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librarypeary's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
dana_yamaguchi's review against another edition
3.0
“Like this, she looks more wolf than girl - like some magic far wilder than alchemy runs through her. The sight of it stills him.”
-Weston Winters, from A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft
-Weston Winters, from A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft
melonna's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
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
5.0
This is now one of my most favorite books there is. I actually read this book without expecting anything. t first, I didn't like it. I just didn't see the chemistry between Margaret and Wes but several more chapters later, the romance just started to click and I was hooked. I can't get enough. I hope they make more stories like this.
rachel_reads_7's review against another edition
adventurous
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
4.5
booklover160's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I really wanted to love this one more than I did. I think it was well written and very interesting, it held my attention through to the end, but it just didn't do all I wanted it to.
I was sort of surprised to see how much of a role religion played into the story. I have a fair amount of religious trauma, so it was making me a little uncomfortable although I understood it did have a significant role to play within the story and within the characters themselves. That's why I didn't love it the way I wanted to.
I did love being able to closely follow both of the main characters! It was interesting to see how they each interpreted their interactions. And the romance was so good! The slow burn was really damn slow but I loved seeing each of their realizations. Very cute.
All in all, still LOVE Allison Saft and her writing! I look forward to her future books!
I was sort of surprised to see how much of a role religion played into the story. I have a fair amount of religious trauma, so it was making me a little uncomfortable although I understood it did have a significant role to play within the story and within the characters themselves. That's why I didn't love it the way I wanted to.
I did love being able to closely follow both of the main characters! It was interesting to see how they each interpreted their interactions. And the romance was so good! The slow burn was really damn slow but I loved seeing each of their realizations. Very cute.
All in all, still LOVE Allison Saft and her writing! I look forward to her future books!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Religious bigotry
cardanivy's review against another edition
4.0
it almost felt as if weston winters was specifically written for me
bboorrii's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
noirverse's review against another edition
4.0
An impressively solid fantasy romance! I loved the slow burn and the characters. It was a more character focused plot than I had been expecting, but I enjoyed it regardless. The pacing felt somewhat off at parts, but it wasn't too jarring. I will be checking out the author's other work!
booksbydann's review against another edition
4.0
4.25⭐
"When I look at you, I don’t see someone broken. I see someone hurting—someone healing"
Que hermoso libro. Vine buscando cobre y encontré oro y es que me esperaba una cosa del libro pero me sorprendió totalmente con el rumbo que tomó. Toca temas super importantes y complejos. Si bien me costaron mucho las primeras 100 páginas, el resto fue INCREÍBLE.
"When I look at you, I don’t see someone broken. I see someone hurting—someone healing"
Que hermoso libro. Vine buscando cobre y encontré oro y es que me esperaba una cosa del libro pero me sorprendió totalmente con el rumbo que tomó. Toca temas super importantes y complejos. Si bien me costaron mucho las primeras 100 páginas, el resto fue INCREÍBLE.
anispaperbacks's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
AAaa first book I've borrowed from the library in a long time!!
I quite enjoyed it. The book had some really powerful visuals/scenes that I could just picture so clearly and made me want to draw them honestly. And the book in general painted its picture very well imo, never was I really unsure of what i was supposed to be visualising and what I DID visualise was, for lack of a better word, very vibey.
I love the aesthetic of the wild sea and the salt licked town of Wickdon, as well as the frenzy of the hunt and the wildness in the characters. If I felt inclined to do so, I reckon I could whip up some really awesome pieces from scenes of this book.
However, I did find some of the writing a bit awkward. Especially a lot of dialogue as well as the way the tense was written (?). I was a bit jarred by the former at first but soon stopped noticing it.
Dialogue-wise, I also felt like (specifically towards the end, post them getting together) Maggie and Wes's communication was too... I don't know I guess it was sort of like they were a little bit too suddenly on the same page with either other and over any communication issues etc?????? I don't know if that quite explains what I mean. I just felt the shift very acutely. Reminds me of a tumblr post I saw about writing characters like they're "trying to win therapy". It's not exactly like that but I think some stuff later in the thread maybe gets at what I mean a bit better.
The stakes also felt really quite all over place for me. There seemed to be a bit of back and forth and the pacing was a bit odd too. I don't have much more to say on that really. There was so much build up to the hunt and I feel like there wasnt that much .. weight put on the hunt in the end? It sort of just ends up being this thing that happens.
I didn't ever find my self dragging myself through this which is a plus considering the slightly odd pacing.
Good lord do I fucking hate Evelyn I don't even want to get into it. Kudos to Saft for successfully writing characters that can do that.
But yeah!!! Overall I did enjoy A Far Wilder Magic, and it's probably my first dip of my toe into romance too. If you don't mind some slightly awkward writing and pacing, then I really don't think it's that much of an issue, just sort of stuff I picked up on while I was reading.
I quite enjoyed it. The book had some really powerful visuals/scenes that I could just picture so clearly and made me want to draw them honestly. And the book in general painted its picture very well imo, never was I really unsure of what i was supposed to be visualising and what I DID visualise was, for lack of a better word, very vibey.
I love the aesthetic of the wild sea and the salt licked town of Wickdon, as well as the frenzy of the hunt and the wildness in the characters. If I felt inclined to do so, I reckon I could whip up some really awesome pieces from scenes of this book.
However, I did find some of the writing a bit awkward. Especially a lot of dialogue as well as the way the tense was written (?). I was a bit jarred by the former at first but soon stopped noticing it.
Dialogue-wise, I also felt like (specifically towards the end, post them getting together) Maggie and Wes's communication was too... I don't know I guess it was sort of like they were a little bit too suddenly on the same page with either other and over any communication issues etc?????? I don't know if that quite explains what I mean. I just felt the shift very acutely. Reminds me of a tumblr post I saw about writing characters like they're "trying to win therapy". It's not exactly like that but I think some stuff later in the thread maybe gets at what I mean a bit better.
The stakes also felt really quite all over place for me. There seemed to be a bit of back and forth and the pacing was a bit odd too. I don't have much more to say on that really. There was so much build up to the hunt and I feel like there wasnt that much .. weight put on the hunt in the end? It sort of just ends up being this thing that happens.
I didn't ever find my self dragging myself through this which is a plus considering the slightly odd pacing.
Good lord do I fucking hate Evelyn I don't even want to get into it. Kudos to Saft for successfully writing characters that can do that.
But yeah!!! Overall I did enjoy A Far Wilder Magic, and it's probably my first dip of my toe into romance too. If you don't mind some slightly awkward writing and pacing, then I really don't think it's that much of an issue, just sort of stuff I picked up on while I was reading.