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3.47 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

This story was even better than I expected! A proper witch-y tale that. I was hooked from start to finish, and I didn't want it to end. The narrator on the audiobook was enchanting to listen to. A beautiful performance of an equally beautiful story. This may become a classic for me for spooky season. 
adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced
adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I didn’t like this book. I didn’t like the characters or the plot and I just didn’t like it altogether. 
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Meh, this book was so-so.

Some parts of it were interesting, and some just dragged on and on. I liked the way it was structured with storylines in both the past and the present, and I liked the elements of magic (obviously) that the story surrounded. However, I grew tired of Elizabeth constantly having to look over her shoulder for Gideon. It made me wonder why she put up with him for centuries, rather than just finding a solution for the matter sooner? I admit to skimming some of the latter parts of the book, because it wasn't all that interesting, and I was annoyed with the Elizabeth/Gideon thing.

All in all, an okay read - but not one I'll be recommending to others.

There’s very little story here, and what little story there was hinged on the main character never learning from her mistakes while at the same time questioning whether she had learned from her mistakes or not. It became very tedious; by the last several hours of the audiobook it was all I could do to keep listening just to finish the thing.
adventurous emotional mysterious 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: No

It was slow at first...

But got a bit better at the end. I'm more interested in Tegan than Bess now. I hope the next book is better.