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Этот ковен не сломить by Isabel Sterling

15 reviews

czoltak's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious slow-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? No

3.0


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unicorn3's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

As the first book too, this is amazingly written. Easy to understand and very well thought through. The story was magical (not only in the way of them being witches) the plot twists, the characters and the writing overall made it a nice experience. The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is because it's a personal rating and I realised that the topic of witches isn't really mine.

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bookcheshirecat's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

 “You can't fight a hurricane with half an umbrella.” 

This Coven Won't Break is the final book in this Duology and digs deeper into the conflict between witches and witch hunters. The tone of this story differs from the first one, as it's much darker and not as focused on the small-town life. I didn't mind, as we got to see the larger witch community and how they deal with a new threat. The hunters have now found a way to take away a witch's magic without their consent in order to 'cure' them and Hannah might be the only person who can stop them. The plot is fast-paced, as she joins a special task force that aims to stop the hunters.

Hannah also still deals with the grief of losing her father and the trauma of being kidnapped by the hunters and almost executed along with her ex Veronica. I liked that the story discussed the different ways in which Veronica and Hannah cope with what happened to them. Veronica has cut herself off from all of it in order to protect herself, but Hannah cannot help but still be involved, even though she's struggling with her magic. I really liked seeing how supportive her girlfriend Morgan was, as she's always there for her in these difficult times, despite still dealing with prejudices against her own coven.

The only thing I didn't like was Alice, she grated on my nerves so much. The author tried to introduce her as this cool new character, but it didn't work. Aluce is the blood witch that attacked Hannah prior to the start of the series and while both of them made their mistakes, she's far from a victim. Sadly, the story mainly consists of her blaming Hannah for everything and assaulting her even when they are supposed to be on the same side. It made me so uncomfortable, how her behavior was never called out and how Hannah just took all the abuse because she thought she deserved it!

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shockyreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? No

4.5


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sofpopi's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0


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em_of_swags's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious fast-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

4.75

Very quick to read and it kept me hooked. Great and satisfying conclusion to the duology.

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jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Im still like mulling this read over and honestly it feels unfinished to me.  The way this ends albeit being a happy ending I just have a bugging feeling that it’s unfinished and it hasn’t gone away.  

The characters are amazing and the plot twist with such an unexpected villain and I guess some redemption kind of arc of a villain from the first book definitely suprised me.  

But overall these are good reads and would recommend.  They’re just not my all time faves as a duology. Just missing out on the five star that only all time faves get with me. 

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pollyhall's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0


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steffi_23's review against another edition

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adventurous funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5


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bingo_banjo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.75


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