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A review by phoenix2
The Witch Collector by Charissa Weaks
2.0
The Witch Collector is a fantasy romance with a well-constructed fantasy world that takes place in a wintery set.
The book does a great job presenting the Witch Collector world, with the snow, their gods, the magic system, and some interesting main figures, like the King, the Fire Queen, the witches and, of course, the Witch Collector. And, indeed, everything was magical and truly fitting for the winter season. The choice of having a mute main character was excellent as well, and she was handled with care.
However, the book failed to engage me right from the start. The beginning finds our main character, Raina, angry and on her way to take revenge for her sister's 'abduction' by the Witch Collector. And she truly is obsessed with it, even though everyone seems to be okay with the system that was enforced (I guess) on them. However, her fire dies out pretty easily when she agrees to follow the Witch Collector, who, as it happens, falls from her at first sight. And hence start the game of anticipation whether they will or not, umm, hook up. That play of letting things linger a little too long is obvious at the first kissing scene, which takes pages to happen. Also, the fact that Raina was lusting over Alexus, aka the witch collector, when she has lost her whole world as she knew it was not believable and made it hard to connect with her.
Nevertheless, and romance aside, the book offered many small adventures and interesting character. I especially enjoyed Helena and her soldier friend, and I do believe there is a nice subplot for them to follow in a future book. Yet, the magick system needed more explanation and maybe a better presentation.
So, overall, The Witch Collector offers a fantastic world, but the romance drags it down.
The book does a great job presenting the Witch Collector world, with the snow, their gods, the magic system, and some interesting main figures, like the King, the Fire Queen, the witches and, of course, the Witch Collector. And, indeed, everything was magical and truly fitting for the winter season. The choice of having a mute main character was excellent as well, and she was handled with care.
However, the book failed to engage me right from the start. The beginning finds our main character, Raina, angry and on her way to take revenge for her sister's 'abduction' by the Witch Collector. And she truly is obsessed with it, even though everyone seems to be okay with the system that was enforced (I guess) on them. However, her fire dies out pretty easily when she agrees to follow the Witch Collector, who, as it happens, falls from her at first sight. And hence start the game of anticipation whether they will or not, umm, hook up. That play of letting things linger a little too long is obvious at the first kissing scene, which takes pages to happen. Also, the fact that Raina was lusting over Alexus, aka the witch collector, when she has lost her whole world as she knew it was not believable and made it hard to connect with her.
Nevertheless, and romance aside, the book offered many small adventures and interesting character. I especially enjoyed Helena and her soldier friend, and I do believe there is a nice subplot for them to follow in a future book. Yet, the magick system needed more explanation and maybe a better presentation.
So, overall, The Witch Collector offers a fantastic world, but the romance drags it down.