had with the whole book was the end (no spoilers!) It really was slow (but in a good way) for most of the beginning/middle, but at the end it flew into overdrive so fast. It felt like things were moving too fast and we didn't get to see as much as we should have? I really wish we had maybe another 50/100 pages to flesh out everything that happened?
I get that it was the climax and the pace in general needed to pick up, but I feel like we missed out on some important information/context. Who knows, maybe we'll pick right up after the end of the first book in the sequel and all my questions will be answered?
I'm obsessed with slightly witchy stories set in a contemporary setting, and this is exactly that. The pacing was amazing, the romance had me itching for more, and the complicated family situation felt very real to me.
The only problem I had with the whole book was the end (no spoilers!) It really was slow (but in a good way) for most of the beginning/middle, but at the end it flew into overdrive so fast. It felt like things were moving too fast and we didn't get to see as much as we should have? I really wish we had maybe another 50/100 pages to flesh out everything that happened?
I get that it was the climax and the pace in general needed to pick up, but I feel like we missed out on some important information/context. Who knows, maybe we'll pick right up after the end of the first book in the sequel and all my questions will be answered?