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A review by pathlesspisces
The Witchwood Knot by Olivia Atwater
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Reading a romance with a fairy rat-man was not on my bingo card for 2024 but here we are 🤷♀️
Honestly, I think this book has a lot of wasted potential. The pacing at the first half of the book was great, then everything kind of spiraled and started going at super speed. I feel like the book should have been much longer, which is something I rarely ever say. It just didn’t have enough time to develop the plot or the relationships between the characters, and in the end both felt lacking.
The romance between Winnie and Quincy was so disappointing because I think it actually could’ve been super cute if it had actually been given the time to develop? Like, their whole relationship started developing super quickly, very suddenly about halfway through the story and it felt extremely rushed at the end. I liked both of the characters, but their relationship would’ve felt a lot more earned if it had been given time; ideally if they waited until a possible second book to get together. Honestly, Winnie’s relationships with Robert was rushed too, so when he gets abducted I didn’t care all that much.
Idk, nothing really worked for me but for some reason I also still kind of enjoyed it. I think it’s definitely the weakest of Atwater’s books that I’ve read, but despite that I enjoyed it more than Longshadow. I’ll probably only continue though because it’s more closely linked to the regency fairy tales trilogy than I thought, and I’m curious how it’s going to go. But I still think it could’ve been a lot better 😕
Honestly, I think this book has a lot of wasted potential. The pacing at the first half of the book was great, then everything kind of spiraled and started going at super speed. I feel like the book should have been much longer, which is something I rarely ever say. It just didn’t have enough time to develop the plot or the relationships between the characters, and in the end both felt lacking.
Idk, nothing really worked for me but for some reason I also still kind of enjoyed it. I think it’s definitely the weakest of Atwater’s books that I’ve read, but despite that I enjoyed it more than Longshadow. I’ll probably only continue though because it’s more closely linked to the regency fairy tales trilogy than I thought, and I’m curious how it’s going to go. But I still think it could’ve been a lot better 😕