Reviews - Black Witch – Erkenntnis

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Black Witch – Erkenntnis

Laurie Forest

4.24 AVERAGE

emilim's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional 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: Yes

catevillain's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

_vonvonn's review against another edition

5.0

Dang so much went on in this book !! One pang after another and another like homegirl couldn’t catch a break!!
I felt like she should’ve confronted jules when she saw him again
And rip lupine packs

sneyer's review against another edition

2.0

Too much of this book was just setting the stage for the next ones. I was so annoyed to have whole chapters devoted to characters with no actual storyline in this book.

The action of this book moves quickly yet the story doesn’t advance. I don’t think an entire second book was warranted and, while I want to know what happens I don’t want to slog through another book.

emking418's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

archernaelra's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous slow-paced

tammy_m_nc's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

Great edition to the series

The second installment in this YA fantasy series was definitely a stay up too late, cannot put it down, it should get more than 5 stars kind of book. I once again fell head first into the story and was equally desperate to read it all at once and also to savor it and make it last. The storyline was imaginative, the characters were real and relatable, and the writing was captivating. The world building was meticulously done, woven together scene by scene, layer by layer until it became a living breathing place full of three dimensional beings. The story had a perfect balance of all the best plot elements. This is book 2 is the Black Witch Chronicles and picks up where the last book left us. Elloren, unlike her grandmother, the infamous Black Witch, is interested in fighting alongside the resistance rather than forcing other people to be subjugated to the Gardnerians. She has collected a large group of non-Gardnerians as allies. They are protecting a stolen military dragon and an abused Selkie in order to free them. Meanwhile, her affinity lines continue to strengthen despite not outwardly exhibiting magic. My least favorite part in the book is the sort of love triangle between Elloren, Lukas and Yvan. One she wants to be with but cannot and the other she does not want to be with but may be forced to. The conflict does allow for some character growth for Elloren. The pacing of this story was well done - the tension continuing to ratchet up higher and higher with a hopeful plateau right before the crushing storm. The story includes what you’d expect from this genre - intrigue, fighting, dangerous situations, end of the world scenarios, paranormal creatures, evil masterminds, henchmen, loyal friends and family, tragic back stories, secrets, mystical coincidences, snark, laughs, soulmates, redemption, deep emotions, and so many plots twists. There is another cliffhanger ending which means reading the next book asap.

Julia Whelan did a phenomenal job narrating the story and characters into life with enough change of inflection, tone and cadence to voice multiple characters quite convincingly.