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The Winter King by C.L. Wilson

4 reviews

caitybell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is what adult Romantasy is all about. Wilson’s writing is a refreshing reminder that there are better stories and writing out there than the overly talked about Maas or the over saturated market of authors currently publishing for NA/Adult Fantasy. C. L. Wilson’s epic, romantic, and magical Weathermages of Mystral series is an instant addition to my all time favorites list.

A mixture of character-driven and plot-driven elements, The Winter King is a beautiful story full of the tropes we all love, but with sound reasons to why they are happening. Every story told, action taken, or thread of dialogue spoken are important and necessary to the plot and not just written for the sake of tension or trope inclusion.  

The romance is spicy, but not too erotic and the characters are engaging enough to not make you stop caring about the story even after they couple. 

The magic system is unique, so well developed and thought out! You will find no overpowered teenagers who learn to control their power overnight here! There are deadly limitations, magical misuse and consequences, accidents, and struggles to control abilities, all culminating in an epic battle to save the world from an eternal winter.

This book has everything you desire when you consider a Romantasy book, and it is a story I already know I will be returning to again and again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and War

Moderate: Miscarriage, Body horror, Murder, and Vomit

Minor: Drug use, Rape, Cursing, and Animal death

dovahkiin_freyja's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Grief, and War

lozziereads's review

 this is book is sooo...lacking in consent. i like magic but i do not like men who willingly admit to the desire to sexually assault women. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Misogyny, Grief, Cursing, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Confinement

merlesstorys's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

4.0

I honestly love this book, it’s one of my favorites and hach… I could go on.

My only issue is, and that’s maybe some nostalgia speaking, that there are German translations who make two books out of this very long one, which breaks this whole lot up and makes ist kinda more fun to read. TL;DR: the book was too long for me.
Otherwise, the writing style of Wilson is very nice and flowy, and the characters are just to love. (Also the end gets me every time, it’s just so good.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: War, Gaslighting, Abortion, Gore, Grief, Rape, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Drug use