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A review by ramunepocky
Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
5.0
sapphic witches are literally the only thing i care about in the world
I have a lot of good things to say about this book because I thoroughly enjoyed it!!! I really, really liked the magic system, it was interesting to learn about the witches and the sources and how they could work together, and the way that using their magic affected them, and the earth. I always enjoy magic that has consequences, that has balance and a give and take.
Personally, if I were in their world, I’d want to be a source so I could and smell magic and be surrounded by it, and how integral it was to my life.
I liked the world building a lot, I loved the fact there was a map at the beginning of the map so i could actually visual the journey they were taking and how far into it they were/what lay ahead!!
I was right in who I thought the dark witch might be, but it was a nice little twist, and I liked seeing the way that it played out and why those things happened!!
I also really loved the subtlety of Tamsin starting to become aware of Wren’s colourings, etc as a way to tell us she was falling for her, after so long of not being able to physically feel love or see colours or smell things, it was such a sweet little touch, esp when we see it from Tamsin’s POV for the first time and she notes that Wren’s eyes are green and she can smell Lavendar, even tho she’s unsure why, just that something has changed, I LOVED that
I have a lot of good things to say about this book because I thoroughly enjoyed it!!! I really, really liked the magic system, it was interesting to learn about the witches and the sources and how they could work together, and the way that using their magic affected them, and the earth. I always enjoy magic that has consequences, that has balance and a give and take.
Personally, if I were in their world, I’d want to be a source so I could and smell magic and be surrounded by it, and how integral it was to my life.
I liked the world building a lot, I loved the fact there was a map at the beginning of the map so i could actually visual the journey they were taking and how far into it they were/what lay ahead!!
I was right in who I thought the dark witch might be, but it was a nice little twist, and I liked seeing the way that it played out and why those things happened!!
I also really loved the subtlety of Tamsin starting to become aware of Wren’s colourings, etc as a way to tell us she was falling for her, after so long of not being able to physically feel love or see colours or smell things, it was such a sweet little touch, esp when we see it from Tamsin’s POV for the first time and she notes that Wren’s eyes are green and she can smell Lavendar, even tho she’s unsure why, just that something has changed, I LOVED that
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Violence and Death of parent
the parental death was only mentioned, not seen