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A review by fayrerose
A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos
4.0
3.8 stars.
I've been debating continuing to the second book, and I think I might. This was hard for me to get through, I had to be in a certain mood to pick it up, and it took me about a month to finish. I did the audiobook through libby, and it was very well narrated.
I heard different tiktoks claiming that this book was misogynistic, but I did not find any. It is a matriarchal society, and all of Ophelia's mistreatment came from other women. At one point, Berenilde mentions that Ophelia will need to give her nephew an heir. Rather than this being like our history where there was a demand of sons and only sons inheriting, I believe this demand came from wanting Ophelia's powers in their bloodline. Especially considering that Thorne was a bastard son that no one wanted and would rather he die. At the end of the book, Berenilde tells Ophelia to listen and obey Thorn, I don't see this being because he is a man, but because Thorn is under Berenilde's thumb and control. No matter what gender runs a society, there will be good and evil. Ophelia was told what to do by the Matrons of the society and mistreated always by other women.
I've been debating continuing to the second book, and I think I might. This was hard for me to get through, I had to be in a certain mood to pick it up, and it took me about a month to finish. I did the audiobook through libby, and it was very well narrated.
I heard different tiktoks claiming that this book was misogynistic, but I did not find any. It is a matriarchal society, and all of Ophelia's mistreatment came from other women. At one point, Berenilde mentions that Ophelia will need to give her nephew an heir. Rather than this being like our history where there was a demand of sons and only sons inheriting, I believe this demand came from wanting Ophelia's powers in their bloodline. Especially considering that Thorne was a bastard son that no one wanted and would rather he die. At the end of the book, Berenilde tells Ophelia to listen and obey Thorn, I don't see this being because he is a man, but because Thorn is under Berenilde's thumb and control. No matter what gender runs a society, there will be good and evil. Ophelia was told what to do by the Matrons of the society and mistreated always by other women.