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When Wishes Bleed by Casey L. Bond
4.0
◦ I've received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review ◦
The book began pretty darkly with witches and their ceremonies and the way things were happening in their districts. I got charmed by the mystery and the dark side of the witches – including a TW moment that happens in the book. For me in general wasn’t too gruesome but the detail of that scene was pretty detailed and played with my imagination big time and I felt like that was a big point that moved the story forward.
The magic system was really great – however, I wanted it to be a little bit more explained, how they get their powers, from who more exactly because each one of the witches was part of elemental affinities and they were able to control them but from who exactly they get their powers weren’t mentioned and I felt that was an interesting thing to find out.
I also adored the way Fate and Sable were discussing and having their relationship, the way he was guiding her but also “showing” her things that can or will happen. It was really interesting that part of the book.
I adored the forbidden love and the stolen kisses, the romance in the book was clean so no smut things were happening but their kisses and forbidden moments were just the perfect touches on a book already filled with lots of amazing things happening.
I felt the book had some Hunger Games elements for example the districts were very close to the Hunger Games ones including the selection and the way the prince was choosing his own wife, instead of fighting to death they were competing for his heart in different ways, the world-building was really fascinating and everything played behind my eyes like a movie.
I loved the different use of tropes in this book from forbidden love to found family and friendship. However, as much as I’ve enjoyed the romance in the book I felt the relationship between Tauron and Sable to be a little bit too quickly perhaps some will call it insta-love. Sometimes it felt a little bit forced how from reading in the wish bones she was already swooning for him and nothing else pretty much didn’t matter – the thing that I found good was the fact they didn’t act on their impulses from the beginning so that allowed for things to flow a little bit more naturally but their overall thoughts were pretty much into the insta-love trope.
Another thing that I enjoyed but also not so much because at times it was a little bit too much, was the description of everything. I felt we’ve received way too much information that perhaps could’ve been left out to play more with our imagination.
Overall I did find this book to be an interesting read and I’ve enjoyed more things than disliked. The beginning and the end of the book were definitely on the more promising side of things because we’ve got magic, Fate, and other witchy rituals that captivated me from the get-go.
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The book began pretty darkly with witches and their ceremonies and the way things were happening in their districts. I got charmed by the mystery and the dark side of the witches – including a TW moment that happens in the book. For me in general wasn’t too gruesome but the detail of that scene was pretty detailed and played with my imagination big time and I felt like that was a big point that moved the story forward.
The magic system was really great – however, I wanted it to be a little bit more explained, how they get their powers, from who more exactly because each one of the witches was part of elemental affinities and they were able to control them but from who exactly they get their powers weren’t mentioned and I felt that was an interesting thing to find out.
I also adored the way Fate and Sable were discussing and having their relationship, the way he was guiding her but also “showing” her things that can or will happen. It was really interesting that part of the book.
I adored the forbidden love and the stolen kisses, the romance in the book was clean so no smut things were happening but their kisses and forbidden moments were just the perfect touches on a book already filled with lots of amazing things happening.
I felt the book had some Hunger Games elements for example the districts were very close to the Hunger Games ones including the selection and the way the prince was choosing his own wife, instead of fighting to death they were competing for his heart in different ways, the world-building was really fascinating and everything played behind my eyes like a movie.
I loved the different use of tropes in this book from forbidden love to found family and friendship. However, as much as I’ve enjoyed the romance in the book I felt the relationship between Tauron and Sable to be a little bit too quickly perhaps some will call it insta-love. Sometimes it felt a little bit forced how from reading in the wish bones she was already swooning for him and nothing else pretty much didn’t matter – the thing that I found good was the fact they didn’t act on their impulses from the beginning so that allowed for things to flow a little bit more naturally but their overall thoughts were pretty much into the insta-love trope.
Another thing that I enjoyed but also not so much because at times it was a little bit too much, was the description of everything. I felt we’ve received way too much information that perhaps could’ve been left out to play more with our imagination.
Overall I did find this book to be an interesting read and I’ve enjoyed more things than disliked. The beginning and the end of the book were definitely on the more promising side of things because we’ve got magic, Fate, and other witchy rituals that captivated me from the get-go.
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