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This review is for The Coven by Harper L. Woods which will be released in paperback in the UK on the 3rd October! Thanks so much to Netgalley and Bantam for giving me an eArc copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Please make sure to read the trigger warnings before reading!!!
So usually here I would write a little synopsis of what happened in the book, but even a few hours after reading, I still have no idea what the hell went on. Everything interesting happens in like the last 50 pages of the book, but even though it’s interesting… I still don’t know what happened.
Let’s start with the things I did like. I loved the female main character Willow, and thought she was a badass. She’s trained to fight, isn’t your stereotypical tiny, skinny FMC and has some kickass magic. I also liked the deep love she has for her half brother Ash, and the way she wants to protect him at all costs even if leaving him is the best thing for him. I also liked the setting, a creepy witch school in the middle of buttfuck nowhere is always the good setting for a gothic fantasy.
Now the things I didn’t like… pretty much everything else. The pacing was weird and left me feeling really confused, as well as the world building being lackluster, so you have no idea what’s going on in the world and how it came to be that way. A lot of the plot line either didn’t really make sense, or feels like it needs a second book to really flesh it out properly. As I mentioned above, the majority of the plot happens in like the last 20% of the book was just so unexpected because literally nothing is explained. Grey/Thorne is also an asshole and I hope he burns in the deepest pits of hell (you’ll get it if you read it)
And yet do I want to read the next in the series?? Yes… and I don’t know why. But I need to know what happens next!!
Please make sure to read the trigger warnings before reading!!!
So usually here I would write a little synopsis of what happened in the book, but even a few hours after reading, I still have no idea what the hell went on. Everything interesting happens in like the last 50 pages of the book, but even though it’s interesting… I still don’t know what happened.
Let’s start with the things I did like. I loved the female main character Willow, and thought she was a badass. She’s trained to fight, isn’t your stereotypical tiny, skinny FMC and has some kickass magic. I also liked the deep love she has for her half brother Ash, and the way she wants to protect him at all costs even if leaving him is the best thing for him. I also liked the setting, a creepy witch school in the middle of buttfuck nowhere is always the good setting for a gothic fantasy.
Now the things I didn’t like… pretty much everything else. The pacing was weird and left me feeling really confused, as well as the world building being lackluster, so you have no idea what’s going on in the world and how it came to be that way. A lot of the plot line either didn’t really make sense, or feels like it needs a second book to really flesh it out properly. As I mentioned above, the majority of the plot happens in like the last 20% of the book was just so unexpected because literally nothing is explained. Grey/Thorne is also an asshole and I hope he burns in the deepest pits of hell (you’ll get it if you read it)
And yet do I want to read the next in the series?? Yes… and I don’t know why. But I need to know what happens next!!