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A review by witchingrabbit
The Witch's Kiss by Katharine Corr, Elizabeth Corr
3.0
Overall:
3.5 stars.
Great characters, witch elements were very interesting and delivered its promise. Story is slow, but not in a negative way, it just takes time building characters instead of having them unrealistically changing overnight. The ending felt empty and so much more could've been done. Almost feels anti-climactic, taking away 1.5 stars.
Extended:
The Witch's Kiss is a novel that focuses a lot on character development and sibling relationships, and the 16 year old main character was extremely realistic and relatable. Not once was she an overpowered Mary Sue and what I loved about her was how she made a lot of mistakes that you would expect from a 16 year old.
I was quite bothered by the ending as i think it lacked a lot. The story is quiet slow, focusing on the character development as i mentioned, which is not a bad thing, but I hoped the ending would be more "epic" so to speak. The whole book built up to an dangerous face-off with the main antagonist, but it was resolved rather quickly and easily, leaving me wondering "wow that's it?"
[SEMI-SPOILER] Not to mention a certain death, which honestly not all books should have a happy ending, but I really hoped they would pull through somehow against all odds. The book just ended with a "well that happened...oh well can't be helped, time to move on." Why build up so much significance and depth around a character just for them to have such a lackluster death at the end? It felt so empty and thrown away. Let's just say the title does not correspond with the ending.
3.5 stars.
Great characters, witch elements were very interesting and delivered its promise. Story is slow, but not in a negative way, it just takes time building characters instead of having them unrealistically changing overnight. The ending felt empty and so much more could've been done. Almost feels anti-climactic, taking away 1.5 stars.
Extended:
The Witch's Kiss is a novel that focuses a lot on character development and sibling relationships, and the 16 year old main character was extremely realistic and relatable. Not once was she an overpowered Mary Sue and what I loved about her was how she made a lot of mistakes that you would expect from a 16 year old.
I was quite bothered by the ending as i think it lacked a lot. The story is quiet slow, focusing on the character development as i mentioned, which is not a bad thing, but I hoped the ending would be more "epic" so to speak. The whole book built up to an dangerous face-off with the main antagonist, but it was resolved rather quickly and easily, leaving me wondering "wow that's it?"
[SEMI-SPOILER] Not to mention a certain death, which honestly not all books should have a happy ending, but I really hoped they would pull through somehow against all odds. The book just ended with a "well that happened...oh well can't be helped, time to move on." Why build up so much significance and depth around a character just for them to have such a lackluster death at the end? It felt so empty and thrown away. Let's just say the title does not correspond with the ending.