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Rounded up to 3.85*. Really enjoyed the characters, the setting, the story in general. Winnie is a great heroine. The writing is good. The setting is dark, and I loved that it delved deeper into faerie. Will pick up book 2.

con_bonus's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

helalost's review

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dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

pathlesspisces's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Reading a romance with a fairy rat-man was not on my bingo card for 2024 but here we are 🤷‍♀️

Honestly, I think this book has a lot of wasted potential. The pacing at the first half of the book was great, then everything kind of spiraled and started going at super speed. I feel like the book should have been much longer, which is something I rarely ever say. It just didn’t have enough time to develop the plot or the relationships between the characters, and in the end both felt lacking.

The romance between Winnie and Quincy was so disappointing because I think it actually could’ve been super cute if it had actually been given the time to develop? Like, their whole relationship started developing super quickly, very suddenly about halfway through the story and it felt extremely rushed at the end. I liked both of the characters, but their relationship would’ve felt a lot more earned if it had been given time; ideally if they waited until a possible second book to get together. Honestly, Winnie’s relationships with Robert was rushed too, so when he gets abducted I didn’t care all that much.

Idk, nothing really worked for me but for some reason I also still kind of enjoyed it. I think it’s definitely the weakest of Atwater’s books that I’ve read, but despite that I enjoyed it more than Longshadow. I’ll probably only continue though because it’s more closely linked to the regency fairy tales trilogy than I thought, and I’m curious how it’s going to go. But I still think it could’ve been a lot better 😕

megacleary's review

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

kindlebabe's review

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5.0

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ //5

The Witchwood Knot
by Olivia Atwater

THOUGHTS:

I want to thank NetGalley, the publisher and the author for giving me the opportunity to read an e-arc in exchange for my honest review.

Do you like:

*Gothic Fantasies
*Magic
*Victorian Era
*Fae/Creatures
*Haunted Houses

Then this book IS FOR YOU!

Ate it up! I ate this entire book up. IN ONE SITTING. I was living for this entire adventure. I am a sucker for all things gothic placed into a book and when you sprinkle that adventure with fantasy, a smidge of romance and some horror you have me on my knees. This book was beautiful, mysterious and dark. The world building was fabulous, the characters and their dialogue were perfection, this plot had it all from start to finish.

This book has you guessing everything until the very end. There are twists and turns throughout and I loved the mystery of thinking I know what is going to happen in the book and being wrong. LOVED IT. I loved following the relationships and the dynamics between characters. Oliver and Winnie were perfection!

This book needs to be read by everybody who loves all things dark and spooky and gothic. It comes at a perfect time and I am so glad that I got to sink my teeth into this book. I am absolutely going to be sharing this and recommending this book to ALL PEOPLE. A MUST HAVE on the TBR.

rebekel89's review

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dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

fleurfiles's review

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adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

3.0

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