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A review by libraryluna
The Wise One (The Scottish Scrolls, 1) by K.T. Anglehart
3.0
The Wise One is an adventure-filled story of friendship, family, and magic. We start off seeing 17-year-old Mckenna discovering the truth about her mother who has passed down magical abilities to her along with the mysterious title of the "Wise One". I absolutely loved the witchy, magical atmosphere, and it just gets better as Mckenna and her new friend Nissa travel to Ireland. The backdrop is described beautifully while still being concise. There's also faeries (that are actually cute and not creepy) and overall a very fun and intriguing cast of characters. I would describe this book as having cottage core vibes, which is a huge plus for me.
The pacing was really fast, which was usually nice but could also be slightly disorienting as you jump between characters, times, and settings. I had a lot of fun following Mckenna on this adventure to find her mother, but I still couldn't get super attached to the story and the characters. I think I'll enjoy the sequel a lot more as we dive into the characters, but I didn't love how some of them acted in this book. The romance that's being developed has an age-gap and huge power dynamic gap, which really isn't my thing personally and I just didn't see why they liked each other at all. I'm also on edge about how the bisexual rep (Mckenna has two dads, and her bio dad's relationship with her mother is where it gets iffy) was being handled, but I can see that improving a lot in the sequel. Overall, this was a super fun story with perfect witchy, magical, fall vibes, and all I could ask for is the characters' feelings to be more fleshed out.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an arc of this book!
The pacing was really fast, which was usually nice but could also be slightly disorienting as you jump between characters, times, and settings. I had a lot of fun following Mckenna on this adventure to find her mother, but I still couldn't get super attached to the story and the characters. I think I'll enjoy the sequel a lot more as we dive into the characters, but I didn't love how some of them acted in this book. The romance that's being developed has an age-gap and huge power dynamic gap, which really isn't my thing personally and I just didn't see why they liked each other at all. I'm also on edge about how the bisexual rep (Mckenna has two dads, and her bio dad's relationship with her mother is where it gets iffy) was being handled, but I can see that improving a lot in the sequel. Overall, this was a super fun story with perfect witchy, magical, fall vibes, and all I could ask for is the characters' feelings to be more fleshed out.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an arc of this book!