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A review by pastelwriter
The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It’s me. I’m the fucking target audience for this book 😭 Holy shit I loved it so much. I can’t believe I almost didn’t pick it up because of the boring as hell cover.
I don’t even know how I can fully put into words why I loved this. Like, the reason I love this is precisely summed up best when considering the ending. So, I’ll leave my spoilers for the end of this review.
First of all, this novel first won me with its perfect interpretation of Loki. As I’m cursed to be a fan of Tom Hiddleston’s version of Loki, I have very particular needs when it comes to how his character is portrayed. This book perfectly captured his energy. Both his charms and his downfalls. By the end, I hated Loki as much as I loved him. It was wonderful. It was so good to be able to be familiar with his character again and for it to feel RIGHT.
Eventually, Angrboda and Skadi were the ones who stole my heart. Angrboda had so much love in her heart, but everyone just wanted to stomp it to pieces. She was so powerful yet so caring. She deserved the world. Skadi, on the other hand, was fiercely loyal. The kind of love interest I will always fall for because loyalty has always been what I crave. Skadi had the tenderness but also fierceness that was precisely what Angrboda really needed in a partner.
Overall, this was just written in the perfect way to get me invested. I’m not always too keen on Norse mythology, but this was written in precisely the way that makes it interesting to me. Bless 🙏🏼
Spoilers Ahead!
The thing about me is that the stories that tend to speak to me are those about memory. It is those that contemplate who remembers us and what kind of stories do they tell about us. Ultimately, for me personally, it’s less about a desire for legacy than it is a desire to be loved enough by those I hold dear that they share stories of me even when I’m gone. It’s about being treasured by a select few even in death. So, although Angrboda and Skadi and Loki and all the rest are remembered by more than just a select few, it’s the choosing of Angrboda’s daughter to continue telling the life of her mother and father and others after they are gone to keep their memory alive that speaks to me. It’s the fondness even amidst the heartache.
It’s precisely why the ending of another book series (The Raven Cycle) is so painful for me to even think about. Because it’s about the opposite happening. It’s about caring so much about your friends living on happily together that you’re willing to sacrifice their memory of you. It’s both living in that fear of being forgotten while simultaneously deep down knowing it is inevitable.
THIS will always speak to me in stories. It will always touch a part of my heart in a devastating way. Yet a way that I can appreciate.
I don’t even know how I can fully put into words why I loved this. Like, the reason I love this is precisely summed up best when considering the ending. So, I’ll leave my spoilers for the end of this review.
First of all, this novel first won me with its perfect interpretation of Loki. As I’m cursed to be a fan of Tom Hiddleston’s version of Loki, I have very particular needs when it comes to how his character is portrayed. This book perfectly captured his energy. Both his charms and his downfalls. By the end, I hated Loki as much as I loved him. It was wonderful. It was so good to be able to be familiar with his character again and for it to feel RIGHT.
Eventually, Angrboda and Skadi were the ones who stole my heart. Angrboda had so much love in her heart, but everyone just wanted to stomp it to pieces. She was so powerful yet so caring. She deserved the world. Skadi, on the other hand, was fiercely loyal. The kind of love interest I will always fall for because loyalty has always been what I crave. Skadi had the tenderness but also fierceness that was precisely what Angrboda really needed in a partner.
Overall, this was just written in the perfect way to get me invested. I’m not always too keen on Norse mythology, but this was written in precisely the way that makes it interesting to me. Bless 🙏🏼
Spoilers Ahead!
It’s precisely why the ending of another book series (The Raven Cycle) is so painful for me to even think about. Because it’s about the opposite happening. It’s about caring so much about your friends living on happily together that you’re willing to sacrifice their memory of you. It’s both living in that fear of being forgotten while simultaneously deep down knowing it is inevitable.
THIS will always speak to me in stories. It will always touch a part of my heart in a devastating way. Yet a way that I can appreciate.