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kassidyreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Violence and Grief
Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Child death
whatthekatdraggedin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Minor: Death of parent and Grief
journeythroughthechapters's review against another edition
- 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
The book is short for fantasy so this isn't surprising that the balance of the plot was off. I think I just wanted a bit more. At the end of the day this is a debut and I think the author has potential. It was a quick enjoyable read. Thumbs up.
Representation
Queer, Non Binary
Content Warning
Violence, Attempted Sexual Assult, Grief, Amnesia, Anxiety, Depression
Graphic: Violence, Grief, and Mental illness
booksdogsandcoffee's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
A plague has befallen the country, one of magical origin. As it infects people they forget their loved ones. Sadly one such infected is Wren’s father. But Wren also has a secret. She is a source of magic, which are so rare and coveted that they are rarely found out side the witch lands. Yet Wren has managed to hide herself all these years. Until her father comes down with the plague.
Seeing no other choice Wren strikes a deal with Tamsin to help save her father. In return for his life, she will pay for her love for him. The two team up to track down the source of the dark magic causing the plague, but as they work together Tamsin’s secrets start to come back from the dead, and wren, well she just might start having feelings for the witch who can’t love.
I really enjoyed Sweet and bitter magic. Especially the magic system in it. It wasn’t very complex, but I did love that it was a system where you had a magic bar( like in a video game) and could only use x amount at a time with out loosing power.
On top of that there the love and relationship wren has with her father is very touching.
Overall I thoroughly enjoyed the audiobook and thought this was a fun wlw witchy quest that had me gasping and yelling at the book half the time.
Cw
Death
Violence
Death of a parent
Murder
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence
abigail_reads06's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
What I got: All those things and sadness
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death of parent
bot's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Violence and Death
Minor: Death of parent
dododenise's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Fairytale vibes. Sapphic enemies to lovers. Only one bed trope. Many glorious things to love about this book.
There were a few small things I didn’t quite like. The writing sometimes felt a bit tacky. I would also have preferred it if the protagonists were about 1-2 years older. Simply because the actions from five years previously would feel more realistic. Especially the diary entries didn’t feel like they were written by a 12 year old.
But overall a really enjoyable read
Graphic: Grief and Death
violet_pages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Grief, Death, Violence, and Dementia
Moderate: Chronic illness, Vomit, Murder, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture
Minor: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts
lunagirl_alice's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse
wet_towlette's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
I wish I could find more words to describe why I liked this book so much, but I think sometimes when you enjoy something enough, there isn’t really words. It was just so good and I didn’t want to put it down. It’s not perfect by any means but it was entertaining and I liked the writing style.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Grief, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit