Reviews

"Byly nebyly jednou tři sestry."

Nejmladší Juniper byla nejdivočejší a nejmazanější s holí z jalovcového dřeva. Prostřední, neohrožená, nejpracovitější Agnes nosila pod srdcem nový život a nejstarší z těch tří, mlčenlivá a nejmoudřejší Beatrice hledala na vše odpovědi v knihách.

Každá měla svoje chyby i přednosti a já si oblíbila všechny tři. Dostatek prostoru měly i vedlejší postavy (ještě aby ne, když má kniha téměř 600 stran) a na pár z nich ráda vzpomínám.

S první knihou (January a Deset tisíc dveří) nemůžu Čarodějnice dřívější a budoucí porovnat, ale tohle bylo tak krásně napsané! Pohádky, které si v příběhu vyprávěly, kouzla napsaná na začátku každé kapitoly… moc se mi to líbilo.

Nicméně jsem knihu mohla odložit úplně kdykoli (ani jsem nepotřebovala dočíst kapitolu), nic mě nenutilo pokračovat a otáčet stránky dál a dál.
I přes nádherný styl psaní se mi to četlo pomalu, ale vždy jsem se na chvíle s touto stand-alone fantasy těšila.

Děkuji Marky (@endlessbibliophile) & Humbook za knihu.
Vyšlo u nakladatelství CooBoo & Albatrosmedia.

#spoluprace #humbookblogeri

megnut's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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swestlake's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

mariab3's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful medium-paced

3.75

The writing style wasn’t for me - too much effort trying to constantly sound profound. And some of the twists and symbolism were too obvious.

I’m here for the love interests, though.

cobaltbookshelf's review against another edition

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1.0

Shallow one dimensional characters and ultimately white feminist snooze fest.

laurolly's review against another edition

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5.0

5 stars. Harrow has absolutely beautiful and elegant writing which I adore. The Once and Future Witches had enchanting characters, whom I think anyone would be able to relate to in some facet. I was quite surprised that Agnes became my personal favourite, her need to isolate in order to protect her heart was so well portrayed. I thought that Harrow did amazingly in weaving together the magic system, the historical time period, and the feminist ideology. I particularly liked the small stories scattered in, because they connected to the fairytales I heard as a child. The sisterhood which is formed between all of the women in the book gives me warm fuzzy feelings, all showing utter acceptance of each other. Overall, this is just a big yes. I know I’ll be rereading it again and again in the future.

ssmariof's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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