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A review by readsforlove
The Princess of Potential by Delemhach
3.5
I have mixed feelings about this book. While I LOVED The House Witch, there were some weird sexism things and class differences that were made such a huge deal out of by most of the characters that I found hard to get past, and this book exacerbates a lot of those issues. Why do all the women become weepy puddles all the time? I did really like the love interest in this book most of the time, but then others he treated her like a child even while not?? IDK it was just kind of a roller coaster tbh.
In addition to that, there were quite a few big questions that were introduced at the very beginning of the book that were either only half answered or not answered at all by the end, and this was very frustrating. I kept reading hoping to get answers and I just didn't? And one of the biggest questions I had didn't get answered at all which I felt to be just unfair because it was the reason for, like, 60% of the conflict in this story so we freaking deserved an answer by the end.
Anyway, I'm probably going to still read the next series, The Burning Witch, because I do really love the magic and fun of this world, despite the weird class/sexism issues. It's just annoying and like, why do we have to deal with this in a complete fantasy world? But also it's a good reminder of how our world used to be and how far feminism has come, but ... it's just not done super well.
In addition to that, there were quite a few big questions that were introduced at the very beginning of the book that were either only half answered or not answered at all by the end, and this was very frustrating. I kept reading hoping to get answers and I just didn't? And one of the biggest questions I had didn't get answered at all which I felt to be just unfair because it was the reason for, like, 60% of the conflict in this story so we freaking deserved an answer by the end.
Anyway, I'm probably going to still read the next series, The Burning Witch, because I do really love the magic and fun of this world, despite the weird class/sexism issues. It's just annoying and like, why do we have to deal with this in a complete fantasy world? But also it's a good reminder of how our world used to be and how far feminism has come, but ... it's just not done super well.