A review by whippycleric
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. Fantasy isn't my primary genre but I'm exploring it via recommendations from a friend and they're always brilliant. I definitely got invested in the story and felt the emotions coming through in the final act. The circular nature of the story was really nice, the main characters were well defined and the sisters had some decent character development throughout the book. Everyone in this book is overcoming some kind of diversity in their own subplot which really helped one engage with each of the characters. It's hard to say exactly why this 4 instead of higher but I just didn't enjoy it as much as other similar books I've read... I think for me either a book is going to be fun or serious, this treads a middle ground that I didn't fully vibe with,l. Being not quite dark enough to tick the dark comedy box and not quite fun enough to be a light read.  The writing is superb though and I'm very interested to see what else this author comes up with.