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A review by sommermeyer27
The Women's War by Jenna Glass
5.0
I absolutely loved The Women's War! I found it with my friend while browsing at B&N, and we both bought a copy and really enjoyed it. I found it to be a very refreshing take on fantasy, as fantasy often treats women as secondary characters. The Women's War focuses on several characters, with various POV throughout the book, and the main women characters have a large age range and different lives and backgrounds, which again was very nice to see. I also very much enjoyed the worldbuilding and the unique magic in this book, and overall the storyline was exciting and enjoyable. The ending left me SHOOK and counting down until the sequel was finally released this month.
While there are some oversights (LGBTQ representation especially), I think that The Women's War was still an amazing step in the right direction of inclusive fantasy. The sequel, Queen of the Unwanted, explores disability with a new, blind main character (she's very Toph-esque for my ATLA fans out there!) and the struggles of the women in Women's Well to un-learn the societal expectations of them.
Overall, I have high hopes for this series (I have heard there is at least a third book planned, but Jenna Glass has no information on the length of the series that I have seen), and the second book gave me hope that, as the series goes on, it will tackle more and larger issues that women face today and in the past. I would highly recommend The Women's War and Queen of the Unwanted for any fantasy fans out there!
While there are some oversights (LGBTQ representation especially), I think that The Women's War was still an amazing step in the right direction of inclusive fantasy. The sequel, Queen of the Unwanted, explores disability with a new, blind main character (she's very Toph-esque for my ATLA fans out there!) and the struggles of the women in Women's Well to un-learn the societal expectations of them.
Overall, I have high hopes for this series (I have heard there is at least a third book planned, but Jenna Glass has no information on the length of the series that I have seen), and the second book gave me hope that, as the series goes on, it will tackle more and larger issues that women face today and in the past. I would highly recommend The Women's War and Queen of the Unwanted for any fantasy fans out there!